30 Funny And Confusing Pics Posted By The “Images That Require More Context” Twitter Page (New Pics)
A picture can really be worth a thousand words. But sometimes, they're "written" in a foreign language.
As you might've learned from our previous article on 'Images That Require More Context', there's a reason why people should provide captions for the photos they post online. If there isn't one, the rest of us might have more questions than answers.
"Why is that duck riding the subway?" "Did it pay for a ticket?" "How does the bird know when to get off?" "Can it read?" And so on.
But in case you missed the memo, let's take another look at what the Twitter account has been posting lately.
(Spoiler alert, it continues to stay true to its name.)
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If you feel uneasy when browsing these pictures, don't worry. There's nothing wrong with you. In fact, Dr. Clay Routledge, who is a social psychologist and professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University, points out that we humans need meaning. So whenever there is a lack of it — as it seems with many of these images — we're triggered.
"According to terror management theory, a prominent theory in social psychology, humans are like all other animals in that we strive to survive. Our bodies consist of systems that work to keep us alive. And as conscious beings, we deliberately engage in efforts to avoid death. We are motivated to live. However, unlike other animals, humans are intelligent enough to realize that death is certain. That is, we are uniquely aware of our mortal nature. We understand that despite our best efforts to stay alive, death is inevitable," Routledge writes in Scientific American.
Terror management theory asserts that this juxtaposition of a desire to live and an awareness of death can cause a significant amount of anxiety, and that humans need to manage this terror in some way if we want to keep functioning.
"We would not be a very productive species if we lived our lives in constant fear of death. Thus, according to the theory, people seek out a sense of enduring meaning that makes them feel more than mortal," Routledge explains.
Everyone talking about the truck no one talking about how strong the wires are
Um...I am not sure this is what Jesus meant when he said to carry your cross..
To put it simply, we know our lives are brief and so we try to be part of something that transcends biological existence. "This sense of death-transcendence can come from having children, creating works that will leave a lasting legacy, investing in a group or organization that outlasts the lives of any individual member, and so on," the social psychologist says.
Naturally, spirituality is a particularly powerful meaning-making tool as most religious beliefs explicitly afford humans with an afterlife.
"Research supports terror management theory," Routledge highlights. "Specifically, studies find that when people are exposed to stimuli that remind them of their mortality, they exhibit increased investment in the social and cultural identities that provide meaning and perceptions of death-transcendence."
For instance, if someone actively contemplates mortality, it increases their desire to have children, level of patriotism, religious faith, and commitment to romantic partners.
"In short, heightening the awareness of death heightens efforts to find and preserve transcendent meaning"
Park the van under a tree in a parking lot, and leave it there for a few hours. Then tell us that birds aren't real.
They are a satirical group, making fun of conspiracy theories.
Load More Replies...All birds were swapped out for surveillance drones in 1978 and they charge on power lines
In all it's absurdity it almost makes sense..But makes me angry we had to wait so long for wireless charging of our phones :-D
Load More Replies...The man in the middle is Michael Stevens from Vsauce, go check out his channel on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/c/vsauce1/featured
Have you heard about the word? EVERYBODY knows that the bird is the word! 🦜🐥🐦🦉🦆🦅🦃🕊️🐧🦚🦢🐓🐔
Load More Replies...MY DAD FOLLOWS THESE GUYS(for fun,not cuz he belives them) and its making fun of flat earthers by saying birds are drones (pidgeons,city survelance,buzzards,cleanup)
Can't believe people believe this whole government conspiracy of 'birds'. Please. We know the truth. We know they're not real. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Wake up people! They’re drones that are spying on you. When you see crowds of them on power lines they are recharging. Bird feeders are just asking for trouble. You think those are just beautiful peacocks walking around in some parks? No, they’re taking your picture for future use in AI. It’s true. 100% true. 😉
Dax Shepard has a really interesting podcast episode about this movement. It's not what you think! ;)
Armchaired & Dangerous, but it's actually helmed by David Farrier along with Dax. It's great stuff! (Sorry had to add that, David is a Kiwi and always proud to see his stuff getting out there.)
Load More Replies...Wow! Really? Our birdbots are very sophisticated. Ours reproduce! We have tons of nests every spring.
This is in fact a satirical group, nonetheless, there are people out there claiming on YouTube that certain animals are fake: cgi, robots or stuffed (yeah I know, stuffed means it once was alive and existent, but those guys are not in good terms with logic itself!). Check out Hans Wormhat, who claims Penguins, Koalas, OrangUtans and Pandas are fake animals
Camera, battery and cpu? This is an amazing info I did not know. And as the earth is flat you only need like 4 (one on each corner) to control us all!
Stupidest s**t I've ever heard comevto Missouri I will shoot any bird of your choosing and prove to youbits real by gutting it on front of you. I mean seriously where do you ppl come up with this s**t.
So funny how a lot of Facebook grandma's don't know the raw power of the man crouching in the middle there.
I heard this guy being interviewed on the radio and It was painful to listen to because he cannot openly admit that it's satire but the interviewer kept pressing him to acknowledge that it's satire. It's like the unstoppable force vs immovable object but with news vs satire.
Politicians aren't real either. They are the lizard people. That's why they live for a thousand years.
The back appears to say that every bird is a government surveillance device...so, nothing crazy about that...
Pretty sure its birds making a f**kton noise in the tree outside my window every morning.
Hey VSauce. Michael here... Birds. They're seemingly everywhere. Or are they...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html
One more thing..how do these guys explain people that hunt and eat birds? 🤔
They explain it by being a satirical groups which makes fun of conspiracy theories by creating one which is too stupid to believe, and yet people take it as real.
Load More Replies...The explanation is simple, they are a satirical groups which makes fun of conspiracy theories by creating one which is too stupid to believe, and yet people take it as real.
Load More Replies...I can't decide if these people are serious but nothing surprises me anymore so maybe they are.
It's a satirical group set up to mock conspiracy theorists
Load More Replies...Hmmm... Well I'm pretty much a freaking nobody and I got to have a hundred thousand birds in my yard every day... Not sure who they be spying on tweet tweet tweet
It's a satirical group set up to mock conspiracy theories, and yet so so many people take it as real... hence the satire
Load More Replies...hey vsauce, michael here. birds aren't real, little creature that s**t on your cars are witches angel.
Yes a few birds are android/drones but pretty sure they don't s**t on our cars...yet
Paranoid much?? How tweeked out are you to believe birds are government cameras?? Wow man, put down the crack pipe...
Facepalm... it's a satirical group set up to mock conspiracy theorists... and those who relate EVERYTHING to their own political ideology... like you
Load More Replies...Similarly, Routledge says that meaning mitigates the threat of death awareness. In fact, studies show that having people think about death increases their fear of it, but this effect is only observed among those who do not perceive their lives as meaningful.
"People who have meaning are not as terrified about the fact that they are mortal," Routledge says.
Gun or photoshop? I hope it's photoshop, otherwise this is a waste of a perfectly good billiards table.
Research suggests that the realization that life is finite is the driving force for our efforts to feel that our lives are purposeful and meaningful.
People want to be more than mere mortal beings who, at some point in time, disappear forever. To feel meaningful is to feel like you've made a lasting mark, and that your contribution will endure.
I know it's a stretch, but maybe, just maybe, viewing seemingly random pictures with no apparent reason behind them somehow challenges our notion of a greater purpose? But maybe that's just maybe. Maybe you're completely unfazed by this list.
A truck carrying hagfish crashed on a road with the car in the picture. Hagfish release slime when disturbed, car covered in slime. Think I’ve got that right?
Research indicates that people who report having a strong sense of meaning in life are better able to cope with mentally and physically taxing experiences.
"Meaning can give people the inner strength they need to overcome many of life’s hurdles. Meaning motivates. It makes people want to productively move forward in life," Routledge says.
I don't want to sound overdramatic, but I hope you found your meaning. If not, let's keep searching. Whether it's a dumb image on the internet or something bigger.
Minimum wage worker in the US forced to work with no air conditioning. Understandable to me.
It's Vecna! Quick what's your favorite song? Edit since I got so many responses mine would be brain damage by Pink Floyd I think. I love music!
In a scuba suit, with a whole chicken in a pan and on the subway...the Clue truly has changed over the years
Anyone want to talk about the elephant in the room? No? Okay.
Vending machines kill an average of 13 people per year. Treat them with more respect.
I get the idea they're going for, but they're literally giving him extra Corona, not a vaccine for it lol
I said, I wanted to play the floor is LAVA, not the floor is QUICKSAND
Evidence of a pedophile crime. The victim is the child of Indonesian actress Nafa Urbach (woman in black).
I love this website, because where else can you find an extremely deep article about death anxiety interspersed with the most chaotic pictures ever taken in the history of the camera
I will laugh out loud no matter where I am at. Scared a lady at the salon last week looking at bp while waiting.
Load More Replies...One should never doubt human ingenuity, or the tragic lack thereof, and this list has some perfect examples why.
I love this website, because where else can you find an extremely deep article about death anxiety interspersed with the most chaotic pictures ever taken in the history of the camera
I will laugh out loud no matter where I am at. Scared a lady at the salon last week looking at bp while waiting.
Load More Replies...One should never doubt human ingenuity, or the tragic lack thereof, and this list has some perfect examples why.