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It’s an unfortunate fact that we create a lot of trash. We aren’t completely alone in that regard, termites and beavers create refuse around their ‘construction sites.’ But we are alone when it comes to non-biodegradable trash. The silver lining is our ability to be creative with almost everything one can and will find, say, on an average city street.
Sometimes the creations and compositions are too good not to share, so people submit them to the “Trash and Culture” Facebook page. If that combination intrigues you, then scroll down and enjoy a selection of the best submissions. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment on your theories on the origins of some of these.
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Emy Loves 2 years ago
That's what I thought after I realized they weren't dogs! Look at the wall outlet....it's just tiny furniture
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Holly Allen 2 years ago
I've never seen such a gigantic outlet before. The Panthers do look cozy tho
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Kristina Pelėda 2 years ago
Its not a cat! Its fluffy corner spider disguised as a kitty 😆
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drea sims 2 years ago
This is more than likely somewhere in russia. I was told they put rugs on the walls bc of how cold it is there.
2 years ago
Everything is better with a cat. That said, those ceiling tiles are quite nice. Those are available in a faux foam form which are glued on the ceiling. They look nice, isolate warmth and sound a bit and are very cheap.
Marcellus II 2 years ago
I think you misspelled "busy" as "nice". But. Make sure they aren't installed in the 80s, because those foam tiles were a serious fire hazard, burning in a flash across the whole ceiling! Not much mass/fuel to burn, but flaming debris hitting so many spots that it tends to find several things far apart it can ignite (like papers, or worse non-flame retardant curtains), and get out of control in seconds.
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Peter Buckley 2 years ago
where its the trash culture factor? In cold countries people hang carpets on the walls.
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SuperChicken 2 years ago
I can't say I blame you, bird. Sometimes, there are things that really get to you. Good luck!
Some of the examples here feature a sort of brutal contrast between large, faceless constructions and smaller, human-made decorations. This underscores the alienation people sometimes feel in areas or neighborhoods that are fully designed from the top down. The planned district of the USSR invoked this feeling among its residents, with uniform blocks, shops, and kindergartens from Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, to East Germany.
In the countries that were established or liberated with the fall of the USSR, these areas are generally referred to as raion, from the French ‘rayon’ representing their uniform shape and appearance. Sometimes this refers to an actual administrative subdivision, but normally it’s simply a name for a sleeper district. These raions are one of the main sources of all those horrible, gray, and dreary images of the USSR that we see today.
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David Rachlin 2 years ago
Looks much more comfortable than the usual way.
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
Modern Problems require modern solutions and that person is all ears. Ba dum tss. Ill see myself out now lol
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Where's the missing tile? Is there another picture of a grid of cats with one single tile between them?
PenguinQueen 2 years ago
Ohh yayyyyy! Someone has to turn this into an official cat nesting area
While different in so many ways, sometimes the cookie-cutter suburban districts of North America also invoke a feeling of loneliness. Let’s face it, imagine living in an ocean of identical houses, with identical grass-green lawns, trapped if something happens to your car. The monotony of suburban life is a common theme in a lot of western media, from films like Disturbia and Vivarium to music, like Arcade Fire’s album ‘The Suburbs.’ That being said, as home ownership becomes more unaffordable, we might look back at these works with a bit of scorn, since a house with a yard appears like a larger luxury than it used to.
#7
Your Local Forza Enthusiast 2 years ago
The title of this painting is "The Last Roll", painted Mar. 2020. Shows the struggle to find some decent TP and one very photogenic toilet paper roll.
Lia is a platypus 2 years ago
Covid times were hard on us all. I had so much trouble finding a decent roll of toilet paper, and I'm a PLATYPUS!
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Cristina Staicu 2 years ago
The story to this photo is sad and heartwarming at the same time. This is an expat worker in UAE, it is from covid time. He was working and thinking of his family back home that he missed
SuperChicken 2 years ago
Awwwh. That is so sad. I hope he was able to visit his family, when the ban was lifted.
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
I feel this pic. My guy looks sad. Dont worry my guy, there is someone out there for you.
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Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
If there were anyone dumb enough to propose to me and want a "yes" the engagement cat would be absolutely necessary.
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Was thinking the same, "Someone's called Smaug!"
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freakingbee 2 years ago
why did i think that was some kind of dessert😭ok im getting more than a few hours of sleep next time
Liz Downing 2 years ago
If I were to become a criminal I would break in and steal the cat. Only the cat.
The dependency on cars is a large part of suburban living. With the exception of Western Europe where public infrastructure is very well developed, most suburban life revolves around driving. Partially, this is a result of the road systems present in suburban areas. Urban areas tend to have regimented grids, with some exceptions (looking at you, London) which east both public and private traffic flow. Suburban areas use a hierarchical model, with a main road, with “less important” branches, which branch into even less important sub roads.
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Do-nut touch da donut 2 years ago (edited)
Shhhhhhh ur pain will be over soon *continues to drag beneath mud*
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Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
I grew up in Minneapolis, MN, and I used to get in trouble for my snowmen at school. The best one ever was a crocodile head with an arm coming out of its mouth. Took myself and 6 other kids to get it done in one recess.
Kelley Gilbert Zumwalt 2 years ago
Jack Frost is not nearly as cool as this makes it seem
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Bonnie Szabo 2 years ago
That will live in infamy on the internet. Its beautiful.
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Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago
That's a lot of dandelions, the picker will be peeing for a week. ☺
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
This sleep paralysis demon is brought to you by Bored Panda. BP fueling nightmares one post at a time lol (No offense BP, please dont ban me lol)
The branch metaphor really applies here, as the smaller roads all stem from a larger one. Since they are not interconnected, it’s hard to design public transport that can reach the various areas effectively. This creates a lot of car dependency so typical of North American life. Now, let’s not go as far as to say cars are bad, cars are a lot of fun. From joyriding to the general feeling of freedom, cars can help us in a lot of ways. Issues only arise when all public infrastructure ends up designed around driving.
#13
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
I didnt even have to see the writing to know this was in russia. Russians have a certain way of doing things.
naylene hess 2 years ago
My god someone save the dog from that backpack! 😂
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Liz Orreo trex ago go 2 years ago (edited)
Anywhere in eastern Europe has this writing. I own that blanket!
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Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
I agree with the cat. Bouche is sharpening her claws and glaring at my feet. I'm scared.
#15
RedMarbles 2 years ago
Those late 90's Camry's are real warhorses. Still see them all the time.
Li’l E. 2 years ago
Not a cactus, a sedum that is commonly referred to as “Hens and Chicks.”
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Daydreaming Walker 2 years ago
Is someone tattooing birds? or am I misunderstanding the picture?
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User# 6 2 years ago (edited)
The rising cost of living left Herbert facing an enormous bill...
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
What a curious bird is the pelican, his beak can hold more than his belly can
Lia is a platypus 2 years ago
Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ?
Severus Snape (she/her) 2 years ago
The duck in the background be like: Flee the scene of the crime!
Amelia Honeychurch 2 years ago
Meanwhile, Oswald tries to look casual while quickly walking away from the impending showdown…
#18
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
Hope that doesn't start a fire. I just became my grandmother. I'll see myself out.
Your Local Forza Enthusiast 2 years ago (edited)
Now all that's left is some obsidian blocks and a flint and steel, then we're good to go.
Megan Walker 2 years ago
It looks like a door from Encanto! Quick! Run to it or it’ll disappear! The house/rooms had no taxes, it is FREEEEEEEEE!
Established in 1956, the Highway Trust Fund takes its resources from a federal tax on fuels. Since Americans love to drive, you can imagine the amount of money generated each year. In 2006 alone, the fuel tax brought in $28.2 billion. This money is earmarked for highway construction and maintenance. It’s easy to see why roads and highways became so prevalent since the fund had no choice but to spend this money on car infrastructure.
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Do-nut touch da donut 2 years ago
Abstract simpsons.... very sophisticated
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Emy Loves 2 years ago
Yes, because you're old..like the rest of us who see it
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Swinger Panda 2 years ago
That was my first thought too. Who thought it was a good idea?
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#21
Danalalala 2 years ago
It's yarnbombing! I crochet stuff sometimes and put it around town to hopefully make people smile. I take it down when it gets mildewy.
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Red Lotus 2 years ago
Not always grandma... I'm not a grandma but this is totally something I'd want to do.
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We reached out to the curators over at "Trash and Culture" to learn a bit more about their processes and preferences. It’s more complicated and it’s more about feeling rather than technical choice. The concept is a blend of style, absurdity, aesthetics, and controversy. It’s really difficult to explain, cause it is a feeling and not a universal formula. It is easier to explain by showing a few good examples of pictures really suitable for the page content," they said when we inquired how they make their selections.
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#23
Duh 2 years ago
Oh come on, ozone isn't a living thing. They're killing US!
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#24
Marcellus II 2 years ago
The lids are quite modern, so it might be a hipster. Jacket suggests the same.
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
Ummm? Huh? Im more intrigued by the martini holder than the brick phone. That phone is so old his cell number is 000-0001
Brandie Litchfield 2 years ago
I remember when the phone number to call across town was only 4 digits long, everyone was so upset when they had to start dialing 7 digits for a phone call. We had a rotary phone at that time.Thought my dad was going to have a cow when they added the area code on too
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Clay S. 2 years ago
Given that masturbate glasses seem to be engineered to maximize spillage, the lids are genius
When asked about the prevalence of Balkan and Eastern European imagery, they had a simple answer. "We are originally based in Eastern Europe, and I personally lived in the Balkans too, maybe that’s is the reason why there are so many pictures from these regions because we like these aesthetics. Or it’s just a coincidence because we don’t care where and how picture or video was made as long as it fits pages’ concept."
#25
Domi 2 years ago
This has taken off quite a bit. I guess it's better than tires dumped in the bushes by the side of the road.
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
Or dumped in other places, like the creek by my house. We have a yearly cleanup, and the most we've ever pulled out at one time was 8 tires
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Neuropotathy 2 years ago
Heart about famous russian Swan Lake? Here it is, preorder your own for half bottle of vodka and an onion.
#26
CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
I can hear this picture too. That ding sound when something went wrong.
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naylene hess 2 years ago
You mean 90-present cause ive had that happen in every version of windows at some point
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Tara fenimore 2 years ago
Fun Fact: ive blue screened of death myself multiple times on purpose because i was in coding class and bored and no once did i get in trouble 😁
Ivan Petrov 2 years ago
I was really weird out that it's called Blue screen of death. There were multiple times when I would see it, press space and return to the desktop. Only the program crashed, not the whole windows.
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Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
We use to make recursive .bats to open internet explorer on the school computers and replace internet explorer with them.
La Petite Morte 2 years ago
Hahahahahaha!!! I think I love you. That's awesome!
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A_Cat_To_The_Past 2 years ago (edited)
"Cattius IV of Mudiniom surveyed over the vast kingdom that they now ruled over. Any humans to come within 100000 kilometres would perish."
Rebecca Phillips-Partridge 2 years ago
Really Snowball?!?!..... Right There?!?!...... Really?!?!
Reenzy Bennington 2 years ago
I've always had white cats. This is literally what they'll do. And then freak out when you try to bathe them.
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nensi voj 2 years ago
....somewhere in Russia, Dostojevski, Čehov, Tolstoj...in Russian letters , of course, :-), ...
Sarah Bickel 2 years ago
"Come on you guys help the little ones out first let's go!"
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#29
naylene hess 2 years ago
I have a feeling that you wont be worried about coffee when theres a massive flood tbf
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#30
Steven Mello 2 years ago (edited)
Weird, I always remembered the other way around? I am dyslexic, though lol
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Michael Smith 2 years ago
His daughter won't be "borrowing" it any more...
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#31
rodger coghlan 2 years ago
Pigeons were trained to peck at a screen to shoot down planes (during WWII) but they were so good at it that the soldiers complained so the military stopped the program
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago (edited)
that lil bird is absolutely mesmerized omg 👁👄👁 edit: been a soad fan too long and forgot how to spell correctly ITS NOT A Z GODDAMN IT ITS AN S
#32
Iva Kazalova 2 years ago
More like ex-eastern block, the sad thing is people really do still live in dilapidated buildings like that, the plaster on these tower blocks chips very easily due to the temperature amplitude (at least where I’m from, Bulgaria), sure it’s the same in Russia but hey ho you could fit a lot of people in a few square metres of land if you build high and it’s all very samey living for everyone, in line with Communist principles
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Populus tremuloides(they/them) 2 years ago
It's hard to see from this far but that's what I thought too
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Red Sonja 2 years ago
Chernobyl is the Name of the number power plant that exploded in Ukraine. The City that the workers at Chernobyl lived in that had to be abandoned is Pryp'yat. I also believe that this is an abandoned building that had to be evacuated in Pryp'yat Ukraine.
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Amy Beckler 2 years ago
"disguising" it doesn't make you anywhere close to eloquent.
Load More Replies... Lyuben Petkov 2 years ago
It really helps to cool down in summer, and also the leafs collect some of the dust - which is can be rinsed by the rain.
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#34
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Yeah ... blessed hand sanitizer ... Catholics think of everything!
#35
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Hey honey ... let's play dress up tonight, 'slow sexy wink' ... How about ....
#36
Red Lotus 2 years ago
I'm not sure, but I think this was on another BP post. Someone in the comments explained that while most of these cats have "giving/blessing wealth" on their boards, this particular cat has "stealing/taking wealth" instead 🤣. (I'm not a 100% sure though, please correct if I'm wrong)
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Reminds me of Roald Dahl's memoir as a WW2 fighter pilot in Greece, totally outnumbered by the Germans. They didn't have radar, but they had a shepherd on every hilltop to spot german planes, and hopefully pass on the message quick enough...
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Rebecca Phillips-Partridge 2 years ago
Yep, these biddies know everything that goes on in their hood..... Everything.....
tee-lena 2 years ago
My mom is behind a gate and still manages to be an old biddie
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Blondieybat 2 years ago
Neighborhood watch comparing notes on latest activity during shift change…
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aZZy_d3Lta (they/them) 2 years ago (edited)
in case someone couldn't tell, this says "lets s**t on everything together"
#40
Kookamunga 2 years ago
They should fill it with eggs, really up the ante.
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Lisboa50 2 years ago (edited)
Currently in the UK, the only way to get an onion..........................
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Bradford B 2 years ago
OMG, really? (It's "meant". People are more and more illiterate everyday.)
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Killing_Time_At_Work 2 years ago
its still drivable.. engine is at the rear of car i love this
#42
Domi 2 years ago
I imagined myself there with tears in my eyes, that I still had to paint 690 rectangles.
Do-nut touch da donut 2 years ago (edited)
I imagined myself drawing circles not rectangles 😈
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Zenozenobee 2 years ago
I'm sewing sequins on my daughter's mermaid skirt tail for the Spring carnaval.... It feels looong and useless but, hey, in the end it will look good. In the end....
Unpopular opinions 2 years ago
Usually you would spray the wall white then dry roll the red on, 1000x quicker.
zims 2 years ago
It kind of looks like they did? The wall is solid white at the bottom with blocks of red over it. Maybe someone didn't get the memo about the white needing to show through and they need to fix it by hand.
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Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago
🎼🎶We're painting the mortar red. We're painting the mortar red! Not pink, not green, not aquamarine! 🎶 (With the image of the A, 2, & 3 of hearts and Alice painting roses in Disney's animated Alice In Wonderland dancing through my head)
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 2 years ago
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Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
My guy is expecting the best well being prepared for the worse lol
Megan Lauhon 2 years ago
I can picture the scene now "Oh yeah gonna show her a fun time tonight. Hmm, can't just get a chick whiskey though.....flowers! They want HOW MUCH for a dozen roses? Better just get one to look romantic. Damn I'm smooth".
Terra Raizor 2 years ago
Super sweet! Hope it's just a regular day and he just loves her that much 💘
#45
Detroit Citizen 2 years ago
Yea a bonus round of nightmare fuel brought to you by our overlords at Bored Panda lol
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#47
Norm Gilmore 2 years ago (edited)
The Colossal Colon... Its on Youtube should you wish to view😁
one-arm-crab 2 years ago
tell the shrimp to visit me oh and don't worry ill take good care of them.....>:).....
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John Anderson 2 years ago (edited)
And our next exhibit is introspective rectem crawl. Take a few minutes to get to know your colon
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Your large intestine ... a new "thing to do" at the Science Museum
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
A big ol' display discussing colon cancer, huh? I wonder if it was in a science museum or just made for this conference (or wherever). Our Science Museum up in Phoenix has a while digestive system slide. Good times.
#48
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
could be any squatting Asian (that's how they sit) until I saw the stripe. Slavic.
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Red Lotus 2 years ago
So sad that such beautiful architecture is being blocked out of sight by... well, blocks of concrete.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
well, it's understandable. Poor people have to live somewhere and the soviets built lots of social housing. Fortunately they didn't destroy all their traditional churches (they did do some).
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Olivia The Cloud 2 years ago
That beautiful church being walled in by those soulless blocks makes me sad. I'm glad it wasn't destroyed but I it just seems wrong
porgsarecool 2 years ago
i think Photoshop because the massive wall doesn't have graffiti
Load More Replies... Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Well, this was a decision that was made. It was definitely one of the decisions of all time...
Rosie Mroczynski 2 years ago
Oh for 2 stunning murals to appear--tho windows would better for sure
#50
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
... And today's flavor is, dirt and motor oil in a sugar cone.
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Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago
If you like tic tacs for nails, they're great!
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Nana Usagi 2 years ago
same bruv. My only friends have betrayed me and my mental health went WHEE-
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This is probably accidental but such an accurate picture of the brokenness of modern society - unintentional art
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#53
nensi voj 2 years ago
i mean, she will be protected From anything, and anyone...;-)
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#54
Terri Martin 2 years ago
Ugh. Regardless of the results.... The germs in that thing after the amount of snot you have to swab🤢
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I guess this is for speed dating ... with proof about being negative?
SuperChicken 2 years ago
My ears hurt just looking at that. Like everyone else is asking, "why????"
#56
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Looks slippery when you stop ... I wonder if feels like lava in the summer.
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#58
A Bi-Cycle 2 years ago
As someone who’s never seen snow in real life before, let alone play with it, what is it?
Verena 2 years ago (edited)
I guess these are patches of ice, one starts running, hops on the ice and slide. We had another technique, though. Compact the snow by hopping on it, smooth it out with the shoes, the top layer melted and froze again. Big fun!
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Red Lotus 2 years ago
It's like you're at grandma's (or your mother's) again. Biscuit box? It's sewing supplies. Ice cream tub? Wrong, it's marinated chicken! Raffaello? IT'S WINGS!!
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I hate to say this, but those wings look good! I want some wings now.
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Red Lotus 2 years ago
One hundred percent agreed, this is pointless and incredibly wasteful. There are hundreds of people in the world for whom a single slice of that bread would be their meal, and it's being wasted like this }:(
Load More Replies... ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Its not stale bread ... I don't care of this picture. To many people in the world are hungry.
Cathelijne Van 2 years ago
Does this lead to the room with the peanut butter floor? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindakaasvloer
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
I'm trying to understand the theme here. Like, trashy? Or excessive? Except not all of them are necessarily about excess. But not all of them are about having 'trashy' poor taste, either, some of the pictures are more about dystopia, or birds, or a random window, or sometimes just literal trash. I feel like there are a lot of different unrelated categories, and I don't know what's going on.
Patti 2 years ago
I agree, it's just a potpourri of different pictures. I looked back twice to see what the category is.
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Baseball is Life 2 years ago
I feel like the pictures should belong to another headline, maybe??
Adam Zad 2 years ago
You'd think people would have learned by now to ignore the BP headlines and just enjoy the pictures.
A C 2 years ago
Haha, well I did ..... but the back if my mind kept wondering if I was missing the thread that tied it all together.
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Fight Hypocrites 2 years ago
I feel like it's about the incongruity of objects in the picture...things that we don't expect to find together, or expect to find at all. Then again, the article says there's no set formula so I could be completely wrong.
A Very Risky Gamble 2 years ago
Some of these were so beautiful in a dystopian way and others were disgusting
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
I'm trying to understand the theme here. Like, trashy? Or excessive? Except not all of them are necessarily about excess. But not all of them are about having 'trashy' poor taste, either, some of the pictures are more about dystopia, or birds, or a random window, or sometimes just literal trash. I feel like there are a lot of different unrelated categories, and I don't know what's going on.
Patti 2 years ago
I agree, it's just a potpourri of different pictures. I looked back twice to see what the category is.
Load More Replies... Baseball is Life 2 years ago
I feel like the pictures should belong to another headline, maybe??
Adam Zad 2 years ago
You'd think people would have learned by now to ignore the BP headlines and just enjoy the pictures.
A C 2 years ago
Haha, well I did ..... but the back if my mind kept wondering if I was missing the thread that tied it all together.
Load More Replies... Fight Hypocrites 2 years ago
I feel like it's about the incongruity of objects in the picture...things that we don't expect to find together, or expect to find at all. Then again, the article says there's no set formula so I could be completely wrong.
A Very Risky Gamble 2 years ago
Some of these were so beautiful in a dystopian way and others were disgusting
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