As writer Jeremy D. Larson beautifully put it, relatability is the chief psychological lubricant that glides us thoughtlessly down the endless social media feeds.
One place that seems to have plenty of this substance is Twitter. But with 6,000 tweets made every second (or 350,000 per minute and 500 million per day), it can be easy to miss the good stuff the platform has to offer.
Luckily, there's a subreddit called r/RelatableTweets, an online community dedicated exclusively to collecting those which perfectly describe the human experience, be it through work, dating, or other key areas of everyday life.
Continue scrolling to check out what its members have gathered so far, and don't miss the talk we had about empathy with linguist, writer, academic researcher, and knowledge worker Dr. Karen Stollznow. You'll find it between the images.
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We’ve Reached It. The Pinnacle Of This Subreddit
In my defense, I usually get distracted by a notification and forget that I was checking the time.
Half the time I enter a room I forget why I went in, so I do something that I think I might do. When I go back to sit down, I remember what I wanted.
If someone you are with checks their watch, ask them what time it is. They will ALWAYS have to look at their watch again. We don't seem to register actual time...but rather the interval until the next life event. I.E. look at the watch, it says 11:30AM, you have a train to catch at 12:30 what you process is that you have an hour until the train.
The Human Body Is A Mystery
Everyone's so scared of skeletons and stuff but frankly, it's simply what will become of you some day. We're all just meat sacks with sticks inside.
Load More Replies...Human body: Oh dear Lord we lost a limb! Lemme just go into shock to switch off the pain! Also human body: *stubs toe* Sorry mate, nothing I can do but roll on the floor in agony
I sprained my ankle a year before I did the whole "grew a human" thing. The human is alive and well 16 years later. The ankle - not so much.
Almost 3 years ago I jumped out of bed in the middle of the night and sprinted like mad because I heard my cat start to puke in the other room. I forgot that I'd recently gotten a new bed frame that was much higher than my old one, so the landing was awkward. My ankle is still jacked up. My old kitty (she was 18) passed in 2020, but her memory will forever live on with my gimpy foot. ;)
Every cat owner feels your pain. I once tripped whilst dashing with puking cat, manhandled her onto the bathroom floor (easier to clean than carpet!) like a rugby player scoring a try...lay on the floor cursing my aching bones whilst she dramatically puked, then calmly ambled back to bed throwing me a look of contempt on the way...
Load More Replies...okay funny but factual, when you sprain your ankle, it actually does mess up something and it won't ever be the same. It should heal tho. (I found this out from my foot doc, I forget what they're professionally called lol)
The hardest part is not to grow it, the hardest part is to keep it safe and sound for some decades.
The ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place is called empathy. It means that when you see another person suffering, such as after they've lost a loved one, you are able to instantly envision yourself going through that same experience and feel what they are going through.
And there are plenty of commonalities between us. "Research shows that some human emotions are universal to people all over the world. These basic emotions include sadness, happiness, anger, fear, surprise, and disgust," Dr. Karen Stollznow, the author of On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present, told Bored Panda.
Yup
I usually add series I've already finished to my "background noise" list for when I need something playing while focusing on other c**p.
I didn't know anyone else did that! Unfortunately, I tend to look at Bored Panda while trying to watch something I actually WANT to watch and missing most of it because I'm engrossed with what I'm reading! I'm doing that as we speak.
Load More Replies...This is what re-watching shows is for. I've rewatched GoT, The Good Place, Justified and so many others multiple times because I wanted something I could follow while I f'd around playing a game on my tablet.
Back in my GOT obsessed days (before the final season) I would actually watch the commentary of the whole season. Some of it was insightful, some of it was dull, but some of it was really funny.
Load More Replies...I enjoy watching movies with the description voice over turned on if I am doing something. Transforms a movie into an audio book.
If I want to play PC games/use my phone I generally watch series I've already seen
There is comfort when you already know what will come next and how a story will end.
Honestly Tho
i took up ur challenge. ur name means u r so pretty, rite?
Load More Replies...This can be a symptom of Audio Processing Disorder (disclaimer: I am not a doctor)
Relatable
Thirty and flirty and thriving more like thirty and dirty and dying... heh... amirite...
I know it doesn’t rhyme as well with the movie reference, but you forgot broke
Load More Replies...I'm still a teen but prob would blast them songs then dress up as a character from the show and sing along
Didn't want to take naps. I would kill to take a nap most days now. I missed out on so much sleep :(
"Empathy is an important ability because it helps us to understand how other people think and feel. It allows us to have compassion for others, and for us to be able to relate to family and friends, colleagues, and even strangers," Stollznow explained.
People often use the words 'empathy' and 'sympathy' interchangeably, but they are actually separate processes.
When we feel sympathy for someone, we identify with the situation that the person finds themself in. This can be a genuine feeling; we can feel sympathy for people we've never met and for a plight we've never experienced, as well as for people we know and scenarios that are familiar to us.
However, sympathy doesn't necessarily connect us to the person. We can be sympathetic to their situation while being completely clueless about their personal feelings and thoughts.
Why Is This So True?
And as the eldest daughter I can say with 100% certainly that you're making it up.
Load More Replies...FYI, when we call your name from another room, we don't want an answer. It's not a question, it's a summons. Now you know.
Shhhhh don't spoil our mom fun and give away the secrets we use to entertain ourselves by illicitling those dramatic eyerolls
Load More Replies...My mom has begun to tell me if she calls my name that means she wants to see me
Oh but that's because you are want in the kitchen.... she's not trying to figure out where you are she's calling you to here. SMH kids
I have to repeat everything I say to my husband at least once and very loudly because he's 75 and rather deaf. Neverthless, at night he can hear by my breathing that I'm awake.
oh my god this is so true especially when "attitude" leads to a flying slipper straight to the face
just so you all know... if a mom screams your name multiple times and all you do is answer Yeah or huh and she keep screaming it's because she wants you there in the room with her. Duh!!!
Or when you bring it up that this is what happens and they say "well open your door before yelling down" or something.... so the next time you try to jump for the door before yelling and then you get a "WTF TOOK YOU SO LONG"
My Life:
My wife was the one that taught me the most effective tool in a family that interrupted me constantly. She said it seems to really frustrate you when you can't finish the sentence in one go. It does. Start again when they interrupted you maybe to make it clear. It has worked wonders for me. I now sound like a homeroom teacher sometimes but it works
This is honestly a great tactic. I use it on my family. They never let me get a word in growing up and then wonder why I have communication problems.
Load More Replies...This s**t has happened to me my whole life. Now if a friend or family member interrupts me for no reason, I just turn and walk away. If they don't care enough to have a conversation, why should I?
I adopted a method of just pausing. So instead of being able to say. "I took the dog to the vet and then i ran by the grocery store to get the stuff for dinner." It would be more like: "Took the --- dog --- to the --- vet. --- Also. --- ran. --- by store - to get -- stuff for dinner." The stop go usually invites people to ask and you can say "Well I'd say it all in one go if people would stop trying to talk over me. But glad you heard me all the same."
I so so relate to this. I was at a small gathering recently where one lady was super nice and sweet but VERY outgoing and loud! Haha I liked her, but I'm a quiet and mellow person and she brought the energy of the whole room so high I felt invisible. I would try to interject and add to the conversation sometimes (I tried to speak up! Felt like I was being loud to me!) but got ignored, talked over, and/or no one heard. Sad and discouraging.
My best friend just talks over the person that interrupted me. I am the introvert and she was the exact opposite, so when I spoke and someone interrupted me, she would pop in going “HEY! Shut up, rebel was saying something” or she would be like “if you keep talking I’ll sew your mouth shut.” She is an amazing friends. Love you Lucy! 🫶🏻
I spent one whole summer just starting to say something and stopping mid sentence…. And waiting a second to see if it was noticed. It never was. By anyone. Parents, kids, spouse….. I’ve slowly, over the years, just stopped talking
Oooooooooo
"OH YEAH YOU WANT SOME OF THAT" *smack* "FVCK"
Load More Replies...Seriously, two years ago, I bumped my outest toe, right foot, onto the edge of a shoe shelf that I built from ... uh ... you know, sometimes you find those ground bricks just sitting on a pall ... anyway, I did break it ... didn't wanna hospital due to Corona, so decided to sort it out at home. I pulled the bone apart and let it snap back, hoping it will not be off 2 mm like before ... seems to have worked. But, damned, that was truly painful. I wonder if I'd ever do so again, and honestly, I doubt I would.
Broken my little toe many times, not so much recently **glancing around nervously **
“Cps Will Be Hearing Of This”
Normally I’d say snitches get stitches but for the tiny human variety snitches get kisses.
Load More Replies...Me: *mocks the building inspector* [of course only in my mind]
Not if you master all the safe ways, like following that secret line of tiles or sailing that sofa cushion raft.
Empathy is something else. It consists not just of emotion sharing (a largely unconscious process), but executive control to regulate and modulate the experience.
Both are supported by specific and interacting neural systems. Mimicry is part of human interaction, and it happens on an unconscious level; we imitate the facial expressions of those we interact with, along with their vocalizations, postures, and movements.
This may have helped early humans communicate and feel closeness. And it's the component that precedes empathy. Neuroscience also confirms that seeing someone in pain activates the parts of your brain that register pain.
Sounds Like He Was Kind Of Being A [jerk]
He was being a dark dork disk. Why does this site act like it's for sheltered children not bored adults
Load More Replies...Nah man. My entire family was killed by a squid. He's out there doing gods work.😔
Naw bro💀 my entire bloodline was killed by those d**ky squids😞💧
Load More Replies...Makes me think of the old lady who called her husband while he was in town and told him to be careful since she had heard on the radio that a car was headed the wrong way on the interstate. He answered "It's not one car, it's hundreds!"
maybe they were an overexcited splatoon fan who just wanted a friendly turf war?
he was being a dork. If you know what that word means then you know, if not you can move on
Everytime
And even though the professor was still right in the middle of explaining a really interesting concept, all the students run out of the lecture theatre like a bunch of first graders on hearing the recess bell.
Right, because universities totally have bell schedules (looking at you, Indiana Jones).
Load More Replies...I'm having people over for dinner and I have the people taste what I am cooking from a wooden spoon.
Or in the movies ,If they order Chinese , everyone uses chopsticks
Load More Replies...I'm an educator in real life and I do the same thing....like Indiana Jones.
Hey, some movie professors reach their point just before getting interrupted by an old friend - THEN the class ends after they introduce them. Commence yelling homework assignments.
Wait! That isn't normal? I better go back and teach every class for the past 40 years over again.
The Beast Known As Vakoom
What is it about cats that they hate a 'normal' vacuum cleaner but like to ride on robotic ones!
The robotic ones don't roar at them or suck their fur off plus they give free rides.
Load More Replies...One of our Shelties once killed the vacuum monster. First time I ever saw a dog with a smug look on his face. Miss you, Bailey.
My cat flies out of the room as soon as I pull the vacuum cleaner out of the closet.
I had a cat who'd hide if i even looked at my hoover 😅
Load More Replies...Lol
Ruh-roh! (Your comment sounds like Shaggy is saying it).
Load More Replies...When I go to the movies with my uncle, there's always a hole in the bottom of the popcorn tub when we finish it. How does the popcorn not fall out?
"There are some people who lack empathy, which is sometimes called 'apathy,'" Karen Stollznow said. "Certain psychiatric conditions may play a role in a deficit of empathy, such as narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder.
"Some people with these conditions may be manipulative and deceptive, and not care for other people's feelings. In more general terms, lacking the ability to consider the emotional state of others is on the rise in our polarized social and political culture."
Okay, We'll Take It
I've had this happen a few times...guy offers to buy me a drink, I inform him that I'm w/ my husband & they always buy drinks for the both of us! I'm beginning to wonder if my husband's been using me as a "liquor coupon" all these yrs...hmm....LOL
I don't like the people that as soon as you open your mouth to talk, "I HAVE A BOYFRIEND" like ok but you also just dropped a $100 bill so that's mine now thanks
The problem with that is that unfortunetly many of us women have gotten s**t for NOT immediately telling someone that we have a partner. We're leading them on, we are "ugly sluts anyways", we are whores etc. You can't really fault someone for trying to save themselves from being humiliated. And unfortunetly a lot of men respect having a boyfriend more than a "no", and getting "hit on" in a disgusting way is also common therefore the "I have a boyfriend" comes out sometimes before you even open your mouth. Not all women has this reasoning but many do. So yeah, its not that we think that you want us, we have just been through so much b******t and trying to avoid it. I understand that it can be annoying but try to see it from another perspective.
Load More Replies...Things Got Complicated After The Accident
I believe it was Jim Morrison who said, "There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal."
To Be Fair They Are Pretty Spooky
I was scared for a second there.. he could have said "there's no head"
The doctor is making a joke that all you see in X-rays are bones which at Halloween we call skeletons which are spooooky! 💀
Load More Replies...Relatable
Nope, I only ever look at old photos and think: “damn, I used to be so pretty and thin, yet I always felt so ugly and fat back then.”
YES! And that is why you must love yourself right now, because 10 year in the future you, would look on you now 'omg she is so cute and looking good'!
Load More Replies...May I blame you for mine, too? Since you're already... I thought...
Load More Replies...Nope. Most of the time I think 'Why did I believe I wasn't that good looking. I was no movie star, but I wasn't ugly.'
I don't think I've ever been legitimately pretty but I'm young so I guess I have time.
I don't mind how I look, but I kind of mind how I would look 100x better if I could get some more sleep regularly, and exercise as casually as I did 10 years ago when I had no prior commitments. I hope things will change once the twins get older, they're not even 2 now...
whenever I look at myself, past or present, I'm just like 'ugggggeeeehhhhhhh'
However, if you can't relate to another person, that doesn't mean you're dead inside. Everyone can experience low empathy at times. For example, it may be natural to have difficulty connecting with someone who has harmed us.
There is some debate on whether a person is born with low empathy or if upbringing, social factors, or life experiences may hinder their ability to develop it. Genetics may also play a role.
Psychiatric conditions aside, other possible reasons behind low empathy include modeling, low emotional intelligence, burnout, and stress.
The Same 2 Brain Cells Are Responsible For Saying “You Too” When The Waiter Tells You To Enjoy Your Meal
I crashed into someone and I was deciding between: 'Are you okay?' and 'I'm f*****g sorry' and I said 'ARE YOU F*****G SORRY' and the guy was like 'What's wrong with you??'
Once I was returning an overdue book to the library and had to pay a fee, so I walked up to the counter and said "I have a pee to fay", put the 20 cents on the counter and walked out without another word.
On my birthday when someone has said 'happy birthday', I've replied 'you too'!
it may be the fact that i had a german trip coming up but my first thought was "that sounds like german"
Mumbling such things helps... sometimes you get the chance to say it right. In the other case the other doesnt listen to you or doesnt care. 😉
Facts
If You Wanna Be Hotter, You Should Drink Lots Of Water
Nobody "deserves" love from strangers. That's what makes it so overwhelming when someone whom you didn't know 5 years ago wants to give you so much love that they THINK you deserve. The thing that makes love beautiful and fulfilling, is when people agree that they're willing to give more to each other than the objective worth of the receiver, and not wait until they "prove" each other worthy. It's also why it hurts so much when they take the love away: You often feel reduced to what you were contributing, even though that does not define your worth.
For those who don't know, this is from Franki Boyals New World Order show. This is one of his lighter endings, which are very dark humour.
Stay hydrated is actually really good advice. Also, drugs are good, and when you do them people think that you're cool
U Still Using Clothes At All? Lmao
No matter what jeans I've worn, they all start to dig into my emergency C-section scar after a while when I sit down with them on. Pregnancy pants and skirts 4evah!
Load More Replies...I haven't worn long pants since the pandemic started. Or a bra. (Unless I need to leave the house.) They can only see me from the shoulders up on Zoom anyway. :)
Lol this reminds me of working from home they say to keep your same routines wake up early shower get fully dressed yadda yadda 🤣🤣🤣 I wake up 15 mins before I clock in every single day and haven’t worn a pair of jeans or slacks at home for 5 years now
I assume stretch skinny jeans don’t count cos those are comfy af
The good thing is that empathy can be developed. It's a skill that you can learn and strengthen. Here are a few things that you can do:
- Work on listening to people without interrupting;
- Pay attention to body language and other types of nonverbal communication;
- Try to understand people, even when you don't agree with them;
- Ask people questions to learn more about them and their lives;
- Imagine yourself in another person's shoes;
- Strengthen your connection with others to learn more about how they feel;
- Seek to identify biases you may have and how they affect your empathy for others;
- Look for ways in which you are similar to others versus focusing on differences;
- Be willing to be vulnerable, opening up about how you feel;
- Engage in new experiences, giving you better insight into how others in that situation may feel;
- Get involved in organizations that push for social change.
Or, you know, scroll through some relatable tweets!
Can Anyone Else Relate To This?
I have been added to 1 group chat with 100+ members, let's just say my phone is never calm
Load More Replies...And you don't ever want those 2 friends to meet. Universes must never collide.
Weirdest form of text spam. Being added to a group chat when you literally don't know a single person (let alone who put your number into the mix). Blocked all.
Cousin opened up a family-group-chat --- instandly turned off notifications & 'download media files automaticly' --- I love you all, but I really don't need or want my smartphone filled up with pictures of your children. --- only stayed in that group b/c I won't get the neccessary information on family-events if I left
Whenever I start a group chat, I feel like that "now kiss"-meme.
Scrolling To The Song You Were Listening To Is The Most Frustrating Part
That's a paid feature - or you can crack it.
Load More Replies...When your kitten lies on the phone at 2 am and accidentally? calls the bishop.
I Would Genuinely Love To Know
My parents think therapy is a waste of time and I’m a minor. The only thing keeping me going is my friends
In Pennsylvania, the legal age of consent for mental health care is 14. Check the law where you live. If you can't find it on your own, call and ask any psychiatric practice or help line- they'll give you that information and help you get help if you are of age. The least they might do is give you resources you could possibly access without parental consent, such as school counselors. Speaking as a mom, I'm telling you that this is a situation where you should do what is necessary for your well-being, with or without your parents. Don't underestimate or down play ANY of your feelings, no matter what. Small issues will quickly become too big for you to handle alone, if you ignore them. Take care of yourself, and good luck.
Load More Replies...I've been raw dogging reality and it is not recommended. -10/10.
All of the really messed-up people I know parrot the same lines: "your therapist only sees you as a cash cow; you won't be cured until you're broke." And when informed that there are therapists who take insurance they say "Good therapists don't take insurance, only the incompetent ones do." It's like, wow, y'all have really painted yourselves into an imaginary corner there, haven't you.
Well somebody's got to do it. My dad was an alcoholic and I didn't want to like him, my husband smoked pot and I did want to be high raising kids. And mostly when I've had problems I use my brain to figure out how to change that. I've also went through depression and did all my responsibility and only acted depressed during my down time. Crazy right? But I made it through and am a believer that you have the power to change things just be believing you can... you mind is amazing at lying to you for better or worse. I choose better.
BFF always said we were each other's unpaid therapist. Friends are amazing like that. Miss her - gone 1 year. Talking to friends is very therapeutic
I have dogs. One is a messed up rescue, but is doing great in agility training. That's my therapy and refuge. My cat is also as interactive as my dogs.
Dad Please I'm Trying My Best
Worst thing was - my father used to do this to me the night before a maths exam, when the one thing that might have helped me to do better in my exam might have been a good night’s sleep and not going into school physically shaking after having vomited from stress and anxiety all morning. Then, once the exam was over, he’d leave me to struggle without ever practicing math or helping me with homework or anything ever again, right until the night before the next math exam. And that’s only one of the many reasons I’m not in contact with him anymore.
I still suffer through that. My dad is an awesome guy and all but when it comes to Math... *shudder*
I totally understand this. My father was a horrible human being. A malignant narcissist, who would beat me up every time I got something wrong on my times tables in 3rd grade. It was so bad that I memorized the order of which the ones I got wrong. I hated him.
Sorry to hear that. Narcissists are so mentally unbalanced and lethal. My bro in law has decided He hates me and I am the cause of his life problems. Good luck with that one dude. If I made your life awful then....POOF ....wave the magic wand and fix it all. Ta da ! You are cured forever.
Load More Replies...Not cool, but really... how can teachers possibly do this s*it on a daily basis?
My dad and I would often argue over my Algebra II teacher showing my class only one way to complete any given type of problem in algebra, depending on the concept we were studying at the time. My dad and I both understood that there is more than one correct way to arrive at the proper solution to a given problem, but the teacher wanted it done her way or not at all in any case. One could lose points or get zeros for doing the work, even correctly, by any other method. Dad simply would not listen to my insistence that my teacher refused to acknowledge that there are many correct ways to arrive at an answer to a given math problem. He thought that I was making it up or that I must be stupid to be obeying her explicit instructions in spite of my disagreement with them. I did not look back on those days fondly at all!!
Jesus Christ! This is common? My dad (whom I loved dearly, as long as there was no math involved) once told me that no one cries over math. I've never felt more vindicated in my life.
Actually it's quite common. I've had experiences.
Load More Replies...My mom took care of any math help. Dad was the history guy. Oh. My. Goodness. None of us wanted to deal with his history help. It wasn't that he was wrong or mean about it. It's just hours and hours of extra bits or off on tangents about other important times in history. Our brains leaked out of our ears and we had massive headaches every time we agreed to let dad explain some part of history we were supposed to be writing about or having a test on.
He's Not Wrong
Nope, it's an actual quote from the show. Though it is said by Sandy, not Spongebob.
Load More Replies...If stupidity was a virus, those afflicted with it probably wouldn't take the vaccination for it anyway.
Some of the people in the comments have clearly not watched much Spongebob if they don't know this quote, and I feel sad for them.
POV: you're parents didn't let you watch SpongeBob but your grandma did, but then she got yelled at for it...
Load More Replies...Don’t Delete Me
I like raisin, except the chewing them down. So I just wait until they became liquid, in bottle called wine, brandy or cognac.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA SO FUNNY I AM IN HOSPITAL DUE TO FUNNINESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CRY LAUGHED ALL THE HYDRATION OUT OF MY BODY AND NEED TO PAY THE HOSPITAL BILL PLS SEND MONEE
When I had mono my mom forced so many raisins on me that it was years before I could eat them again. I really like them. Especially the golden ones.
This Seems Accurate
You mean, you're at #4? Get up and wash the #2 mess, will ya?
Load More Replies...Oh no! They didn't censor "jerk off", I can't believe what is allowed on this site!
Yup
8 am: I'm tired 9 am: I'm gonna take a nap later 12 pm: I will take the nap later 2 pm: I'll take the nap later 4 pm: I can't nap now I'm hungry 6 pm: it's too late to nap 8 pm: it's too early to sleep 10 pm: I'm not tired yet 12 am: still not tired 2 am: Brain to self: No sleep for you 6 am: time to get up for work
I always say "thoughts I have after 9pm are not peer reviewed and thus not to be taken seriously".
2a awake and trying to sleep but Sir Snorsealot questing in his sleep...
Who Else Gets This When You Look Out Of A Window?
My doctor says it's related to my diabetes and that it will just get worse the more sugar I eat. I just think it will suck not to see how pretty the cake is before I eat it....
Load More Replies...Floaters. The shadows of scattered clumps of collagen fibers which form within the vitreous fluid of your eye. They will only get worse as you get older. If you are nearsighted, they will also be worse. They move as you move your eye.
Simultaneously boop your nose and pull your left ear to take a screen shot.
Load More Replies...I can play with mine and make them jump and move together. I was a lonely only child and took long driving road trips with the folks. I was odd. But quiet. 🤘
I've seen these since I was a kid. Hell, I can just look at the background of this article to see them.
That One Friend
Oh yeah. It's raining, it's midnight, it's very cold. I'll even offer to pay her cabfare. And still she insists we should walk to the othe side of town.
Yes, I am that friend and I get told this also.
Load More Replies...Them: See, wasn't that a healthy, strenuous hike? Me: You do realize we've gotta hike back?
Me. I walk everywhere, it drives people around me crazy, my friends are too lazy to walk and prefer to rush everywhere when they do. Whereas i like to take the scenic routes and walk at a leisurely pace. I don't drive, (I live in a big city with brilliant public transport so driving is not necessary) i prefer walking to using buses or trains although I do use them if I'm in a rush or travelling long distances. I don't mind the weather either, most people hate walking in the rain but I enjoy it (you just need a good waterproof coat!)
My Ideal Saturday Night
Same
I live in Greece where there are on average 250 days of sunshine and I still manage to have vit d insufficiency!
I live in Southern California...and I have to take a supplement! 🤣🤣😭
Load More Replies...Come to New Mexico: 310 days of sunshine, low humidity. When it rains, we go outside to watch!
I use a sunlight lamp from October through June - north western US :( Oh, also take vitamin D tablets...
How Many Times Has This Happened To You
Take a picture of your hand unplugging the iron, then one of you turning off the stove, and then, as you walk out the door take a picture of your hand locking the door. When you later worry just look at the pictures.
I had a manager at the dollar store I worked at in college that was paranoid about forgetting to lock up the store and would octuple-check it every night.
I came home and my roommate left the door wide open in a big city. It will forever be with me to check it at least twice (& leave any stove burners on) SIGH
No, but I do tend to check other things more than once. Guess my brain doesn't think locking the door is that important.
They Have To Know What They’re Doing, Right?
Looks like fuckass is not yet on BP's censorship list. Fuckassy Fuckassing Fuckass. [Update 9h later - censored. We had some fun guys, it was worth it.]
Fuckass!! Everyone, join in!! Revel in the bastion of freedom of speech we have round! FUCKASS!
How does BoredPanda censor the word "so" but leaves "fuckass" perfectly fine???
If you have never been to a Five Guys, please know that OP is only exaggerating by like 0.01%
Lol reading the comments and thinking “ahh fellow bored pandas are just fuckass amazing”
Lmao then me cussing cause everyone else is doing it like I’m 8 and not 38 🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Probably In Your Best Interest To Avoid The Harpy Eagle
This photo was taken when the bird was blinking, if you were curious! That's NOT what their eyes usually look like. They have large pupils and like many other birds of prey, their eyes are yellow.
Staring into the eyes distracts you from the talons. harpyeagle...a7249e.jpg
I believe caption a reference to the witch in Tim Burton's "Big Fish". She has a white eye and knows how/when you die.
True Though
Rumination... it's the worst vicious cycle. You have to learn how to tell yourself a different story and then calm/distract yourself. It's like trying to learn any new habit, it takes practice.
im a straight-a, perfectionist, anxious ADHD student . this school year is extremely difficult, and I'm failing a class for the first time in my life. my parents haven't found out yet, and it's like a ticking time bomb. it is constantly at the front of my mind
Like my never ending obeseness due to fricked up genetics? Yeah I do.
This is why I left a fandom back in 2016. I felt like throwing up all the time due to toxic people.
How’s The Weather?
I saw a meme that said "North Carolina weather be throwing out numbers like it's the lottery - 24! 39! 18! 54!"
The Baby’s Been In There For 9 Months, It Can Wait A Couple More Minutes
When my mom was going into labor with me apparently my dad was complaining about his allergies and asking if she could wait a little and she just told him to get the f**k up and stop being a baby.
If Labour has only just started, they’ll have hours till they need to go anywhere.
That partly depends on whether or not it's a first pregnancy. 1st ones take the longest. After that they come a lot faster.
Load More Replies...My personal version of this... Wife: My water broke, I think this is it Me: (super groggy as it is 1:30AM) Do I have time to make coffee??
My neighbor’s husband insisted she fix him breakfast before he’d take her to the hospital. She was in labor with their THIRD child. Born in the hospital hallway!
Can you get a divorce certificate and a birth certificate on the same day?
Load More Replies...Why does nobody respect nacho time. You can't pack up the nachos! The chips will get soggy!
Active labor? I've had 3 kids, and my active labor was: 45mins, 30mins, two pushes AND OH GOD STOP STOP STOP WE NEED TO GET THE DOCTOR!!!!! His arrogant a*s walked in two minutes earlier and I told that fool to not go anywhere, I was gonna have that baby NOW. This b***h had the gall to say "Oh no, you've got a little time, I'll be back." When he came skidding into the room barely in time to catch baby #3, I gave him SUCH A F*****G LOOK.
The Next Billion Dollar App
Shazam but provides the person's name (which you forgotten already less than 10 minutes from the introduction)
I wonder what would happen if we created one that read minds! I’d love to know what I can do to know solve some of the more challenging problems in my life and become a stronger negotiator with that in mind!!
And Then They Ask You What You Thought Of It The Next Time You See Them
My friend has been trying to get me to watch this one anime for at least 6 months now..... I am proud to say that I have gotten no farther than the opening credits sequence
I grew up in a sheltered religious environment. After I left that behind, I've felt like I've been playing catchup on all sorts of cultural touchstones. The list is so long I am generally in a state of choice paralysis regarding what to track down and watch/read/listen to next.
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Your odds of being alive are 1 in 400 trillion they say. All of your ancestors meeting, living long enough to reproduce, countless famines, adoptions, plagues. None of them got a choice either, so you may as well make your peace with it and make the most of it while you're here.
Me
Facts
Well, yeah, but you generally aren't allowed 5 cocktails before presenting a school project.
We all know them. Sits at the back of the class, only talks to friends, giggles louder than a plane engine, has 50 some followers on tiktok, shy and very giggly during school projects. Don't say you don't know her, yes you do
Pretty sure you don't get grades for twerking and grinding, nor do those affect your academic future
It Would Be A Hit!
there's a thing like that called 'good as it gets' with jack nicholson. basically that.
It really is just BoJack Horesman. You are describing BoJack Horseman.
Load More Replies...I had an idea for a book with a similar concept; The book opens PJO style with the main character being like “I wish there was more to this life” and is constantly dreaming of something interesting happening. The plot twist is that nothing does, and it’s simontanously both the most uninteresting and interesting book ever.
It So Do Be Like That
Me in 5th grade: Sleep is for the weak! Me in middle school: Me and my friend group of four are weak and we don't care
I have to get at least six hours of sleep a night or I am essentially a zombie the next day. Ideally, I have to get eight or nine hours of sleep!!
Everything under seven hours of sleep is just blinking 😄
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I'm always getting yelled at by my family cause I don't check enough
Hmm What Shall I Do Today?
That’s Actually So True
Some places actually have tiny plastic cocktail swords. I know someone with a chameleon and they get him to hold the tiny swords (Lego ones also work). I have ‘find somewhere that does cocktail swords’ on my bucket list (and yes, I know I could order them online, but it would feel like cheating). Unfortunately my friend is American and it would be a bit ridiculous for her to send me a package of a couple of cocktail swords
Load More Replies...I Know It Ain't Just Me!
The Good Ol' Times
Relatable Af!!
That’s going to be a lot of people looking at their electricity bills
Sadly
Who don't jiggle the handle? I always jiggle the handle. I paid for that drop of gas, I want it.
Except you didn't. The pump is designed with measurements based on a full hose. If you shake it you're actually shorting the next person by a little bit
Load More Replies...So True Back In Second Grade
This is the opposite of my experience in secondary school (high school age). The girls were definitely more vicious than the boys. Boys v girls usually had more outward aggression from the boys, but more viciousness and cunning from the girls (level of violence was pretty similar on both sides though)
Girls can be vicious at any age. Boys tend to be more physical when mean. It's bullying either way
In my school, the girls are as aggressive as the guys. The other day I got elbowed super hard in the stomach during soccer. On PURPOSE. I still have the bruise
I'm glad that PE isn't required in my school because I know damn well they'd make me join the girls
I Hate Why It Is Like This
There’s a keep your stuff button. I think Keep Inventory. But yeah, I got my kid this game and so far he plays in Creative Mode because he just wants to blow up TNT.
That button prevents you from getting achievements :-(
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Add "on her birthday" and you've got the perfect guilt machine
Sorry If This Is A Repost
Airpods are wireless earbuds for Apple phones. He typed what he meant to.
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But have you ever went to go backspace and just went "This is becasmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
yep i've had to shortcut all kids of stupid mistyped words to fix this.
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DON'T MAKE LEMONADE. MAKE LIFE TAKE THE LEMONS BACK! GET MAD! I DON'T WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS! What am I supposed to do with these? DEMAND TO SEE LIFE'S MANAGER! MAKE LIFE RUE THE DAY IT DECIDED TO GIVE CAVE JOHNSON LEMONS! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?! I'M THE MAN WHO'S GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS!
Take those lemons and make orange juice then sit back and watch the world wonder how the hell you did it.
When Life Gives You Lemonade, Make Lemons. Life Will Be All Like 'What?!
Why are you making just lemonade? Mix it with vodka and make a lemon drop!!!
I’m Not Wrong
My friend had this happen all the time. What’s worse was her family always called her ‘bratty’ and ‘ungrateful’ when she pointed out the discrepancy. She was always thankful and said as such out loud, but it does grate when your sibling gets so much more (plus anything he asks for outside of traditional gift giving times) and you get the bare minimum and have to save for months to get any special things just for you. (I’m pretty sure it was cultural as she was from a culture that only values boys)
At some point in life, you'll be asking for socks for Christmas........ may or may not have been me last year. No comment. Lol
I got socks for my birthday last year, I was so happy!
Load More Replies...1989. I got 2 tea towels and my cousin got a Walkman, from my mother. She liked him a lot more than me
#growingupwithglasses
I'm using this from now on when someone tries to take them
Load More Replies...Or the thing they do where they try them on and say something stupid like “wow! You’re so blind. How can you see?” And you’re thinking ‘With those glasses you stole’ and ‘wow, yes I had noticed I’m pretty blind, thanks’
I can't f*****g see without them, do you really think I'll be able to find them?
So Relatable
I studied psychology and we actually had a peer discussion group around this topic. It was fascinating how different our perspectives of ‘normal’ were. ETA: Though weirdly, everyone thought everyone else was pretty normal while secretly thinking that they themselves were weird, which was quite interesting
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Just One More Video
It’s True Tho 😂
If that's the case, dip the end in butter and stab me in the mouth
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I Just Can’t
Sometimes chirping birds is the playlist that hits the hardest.
Right, like I won't be able to hear anybody yell "watch out" if something goes wrong.
Load More Replies...Depends on where "outside" is. Recent studies show walking in the woods actually counters depression.
Every Year 😂
That's my birthday as well, so I hear it so much more often than I need to. Instead of "Happy Birthday!" It's "MaY tHe FoUrTh Be WiTh YoU"
It was funny when I first got the joke. Now I hear it everywhere and see it everywhere and it's annoying as hell
Yup! I will greet people with this particular greeting on May 4th every year until I die!
Fax
For The People Who Pray At Least
I get intrusive thoughts like ‘what if god isn’t real’. I mean, as I’ve got older I have veered more agnostic, but praying is not an appropriate time for my brain to remind me of this 😅
I'm not even Christian but my grandparents drag me to church cause I feel bad and every time we go pray my mind is like "and the father, son, the holy spirit... you know? What even is the "holy spirit?" Like I see people talking about it all the time but I've never heard about it other than the name... the spotlight is all on Jes- oh c**p, Amen"
Intrusive thoughts and demons are pure evil. I want nothing to do with either and I am so grateful for the power of prayer in combating them!!
Intrusive thoughts suck but they're natural. Prayer, since it affects you mentally and intrusive thoughts affect you mentally, can across as a placebo where if you truly believe that the praying will stop them it will, but intrusive thoughts are not evil, they're natural and very annoying
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I think it`s about the student sitting in the front/top row and the ones in the last/back row
Load More Replies...I can relate to so many of these.... not sure if that's a good thing though...
Here's one - did you ever have a "just one more post on Bored Panda, then sleep" moment at 3am when you have to be up at 6am?
I think the best takeaway from this listicle is that fuckass bypasses BP’s content filter. I’ll enjoy it while I can.
Yep, so did I. I wanted to have as much fun as possible before I post another harmless unpopular comment that lands me in BP jail again.
Load More Replies...I can relate to so many of these.... not sure if that's a good thing though...
Here's one - did you ever have a "just one more post on Bored Panda, then sleep" moment at 3am when you have to be up at 6am?
I think the best takeaway from this listicle is that fuckass bypasses BP’s content filter. I’ll enjoy it while I can.
Yep, so did I. I wanted to have as much fun as possible before I post another harmless unpopular comment that lands me in BP jail again.
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