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Think about it: we’re a species that invented both Shakespeare and the phrase “yeet.” We put a man on the moon, but still can’t figure out how to make women’s pockets bigger than two centimeters. As a society, we don’t make much sense, so it’s only fitting that the internet we ended up with was never going to be a calm, rational place.
Which brings us to the Facebook group “Please Stroke, I’m Having A Help.” It’s a beautiful collection of random posts that defy all logic, yet still manage to be hilarious, mostly because they make you wonder if you're losing your grip on reality or if your reading skills just completely gave up.
Don’t question it. Just let your brain melt a little. Scroll down for the best of the worst, and upvote the ones that left you the most confused.
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TheOGpandaHavana 17 hours ago
It makes sense to me. He definitely lid! They always be lidding!
Littlemiss 17 hours ago
I don't understand why you couldn't just lid it alone, you had to say something 😆
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Around 86% of the world’s population can read today, according to UNESCO. That’s billions of people who’ve mastered one of the most important skills humans can learn.
But as the posts in “Please Stroke, I’m Having A Help” prove, being able to read doesn’t always mean what you’re reading will make any sense.
And in this case, that’s the whole point. These linguistic disasters are meant to make you laugh, while reading itself remains the tool we rely on to understand everything else in daily life.
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Sam Trudeau 4 hours ago
"We FREE you 1 MONTH WIFEto try. If not satisfied, just return it to us with 30 days. NO NEED PAY" What is this? A slaver camp?
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TheOGpandaHavana 16 hours ago
That is 1000% the truth. 100% statistical fact! I'm not sure what driving has to do with it but it is important to drive carefully.
Learning to read is actually a pretty interesting process. Unlike spoken language, which humans naturally develop, reading has to be explicitly taught. Our brains weren’t designed for it.
You could give a toddler a stack of books and they’d never figure out how to read them without instruction. But once we learn, it becomes remarkably fast. According to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the brain can begin processing written words within 100 milliseconds of seeing them, faster than it takes to blink.
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Mavis 16 hours ago
Not fart water, it's "fart free water", so it's all good. Probably got it from someone's bath tub who never farts in the bath.
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Andy Frederick 16 hours ago
There's no excuse for bad translations like this any more. Use ChatGPT or other AI and get perfect translations.
xolitaire 11 hours ago
If you believe AIs translate correctly... good luck
Load More Replies...The brain does this through a region called the Visual Word Form Area, located in the left hemisphere. This tiny patch of neurons becomes specialized for recognizing written words and letter combinations.
Before we learn to read, this area is typically used for recognizing faces and objects. Reading fundamentally changes how this part of our brain functions.
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Emilu 14 hours ago
But it's okay! You can adjust the amount according to your preference! 😂
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Emilu 3 hours ago (edited)
A lot of instant noodles have around this. I’ve been eating a low sodium diet and looking for instant noodles to eat. Surprised to say I’ve found none 😭
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UnclePanda 6 hours ago
He should have knuckled down and tried harder. Now he's under that guy's thumb.
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Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
Aww but wabbits don’t eat kids mine never did , not so sure in the parents mind !
What makes reading even more impressive is how efficiently our brains process words. According to research in cognitive psychology, we recognize letters within a word largely in parallel rather than reading letter by letter.
Studies have shown that we’re actually better at identifying letters when they appear in words compared to when we see them in isolation. This is called the Word Superiority Effect, and it helps explain why skilled readers can process text so quickly.
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Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
Now this sounds like boris said in lockdown don’t go out but go to work but stay home ! But don’t go out his words lol us in uk know 😂
Geoffrey Scott 6 hours ago
Looks like the headboard of my bed frame when I assembled it. "Do not tighten screws until finished"..hope I got 'em all.
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Alex Kennedy 15 hours ago
“Questions people my already note asking are incoherent that of about answered lots in are my note incoherent.”
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This is also why typos are so hard to spot in our own writing. Our brain is incredibly good at autocorrecting based on context and prediction. We see what we expect to see rather than what’s actually there.
In an interview with Wired, Dr. Tom Stafford explains that proofreading is difficult because our brain treats reading as a high-level task focused on meaning, not individual letters.
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TheOGpandaHavana 16 hours ago
😂😂😂😂😂 You know they're American when they don't even know their own geography and are too lazy to double check they're own meme. But as a native Oregonian, I'm feeling both seen and disrespected.
Dee Hampton 3 hours ago
If your kids have watched 'Veggie Tales', you will have heard that gag already.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 16 hours ago (edited)
That's very acute. Or possibly obtuse. It's certainly not right!
Lily bloom 16 hours ago
Looks like a Muppet but actually exists. Makes a terrifying otherworldly clicking sound with its beak
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TheOGpandaHavana 17 hours ago (edited)
Wow, the first time I read it, my eyes read what it is supposed to say. However, the second time I read it, my eyes saw what is actually written and now, my brain is confused.
Reading also changes how we think. Studies have shown that literate people process information differently than non-literate people, even when the task has nothing to do with reading.
A 2017 study in Science Advances found that learning to read reorganizes brain connectivity patterns, affecting how we process spoken language and even visual information.
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Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
Ok that tattooist was drunk wasn’t he ? I can’t make head nor tale of this one ,
Teutonic Disaster 3 hours ago (edited)
It's bad enough if you'd post that on social media, but having it tattoed (badly) just makes me wish that people would have to take a test before being allowed to vote or procreate.
Virgil Blue 4 hours ago
I found the text that can destroy the AI overlord! Let it read this and watch its processors melt!
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Despite how automatic reading feels for most of us, it takes years to master. Think of how much time it takes children to become truly fluent readers. And even then, we continue refining our reading skills throughout our lives as we encounter new vocabulary, writing styles, and contexts.
In fact, research suggests vocabulary, a key part of strong reading comprehension, can keep growing well into later adulthood, often into the mid-60s.
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Mother of Giants 9 hours ago
I can tell you that a horse bite DOES NOT resemble a chimpanzee in any way. Ask me how i know...
Pernille 2 hours ago
I had a Shetland pony bite on my but(t) cheek that looks a lot like a gorilla, but you are correct, I've never seen a bite that resembled a chimpanse.
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Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
Nope nothing like what so ever a snake bite does not look like that at all or the dog ,I’ve got snakes lmao defo do not look like that who made this one up ? Cos what ever they on .. I do not want any !
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Sam Trudeau 4 hours ago
Reminds me of the person who said they hate people who mix up their they're there. They proceed to mix them up
The fact that humans learned how to read at all is genuinely amazing. We look at little squiggles on a page or screen, and our brains instantly turn them into sounds, ideas, and full stories.
Most of the time it feels effortless, but that’s only because the skill is so well practiced. When you stop and think about it, it’s kind of wild that a handful of lines can carry meaning at all.
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timhood 13 hours ago
They're just installed out-of-order. It's supposed to read: "At 3rd floor, hit yourself. You will thank us 3 months from now." 💀
Ace 7 hours ago
Hit yourself at 3rd floor, 3 months from now you will thank us.
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Virgil Blue 4 hours ago (edited)
The name makes this comment sound legit. Try ro stay hydrated oh Grumpy one.
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Littlemiss 17 hours ago
My husband explained to his young nephew once, that as you age farts just build up and fester. Eventually they become dust.. and that's why they smell so bad and linger.
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Douglas Gold 7 hours ago
"I am not a number, I am a free man. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! My life is my own." Patrick McGoohan
Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 17 hours ago
Iron Maden, the Prisoner. Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter,
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Lily bloom 16 hours ago
At least put socks on Porkus when cooking her in the big green egg next to the couch! There are rules
Rali Meyer 8 hours ago
too many people barefoot in my country, in malls and crossing petrol stations! urg
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Francois 4 hours ago
I am a BarBeeGirl! Life is fantastic, when you made out of plastic.
Load More Replies... TheOGpandaHavana 16 hours ago
I'm no brain because i legit kept trying to ignore the goat to find the animals that are not in fact there.
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TheOGpandaHavana 16 hours ago
Unfortunately, my brain calculates math like this - it's exhausting.
Stardust she/her 9 hours ago
If he gave everyone equal amounts of money, he’d be able to give $27 each
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GalPalAl 5 hours ago
He doesn't speak either masculine or feminine and my guess by this logic is that he also has heterophobia in both eyes as welll. The dog doesn't speak stupid
Multa Nocte 4 hours ago
I thought that was always homophobia in the eyes. ;-)
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Hollerfloozy 8 hours ago (edited)
The Weiner. The meat. The Bun. The Sausage. The Yellow sign. The "The". Lots to choose from there.
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Dee Hampton 3 hours ago
It is always 42. Have you used your babel fish lately?
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Dee Hampton 3 hours ago
I wish supermarkets would stop with the philosophical questions ans just stock cheaper eggs
Virgil Blue 3 hours ago
Welcome to Schrodingers Market. All boxes may or may not contain cats.
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Teutonic Disaster 3 hours ago
But what if I like to spoon? In the privacy of my own home, of course.
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Talis 5 hours ago
Into the foot. And onto the floor. And the floor is lava.
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Earonn - 7 hours ago
"The p*o pass" - for schools where kids have to prove that they are allowed to go and use the toilet.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 6 hours ago
I’m relieved you could translate that!
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Fenouille Fenouille 16 hours ago
Those Macedonians, as soon as they’re done crawling they ran out the door and start their new life!
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Alex Kennedy 15 hours ago
(PS, the “correct” answer is unbelievably supposed to be “Joe Biden” (Rhode Island)).
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Tea Drinker 11 hours ago
And you know - you KNOW - they'll dump the pennies to count them and start screaming, "Who stole my pennies?!"
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Zig Zag Wanderer 15 hours ago
I'm was absolutely up for all of this for making a life, until the dog got involved!
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Sam Trudeau 4 hours ago
"You will love MEGA SALE. It is the AMERICAN WAY"
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Bill Swallow 5 hours ago
And yet, with all this, they actually managed to find a legitimate animal starting with 'X'. Granted, they used the wrong picture, but a 'Xerus' is an 'African Ground Squirrel'.
Teutonic Disaster 3 hours ago (edited)
That's your main takeaway? Not the bird with a hamster's head above "s is snake"?! Or the headless vulture? Bonus points for getting the quail, of all things, right tho.
Load More Replies... Teutonic Disaster 3 hours ago
The most tragic part of it all is, a teacher (presumably) actually printed that out, went to the trouble of LAMINATING it and hung it up in their classroom. 🤦🏻♂️
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Bill Swallow 2 hours ago
Simple explanation - an inobservant worker, in a hurry, applied the graphic with the cursive script word 'hunny' upside down.
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Corwin 02 12 hours ago
Was more thinking of wedge mill gander soda but ....
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"Take a slice of the wheel, take a round on a mill, the ducks are now here, so let's have us an al blanc beer..." (set to St Tropez).
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TheOGpandaHavana 17 hours ago (edited)
Oh no. What? Is this real?! I finally figured out what it says but please don't tell me someone actually got this as a tattoo?! It's something from when you're 17 and you think it sounds wise and strong.
Crystalwitch60 12 hours ago
Enlighten us then lol ? It’s to early for me ,need more coffee on this one meh
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There are some seriously bad tattoo artists on this thread 🤦♀️I hope none of them are in uk lol cos I do not wann go to one of em thanks ,
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Khavrinen 6 hours ago
Gyoza, except when it's pierogi; and sometimes even then.
Load More Replies... meow point1 2 hours ago
If you got Homer Simpson really high and told him to say something deep.
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Lily bloom 16 hours ago
"The nicest world is standing beside you"? O the best word yelling nice distance*
Kali Chaos 17 hours ago
I tried really hard to do this, for like ten minutes. I only tried English, but I have no idea.
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detective miller's hat 2 hours ago
It's funny tho. I have the sticker on my car.
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Bill Swallow 6 hours ago
Reminds me of the old 'Tri-Dapt Spraggleflorm'. See, a Tri-Dapt Spraggleflorm is basically just a Brog Danker with Flumper Runks, only in the Tri-Dapt Spraggleflorm, the Hornswoggles is directly connected to the Flubs.
Roxy222uk 9 hours ago
That’s because you have been enslaved by the man. We all have a right to blicks and we all have a right to snurgle them. It’s just not making a rich person any richer.
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Hollerfloozy 17 hours ago
Listen, I can lead you to Payless. or i can lead you to the nearest therapist. I know which one i'd pick.
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Roxy222uk 9 hours ago
Well it won’t be relevant until 2074 so you’re alright for now
Load More Replies... Hollerfloozy 8 hours ago
No disrespect towards the sentiment....But, d*mn. I would be ashamed to show this to my kids.
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Zig Zag Wanderer 15 hours ago (edited)
He's just trying to cross the road safely, ok? Don't ask me why....
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Rali Meyer 8 hours ago
If you were born before 1990, you are over 35 years old. Hold, even over 25 years old!
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Teutonic Disaster 3 hours ago
That's the same frickin wall as the one with the "international airport". I knew it was photoshop/ai slop. 🤬
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Multa Nocte 4 hours ago (edited)
I thought of that as well!!! 🤣 Wiki says: "Mah Nà Mah Nà" debuted as part of Umiliani's soundtrack for the Italian mondo film Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968), an exploitation documentary film about wild sexual activity and other behaviour in Sweden. The song accompanied a scene in the film set in a sauna which gave its original title "Viva la Sauna Svedese" ("Hooray for the Swedish Sauna")."
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 6 hours ago
'Unununium' - Placeholder name for then-newly discovered Element No. 111.
Rali Meyer 7 hours ago
Those who are immune to a minimum of aluminium have a minimumaluminiumimmunity
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Ange Marsden 16 hours ago
This would have been hilarious if the creator could tell their pastries apart
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Zig Zag Wanderer 15 hours ago
So always eat gaspacho when I have cancer to be squidward's brother? Or something.....
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Skip Reynolds 4 hours ago
I know you know what you know but you should know by now that you're not me.
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Leah Brown 36 minutes ago
I think it's a version of "Stay Humble, Keep up the Hustle" or something like that.
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Stardust she/her 9 hours ago
Reminds me of this stupid story I saw online: Boy: *wakes up from peenis surgery* Boy: doctor where my gf Doctor: who do u think gave u the peenis?
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Multa Nocte 4 hours ago
It's a Rent-2-Own store in Chillicothe, Ohio, but I didn't call them. It's easier and closer to rent things here in France. ;-)
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Zig Zag Wanderer 15 hours ago
You, dawg! I heard you like iced tea, so I made you iced tea with iced tea!
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Zig Zag Wanderer 15 hours ago
A hundred and eight, pizzagate, a laptop I hate, nearly eight. Simples!
Rali Meyer 7 hours ago
Wrong: The total bill is $108, I ate a slice of pizza salame, 15" MacBook Pro runs on Mavericks 2.0, the dice are wrong because opposite numbers must add to 6
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Tea Drinker 11 hours ago
OK, I'll give the possibly "foreign" signs a pass this time, but the ones that seem to be from native English speakers are absolutely pathetic and shameful.
Tea Drinker 11 hours ago
OK, I'll give the possibly "foreign" signs a pass this time, but the ones that seem to be from native English speakers are absolutely pathetic and shameful.
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