30 Times People Spotted Something That Confused Them So Much They Had To Share The Pics Online
InterviewCars? Check. DIYs? Check. Funny fails and bizarre happenings? Check and check. All of these and so much more can be found on the internet, for those interested in one or the other. As a matter of fact, there’s a place you can find all of the above, and that’s the ‘If Ya Squint, It’s Mint’ group on Facebook.
Brimming with all sorts of entertaining material, the group is a treasure trove of fails, especially if you’re a fan of DIYs gone wrong or ideas that you simply know are not going to end well. Scroll down to find some examples of both, in addition to other unexpected snapshots, and enjoy!
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with one of the founders of the group, Jacob, and the Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at University of Waterloo and an expert in boredom, Dr. James Danckert, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
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You beat me to that comment! Maybe it's the entrance to a goat farm?
Load More Replies...I won a fight against my high school bully with a single headbutt. I wouldn't recommend it, but it worked for me.
Extra problem besides the label issue: Calcium prevents iron absorption so it's more or less useless anyway
Oops. I guess I should take my iron and calcium tablets at different times of day.
Load More Replies...Aaaannnd this is why SOMEBODY should have been paying more attention in middle school science, high school chemistry, and health class.
Asbestos in this form is a very low cancer risk. It is when the asbestos is in dust or fibre form that there is a much higher risk.
At work we have a bandsaw that's so old it has settings for asbestos and ivory on the speed controller.
It's crazy to me from a 21st century perspective how much asbestos was sold as this miracle product. My grandfather was an asbestos miner back in the 1950s (before the danger became public knowledge, although well after his employers had been warned about it and just straight up not told their workers or customers because capitalism is working for everyone) and in his town they used to spread asbestos all over the playground instead of pine bark so that kids would have a soft landing. Can you imagine? We still don't know if any of my aunts and uncles who lived there (they'd moved by the time my mum was born) will develop asbestosis or mesothelioma eventually from all the asbestos they breathed in constantly in that town. My grandfather died of mesothelioma about a decade ago and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It's a horrible, painful and debilitating way to go.
Believe what the big corporation tells you! They have your best interests at heart!
Up and running for roughly 4 years now, the ‘If Ya Squint, It’s Mint’ Facebook group has already amassed close to 900k members. “The group was started by me in May of 2020 and grew to about 115,000 members in about 9 months,” its founder, Jacob, told Bored Panda in a recent interview.
Discussing how it all started, Jacob shared that he came up with the concept of the name because of his old F-150 truck. “I’ve had it for years; my dad is the original owner and grew up with it since the age of 5. It was very rusty and had a bunch of scratches and bed liner covering up bad attempts at bondoing rust spots. My dad was joking around with me one night saying the truck only looks good past 20 feet and I quipped back the line—If ya squint it’s mint—and the idea took off.
“Over the years, that truck saved my life from an active shooter to being my place to sleep when I was homeless living across the country,” the founder of the group shared, adding that even with numerous “sketchy upgrades and modifications” that he did, the vehicle still looks mint past 20 feet.
Tahnk godoness yuo ddi not mispsell "oh"
Load More Replies...I’m very careful on outdoor wood now. I previously fell on somebody’s decking (that had a slope down to the garden) and landed on my back hard. I was carrying an old dog so took an extra hard landing to protect the dog. It gets so slippery. And it’s such a hard surface to land on.
Load More Replies...Nope, an boy scout troop did this as an eagle community service. They even bragged about doing it.
Load More Replies...Where do you start with what's the problem with this DIY project, it's easy, everything is wrong
This was done by a boy scout troop as an eagle scout community service project.
Load More Replies...Oh gosh I thought those cinder blocks were a truck at first and this was WAY higher up than it really is
I mean, each individual section looks not hugely awful, especially if it was done by boy scouts, but why not just make it one straight set of stairs instead of making it overly complicated and practically unusable by having it go round a corner?.. "
“I feel like the phrase ‘If ya squint it’s mint’ has been used in so many different places on the internet since I started this group,” Jacob shared. “Like, the other day I heard it referenced in an automotive YouTube channel and thought to myself ‘That’s my group; I wonder if they’re here’. At work, I overheard two people I’ve never interacted with before talking about a post they saw on ‘squint’. I jumped in and asked them a bunch of questions on their opinions of the group. I asked them to pull out their phones and look at the group again and see who owns it. The look on their faces was priceless.”
I really don't think you're smart or educated enough for this soup. Whereas educated people like myself-
I don’t think the soup is smart or educated enough to be eaten by me.
Load More Replies...Squinting so hard I've got tears in my eyes
Is that even legal? Can't tell from the plate, but it looks suspiciously like a US license plate.
No, it's not legal. Whoever did this is an idiot. The first police officer who saw this would pull him over instantly.
Load More Replies...no joke, call the cops if you see something like this. it might be fine, or it might come loose and kill people.
I mean, what’s the worst that could happen?
A railing could fix that, right? And a carpet shampoo... and maybe some reinforcement for the landing in front of the door, looks kind of thin....
I can feel this carpet on my feet and I don't wanna take my shoes off.
Jacob admitted that the group is definitely a challenge to manage at times. “In the early days (pre 2020 election), it was at its worst,” he said, adding that he tries to keep politics out of the way because of the hatred people have in regards to certain political matters.
“I have a policy to block and remove anyone speaking about politics on either side of the aisle. It’s getting difficult to moderate it all the time because of the sheer size of the membership. Off the top of my head, I can say between bot accounts, inappropriate comments, and politics, I’ve banned over 40,000 accounts. Approving posts is done by me, my wife—the other admin—and a few friends of mine who moderate when they feel inclined to help. I enjoy seeing all the weird things people take pictures of on roads.”
“The group is basically a place for people to post all the weird and funny stuff they encounter either in real life or a shared post somewhere else. It’s kinda morphed into a meme or ‘what’s wrong with this picture’ type of group,” he added.
It might be a good idea to counter global warming but this has to be a joke not my picture
Well, I keep saying that we sould dome the earth and air condition the planet. This would be a good start.
Probably never seen that type of AC. I know I'd never seen one until I went to Asia 23 years ago; that is all they had, everywhere. Jump forward to 2015 or so, and in the USA, they began showing up. Also those "on demand" water heaters.
Ok, you pop it. I'll stand way over there and record it.
Load More Replies...Another satisfied client
This is hilarious. "I swear i didn't pee myself, water splashed on me i promise".
Yes!! I was thinking the SAME thing! "Whah??!! Nnnoo, its NOT pee!! Someone screwed up the install!!"
Load More Replies...Someone installed it backwards. Just reinstall after rotating the faucet with the handle pointing towards that wall 2" away...
Discussing why people might be interested in pictures of situations they know nothing about or have no context for, Dr. James Danckert pointed out that sometimes, viewing random internet content is a way to occupy their mind. “When we’re bored, that kind of passive occupation of our thoughts is easy; kind of like playing a game on our phones endlessly, a la Candy Crush. But it rarely, if ever, solves boredom. What we need when we’re bored is to be more agentic – to intentionally choose something meaningful to engage with.”
that was probably a normal sized room chopped into 4 to house 8 people
That stupid a*s trucker surely loaded the double of the permitted weight and paid the price. Karma is a b***h.
Pacific Grove CA. $2.46 million Zillow estimate. Yes, that’s the front door
The stone eagles seem to be in discussion about how bad a job has been done here
I didn't even notice the door at first. I was wondering what the beef was between those eagles!
Load More Replies...Make fake doors in the other two spots. Label one for salesmen and one for JWs /j
Make two more real doors, number them, and make the house a TV game show set.
Load More Replies...Paying that much for a house a few feet from a road big enough to have a double yellow line is a non-starter, regardless of what the door looks like.
Could be some telephoto compression...and "that much" is relative. It's California
Load More Replies...“Not sure that amusement online would achieve anything different than amusement in real life – it’s good to laugh!” the expert continued, while on the topic of amusing internet content, many of which is based on the so-called fails.
When asked what is likely to be the reason why we find fails funny, Dr. Danckert said: “I can only think of schadenfreude.
“Maybe it also pulls us out of a low arousal slump – again, if we’re bored, watching ‘fails’ might seem exciting,” he added.
Somebody is going to spend a lot of money to tear up their nice new sidewalks and curbs so they can redo them. 😁 Edited to add: Assuming this is in the USA.
Look at the sign. Have you seen words like that in the USA, no translation? Cambodia, apparently.
Load More Replies...Try Cambodia. That’s where this picture was taken. :)
Load More Replies...I tripped and fell just looking at this photo
Like putting lipstick on a pig. :) (I didn't make up that saying. It's an old one.)
The way I've heard it is "You can put perfume on a hog, but you've still got a hog."
Load More Replies...Just use the leash hanging from the wall to help pull yourself up the stairs. If it doesn't rip out of the wall...
Do you perhaps think that is the reason for the leash being there?
Load More Replies...Bubba and Jim Bob fixed up granny's trailer, gawd bless those two inbreds.
There must be a story. Not sure why an RV would even be on a boat launch in the first place
Parked there "for just a sec" and forgot to set the brakes when he got out?
Load More Replies...BRAKE BRAKE BRAKE oh just hold your breath and get out through the window !!!!
If you’re wondering, what in the world is schadenfreude, to put it simply, it’s the joy that misfortune experienced by others brings.
While it sounds cruel presented like that, it doesn’t mean that everyone who has experienced it is some sort of a sociopath. Schadenfreude can also be experienced when a friend you love and care for dearly trips on a sidewalk and you—after making sure they still have all their teeth—can’t help but laugh at their clumsiness. If you ask me, schadenfreude can be perceived as an ability to see the beauty in fails, be it your own or those of others.
Oh good grief... I sincerely hope that's just some Sharpie-type marker...
Some truck stop excitement
The male, being considerably larger than the female, must take care not to crush her (best Attenborough impression).
No offspring will result from this particular coupling, however, as the male, experimenting with a new position, has not entered the correct orifice
Load More Replies...My brain is hurting trying to figure out how you do that in a truck stop. At speed on the road I get. But in a truck stop you are typically driving pretty slow.
Free operative word there is "typically." It doesn't mean always, and some people think they can do anything.
Load More Replies...I don't know about excitement, but the truck is definitely stopped.
And I though I was bad at backing up the trailer! Not even sure how you'd manage to do this.
That truck looks kinda small. I don't think it's built to tow something that large. At most, that truck should only be towing small flatbeds or small boats.
Yeah, I don't see a coupling / hook up thingy in the truck bed either 🧐
Load More Replies...Can you point me to the rest corner?
R2-D2, shut down all the garbage compactors on the detention level!!!
This looks like one of my weird dreams where I can't fit through the same door that everyone else can.
Tbf there is hardly room for anyones ªss in there.
Load More Replies...Whether it’s related to maintaining our social status or watching our clumsy friends, schadenfreude is likely to be the reason we find certain fails funny. Take America’s Funniest Home Videos, for instance; counting its 35th season, the show is largely based on people getting themselves into all sorts of unfavorable situations, most of which look somewhat entertaining to others.
So, the fact that people love browsing fails online, too, comes as no surprise. If you’re a fan of such instances yourself, chances are you’ve already giggled at some of the failures shared on this list. But if you want more, continue to browse the funniest Halloween fails, the biggest tattoo fails, or wife fails that had the internet in stitches next.
Have to zoom in that's a gap not a kick plate seen this today and was like wtf
No need for a letterbox slot then (if in the UK, there would be one, level with the door handle).
Zero mint all squint
The door at the top looks like you have to step up if you want to get into the place.
I once stayed in a B&B in NY that had doorways like this. I nearly broke my ankle when I entered my parents' room because there was a huge drop they didn't warn me about!
Tell me that's not a freaking U-Haul truck that was the tow vehicle. The driver may have been under qualified for the job.
And this, my friends, is why you shouldn't cut corners when building your new home.
this usually how this is done. The bags are made of paper which allow water in and the concrete to set. The bags eventually dissolve leaving the concrete behind.
I hope everyone is joking. That will absolutely not set right and even rain will chip away at that. I accidentally left 2 bags out during a project and they just crumbled after a couple years. It's a good way to make gravel, that's about it
It has to do with the pressure and weight of the road above it. Not just a random bag out by itself. Why did you leave them for a couple years though, and not throw them out?
Load More Replies...Yeah this is actually not incorrect. Ever leave a bag of concrete in the rain? Same thought process
Bottom bit rotted away? Or somebody mis-measured for an off-site build job?
It's been there a while, however it happened. Maybe this is snow country, and they store the bottom section where the snow plows won't destroy it.
Load More Replies...I was coming here to say that. I live in the Burgh and it SCREAMS Pittsburgh.
Load More Replies...Like they say, "It's not stupid if it works". Which means this is stupid, cause that ain't gonna work
Another satisfied client
There must only be about 10" from the front edge to another wall or a door.
Until you need to open the top and repair something.
Load More Replies...Was told my destination is through the door on the left
"Malococcix ! - Numerobis... - comment ça fait plaisir d'vous voir, comment ça va ? - mal - il est où le problème ? - la porte au plafond là ? - ça ? j'anticipe ! si vous voulez faire un 2ème étage, paf vous pouvez parce qu'ya déjà une porte pour y accéder !" :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEP7aEyTOf0
I have no words. Well actually I have a lot of words but most of them need to be redacted.
yeah, you know the boss had to take a picture when he saw the newbie do this number. What's actually in that Igloo anyway?
30 pack jack must’ve done this roof
I've seen shingles over shingles. First time I've seen new sheathing over old shingles.
Well, there's a right way and a aw eff it way
Load More Replies...Had this kinda thing on my first house...looked like prior owners had put one layer of shingles over another...turns out it was three layers of shingles on a freakin' VINYL roof. No wood. Had to rebuild the whole bloody thing.
You can put a another layer on top but eventually to need to take it down to the plywood. This crooked contractor put plywood over the top of the existing shingles instead of removing them. Probably changed the homeowners for removal too.
Load More Replies...It's brick, that's the joke. Someone very strong must've put this together, though it's a terrible idea.
Asbestos? Maybe they didn't want to remove old, asbestos shingles and this was this solution... maybe...
Oh just lay down more OSB, some three tab and ...voila...a triple deck roof!
Weird that the old shingles look better than the new!
Load More Replies...Ran across this at work the other day. Still not sure if I love it or hate it
Nice, but the water next electricity? Why not the other way, when there is a possibility?
Load More Replies...They used to have something like this in the rooms in budget motels with "kitchenettes" back in the 1950s-1960s.
I you lived in the roomy apartments in NY you would absolutely LOVE this
An ex of mine lived in an apartment in Seattle with a very similar kitchen setup. Worked for him.
Its for a wok. Put the ring that is besides the fire back around the fire and you can put the wok on there safely
Minty paving job in western NY
Looks like the godawful curb job that was at my grandma's condo some years back
Efficient to say the least
Get the spin speed right and you've got yourself a self-stirring-pot cooker.
Load More Replies...Engineer=designer, puts the oil plug exactly where it will run onto the suspension bar , technician=guy whose job it is to change the oil.
Load More Replies...Just going to leave this here..
Looks kinda steampunk-organic. Like a copper vine.
Load More Replies...They’re both north, but big, heavy trucks and 18 wheelers, etc should use the one that says “truck”. If the person taking the photo isn’t in a big, heavy truck , then they should go right.
I can sort of get this, winding ramps, both of which connect to the interstate 49 and/or 71 going north but only one of them is suitable for trucks, simples ;)
A mirror, bathroom handheld type, used as a replacement side mirtor
Load More Replies...And yet they didn't tape over the damage on the back side of the car. How tacky!
What, exactly can one do about ingrown hairs? Electrolysis? Poor bastard.
Load More Replies...Huh. Perspective is weird. I think that’s his neck and he’s tilted his head back fully. The hair at the top is a bit of beard hair. That’s his chin from below.
Load More Replies...When you try to rip a 2x4 from Home Depot
Why are you trying to blame Home Depot for this. It could happen with lumber from any other home improvement store or even a lumber yard.
Yeah, but it's most of the lumber anywhere else, it's ALL the lumber at HD🤣
Load More Replies...When it just won't rub out
Was cleaning when I saw this. Had the tires mounted and balanced at my local [lousy] tire. Kindly enlighten me if this is squinty or minty. Thanks!
Tire rim weights, used when alighing/balancing wheels...there are a whole stack of them, usually there are only one-three when you get your wheels balanced...sorry for the bad sentence/grammar...im not a mechanic
Load More Replies...Good grief this is just the lead weights attached to the inside of the wheel to balance it for a smoother ride. Or is it because they stacked the weights.
Royal College of Art graduate shows that shrinking old plastic bottles around wood joints is a good way to make furniture.
What sick tricks would you do off this ramp?
I'm guessing it's for a very lean person to roller skate down so they can break their ankles at the bottom
I might be oblivious to something like this. But what the hell?
Only an idiot would do this. Incredibly dangerous, especially if one of the eggs travel to the brain.
Driving in a torrential downpour right now, no front bumper, no doors, a soaked kid in the back seat and the other side was wrecked.
Might be perfectly legal depending on where it is. Lots of places have very lax car safety laws. I’ve seen some very DIY repaired cars in photos.
Load More Replies...Yep, that ain't going nowhere! Good to go!
Is that a tiny little flag at the back end of the item? That ain't nearly enough of a warning to drivers behind you. This cannot be street-legal. Please tell me someone stopped him before he drove off!
It is here in NC, you can tie a red mechanics rag to the back and of anything hanging off the back end of a truck or trailer and it's legal.
This was $200+/night
Door opens practically to toilet so awkward shuffling to get in and close it behind you. If someone opens door when you're in there it'll be right into your knees (I had a bathroom like this, left apt after lease was up mostly due to this single issue)
Meantime in Eastern Europe.
Thermomodernisation at it's best
No words. None that wouldn't get my mouth washed out with soap (XD)
Maybe not, but if you are dumber than that, you would try to hide it from prying eyes.
Load More Replies...No words. None that wouldn't get my mouth washed out with soap (XD)
Maybe not, but if you are dumber than that, you would try to hide it from prying eyes.
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