Everything is relative. For example, Shaq might not look tall when he's on camera next to other basketball players and Simone Biles might not seem short when you see her competing against other gymnasts but put them near each other and you'll instantly get an idea of their size.
So to broaden your understanding of the world, we at Bored Panda put together a new list of interesting comparison pictures from all sorts of different areas, including nature, technology, and social issues. It's a series we've been working on for a while too; if you like scrolling through these images, fire up our earlier publications here, here, and here. Maybe you missed some!
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A Year Ago I Was Depressed And Suicidal. Today Things Have Gotten Better
I'm very proud of you. That's all I can feel. A lot and a lot of proud.
Before And After Cleft Lip Surgery
Just Retired After 42 Years As An Obstetrical Nurse, At The Same Hospital. Here I Am At The Start (1979) And End Of My Career
Fifteen Years Later, Still Best Friends
One Year Since My Wife Brought A Flea Ridden, Tiny Baby Back To Life With A Blood Transfusion
Saw The Left Picture On My Google Photos And Was Feeling Proud Of Myself. 1.5 Years Post Open-Heart Surgery
How 2021 Started vs. How It's Going
This Art Completes Me
Inherited A Painting A Few Years Ago, Randomly Came Across The Building In The Painting While On A Trip
This Is My Feral Friend Sad Boy, Showing Off How Good He Looks After A Few Months Of Love And Care
My Brother's Dog, Ricky, Before And After Adoption
Cubic Window During Different Times Of Day
Real Estate Agent’s Response To Vandalism
Turning Vitiligo Into An Art
Looks cool. Good thing is that you don't have to worry about the white parts fading coz white tattoo ink doesn't last long.
My Little Guy Turned 1 This Week
This Is The Size Of A Tree They're Cutting Down In Canada Compared To A Human. This Is Why People Are Getting Upset
One Is Not Like The Others. Can You Guess Which Is The Weird One?
My Wife Said He Wouldn’t Get That Big, But He Got Big
Effects Of Light Pollution: How The Stars Look On A Typical Night Versus A Widespread Power Outage
Just one of the reasons why I love camping so much. The sky is just amazing.
Today Is Lithuanian Statehood Day Aka Mindaugas Coronation Day, So Lithuanian Army Decided To Share This
After Growing My Hair Out For Nearly 3 Years, I Finally Decided To Cut And Donate It This Month
For anyone considering this, do a little research before you decide where to donate. Some of the "charities" actually charge really high prices for the people who need them. My family discovered this when my sister developed alopecia universalis that 9 years old.
Inseparable
One Of These Chess Pieces Is Different From The Others
My 1977 Triumph Spitfire Next To A Couple Of Fords On 44’s
Car designed for English people who enjoy driving down twisty country lanes vs trucks designed for Americans with big, straight roads and small ego's
Men's Beach-Handball Teams Uniform vs. The Women's Uniform
It's absolutely disgusting that the female handball team were fined for wearing similar to the men's instead of their usual bikini style clothes. The committee in charge of those rules should be ashamed of themselves.
S21 Ultra In My Wife's Jeans vs. My 18-Month-Old Son's Joggers
2019 vs. 2021
The Many Colors Of Lake Superior
Women's USA Basketball Team vs. El Salvador
Wednesday Is Not Good At Pictures. More Photogenic Cat For Comparison
Daughter’s Science Experiment. The Plants Hear Her Voice Recorded On A Loop. The One On The Far Left Hears Mean Comments, The One On The Far Right Hears Loving Comments
My goal this year is to speak life.
The plant on the right gets substantially more sunlight than the plant on the left with the shadow of the shed but sure. (That being said, research does show that the gentle vibrations of normal, calm voices can stimulate plant growth. Google it.)
Heavy metal works even better. Source: Mythbusters.
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Why is everyone so bitter over what a CHILD is doing? Literally cursing and accusing the kid of intentionally nurturing/neglecting certain plants. I think this is awesome and she may not be 100% there but she's got the spirit and that is something to encourage in kids. Especially girls who end up not going into STEM for this exact reason. Go back under your bridges, ya trolls.
For a truly fair experiment, she needs to have used partly-sprouted plants that all errupted at the same time, and either control the lighting or swap the pots around periodically
Plus you need a lot of replicates, plus you need to randomize them for position etc, plus you need to not-know which ones get which treatment ('double-blind') very doable with speakers.
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I approve any science experiments kids want to do. I guess this has been busted many times (Mythbusters did it too) but I still love the idea she did this!
This is not a controlled environment. In terms of the light conditions but also, if she knows which plant is hearing which messages, it can influence her behaviour towards those plants, for example in the way she takes care of them. This is a cool experiment but it's not a scientific one.
Yeah, sure... I can accept that we do not understand every biological mechanism, but come on... To make the difference between 'good' and 'bad' the plant would have to 1) be able to hear 2) have learned english (i presume) 3) have developped a self-conscience that can be affected by other's opinions, and so on and so on. Plants are wonderful beings, and we still can discover things about them. But enough with the pseudo-scientific bullcrap...
Naw, energy and tone is still something every living thing can feel. Saying something nice in a mean tone to a dog still makes them put their tail between their legs, so they obviously don't know spoken language but they know tone/energy, same with plants. There are studies that prove trees communicate with each other; it's not a hard leap to plants/trees receiving communications from us.
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The mean comments are said in an angry voice. The nice comments are said in a loving voice.
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You can now image how children in a negative home doesn’t do as well in class as the one in a positive home.
I feel bad for that poor plant on the left. Everyone just wants some love!
I loved the Mythbusters take on this experiment. In their case, the one that got death metal 24/7 grew the largest. URRRGHHHHH. 🤘😈🤘
They also paid a lot of attention to keep other factors (like light and water) controlled.
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Yall adults in the comments picking apart a child's science fair experiment is kinda sad .. Obviously it's not going to be in a controlled environment with multiple replications. Science fairs aren't about whether or not the experiment is worthy of a Nobel prize, they're meant to encourage creative thinking
This is amazing! But as Andy Acceber said the sunlight is an important role to. :)
If this were truly the case, my Mom would never have kept a plant alive in her house. But some of hers are over 20 years old.
I've seen this same post on a BP page about people being stupid and the caption said something to the point of 'God is Real'.
Very real, and well documented, and multiply reproduced study results. It's no joke.... But guess what, folks?.... Children are the same. [Think about it]
So the one in the middleis confused on whether to die or go on living a stunted reality?
You should try it. But make sure it's good reggae.
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I'm taking care of a plant in secret until Christmas and I always speak really nice to them for this reason. When I got them they didn't have roots (so I named them root, lol.) And they have roots now and I congratulate Root every day for it! Good job Root!
That's silly. One is obviously getting more sun. The one in the middle gets no comments & it's growing, but obviously getting less sun.
Try this for yourself and see what happens silly.
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I have seen cases where hard rock is played by one group of plants and they gravitate away from the sound, vs. classical music whereby the plants move toward the sound.
There are other variables not being accounted for in this experiment.
The one in the middle is non-commital and shy hence the term wallflower.
I just read some of the comments and I can't believe the animosity about a child's test.
Same thing has been done with water. Japanese scientists put signs on water to describe the feeling and then put a drop of the water under a microscope to see the effect of the water. Ugly pixilated water with the sign Hatred and snowflake water with Joy sign. His name escapes me cut google him.
my grandpa lived in old peoples home - he spoke to his plants every day - they flowered all year - even in the middle of the winter
I would move them around on a daily basis so the light is distributed evenly.
And then we have vegans... Who think plants have no feelings, only animals can feel pain... Take that vegans...
This in no way provides any evidence that plants can feel pain. While vibrations from sound could potentially affect plant growth, plants don't have the nervous system needed to feel pain.
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I think the tone of voice is significant, not the words. When my babies would cry and I was frustrated, my Mom told me to sing to them in sweet tones, but use all the frustrated swear words I wanted to get my feelings out. The sweet TONE of my voice calmed them, the words only mattered to me.
or the seed, or the plant position, or the fact that she wants it to happen
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No they can’t. Many experiments have debunked this but the girl is not a researcher. She is probably unaware that the plants aren’t kept in the same conditions or it’s pure luck. That’s why you need to do an experiments with 100s or more subjects and not one of each.
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This is so stupid. Even if plants would have a hearing sense and a way to process that information like a plant brain, which they dont but sure let's go with it. Why would they understand human language and know the difference between a mean or a nice comment.
Or she will, because her curiosity was encouraged.
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Genuine question: seeing as they are a protected species and the feathers have cultural significance, would that person be allowed to keep that feather?
Found Band-Aids For Different Skin Tones At Target
I Inherited My Grandma's Sewing Supplies And As I Was Putting Them Away Realized I Bought The Exact Same Buttons That She Did Over 35 Years Ago For Me
This Tiny Banana I Harvested Today. Hand For Scale
14 Years Later
My Mom And My Sister 2000/2021
Two Scientists Created The "Sea-Thru" Algorithm That Alters Underwater Photos To Show What The Colors "Really" Look Like
11 Weeks And 11 Years And Both Very Cute
An Ice Cream Shop I Visited
Size Difference In Olympians Doesn't Matter, Depending On What Sport You Do? Volleyball Player vs. Gymnast
6'8" & 4'8"
Women’s Clothing Sizes Are Nonsense. Both Size 32
It is ridiculous and it’s really harmful for your self stem. The other day I saw a L T-shirt that was 1Cm wider than a xxs. Two trousers of the same size, one fit perfectly and the other didn’t pass my tights. I bought in the same store a xxL and a L that were the same size (of a normal L). I felt horrible when I needed a xxL until I measured it with the other shirt I got. It’s horrible for the self steam.
Sunlight Reflecting Through Different Lengths Of Aluminum
This Giant Dandelion I Found On My Walk Today. Hand For Scale
Sure it's a dandelion? I think it might actually be a salsify seed ball. They look like dandelion seed balls but bigger.
What Sunscreen Looks Like Through A UV Camera
Interesting. Looks like melanin protecting her skin
One Of These Is A Twig, The Other Is A Moth Larva
I’m Being Overcharged By Insurance After My Daughter Was Born. This Is The Pile Of Mail I Have To Go Through To Prove They’re Ripping Me Off. Pear For Scale
I will henceforth use the pear as a measuring standard. Brilliant... I have 2-pears worth of homework to get through today.
The Cables I Need To Charge Three Devices Made By The Same Company
Altenburg, Germany. Before And After The Ongoing Severe Flooding Due To Excessive Rain
So much modern housing is built on ancient flood planes with zero planning during construction for bad weather. England is terrible for it, plus they stopped dredging the rivers on the say so of environmental nut-jobs which really helped flood everywhere
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A lot of these have appeared on BP previously, despite the claim in the title.
They recycle quite often. I guess Reddit was a bust this week
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Very much enjoyed this feed. Thanks for sharing. A lot of interesting things to see and learned a lot about things.
The 'hand for scale' thing was funny with the tiny banana but soon became very much overdone.
Your right. As soon as everyone got hands...it got out of hand
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When they say hand for scale, I have huge hands and my girlfriends hand next to mine (for scale lol) her fingers end at my first bend in fingers. She saysvi have shovels not hands
I visited Tanah Lot, Bali (Indonesia) after 20 years Tanah-Lot-...63c238.jpg 
A lot of these have appeared on BP previously, despite the claim in the title.
They recycle quite often. I guess Reddit was a bust this week
Load More Replies... Very much enjoyed this feed. Thanks for sharing. A lot of interesting things to see and learned a lot about things.
The 'hand for scale' thing was funny with the tiny banana but soon became very much overdone.
Your right. As soon as everyone got hands...it got out of hand
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I visited Tanah Lot, Bali (Indonesia) after 20 years Tanah-Lot-...63c238.jpg
