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.)
This Massive Bald Eagle Feather I Found
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.
My homework's online. My computer is 2 pears tall.
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USA! USA! USA! The American system of healthcare and healthcare insurance is the most cruel and barbaric lie ever perpetrated on a modern society. Sure, the best healthcare if you can afford it (looking at you Zombie Cheney), but for the 90% of the rest of us: this. Having said that, I have been inside the gaping maw of the system as a patient, and I am compelled to say that most of the actual caregivers are frickin' awesome!
Frontline staff are generally brilliant people. It’s the insurance companies themselves that need to be dealt with.
Load More Replies... Just yesterday I heard an NPR segment about a guy who was billed over $50k for a single covid test. Thank you, Republicans.
The healthcare provider that billed that amount should be in jail.
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I once figured out that the hours I had spent dealing with American insurance companies and provider billing offices over 30 years of my life, multiplied by the average amount I earned during those years, came to over $200,000.
I saw a story like this in the news where a man received over 50000 letters concerning his daughter’s student loans
Programming glitch. Probably something got stuck in a loop and PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, PRINT, and so on.
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Insurance companies, like banks, are evil parasites draining the lifeblood of decent people.
Refreshing to see fruits being used creatively, using a pear instead of banana. Especially because op's situation is bananas enough without adding one more.
OMG – My heart aches to see this - i pray for the world to get a fair care system.
Just wait till insurance companies stop covering any covid patients who were not vaccinated.
You know, unless you have a medical reason not to get the vaccine and can prove it, I’m ok with that. Why should my premium go up to cover the cost of all the internet warrior Karens who refuse to get a vaccine recommended by almost all healthcare providers?
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On the subject of hospital bills ripping you off, at 15 i was admitted to the hospital for excessive vomiting. I could do literally nothing else besides sleep and vomit. Eating? Not a chance. Drinking ANYTHING? Also no. The very thought made me throw up. The hospital charged my mother for a week's worth of meals. When i literally could not eat!
good heavens I feel this - insurance - why is it so complicated???
Must be a third world sh!thole country without national health/single payer.
By the time you wade through all this paperwork, your offspring will be headed to college.
my late husband had diabetes. We wound up in a class action lawsuit brought by the state against our insurance. They denied every claim after his totals reached $5,000. That would happen in January for us, as he had all of the complications.
I really feel sorry for you. I had a similar problem years ago and I was lucky enough to be on speaking terms with the Dr. and he called the Ins. company & the corrected the bill.
been there, done that. it's totally depressing! i have BINS FULL of court papers.....ugh
Insurance companies don’t come up with the prices on medical bills. Yes, I know they negotiate prices but if they had their way, healthcare would be dirt cheap. My point is that the system as a whole is messed up. But make no mistake, everyone is out to make money on your health in the US. It’s not a single party.
And it's guaranteed that there WILL be duplicates in that stack, so there's a big waste of paper & postage.
The sad reality is that it will cost them less to do this than actually cover medical procedures. The thing that they are meant to do.
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I will henceforth use the pear as a measuing standard. Brilliant... I have 2-pears worth of homework to do.
This is nothing, try getting Mass (Massachusetts) Health to cover nursing home care for a 94 yr old man !! They have asked for the same bank statements 4X, convinced we’re hiding his pot of gold 🍯 somewhere. 🤦🏻
American healthcare sucks, This is one of the reasons I don't want to get pregnant.
Part of the issue is that they send several statements with all of the same info except for one line.
Outrageous. And What a waste of paper. It's just ridiculous that you're going through that you shouldn't have to! it should be their freaking job to prove that they're NOT ripping you off. And because they ARE, they would just settle everything so nobody would have to do the work!!
Why use an item "for scale" that comes in different and completely random sizes?
For all who have no pears: You can use a piece of mail paper for scale as well.
Pear does not count, banana is the real deal. This is not a ripping off, this is a attempt of murder.
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
Note: this post originally had 105 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
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
Load More Replies... 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
