40 Tiny Life Nuggets That Range From Hilariously Absurd To Strangely Profound (New Pics)
There’s plenty of stuff to smile at online, from chaotic cats to epic fails, and the occasional unhinged comment section. But with so much out there, it’s easy to miss the posts that actually feel worth your time.
Thankfully, one Instagram user known as The Funny Introvert has a knack for finding relatable, entertaining gems from around the internet. They’re not introvert-themed, but maybe being one just gives him more time to scroll.
Here’s a roundup of his best finds. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
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Speaking of nickles and being confused...There was a sign outside a grocery that only fit one word on each line and it said: Nickels Hamburger buns Bratwurst 50% off. I can't tell you how many times I had to read it to realize Nickels was the brand. I kept wondering how nickels could be 50% off...we all have our dumb moments...that was clearly one of mine 😂
And after the show wraps, the entire cast moves bodily to 'The People's Court' for the inevitable fallout
I don't watch reality shows, but I would watch the HËLL out of this!
If you were French, or Dutch, or British (just the first ones that come to mind), you'd bleed red, white and blue all the same, but could see à doctor without going into bankruptcy. Oh, forgot Australian.
Something is wrong with y'all's blood, us Canadians only have the red and white blood cells! 😂
Load More Replies...It's certainly not perfect.....but i am so grateful and proud of the British NHS
Canadian response to this: Blue blood isn't real. Red blood cells exist, so do white blood cells. But no scientific evidence I've got that says blood can be blue
Eat beets and experience something similar. RFK is a fúcking moron.
Load More Replies...By the way, don’t underestimate how much smiling, or even better, laughing, can do for your well-being. Seriously.
We might not know exactly why laughter developed (though researchers think it helped early humans bond and survive as social groups), but we do know that it’s basically a superpower for your mental and physical health.
When I met my husband he had blankets over the windows in his apartment and a slice of pizza in the refrigerator. On the other hand he was kind to everyone and had a great sense of humor. He learned to appreciate normal decor and became a fantastic cook. He is still kind and funny. So yeah appreciate the potential that is lurking.
My daughter-in-law keeps the mattresses on the floor. She thinks it's chic. urgh
Yeah, fair. Some of it is because we have to check there are no changes, to be fair. Some of it is because of insurance/reporting requirements insisting it's completed at each visit. But some of it is because we as a health system are still a lot shitter at managing information than we probably should be. It tends to get put on the backburner. Having said that, all I would ask of people is: don't be rude to the receptionist about it. They're just doing what they're instructed by the doctor or practice manager.
Yes, please! Where I work, you have to fill out a form every time you come in, and people get shirty with us..
Load More Replies...Nevermind free health care in the UK: no forms! Once I think I had to bring proof of address (an electric bill or something) and that's been it for 20+ years
In the UK you only ever fill out a form when you switch to a different doctors surgery, it's basic info like name, address, phone number and your previous doctor's name and address. We never have to fill out any forms for hospital visits or doctor's appointments, the only exception is when we have surgery and even then it's just signing a form to agree to the surgery. I always think it's mad when I see Americans (on tv/movies) in the emergency room filling in loads of paperwork. I can't imagine being ill or seriously injured and having to sit around filling in paperwork.
Or when once a year forms to be filled out just incase Autism has disappeared and cured itself by itself
Just move to uk lol u only fill in one form when u register at the start , then they get on computer, few clicks and bingo all sorted and your records appear to them ,🤷♀️typical bloody America loves to make so hard for u all lol
Yup! 50th HS reunion.."remember when that teacher.."
Load More Replies...Ever wonder if that was her intended outcome from the beginning, and the utter joy was "He fell for it!"? Excuse the cynicism of a career high school teacher.
Psychologically, laughter gives your mood an instant boost and helps melt away stress and anxiety.
On the physical side, it actually lowers cortisol (your stress hormone) and increases dopamine and serotonin, the chemicals that help you feel happy and calm.
In other words, laughing is genuinely good for you.
I found out after I moved that in my old house my neighbours could her everything that went on in the bedroom. I was convinced that they couldn't hear anything because we never heard anything from their house.
I work in hospital admin, so the weirdest thing about House to me was... how the f**k do they convince the insurers to pay for half the tests they're running? Can they teach me how to get those claims accepted? Half of the investigations don't even make sense for the presenting problem. They just seem to order this random barrage of them. Also, why is the same doctor doing inpatient review, running the MRI, and checking bloods in the lab? Does nobody else work at the hospital?
This and lets not forget all the things they did without bothering to ask the patient. It is also amazing what skills they all had, labwork, some surgery and why not monitor some mrt since we do not have professionals who do that the whole day 🤣 Still enjoyed the show, mostly because of the madness of what house did get away with. In any hospital in the world you would be fired halfway trough the first episode 🤣
Load More Replies...To expand on this, House would misdiagnose the patient once or twice and then near the end of the show he will be thinking out loud or talking to someone and showing his exasperation and say something like "this is medicine. It isn't like some food server in the cafeteria forgetting to put the toothpick through each half of your club sandwi-" and he stops, the light of recognition showing in his brilliant blue eyes. "Tell Dr. Chase to check the patient's r-e-c-t-u-m for splinters..."
Actually, there was one episode where a patient swallowed a toothpick and that was the cause of his problems
The thing that horrified me was how many times they forced diagnosis #1 on a protesting patient, then realized they were seriously killing the patient because it was diagnosis #2, then as they were treating THAT, it turned out to be something else totally! Realistic sure, but the "trust me I'm a doctor" got old
Every hospital \ doctor serie is this way.Where he was 100% correct:" Everybody lies ",
And honestly, if you’re not making time to laugh or enjoy yourself in some way, you’re kind of short-changing your own brain.
“When you’re not regularly activating the pleasure/reward centers of the brain, they go offline. So, in order to feel good, we have to practice feeling good. And laughing is one of the most cost-effective ways to do that,” says Natalie Dattilo, an instructor of psychology in Harvard Medical School’s Psychiatry Department.
Since my boy could dress himself at 4 years old (now 11) he's worn mismatched socks because he doesn't care nor do I as long as they're clean. But, I did draw the line when he put one crew sock & one ankle sock on while wearing shorts 😂
This is the key to socks. Must match type, thickness, cut. Colors and patterns do not matter!
Load More Replies...My daughter has deliberately worn mismatched socks since she was 3 years old - for 39 years.
EXACTLY THIS ! n it’s what I told my kids when they were little lol n the sock fairy kept stealing one bloody sock n having loads of unmatched pairs put two together sorted mix n match socks it’s called efficiency 😂
When I was young, my mother decided to get me several pairs of the same model and color. That's how I ended owning seven white socks and five black ones.
JSlow secretly wishes he had the guts to put up Halloween decorations in September.
But when this ever-changing world in which we live in...
Load More Replies...The 'Pumpkin Spice flavored Communion Wafers' are where I draw the line, personally.
Load More Replies...What if relentlessly criticising *is* your little harmless thing?
Now, you might be thinking, “Okay, I probably laugh enough. I see memes every day!”
But… not so fast. Hate to break it to you, but you might not be getting your full dose of giggles.
There’s no official laughter recommendation (yet), but here’s a stat for perspective: the average 4-year-old laughs around 300 times a day. The average 40-year-old? Just four.
Yikes. That’s not exactly what you’d call “thriving.”
But the yard better not look like Woodstock after she gets home
Load More Replies...Make sure there's a swimming pool, a game room, and a McDonald's nearby. It might be good if there is a video parlor, a movie theater, and a pizza place nearby, too.
Well you yes , but I’m sure cleaning isn’t that hard a job is it ?
The last thing she heard as the door closed was her entire family and the last 4 generations of ancestors laughing.
Many hundreds of LPs here. But I never lugged them around except when moving house.
I had a decent collection pf 8-track tapes in the early 80's.
Load More Replies...I have 1300 VHS Cassettes in my attic. And a 512 GB MicroSD card in my phone with 1600 locally-stored music tracks and a ton of leftover storage capacity.
There was a time that if you wanted to hear someone's favorite song, you had to go to their house and drink martinis while they searched which sleeve it ended up in after the last party.
Too bad you don't know the joys of lugging around crates of LPs as a 90s DJ
Before we moved house in 2019 we had over 350 compact discs. Now we have 150 and MP3 format.
And considering that by 40 you’re entering the stage where your body starts sending you weird notifications (“your knee has expired,” anyone?), laughter starts looking even more like a smart health strategy.
Laughter releases nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes blood vessels, reduces blood pressure, and helps prevent clotting, according to Dr. Michael Miller, a cardiologist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
And the science keeps backing it up: one long-term study in Japan found that older adults who laughed more often had a lower risk of serious heart issues. Another study in Norway even found that people with a strong sense of humor tend to live longer, especially women.
Remindes me of a time I had a student passing out in class. I rang the emergency service, and the following conversation ensued: Paramedic [pointing at the unconscious girl on the floor] Is she the patient? Random student: Nah, it's for me. I just felt a bit dizzy when my friend fell down, you nitwit!
Truck driver stuck under a bridge. "Did you get stuck?" - "No, I'm delivering a bridge!"
Load More Replies...Reminds me when I rang some company and the young lady asked for my name. "Ritchie"..."Do you have a surname?"..."no, no. I only have a mononym, like Prince or Madonna!" I should have said.
I saw a very powerful one-man play about this very topic while in London.
The alcohol makes them much funnier than when sober and serious though. At least mine come out that way.
Load More Replies...Neither do I , but alcohol makes me think clearer believe it or not n I’m more likely to say exactly what I need to say cos I think more rationally , level headed , where as without I’m just very blunt still make myself clear but not quite what I really wanna say 😂I’m more likely to tell people to F off when I haven’t had a drink m
If you’re having a hard time finding something to smile about (thanks, economy), try sharing a laugh with someone else. No, really, connection matters.
In 2004, Carl Marci, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, led a study looking at laughter not just in individuals but in pairs, specifically, psychiatrists and patients dealing with anxiety and depression. Despite the serious topics, they still managed to laugh about 15 times during each 50-minute session.
When I was a child we had a beach towel that said "Holiday Inn" on it. I have no idea where it could have come from.
I had one with Tom & Jerry; had to throw it out because it was in horrible condition, now I have one with R2D2.
I have a few, the scooby doo and spongebob ones from some time in the 90s are my favourites. I have a really old Minnie mouse one from the 80s, it's really rough so i never use it but it belonged to my grandparents so I have to keep it forever (they bought it for me and my sisters when we stayed over when we were toddlers)
Yeah, some character from Frozen. None of my kids was the right age for that movie so no clue where we got it
yeah, but guaranteed if you showed up 40 minutes prior, it's be about 3 hours to get through..........
My wife played that game once. "Why do we leave for the airport so early?" .."fine when do you want to arrive at the airport?".."oh 30 minutes early". SHE was flying out, when we got to TSA on a Saturday morning, the line was HUGE. She barely made the flight. I asked, "NOW do you understand why we get there 60-90 minutes early?"..."shutup!"
Load More Replies...They are very useful aren’t they 😂and there’s no outward signs either
Load More Replies...I love when people at work tell me, "You look pale, are you feeling alright?" I'm just pasty, but you better believe I quickly say, "Oh man, no I don't feel so well..." :D
ex co-worker would begin complaining of one thing or another 2 days prior to being out "sick". we all knew she would be out.
Patients laughed more than the psychiatrists, but here’s the kicker: even when only one person laughed, both showed increased nervous system activity. When they laughed together, the effect was even stronger.
The contagious laughter, Marci said, was a sign of emotional connection and validation—proof that sometimes laughter speaks louder than words.
"Can you recommend something I can take home to remind me of my time in America?"..."How about obesity? Or diabetes?"
Load More Replies...And what is wrong with adding a whole block of butter to mac and cheese??
Make grilled cheese sandwich by toasting two pieces of bread and putting a slice of cheese between them as soon as they pop out of the toaster, and then mashing between two plates.
The original easy meal. Cornflakes, slightly squashed to create smaller cornflakes, ice cold milk, job done. Still hungry? Have a second bowl.
Fried baloney on a single bread heal folded in half with ketchup.
My go to is ground beef, egg noodles and uncut golden mushroom soup. Add onions and green peppers. Easy and pretty good.
Same here, but I used frozen peas or broccoli instead of the peppers.
Load More Replies...I buy a big tray of shredded chicken in the deli section of the grocery and bag it in plastic zip snack bags and freeze. Take one out to thaw no matter what you have for dinner. Pizza, bread, mac 'n cheese.
Check out the old Saturday night live skit involving bachelor iron chef.
So yeah, unless you’re doing it at a funeral or during a very serious Zoom meeting, there are pretty much no downsides to laughter. It’s free, it’s good for your brain and body, and it brings people closer.
So go on, find something funny, enjoy the moment, and maybe even pass it along. Your brain (and your blood pressure) will thank you.
oh god walter white could have been a chemistry teacher. be thankful we avoided that
I haven't seen the show, but it's a very famous show. Wasn't Walter a chem teacher at first?
Load More Replies...That's your mistake, making a £1 coin. We have $1 coins, but no one in the US will touch them for this reason.
Load More Replies...OP is imagining they are Canadian, with the maple syrup, and getting all the benefits.
Load More Replies...When I had my gallbladder removed, the nurse said "I hope all that mcdonalds was worth it." I told her I rarely eat fast food. She said "Well, now you can because it doesn't matter anymore." I really should get on that.
I think he means he is pretending to be Canadian (hence the maple syrup) bc we have free healthcare.
Load More Replies...Avoid the noise, Temperature, lighting and the soul stealing energy.
I'd love to go back to the office, but none of my pants fit anymore.
45 years here. We still love each other very much. He's my best friend.
you're a 1 in a million statistic. good on ya!!!
Load More Replies...After a while, like 20+ years, I think it's a habit you are more comfortable with than passionate love. Why change a good thing: we've got a good life, we like each other, bills get paid, the house is paid for, the grandkids know where we are, we like the same shows, and life is peaceful.
Some days you feel like you don't love your spouse. It is often temporary. That is part of what commitment is about.
Load More Replies...Be better to fly over someone's head and drop it. Your choice. Boss, annoying neighbor or maybe the head of state of a North American country.
Seagulls will be happy to accommodate you with the fly by.
Load More Replies...This is what I'm gonna name my band. Thanks!!
Load More Replies...I've so far managed to put off my proctologist for 6 years. I'm sure its fine.
In the USA, we need a 4 day work week. I don't know of any doctors working on Saturday or Sunday.
make the appointment and keep them. Nothing more important and early detection saves lives
My ancestors didn't figure out how to NOT live in the wilderness just so I could cosplay it poorly thousands of years later. No thanks.
From 0-28 I camped all over Europe. It was fun, I loved camping, then at 28 I damaged my back kayaking in Wales, the tent was way beyond my ability that night, I slept in a B&B, the tent was taken down by my paddling mates, the car and boat loaded by them too. I’ve not slept under canvas since, I miss those nights, the campfire, the stories, tales of derring-do together over a mug of coffee with a shot or two in it. Well I miss the campfire, we now do the rest of it in a comfortable hotel, the boats still go out to play, we just get a good night in a decent bed now!
Lumpy ground, smelly sleeping bags, mosquitoes and everything smells like smoke, no bathroom or shower. Nope, im out.
The last time I went camping, it took me an hour to get everything setup because I love my comfort. Fold away bed, quilt, power bank powered fan, and solar lights. I've never told so many people that they couldn't sleep with me more in my life.
<oh yes, a weekend in a small twoperson tent in heavy rain is really comforting, you will never forget.
I actually like camping but since I'm seeing a chiropractor, I don't think it would be best to sleep outdoors
An elderly music teacher in the nursing home sat and quietly sang the ABC song, keeping time tapping on her lapboard, about 20 hours a day. Sometimes Ola would get stuck on elemeno (lmno) and would become agitated, repeating elmeno louder and louder until one of us would poke our head in and say "PEE!", quickly followed by a relieved "Q taptap... R taptap... S taptap..."
You never shout "pee" in a room full of people with poor bladder control!
Load More Replies...I would think that C or E would have that distinction - or even A. J has only one pronunciation.
They're probably writing it. Perhaps J is too similar to I for him to handle?
Load More Replies...Oh wow ok that’s mine hand it over !! Ty muchly hehehe I adore spiders all off em. Even the obt,s as we call em ( orange bites things ) beautiful but sooo agressive lol had over 100 since I was 21 the only one I never got round to having was the giant Goliath bird eater leg span of a dinner plate of it wasn’t so bloody hot in aus id move there like a shot n I could go out n see them in the wild and the reptiles
To be fair, if Alyssa had kids she would not be getting to sleep at 8:00.
She most defiantly would not lol , n I never understood the sleeping like a baby saying , everyone knows babies DONT SLEEP 😂
Load More Replies...but Spotify wrapped is how I discovered my favourite genre of music is psychedelic doom
Spotify wrapped is the only thing I find appealing about the service. Not enough to actually use it.
As if her min wage job wasn't bad enough, now she has that mental picture.
Customer service is my game; that's a laughable moment. A non laughable moment is a "finger snapper"
Load More Replies...Poor woman. Probably traumatized for life even though it was an innocent mistake, Maybe go to a different Chick fila
Idk that this is a "getting old" thing. I've never had much of a sweet tooth, neither does my 6yo. We both prefer less sweet treats.
I heard myself say, "No, that would be too rich" and a little something died inside. How did I get to get be that old?
Same. I also hate when people express a trivial personal opinion which has absolutely no impact on my health or well-being. It especially sucks when this means that there is more of sweet treat left for me to enjoy.
Load More Replies...Wife..."we should just come over here (30 miles one way) and save 30 cents on gas". We then had to do a math problem..."well your Ford gets 30 miles/gal, and we rarely have to put 10 gallons in it per fill up..".
From someone obviously not around in the 60's,70's or 80's...even the 90's.
'Mr. Tuesday Night, Milton Berle' aired in the late 40s and 50s.
Load More Replies...The important thing: EVERY WEEK. To hell with the "binge release" BS aka. the WORST thing that's ever happened to TV shows. Sorry but I have strong feelings about this... I'm a 90s kid who remembers shows with 20 episodes per season released weekly 😆
A season used to be the entire year minus a short non-ratings period over Xmas/NY?
Load More Replies...Not for long if you let them use Edge, real friends would have move them to Firefox
Load More Replies...Never had a problem with this. Vandalay Industries are more than happy to answer some questions about me, their former latex salesman ;)
Call the cooker a range, the back yard is the north 40, the dog is a hound and the wife is 'er indoors.
Or worse, they'll tell you something they DON'T like and you'll hate that about yourself for the rest of your life.
Before we started dating, i told my bf i liked his hair and now he refuses to cut it even though his sister wants him to
According to Google "It's characterized by a Sicilian crust, marinara sauce, salami, green peppers, and American cheese" and cut in squares. So, not tuna level bad but still not sounding great...
Load More Replies...Thanks a friggin lot! I already have insomnia now I am afraid to sleep in case this shows up in my dreams.
Are those Kraft processed cheese slices????????? What the H*ll is happening to this country?
My best friends and I tell each other how much we love each other all the time 🤷♀️
Must go and google "seafood boil". Ok, thanks, Wiki: Seafood boil in the United States is the generic term for any number of types of social events in which shellfish, whether saltwater or freshwater, is the central element.
"Don't fill up on the breadsticks, that's how they get you!" That's how they get YOU, coward, meanwhile I am going to bankrupt this f*****g restaurant
It really doesn't imply that. Your sense of humor just hasn't evolved since adolescence.
Recently, my 16 yo son made a man out of paper (side view) and asked me to pull one of its legs. I did and a p***s popped out. He was lauging wholeheartly and told me that they were making it in school during the break and let the male teacher pull the leg. He laughed as well. I said, this kind of joke is a evergreen. the teenager sleeps in almost every age and he should try it with father and granddad and bet they would laugh as well. Yup, 16, 32, 46 and 78 old men and all laughed they're asses off. And I find it adorable 🧡
Load More Replies...I don't really get the point of Venmo, why can't you just do direct deposit to bank accounts? And can people really just request money from anyone?
We don't have Venmo here but something similar called Revolut. I used to think the same before I tried it. But it's so much easier to send money to someone you know or split/share bills if you're both using the app. You don't need to know the other person's bank details, just their phone number. As to requesting money from anyone, if they're on the app, then yes you can send them a request but no money is transferred unless they confirm.
Load More Replies...I think it might be about the 2025 grammys, because I vaguely remember a story about him and his s*x slave, sorry I mean his "wife", being escorted out because of her see through dress stunt, but I could be wrong.
Load More Replies..."Oh no, my soulmate has a sense of whimsy! I might enjoy things unironically with them!"
