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If you’ve seen Monty Python’s Flying Circus, you probably know where this is going.

If you’re not aware, then let me break it down to you: the surreal comedy troupe called Monty Python used to make absurd skits back in the late ‘60s through the early ‘80s with comebacks here and there.

One skit, in particular, is about the Ministry of Silly Walks, which is exactly what it sounds like. It talks about silly walks and how one person is attempting to acquire a grant to develop a silly walk.

Well, it seems that the legacy lives on in the form of silly standing. The link may or may not be relevant here, but the vibe is definitely the same. And there’s a whole Instagram account dedicated to this!

Bored Panda collected and featured the best of the best ways people stand in public as posted on the People Standing Instagram. So, check out the whole curated list below, and while you’re down there, leave a vote and a comment on the ones you liked the most!

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One of the most internet-sy things to happen is this Instagram page that features people standing. But it’s not just any old boring bit of standing, but silly standing—standing in ways that are either humorous, or ridiculous, or just begging the question “why?”

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FABULOUS1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look everyone its the supposed healthiest man in America, looks like hes trying to fart that right wing d**k out of his a**

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Patti Vance
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that posture is associated with a form of dementia. can't remember the name of it right now but many have commented on it. some also say it's because of the lifts in his shoes as they cause his heels to be to a point that they are going to slip out.

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Richard Henderson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He probably was told about imposing body language by someone and thinks leaning forwards and puffing out his chest will intimidate or impress people he meets. Same with that jerk off handshake he uses.

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Judith Wilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

doesn't matter how he stands - everything about him is weird and awful. Nobody wants to get too close

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Nikki Hilton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's those lifts he insists upon wearing because he claims he's 6'3. Have you seen him standing next to Alex Rodriguez? What a putz.

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Katie Lutesinger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy really does have a weird posture, and once you've noticed it you go on noticing. It's as if his legs are attached to the wrong body.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That pose is from having Putin's and and forearm up his a*s.

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Todd Manning
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tiny hands, tiny feet, tiny...well you know. He probably can't find it under his amentum.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been told it's the corsets giving him that centaur stance, but some believe it's an early symptom of temporal lobe dementia.

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Susan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HOW DID IT COME TO PASS THAT ONE OF THE MOST VILE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?!

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Shelley DuVal
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

he has this tiny head on a huge body, he looks like two small kids hiding inside the suit.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was told he wears 'lifts' in the heels of his shoes giving him more height but also making him lean forward to minimize the large size of his belly.

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Steve DiOrio
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's the lifts in his shoes. His weight is cantered forward by the 2 inches of Fake height.

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Allan Lester
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe the word is YUTZ, from the only group of people he has not denigrated.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

weeble wombles but he wont fall down...........yet

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Bonniebluebutler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's because he's wearing shoe lifts to make him appear taller. Fake, just like the rest of his family.

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Emma Goudie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks like he's been cut in half by a katana and the top half is just starting to slide off...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's what happens when you get your ass chewed or he had a wild night at the gay bar

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Meredith Adams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone told me that he always looks like the front half of a centaur while standing and I can’t unsee it!

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Sherry
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, you prefer dementia Joe and his communist ho? Joe Biden, head of the biden crime .family.

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Sabs
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weak gluteals, people that have this often stand knees locked hips forward to keep balance when standing still.

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Mieke
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't say I like him at all, but don't really see what's wrong here? What am I missing guys?

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Mieke
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh ok, sorry........ zoomed in. Oops. Looks like he's leaning in to hear something someone's saying. That explains a lot - he couldn't hear half the stuff people were saying about him, hence the repetitive stupidity.......

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks like he's on a stand. And not in a good way.

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The page introduces people to all sorts of stances: everything from random squatting to one-leg yoga suspended over a bench to leaning so much it puts Neo dodging bullets in slow motion to shame. If you have no idea what any of this means, keep scrolling.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've done that! If you have back problems you cannot stand for long! Elevating one leg helps!

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People Standing has been around for years, and, throughout that time, has brought over 540 posts to its follower base of 137,000+.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When there is a plexiglass and they speak through the hole i really want to slap them! The plexiglass is there for a reason you idiot!

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You can check out more ridiculous stances (and even some ridiculous sitting positions—it’s honestly hard to decide where standing ends and sitting begins) on the official Instagram page, but before you go, why not let us know what you thought about this in the comment section below!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find more weird the open shoes with socks next to him... is this in Germany?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you misunderstand that "lunging at a 90 degree angle" was only one leg, not two

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That stretches your left foot calf muscle if you've been standing on it too long.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well the guy is not weird! The position of the machine is! What were they thinking?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pictures like this where one leg is up and the person is leaning mainly on whatever their leg is resting on- standing like that is actually really comfortable!! y'all should try it, but maybe not in public or else someone will take a picture of you.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For whatever reason, whenever someone does this, I get nervous.😑

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Moments before he throws the phone, jumps over the desk and runs out screaming while ripping off his shirt.

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