Whether we're talking about people's height, truck sizes, or even the health of our skin and the calmness of our neighborhood, context is king.
If we had nothing to juxtapose these things against, we simply wouldn't know how they "fit" into the world.
So in an attempt to broader your horizons, we at Bored Panda put together a new collection of the most interesting comparisons. Continue scrolling to check out the pictures and catch up on the series here, here, and here.
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One Year Of Good Care And Love
Gorgeous! You who left him, may the fleas of a thousande camels infest your armpit (thanks BP post on funny signs)
With My Son's Autism There Is A Lot Of Repetition And Routine He Uses To Find Comfort. This Is One Of My Favorite. He Has Snuggled The Same Way For 19 Years
If these pictures make you experience awe, I have great news for you. It is associated with lower stress and inflammation levels, and a higher sense of meaning and connection.
According to researchers who study the emotion, awe has two fundamental components. It is a response to encountering something more vast, complex, or mind-blowing than we had conceived of either physically or conceptually.
And the experience also induces a change in how we see the world, producing “little earthquakes in the mind.”
That Is A Wonderful Accomplishment And Much Harder To Achieve Staying At The Same Company
10-Year-Old Me vs. 25-Year-Old Me
Man Shares Pictures Before And After A Liver Transplant
This is so heartwarming to see, all the best to you, hope you make a full recovery ❤️
To understand the concept, it helps to know how the brain responds to what we perceive as mundane.
Over the course of our lives, our brains learn and encode what normal is and predict what we think should happen next, based on our internal understanding of the world.
“That prediction of what happens next guides our behavior. It is crucial for being able to function in this incredibly complicated world,” said Michelle “Lani” Shiota, an associate professor of social psychology at Arizona State University. “But it does narrow our perspective, it narrows our vision. And it simply doesn’t account for everything.”
How It Started vs. How It's Going
Sometimes I Don’t Realize How Far I’ve I Come Until I Look Back
I spent most of my adolescence in and out of hospitals and treatment centers, every day at war inside my own head and scared of my thoughts. I had to re-discover who I am, what made me happy, and what made life worth living for.
It's outstanding that you found whatever you needed to be healthy - keep it up!
First Portrait I Ever Did Back In 2011 vs. Most Recent Portrait From 2021, It's Been A Long Journey
Research found that experiencing something extraordinary may make us (and our worries) feel small. And not in a bad way.
“You know, by adulthood, we move through the world pretty immersed in our own concerns, our own minutiae of the day-to-day, our own responsibilities, and it can be hard to keep a sense of perspective about how that fits into the grand scheme of things,” Shiota explained.
From A Little Bean To A Majestic Queen
A Pic I Took Of My Husband With All The Books He Wrote
My 10-Year Progress Pic To Becoming A Registered Nurse
My Grandma And Grandpa Dressed As Each Other For A Party. Early 1950s
Experiencing more awe is associated with living healthier and more meaningful lives. A 2021 study discovered that feeling more awe is correlated with reporting feeling lowered levels of daily stress. Interestingly, people who feel more awe also tend to have lower levels of inflammatory cytokines.
Positive experiences of awe have also been linked to increased feelings of well-being, life satisfaction, and a sense of meaning.
My Client Asked To Make This Rug With Her Rats. Them vs. The Rug I Made
Adding The Backstitches To My Cross-Stitch Embroidery
I have this pattern! I haven't stitched it yet though. May be the next one after I finish the huge one I'm doing now.
Stranger From The Internet Reached Out To Me And Offered To Restore The Only Known Photo Of My Uncle. They Asked Way Too Little Money. I Paid More Because Of This
Me Suffering From Cancer Over The Spring vs. Me Happy And Healthy Spending Christmas With My Beautiful Family
Emerging research suggests that experiencing awe may make us more curious, creative and compassionate people.
In turn, recent studies have found that awe-prone people may be more prone to being curious, and people who experience more awe also tend to be more creative.
Negative Drawings By Liam York That Come To Life When Colors Are Inverted
Best Buds, Then And Now
This Afternoon's Plein Air Paintings
My Uncle’s Husband Used To Be A Hairdresser And Turned My 93-Year-Old Grandma From Doc Brown To A Hollywood Starlet
Awe leads people to feel more connected with others and identify with more universal categories such as “a person” or “inhabitant of earth,” as opposed to more individualistic, limited ones.
In different studies, when researchers induced awe in participants in laboratories, such as by showing panoramic clips of places on Earth, people behaved more prosocially, being more likely to help out, donate more money and volunteer more time for noble causes.
Beautiful Christmas Tree Before And After
From Broken Legs To Long Legs
2 Wars, Same People
Two Photographs Of My Nana, Taken 71 Years Apart
By transforming our sense of self and meaning, and enhancing our relationship with others and the wider world, awe has the power to improve our mental and physical health.
So if these pictures speak to you, keep scrolling!
My First Cosplay vs. My Most Recent
My Husband Transformed Our Backyard With His Own 2 Hands Over 9 Months
A Photo From 50 Years Ago vs. Same Photo Restored, Reframed, Enhanced And Colorized By Me
Wanted To Share My Swelling Progress Following My Facial Reconstruction
At the height of my insecurities, it would've been very relieving seeing something like this, so sharing it with those going through something similar. This is 2-months' progress.
Japan vs. Brazil
They Don't Come Much Smaller. Hands For Scale
i mean i cant really be that sure of how small it is until i see a banana for scale, soo...
That Hurts. Before And After
Borodyanka, Ukraine – Pictures Of The Same Residential Area Before And After The Invasion
Visited The Same Model Village 25 Years Apart
Before And After Of Some Of My Favorite Murals
January vs. March
Different Colors Of Eggs My Chickens Lay
Oh, mine did the same. Really miss my chickens, traded fertilized eggs with other chicklovers and had so many kinds. But fox, eagles and the notorious ferrets ended that, cant restart for the umpht time.
My Mom In 1966 And Today. Still Rocking The Same Shirt 55 Years Later
University Classroom vs. Same University's Football Locker Room
They Grow Up So Fast
Same Location, Two Different Times
My Skin While On Chemo Last Year vs. Now
I Challenged Myself To Read More During Quarantine. Me vs. The Books I've Read
The Wife And I Went To The Grand Canyon This Weekend. Top Was Saturday, Bottom Was Sunday
When I visited the Grand Canyon the same thing happened. In 6 hours it went from warm to snowing then back to warm.
My First Ever Crazy Candy Cake vs. One Of My Latest Ones
Look At The Size Of This Banana (Banana For Scale)
Mariupol Before And After Russian Invasion
6-Weeks-Old vs. 6-Months-Old Noodle
Beds With No People vs. People With No Beds
After 2 Years Of Dust, Noise, And More Dust Things Are Finally Starting To Look And Feel Like A Home
Blessed Difference Between Cats And Dogs
Yesterday Someone Told Me My Husky Looks Like A Wolf
My Parents Are Dogsitting What Looks Like A Drug Addicted Version Of Their Own Dog
My First Loaf Of Sourdough vs. My 50th
Washed Up Whale Spine, Dog For Scale
Who Seriously Puts Whipped Cream On A Croissant?
it took me a moment to realise that this was photoshop and not humongous croissants....
One Of These 6 Braids Is Mine. I Know It’s Hard To Tell But Take A Guess
Local Grocery Store Has An "Authentic Mexican" And A "Mexican" Sections
Can we do that on other kinds as well? Really would like the authentic asian stuff separeted.
My Customer Lived Without A Finished Kitchen For 14 Years, Until Today. Here's Before And After
There Are Two Types Of People In This World
Different Peeled Citrus Fruits
After Years Of Letting My Yard Go Due To Health Issues I Finally Had The Funds To Get It Sorted
Taking A Selfie vs. Checking Out The Selfie You Just Posted
My Friend’s Cousin Visited The Aquarium Today. Can You Spot The Difference?
My Volkswagen Rabbit Looks Like A Toy Next To These Normal Trucks
The Amount Of Snow In My City After Back To Back Storms. Me And My Car For Scale
This Is What Pug's MRI Scan Looks Like
Finally Got To See My Favorite ACII City In Person
USA Fanta vs. UK Fanta
News Anchor From Both Angles
All The Gear We’ll Be Carrying On Our 2700 Mile Hike Up The Pacific Crest Trail, We For Scale
Mexican Restaurant Compares Its Burritos To Babies
Me In 1998 And My Wife In 2000
My Daughter Looks Like Clemenza From The Godfather
Leg-Lengthening Surgery Is Available In More Than A Dozen Countries, With Some Patients Able To Increase Their Height By Up To Five Inches - 13cm. Before And After
My Girlfriend Moved In. My vs. Her Cosmetics
Moose's Paw Next To Roe Deer's Paw
A Spider Came Back To Molt In The Same Place On A Book 4 Times
The Size Difference Between Mine And My Husband's Rings
The Water On The Beach Turned White After Hurricane Irma
This Needlessly Large Packaging For A 20mm Sized Micro SD Card. Hand For Scale
Inflation Has Been Hitting Everything
What I Asked For vs. What I Got. $400 And I Feel Like An Idiot
Flavor Distribution Of Jolly Ranchers In My 7oz Bag
that is a good score. Green Apple is the worst, Blue is the best and watermelon third. A few more grapes would of been nice.
American Froot Loops Are Different Colors Than Canadian Froot Loops
Why?
I'd guess they had a limited unit purchase for those caps which costs them more than the standard packaging they continuesly order. Or they donate money towards a LGBQT related charity and the picture doesn't capture that.
Me And My Girlfriend Renewed Our Passports Together But Hers Came Back As The Next Generation Version While I Got The Old One
the bald eagle and the flag..... it doesn't look like a "real" passport, rather a childs toy
The Duality Of The UK
Games Have A Profound Impact On Our Lives, They Take Us Places... Literally
I Can Fit A 15 X 9” Cutting Board In My Pocket
Why can't women have proper pockets? Men can carry whole cutting boards while our pockets are usually not even real. *grumbling noises*
The Difference Between These Two Cans Of Chef Boyardee Spaghetti Manufactured One Day Apart
This Is $70 Worth Of Groceries In The Most Expensive City In The USA
Missing the comparison with a $70 worth of groceries in the cheapest city in the US.
One more week and I am doing a 1yr later photo of the 5 day old kitten I found in my engine. She's a huge fluff.
Thanks for sharing these, mostly uplifting and helps to cheer one up for the most part. We need to see the good there is in the world, since we see so much of the bad. I appreciate these, thumbs up. 👍
One more week and I am doing a 1yr later photo of the 5 day old kitten I found in my engine. She's a huge fluff.
Thanks for sharing these, mostly uplifting and helps to cheer one up for the most part. We need to see the good there is in the world, since we see so much of the bad. I appreciate these, thumbs up. 👍
