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There’s nothing quite like being in your own company. It’s a pure judgement-free zone—no pressure to show off, no expectations met by reality, no strange looks given as you’re voicing all the nonsense out loud in an empty room.
And interestingly, some of the most unusual behavior happens while we’re on our own. In fact, the things we do are so random, we don’t really talk about them. Ever. Like doing a remote trace or aligning your feet to the tiles so you won’t die.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of all the odd things we all do but never dare to tell, not even in truth or dare. And you know what? It's better off that way.
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#1
Walking Up A Hill
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#2
Appreciating Music
Humor plays a vital role in younger generations’ communication and media consumption. But Gen Z and millennials are renowned for what’s called absurdist, surrealist, and often dark comedy full of dank memes and observational one-liners.
In order to get this sense of humor, one has to understand the context in which the youngest generations came to live. In the past decade, the world has been bursting with information which is “both more accessible and less reliable,” writes The Washington Post. “Brands pose as a friend on social media to millennial consumers, and the line between real and artificial matters less than it once did.”
#5
Brain Freeze
#6
Birthday Greetings
Another explanation is that such surreal humor is a response to a world that has stopped making sense. According to Andrew DeYoung, the director of 555 and editor on The Eric Andre Show, the Adult Swim school of comedy is designed to “reflect the frenetic distribution of information on the internet.” And that’s why most of their shows are so chaotic and absurd.
Since there’s no time for a narrative joke to be said online, traditional punchline structure doesn’t work. “Instead, things are funny because they are willfully jarring and strange,” writes Rachel Aroesti for The Guardian. Weird Twitter and bizarre dank memes are perfect examples of how millennials break down the joke, decontextualize it, and create utter randomness.
#7
Picking A Song
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
That is definitely a hard one but considering the situation I would be in that I had 6mins to live, I would probably listen to Always look on the bright side of life from Monty Python.
#8
Things Causing Anxiety
Liam Walsh 5 years ago
When the cashier gives you the change by placing notes on your palm and then the coins on top... awkward shuffling around of money ensues.
#9
Standing In The Way
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
If a person is there trying to make a decision or taking too long I just say excuse me please and grab what I want.
#10
Volume Down
#12
Forgetting The Time
#13
Security Sensors
Peter Korpershoek 5 years ago
I once got 'caught' by a store manager after the alarm went off, i was 12. I patiently waited right after the sirene, but nobody showed up. I got some angry faces from customers and personnel. I tested the alarm again by swinging my plastic bag trough the gates, it went off again. Nobody showed up... After one minute i started walking back to my bike, and right then someone grabbed me by the neck. He dragged me roughly to a small office where i had to empty my pockets and bag. He checked the receipt and saw that I didn't steel anything. He tested the alarm with my bag, it went off. They seem to have forgotten to remove a tag. I was 19 when i had the guts to enter that store again.
#14
Sleep Time
#15
Auto Pilot
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
That’s a bit dangerous. Although I have walked to the shops and as I am almost half way home I have thought “I don’t even remember walking to the shops”. It’s like I was just suddenly placed there without knowing how I got there. Does that make sense? Kind of like I was on auto pilot.
#16
Spending Time
#17
Put Your Hand Up
#18
Hot Food
#19
Just Adult Things
hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago
My OCD makes me do weird s**t like this :( It can be really tough
#20
Alone Time
#21
Walking By
#22
Catching Lies
#23
Leaving Without Buying
#24
Shipping Rates
#25
Pee Run
#26
Well Deserved Rest
#27
Just Do Nothing
#28
Silent Mode
The Emerald Triangle 5 years ago
Hell you think I actually want my family to know where I am at?
#30
Sleeping Pose
Nea 5 years ago
Yes, i tried sleeping on my back and could never fall asleep. It ws very uncomfortable.
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elfin 5 years ago
When I was a kid I once woke up turned 90 degrees to the side with my head off the bed and a cat across my neck. I still think the cat did it somehow.
Kristina Thomas 5 years ago
I'm sure the cat did. Once in a while, one of my kids does that to me.
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EA 5 years ago
I have straight neck syndrome. And also curvatures in my spine, I feel this post. No sleeping position is comfortable 😂
Kristina Thomas 5 years ago
I'm never comfortable either, but I'm also immensely surprised people say to sleep with their neck at a diagonal. I'm 37 and never seen this!
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Lemon Garnished Potato 5 years ago
that but like half my body hanging off the bed whilst I reside in a warm blanket burrito
Mark Johanen 5 years ago
Yeah. I always get a laugh at out of people who give extended advice on how to lie in bed or sit on a chair. Our ancestors crossed the plains in horse-draw wagons, with nothing to eat but what they could hunt along the way, fighting off hostile Indian attacks ... and we obsess about lying in bed in a position that might be slightly uncomfortable.
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
My blankets usually look like a war went on. Between Eli, Sora, and my insomnia, things get wrecked. This morning I woke up to a ball of blankets that i was under, but they were in a giant ball just sitting on top of me.
Kristina Thomas 5 years ago
Ughhhh my husband is like that and it really bothers me and confuses me. Even more confusing, before we had kids he instead wrapped himself like a burrito.
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Esther Evans 4 years ago
How do you even do that?? In the correct pic you have nothing supporting your upper back....
Anthony Murphy 5 years ago
Ever wake up to find that you somehow folded your ear over and have been laying on it that way all night. Then as a result, your ear really hurts.
Ivy Ruonakoski 5 years ago
I've always marveled how people can sleep on their backs like that. My lower back freezes up after a few minutes.
Jolee Hang 5 years ago (edited)
In sixth grade, my mom pressured me into wrestling, and I got a back injury (I don't know if it was minor, major, semi-permanent, etc cetera). I was trying to do a backbend with a guy that was, like, three times my weight on me, and got injured. For the next few weeks, it hurt, but one day, I woke up really hurting, and then I was able to manage walking down the stairs. Fast forward thirty minutes to my mom finding my in tears on the couch, curled into a fetal position, because that seemed to be the only position that didn't at least double the pain. And I never cry over pain. So mom took me to the UR and they gave me some stretches to do to help the pain. I slept in that position for the next year or so, with it being the only painless way I could sleep, and then for another two and a half years on my side, requiring a particular pillow that was stiff enough that I didn't hurt my neck, which was also injured by extension. I just recently started needing to sleep on my back, and for a little while, I had to stack pillows to put my legs on, or else my neck wasn't at the right angle and hurt. I kept needing to add to the stack, though, and after a month or so, it got to the point where I literally could not stack them any higher without them falling over. I had to work my way back down, and Mom bought me a specialized pillow for my feet.
John Baker 5 years ago
That makes me feel uneasy just looking at it. If I ever got into a position like that, someone would have to call 911 to get me out of it.
Marcellus II 5 years ago
I don't remember this class in school. Should they send teachers out at night to correct & to test? I think yes.
#33
Blanket Choice
hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago
I always put one foot in and one foot out. I remember reading it controlled the temperature of your body.
#34
Package Tracking
#35
Random Things
#36
Good Conversation
#38
Checking Yourself Out
hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago
haha I always think that this is how I would look if I were pregnant.
#39
Forgetfulness
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hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago
Yeah I hope the FBI agent doesn't see me look up "Did NASA invent thunderstorms to cover up the sound of space battles?"
#43
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JK Rowling 5 years ago
Tip: I just remember the word 'cesspool', because 'necessary' has the same 'cess'
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Sakib sarar Ananda 5 years ago
and sleeping peacefully, knowing that the 15 minutes turned into 3 hours.
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hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago
Wow! Bored Panda didn't censor the cuss word! That's a first..
#51
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#52
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Fruzsina Sinka 5 years ago
vs me listening to violin concertos on my way to selling drugs and ready to kill
#59
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SanchaTheSeeker 5 years ago
It's apparently a trick to go back into that room to help you remember
#60
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#61
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What do you think ?
Annabeth Chase 5 years ago
Who else scrolled through the entire thing even though they had a whole ton of things to do?
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
I related to 38 out of 40. I'm normal average person or I should be very very worried. 🤔
DC 5 years ago
When I see someone diving in a movie or so, I hold my breath until I recalibrate my mind the necessary bit. Never planned this or so, it just happened and one time I perceived it, and from then, I always did, always knew I don't have to, but still, when I'm just watching without much thinking, I do it.
Carole Reid 5 years ago
There should be a club. We have a lot in common. As usual, the comments are a riot.
deanna woods 5 years ago
Life is so ironic and crazy and I think that's what makes life so interesting. Some of these things I haven't done personally, but I bet there are people who have done them.
Tom Wagner 5 years ago
These aren't funny, they're sad. They also prove what I always say: Everyone under 40 is neurotic in one way or the other. Everything under the sun causes anxiety, you get insulted over anything you perceive as a slight (which is pretty much everything), everyone has OCD and is a hypochondriac, which is why this Covid bluff has worked so effectively against you nits. Einstein said it years ago (paraphrasing): when the majority of people don't understand the technology they use every day and are completely reliant on it, the world will see the stupidest generation in human history. And here it is!
Annabeth Chase 5 years ago
Who else scrolled through the entire thing even though they had a whole ton of things to do?
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
I related to 38 out of 40. I'm normal average person or I should be very very worried. 🤔
DC 5 years ago
When I see someone diving in a movie or so, I hold my breath until I recalibrate my mind the necessary bit. Never planned this or so, it just happened and one time I perceived it, and from then, I always did, always knew I don't have to, but still, when I'm just watching without much thinking, I do it.
Carole Reid 5 years ago
There should be a club. We have a lot in common. As usual, the comments are a riot.
deanna woods 5 years ago
Life is so ironic and crazy and I think that's what makes life so interesting. Some of these things I haven't done personally, but I bet there are people who have done them.
Tom Wagner 5 years ago
These aren't funny, they're sad. They also prove what I always say: Everyone under 40 is neurotic in one way or the other. Everything under the sun causes anxiety, you get insulted over anything you perceive as a slight (which is pretty much everything), everyone has OCD and is a hypochondriac, which is why this Covid bluff has worked so effectively against you nits. Einstein said it years ago (paraphrasing): when the majority of people don't understand the technology they use every day and are completely reliant on it, the world will see the stupidest generation in human history. And here it is!
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