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When life gives you lemons, we all know what to do. But what if life takes away your lemons and gives you olives instead? Will you sit there and have a breakdown, or will you try and make olive oil out of it? I know the comparison sounds odd, because it is, but bear with me.

It turns out there’s this whole corner of Reddit called This Is My Life Now dedicated to sharing examples of hoomans and animals getting themselves into unusual situations and… doing a shrug and then going “I guess this is my life now.”

Created back in 2014, the subreddit is home to 879k members who come in for “the gifs or pictures of people and animals accepting their uncommon situations,” just like the description suggests. You may want to interpret it as a meme, or you may not quite get the point and it’s fine. At least we have an entertaining collection of pics of humans and animals getting themselves into (and out of!) funny situations.

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My Name Is Ned, Now I'm A Bed, And If I Ruffs, I Scare The Fluffs, I Cannot Move, I Just Play Dead, My Name Is Ned, And I'm A Bed

My Name Is Ned, Now I'm A Bed, And If I Ruffs, I Scare The Fluffs, I Cannot Move, I Just Play Dead, My Name Is Ned, And I'm A Bed

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While scrolling through the post, it’s hard not to notice the obvious: humans and pets share an uncanny similarity between each other, some sort of special bond that doesn’t exist between other species. “Some similarities between humans and their pets are that they both need food and water, they both need shelter, and they both need love and attention. As simple as that - love is all we need,” pet behavior expert Yuliia Popyk from Petcube told Bored Panda in an interview.

“But if we dig deeper, then it is important to say that humans and their pets share a special bond,” she said. Popyk explained that we are both social creatures that enjoy each other’s company and form strong attachments. “Pets provide us with unconditional love and companionship while we provide them with food, shelter, and care.”

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These Two Best Friend Have One Peculiar Story

These Two Best Friend Have One Peculiar Story

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Moreover, we also share many physical and behavioral similarities with our pets, which likely contributes to the strong bond we form with them, Popyk argues. “For example, we both have fur or hair, we both walk on four legs, and we both make similar vocalizations. We also have similar brain structures and hormones associated with emotion and bonding.”

#7

Dad Is Living His Best Life, Mom Is Contemplating Her Life Choices

Dad Is Living His Best Life, Mom Is Contemplating Her Life Choices

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#8

Well Done, Little Guy! Well Done!

Well Done, Little Guy! Well Done!

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#9

Snow Owls Sleep Like They Just Got Back From A Night Of Heavy Drinking And Missed The Bed

Snow Owls Sleep Like They Just Got Back From A Night Of Heavy Drinking And Missed The Bed

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There is evidence that just like family members and close friends, pets and their owners can become alike over time. “A study in the Journal of Research in Personality found that people who scored high in agreeableness and conscientiousness tended to have pets that were also rated as high in those traits. The study’s authors suggest that people may choose pets that are similar to themselves or that they may treat their pets in ways that cause the pets to develop similar personality traits,” Popyk explained. Interestingly, the study found that dog owners were more likely than cat owners to be outgoing, energetic, and lively, Popyk said.

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#11

Sure, You Might Think You're Goth, But Unless You Dejectedly Ride The Subway With Your Raven, You May As Well Hang Up Your Black Velvet Frock Coat And Hit The Beach

Sure, You Might Think You're Goth, But Unless You Dejectedly Ride The Subway With Your Raven, You May As Well Hang Up Your Black Velvet Frock Coat And Hit The Beach

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Meanwhile, cat owners were more likely than dog owners to be analytical, independent, and introverted. “The study also found that people who owned both cats and dogs were more likely to be open-minded and creative than those who owned just one type of pet.”

She added that there is no doubt that if your family member required emergency care, you would definitely provide it. “Same with pets. If you want to make sure your pet never gets in trouble and makes you a nervous wreck, consider choosing an Emergency Fund which pays for your vet bills in any life-threatening situation, but vet appointments or not severe cases are not eligible for coverage.”

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Licia Ronzulli, Member Of The European Parliament, Has Been Taking Her Daughter Vittoria To The Parliament Sessions When The Girl Was Just Over A Month Old

Licia Ronzulli, Member Of The European Parliament, Has Been Taking Her Daughter Vittoria To The Parliament Sessions When The Girl Was Just Over A Month Old

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#15

He’s On His First Snow Adventure. Got Tired Immediately And Had To Be Carried The Rest Of The Way.

He’s On His First Snow Adventure. Got Tired Immediately And Had To Be Carried The Rest Of The Way.

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According to the pet expert, some people may choose a dog breed that is similar to their own personality, while others may choose a breed that is the polar opposite. “It really depends on the individual,” Popyk argues.

However, it is possible that people may subconsciously choose an animal that they feel is similar to them in some way. “For example, some people who feel shy or introverted may be attracted to animals that are also shy or introverted. Conversely, people who feel extroverted or outgoing may be attracted to animals that are also extroverted or outgoing.”

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Looter Boy - This Dog Was Photographed After The Hurricane Hit Looting A Big Bag Of Dog Food And Embracing The Life Of Survival

Looter Boy - This Dog Was Photographed After The Hurricane Hit Looting A Big Bag Of Dog Food And Embracing The Life Of Survival

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#20

The Best Way To Advertise Your Garage Sale Nearby

The Best Way To Advertise Your Garage Sale Nearby

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#22

I'll Just Become A Couch Then

I'll Just Become A Couch Then

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#24

His Baby Wears A Head-Shaping Helmet So He's Got The Whole Family Wearing Helmets Now

His Baby Wears A Head-Shaping Helmet So He's Got The Whole Family Wearing Helmets Now

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#25

My Lamb Doesn’t Like To Be Alone, So He Coaxed The Dog Into The Bathroom While I Was In The Shower And Butted The Door Shut... So All Three Of Us Could Be In My Tiny Bathroom... My Favorite Trip Hazards...

My Lamb Doesn’t Like To Be Alone, So He Coaxed The Dog Into The Bathroom While I Was In The Shower And Butted The Door Shut... So All Three Of Us Could Be In My Tiny Bathroom... My Favorite Trip Hazards...

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#29

A Boston Terrier That Hates Getting Its Nails Clipped Is Resigned To Its Fate

A Boston Terrier That Hates Getting Its Nails Clipped Is Resigned To Its Fate

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#35

I Can't Move Because It's Against Animal Law, Rules Are Rules

I Can't Move Because It's Against Animal Law, Rules Are Rules

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Janina Prado
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe it's also in the Bible. "Tho shallest not disturb the slumber of thy furred family member." Or something like that. I'm paraphrasing here.

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#37

We Got Bored And Our Cat Is A Heavy Sleeper, So We Helped Him Live Up To His Nickname

We Got Bored And Our Cat Is A Heavy Sleeper, So We Helped Him Live Up To His Nickname

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#38

Play With Crocs Long Enough And You Become Them

Play With Crocs Long Enough And You Become Them

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#41

Bill Gates Waiting In Line For A Burger Like A Normal Citizen

Bill Gates Waiting In Line For A Burger Like A Normal Citizen

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#44

Looks Like I'm One Of Them Now

Looks Like I'm One Of Them Now

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a stray cat that we call cow (for obvious reasons) used to be scared off by my mother, but now she (my mother) lets cow stay to hunt mice.

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#45

You Have To Either Wipe Or Walk Away Without Wiping. Both Choices Aren’t Pleasant

You Have To Either Wipe Or Walk Away Without Wiping. Both Choices Aren’t Pleasant

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GoodWolf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a problem, because I would instantly poop myself.

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GoddessOdd
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just pull slowly from the bottom... spidey will probably just shuffle along to stay on top of the roll. The only way spiders can hurt you is to bite you, and since you've seen her, it's easy to not be bitten (its the spider you don't see that can hurt you). Spiders need more love.

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Margie Baudry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, I live in Costa Rica & thats nor considered 'big' here, tho it is to me!

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AliJanx
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll drip dry and nope right outta there. Hell I'll use my undies if I have to.

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miki tavi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Use your underwear as the toilet paper, then throw it away in the trash (DO NOT FLUSH IT!). Sacrifices have to be made.

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Betsy Novack
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do I have to be in them? It might come walking back to me and it's weird to have to run after my own underwear. I guess I can pretend I never saw it as it stroll by.

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Viola Fö
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't even go to the bathroom. If he decides to move you're trapped in a tiny locked space with your pants down

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KimB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not an Austrian but I believe that is a small huntsman spider...they can get really big!

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New Everywhere
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once you get scared by a ninja spider in the bathroom, you're always looking for stuff like this

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Mountainslady1
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that's a huntsman. I had one in my bathroom in NC few yrs ago. They will chase you out if they have eggs/young. That one did.

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R Lenz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I needed new underwear before I even sat down!!! Yikes!!!

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Nuku Nyara
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ask the person in the stall next door if they can "spare a square"😂

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AngelWingsYT
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Run out undies n pants around ankles screaming bloody murder n sobbing

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TahJia Williams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thats basically what underwear is for...✋🏾thank you 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #commando

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Margie Baudry
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just looking at this gives me shudders. I would need to find a way to get it out of my house or go sleep in my car.

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°CORLEONE°
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will start the treadmill so the spider can lose some weight and I wipe ... 😂

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Betsy Novack
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was house sitting in a home on Lake Samammish in Washington AC. I watched as a spider the size of a Shetland pony walked across the white bedroom rug. I carefully placed a magazine on him and watched what I had been reading walk away. I managed to get the spider in a huge glass and hold him in with magazine and deposit him on the deck. I found his buddy hungover in a party hat, in the bathroom sink curled up with a donkey painted like a zebra. I took them to the deck too.

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Ali H M Salehuddin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is this? I live in Malaysia and I have seen a few, some even larger than this. They are more scared of you than you are of them. I would just roll the tissue and it would scurry away.

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Eddsworld_Encanto
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Walk away immediately. Y'know what? Just don't even go into the bathroom. I'd rather go into the mens' than that

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Josey Griffin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Slowly pull paper out. He will move. No need to kill him. He has a right to live as well.

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Neal fy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What goes on inside the spider's head that makes it decide to choose this as its chilling place? 😂

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Nicky Melville
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Go straight out and buy a 'spider vacuum' with a nice long handle; such it up and put the spider outside ...a LONG way away!

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PMorrisHTX
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cost cutting measures are now in effect. Only customers may use our restroom & we limit how much tissue they use

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Mazer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excuse me, could I please speak to someone on staff who loves spiders??? YIKES

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ohjojo (you/your's)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my god how lucky are you saw it. You could have been playing spin the spider

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Glirpy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s hard to think that you wouldn’t have seen that before you started doing your business.

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Béatrice Gallet
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or you are a women with a Mary Poppins' bag with paper handkerchiefs !

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Jack Holt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh he's a harmless little wolf spider. Most likely the second you pull the tp down he will scurry to one of the corners in fright- they're quite shy.

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Bryan Gaffny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He'll despise it to if you just ask him to "run" and just say "stop" when you have enough.

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Harley 1.0
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Probably a good thing that I was sitting on the hopper when I saw it!!!!

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Jill Hojnacki
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eh. Just unroll it slowly. She’ll either stay where she is and ride it like a treadmill, or she’ll climb onto the inside wall to hide. In any case, she’s not gonna hurt you.

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David Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Set it on fire and use whatever is left. If all else fails you're wearing two socks.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Walk away? I'm running as fast as I can! 😱🕷

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LSR
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Damn f*****g toilet paper is scratchy as f**k..."

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Clover
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would be a good time to have tissues in your pocket.

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Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel for folx who fear spiders. Esp. being vulnerable in a confined space.

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Z Alexi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't wipe now~~use sink right next to toilet-paper roll, water will work. Ask the French.

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lenka
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bit hard to tell from the picture but it just looks like a Huntsman. Totally harmless.

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Iva Kazalova
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, pull the roll down and let it roll, the spider will fall on the floor and you can wipe your ass. And everyone goes about their business

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Slim 864 GVG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least you are already on the throne when your bodily functions go, you just can't clean yourself up!

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Pandasizing World Peace
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, I think someone is playing a prank using a fake spider. (Unless it moved, of course!)

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Trisha Howson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay I'm gonna still wipe my butt but I'm gonna be very very careful and if that thing jumps on me it dead

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Deb Dedon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Put a heavy plastic bag over the fixture and turn it on. Spider should leave on its own.

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Angie B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Call for someone to give you some toilet paper, I've done it before

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Catmandu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would rather not touch this and keep myself 2m away from it

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MyCatsTheRealPanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can you imagine the squish that sucker would make! *shudder* I don't kill spiders for two reason. 1.They're just trying to live their little(or big in this case) spider lives and I wouldn't want to be walking along then just some big thing squish me. Plus they actually do good. 2.The story about my grandpa killing a spider and the babies scattering everywhere has pretty much always been a deterrent for me.

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#47

This Duck Couple Hit The Jackpot

This Duck Couple Hit The Jackpot

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Madeleine Flowers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BUUUUUUUT, too much bread isn't good for ducks because it doesn't have the right nutrients and can make them weak and unable to fly.

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Guy Locks His Head In A Cage In An Attempt To Give Up Smoking. His Wife Has The Only Key And Only Opens It For Meals

Guy Locks His Head In A Cage In An Attempt To Give Up Smoking. His Wife Has The Only Key And Only Opens It For Meals

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