Hypothetically, what would you do if your dog started speaking English? For example, you came home one day, and you heard your dog talking on the phone? Asking for a friend…
If you’re in the mood to read about some oddly detailed scenarios that might make you raise your eyebrows, you’ve come to the right place, pandas. Below, we’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from the Suspiciously Specific subreddit that might have you wondering what inspired people to post them. Enjoy reading about these hilarious, bizarre situations, and be sure to upvote the pics that make you wonder what these people have been through!
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Would Be Interesting
I Love It
Free Coffee
I did not see it going there.. I was thinking swap places so they all return the right car to right place, but they all insist they are the same person who left with it.
We all know there’s no limits to what you can find online. Whether you want hard hitting news, adorable pictures of cats, shocking videos on TikTok or photos of your friends’ vacations, you can find it all! But one interesting niche of content is “suspiciously specific” posts. This genre contains all of the questionable tweets, Facebook posts and more that describe bizarre, sometimes “hypothetical,” scenarios that might have you wondering who in the world is actually experiencing these things.
And while this kind of content can be found in all of the different corners of the internet, one place that compiles plenty of this content is the Suspiciously Specific subreddit. This group was created in 2018 but has already amassed an impressive 1.3 million members. The community has more recently transitioned to focusing on Among Us fanart and memes, but lucky for us, members had already shared a variety of hilarious, oddly specific posts.
Gracelynn, Where Art Thou?
New Fear Unlocked
2020 Was So Easy Back Then
Tf? We suddenly started playing Fallout when I wasn’t looking? Where’s my adorable canine companion and my power armour dammit!
I think we’ve all been in a scenario where we asked a question “for a friend,” that was a bit too specific to ask if we didn’t actually have experience with the topic… “My friend is having relationship troubles,” or, “My cousin has a medical question that she’s too embarrassed to ask.” Well, many of these posts are the virtual equivalents of those, often used for comedic effect of course. And according to Candace Osmond at Grammarist, this is an easy way for us to save face when we’re worried about being judged.
While there’s no way of pinpointing exactly where the classic “asking for a friend” phrase came from, it doesn’t seem to be anything new. Anonymous advice columns have been popular in newspapers and websites for decades, so it’s no surprise that we’ve implemented a similar style of posting on social media as well. Even if something is shared “hypothetically,” if it’s too specific, it’s going to raise some eyebrows.
Nicknames
Suspicious And Wholesome!
Free The Frog!
Although many of the posts on this list were shared online for comedic purposes, regardless of whether they’re referring to real situations or not, this content got me wondering about whether we’re oversharing online. As much fun as posting on social media can be, we have to remember to have boundaries too. According to Van-Hau Trieu, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at Deakin University, and Vanessa Cooper, Professor of Information Systems at RMIT University, there are personal and professional risks associated with oversharing. Research has shown that over half of us have anxiety surrounding our family, friends and coworkers sharing photos or videos that we don’t want public.
3..2..1.. Go!
Til
If you're really desperate, and the "one last drink before you go?" didn't work, leave the room and change into nightwear and return to the room and say "oh well, we're off to bed now."
That's Something
Oversharing often has innocent intentions, though, as it’s linked to how we’re feeling. “When we feel strong emotions, we often use social media to communicate with and get support from friends, family and colleagues,” Trieu and Cooper write. “We might share good news when we feel happy or excited, or anger and frustration might drive us to vent about our employers. When emotional, it is easy for us to cross the boundary between work and social life, underestimating the consequences of social media posts that can quickly go viral.”
You Can't Put Them Anywhere
Forget astrological signs, tell me your childhood compulsive behaviour foreshadowing lifelong hangups. Mine was never being able to use video game powerups because I might regret not having them later.
21st Century Surnames
To ensure that we aren’t oversharing too much online, Trieu and Cooper recommend that we all set defined boundaries between our personal and professional lives. Inform your friends, family and colleagues about these boundaries, and rethink your relationships with anyone who doesn’t respect them. It can also be wise to create separate social media accounts for personal and professional use, or to keep your pages private to ensure you know exactly who’s able to view your content.
Roosters Are The Best
My sister wrote this. She has an almost unhealthy love affair with all things that even vaguely resemble chickens.
Apologise To Mr Hoskins
Well Then
And maybe Ed Sheeran hears about the incident and writes a song dedicated to you!
It’s also important to make sure that you respect the boundaries of others. If you plan on posting photos or videos of friends, it’s courteous to ask for their permission before sharing them publicly. And if anyone asks not to be featured on your account, make sure that you don’t overstep. Trieu and Cooper also add to share consciously online, to avoid making mistakes. They recommend staying offline when you’re feeling emotional, especially when you’re upset, and to always consider who will see your content before publishing it. If there’s anything you don’t want family or colleagues to see, perhaps it shouldn’t be out there.
Ok Josh
Relatable
Ok
My cat brought in a baby bird once, and I rescued it from the feline terrorist and nursed it back to health. I put it into a pizza box and named it Pizza.Two days later I released it back into the wild, and watched from the patio as a crow came and carried it away. But I knew the crows in the trees had babies. I was heartbroken but... that's nature. I am still unsure how I feel about that. Moral dilemma.
It’s always wise to do periodic clean ups on your social media accounts as well. If you find something from 5 years ago that doesn’t align with your beliefs anymore, just delete it. Yes, it’s possible that plenty of people have already viewed it, but you have the chance to minimize who else can or even eliminate anyone else from seeing it in the future. Especially for the average person who doesn’t have a huge following online, it can make a big difference to simply hit delete on questionable posts.
What Did The Frog Do?
This is an American thing. Try telling someone how they can decorate their home or garden that they own in the UK and you won't get very far. You'd be laughed out of court.
The idea is it stops people dragging the property prices down - but I'd rather live next to Onslow and his junker car than Hyacinth Bucket any day.
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I totally feel this, don't understand the insanity. If you're living in an apartment building it's logical since you share parts of the building. Besides that, hell no, I don't want Rita from three doors down complaining about the length of my lawn or something equally ridiculous.
I'm so grateful that I was able to move to a really old neighborhood that pre-dates HOAs and people feel comfortable letting their freak flags fly. Often literally. In my street alone there's two Jolly Rogers, a United Federation of Planets, and an International Flag of Planet Earth. As well as no end of brightly colored doors, flamingos, free art, a big-a*s mural, and that for a few glorious months, a 12-foot tall werewolf. The really funny thing is, when left to their own devices, people rarely do anything outlandish anyway.
I'd never heard of this US thing until recently. It sounds like some kind of criminal enterprise to extort people who have no choice but to comply..
It didn't used to be. It started off as a way to reduce costs by having group expenses bundled for things like water, sewage, garbage, and other things where group rates are cheaper. Now it is just an extortion racket with very few if any benefits. The worst thing is you can not opt out if you live in a HOA.
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To the idiots who buy into these places that have HOA fees . Sorry but you can't fix Stupid
I'm from Belgium and you can put whatever the f* you want in your front yard, except that one time a guy put a gnome with his pants down in it
Despite the number of psycho HOA stories your read here and other places, they are the exception and not the rule. Or I live in the only HOA in the US that isn't populated by kens and karens.
I will never live in a HOA. We pay enough people to tell us what we can and can't do. Plus I'd be the jerk that purposely does everything the HOA is against
Yeah, that's why I won't ever live in a house that has an HOA. It's ridiculous! (Much like property taxes!)
I live in Canada. My lawn is littered with the remains of all the squeaky pigs and chickens that my dog absolutely LOVES!! Tried to clean them up but he runs from one to the other and lays down on them so I can't throw them out! There are no HOA's here either, much to the delight of my fur baby!!!
my #1 reason for buying where we did... not an HOA in sight... MY MIL tried her darnedest to get us to move by her.. no freaking way.. not planning to paint my house mauve but I CAN if I want to!!
"this is the deed. You will see my name on it. That means, barring law-breaking activities, all legal activities are fair game if I decide they are to be done!"
I am of the personal opinion that HOAs should be illegal. I’m sorry but did you pay for my property? Is your name on the deed? No? Then go f@rk yourself.
Land of the free, home of the brave, but you best mow your lawn and have your bins put away before dusk ok?
Exactly! Lol I will never understand people who choose to buy a home in an HOA neighborhood. Then again, maybe it’s a good thing….these communities attract all the Karens. They can fight with each other to the death over garden ornaments and leave the rest of us the hell alone.
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Actually I can see the logic of an HOA when you share a building. In fact, it would be essential… All the dissing is for single family homes in an HOA neighborhood, where nosy neighbors peep out their windows to gauge how many inches too long their neighbors’ grass is, or how gaudy their Christmas wreaths are…
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I live in a lower socioeconomic area in my big city and it's just fine because I have almost an acre of land with which I can do whatever I please. 😁
The only positive thing I can add is that people know they're moving into an HOA in the US before closing on a house. They also have the opportunity to read all of bylaws beforehand. The best thing they can do is try to get elected to the board because these rules and new rules are added or adjusted. There are a few stories on the internet about overzealous HOA's that tried to trick or sue pre-existing homeowners, who lived along the border, before the new development was built.
If there's one thing that makes people angry when they have exactly nothing to be angry about, but they're angry anyway because they misunderstand the situation and make assumptions, it's HOA's.
Hoas should be banned i dont live near any but if i ever live in one of those neighborhoods ima throw hands
This is an over simplified take on HOAs, many of which are good and serve useful functions. In my friend's housing development the HOA takes care of the storm drains and the street lights because the roads are not part of the county roads. The annual fee is very reasonable. The restrictions that do exist are quite reasonable and help maintain property values. Like you can't have a dozen dead pickup trucks in your front yard like the guy about 3 miles down the road from me has.
Your example of one doesn't really make the "MANY are good" seem more convincing.
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I live in the city of bath which has some of the strictest planning rules anywhere in the world, houses have to be built using the same stone, not allowed to have satellite tv dishes in the ‘old’ part of the city, the council faced legal action for refusing permission for solar panels on roofs
Never understand these or why someone would either move in or abide.
HMO’S are the spawn of the devil and should be done away with!
I don't know where this over exaggeration of HOAs comes from. I live with an HOA. They take care of lawn maintenance, common areas (think greenways and trails), road repairs, snow removal, the community center, and the pool. They have never once told any of us that we can't decorate the way we want or put something outside on our property. They did once tell someone to remove a baby pool from the common area, but that was the common area, and the homeowner moved it to their property.
It's not an over exaggeration. I used to live with an HOA too. They threatened to put a lien on our house because they didn't like the type of stones we chose to xeriscape our yard. It was acceptable per the bylaws, but he didn't like that we didn't ask his express opinion on the aesthetics. A freaking LIEN.
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HOA’s exist because cities and towns won’t or can’t provide the services needed to keep these places functioning. It’s a hidden, nondeductible tax
That's not what HOA's are for. The HOA fees are fully disclosed when someone is looking to buy a house in an HOA. The fees are supposed to go towards lawn and landscape maintenance, snow removal (of driveways and sidewalks, roads are still handled by city or ccounty), roof or siding repair, or any external repair when it is shared by multiple units, cost of upkeep of any communal area. HOA board members and meetings are basically the same as city council meetings. To be clear, I am not in favor of HOAS, but I can see how they could be appealing to some people. It's a shame how corruptable they can become.
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Reminds me of the time I asked my supervisor to give me all my remaining holiday time just to get away from a toxic workplace as soon and for as long as possible. My first day back supervisor gives me a hearty "So you're relaxed and refreshed now that you're back after your break." no doubt expecting an enthusiastic eager beaver response. I just look him straight in eye and said deadpan "I'm back."
Dementia Is A Game For 2 Or More Players
If you’re worried about oversharing, Trieu and Cooper recommend treating social media like your own personal brand. “If you wouldn’t say it to your colleagues and managers, don’t post it online,” they write. “Social media can enrich our professional and personal lives, but ill-considered posts and oversharing can be damaging to yourself and others. Being smart on social media is something we need to get better at in our professional lives, just as much as our personal lives.”
There’s No One In Their Basement
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Actually that is a fair point. Why do mobile games want access to photo galleries and camera on your phone?
114 Is A Lot Of Cats, For Sure
Why would you want to fight them off? Why not just accept what we all know to be true and bow down to our feline overlords? Pet some of the cats while you're down there.
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Could You Imagine
Just Some Guy
Does This Go Here
My Lil Bro Takes Video Games Very Seriously
Guilty As Charged...
They Complete Each Other
Shakespeare Of Our Time
With Your Hair Softly Blowing In The Wind
No. I feel like a disappointed English teacher. And like a NORMAL person, I make that duck face and look disappointed, like a student just tried to tell me the real narrative of an over-annotated classic. Duh.
It’s A Family Secret
My mom gave me the family secret for the famous baklava she makes. I told everyone to try that. Who cares? I won't make baklava anyway so someone should continue the traditon 😏
Jack Black
Sky Bird!
Does Your Town Have A Horseback Jesus?
In my city, right on my block, we have Old Nessa. She is a lovely old lady who quietly drinks in the same spot every afternoon for about three hours. She knows everyone and every piece of gossip. If you want any gossip, give her a cigarette and she'll tell you everything. She is very kind. [Edit: Old Nessa is not homeless. She goes out for a few hours every day to get away from her boyfriend, who she constantly complains about. She's 76yrs old and has a toyboy 20yrs younger. Go Nessa!]
Lovelighting And Gasbombing
I Want A Tree From This Guy
Mrs. Evans would put the weed in her purse, buy a tree and have the best time ever putting those ornaments on.
Is There Something You Need To Tell Us?
Reading about Ben Franklin makes me think he would be disappointed you aren't sharing
Only A 7.5
The Future People
Anyone Know The Meme?
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I don't understand. HOW were these so funny. I was laughing all the way through
I'm close to my Millennial staff. It was one such young lady that cooked me dinner. She's taught me a lot.
Hi Lori, I only noticed I suicide joke; the rest was mostly crazy thoughts we have and are glad others are weird like us too. Sorry if anything upset you hun. Hope all is well with you. ♥️
Load More Replies... I don't understand. HOW were these so funny. I was laughing all the way through
I'm close to my Millennial staff. It was one such young lady that cooked me dinner. She's taught me a lot.
Hi Lori, I only noticed I suicide joke; the rest was mostly crazy thoughts we have and are glad others are weird like us too. Sorry if anything upset you hun. Hope all is well with you. ♥️
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