If you enjoyed our publications on the subreddit 'Hmmm' and the Instagram account 'Please Hesitate,' I think you're going to love this one as well.
There's a Facebook page called 'Unusual And Funny Photos' and it provides exactly what the name promises without any context whatsoever.
Since 125,000 people already follow it, we thought you might like scrolling through its wild posts as well. From confusing road markings to creepy toilets, you never know what the next one is. And that's the beauty of it!
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The no-context snippets have become so popular that Kathryn VanArendonk, a Vulture critic who mainly covers TV and comedy, tried to get to the bottom of it.
"Images taken from a TV show or movie and combined with a quote are an internet staple from way down deep in the Tumblr-verse, where GIFs and screenshots of beloved pop-culture objects have long been collected into easily shareable digital scrapbooks," she wrote.
However, VanArendonk pointed out that lately, it feels like they busted out of that particular niche and spread across the broader social-media landscape, where they've developed a distinct flavor and found a bigger audience.
"The no-context screenshot is no longer just intended for fans of a show who will love an image precisely for its context. Now, the no-context screenshot has become a deliberate act of yanking a particular moment out from its original framework," she said.
Look, Napoleon, you're gonna get thick like this guy if you do not get your diet on point.
Part of why social media pages like 'Unusual And Funny Photos' are so have such big followings could be simply utility.
"An image is smaller and less finicky than a GIF, [and] it's easy to share across multiple platforms," VanArendonk said.
"It's easy to lift a single image from, say, Neo Yokio and set it off onto the internet, freed from its original framework."
She’s a brick. Couch. She’s mighty, mighty, letting it all hang out. (Admit that you sang it in the comments and make my day brighter, you magnificent bastards).
Learned the hard way why not to put dish soap in the dishwasher...
The incongruity theory can also help us in understanding the phenomenon. It suggests that no-context images disrupt our normal thinking patterns, sparking surprise and amusement.
Such feeds not only capture our attention but also provide a break from all the mundane posts we're used to seeing day in and day out. 'Unusual And Funny Photos' align with our psychological inclination to seek novelty, and capitalizes on it pretty well, if you ask me!
As a Brit, I can confirm that I and anyone else from here would forever be stuck behind that door, queuing in obedience
- Make sure there is toilet paper in the clients' bathroom. - Say no more, boss.
My thought was that it clearly WAS taken during lockdown, by one of the asshats who bought half the store's supply!
Load More Replies...Someone had a difficult pandemic, and has purchased an insurance plan.
Probably this is Spiderman's toilet, otherwise the ceiling rolls are useless and hard to change for the normal people.
Could we have some different colours? And, say, the one with crosswords, the one with jokes on, just a bit of variety?
well hopefully there will be some left when you need it, although it must be a pain when you have to refill them all
So many of these are the wrong way round! *Twitch twitch*. FRINGES NOT MULLETS, PEOPLE!!!!
Wait until all of the rolls are empty and she has to change out all of the cardboard tubes. (insert evil laugh)
I’m guessing somebody got tired of having to replace toilet paper at least once a week!!
This is just the expectation. The reality is empty cardboard tubes as far as you can reach.
The only choice really after hoarding all that TP during quarantine.
Chicken Tikka masala after a night of red bull and vodka ! - oh god why did I have to do that sht...
Imagine being the person who comes in to find all the rolls empty lol
I have no idea why or whats behind this. However I think it is pretty cool !
This is not conjoined twins. It’s one woman with her head over the shoulder of her friend, hugging from behind. Accidentally, the effect unfortunately mimics the look of the famous twins, whose names escape me, who had that tv show.
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Well these were fun and a happy way to start my day 😊..... When I actually should have been writing the shopping list 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣
Well these were fun and a happy way to start my day 😊..... When I actually should have been writing the shopping list 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣