Even those with great people skills at times have trouble interacting with others. We all know how awkward and painful it can be to go through misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and lost opportunities.
But every once in a while something beautiful happens; we connect to another human being. We know exactly what they mean, and — even better! — we're certain they get us too.
Since these magical moments are so rare, we need to treasure them. Which is what the subreddit r/OddlySpecific is trying to do. Kinda.
From the fantasy equivalent of pangolins to fast walkers passing other fast walkers, it collects very specific comments that also somehow feel really relatable. Continue scrolling and check out some of the stuff they have.
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Miracle Whip N Slide
u/UndeadCaesar, a moderator of r/OddlySpecific, thinks this online community is really focused on separating out the oddly-specific content from the just-general memes. "Since implementing the 'does it fit here' bot comment at the top of every post, I feel the quality of content has really improved, as usually if enough people are passionate enough about something not fitting in to open the comments and downvote the bot comment, the community is usually right," they told Bored Panda.
"I don't have to do a lot of manual moderation of the community even though it's fairly large now (Top 150 if I recall correctly), usually only stepping in to remove frequent reposts that aren't caught by the repost bot."
Sometimes, Sometimes Sex Is Cooler
Why Pangolins Are Cute
u/UndeadCaesar took over r/OddlySpecific after the original creator abandoned the sub and it got overrun with t-shirts saying 'This dad was born in AUGUST, loves GUNS AND BBQ, hates COMMIES, and has a CRAZY WIFE WHO BOUGHT HIM THIS SHIRT' and reposts. "I think it's a much better place now, higher quality content and a more active community," the mod said.
"I think what separates posts that go viral from ones that don't are the ones that hit that fine line of being specific enough that it's striking but about a topic general enough that anyone can relate to it."
From what u/UndeadCaesar has seen, they believe people connect to oddly specific content because it can accurately convey an emotional state with all that "extra" info and seem almost irrelevant at the same time — this duality is really entertaining.
The Different Types Of Badgers
Yes but once they do they turn out to be serial killers and bury you in their garden.
Existence Is Pain
It’s Just Me
With 676K members, r/OddlySpecific is an excellent example of just how well we humans talk to one another. A sentiment philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who studied how easily communication between people goes wrong, would probably still be wary of.
While living in Norway, he wrote a book that was published in 1931. The book, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, asked a really big question: how do human beings manage to communicate ideas to one another? According to The School of Life, Wittgenstein's answer was that language triggers within us pictures of how things are in the world.
Seems Like This Fits Here
Now I Have This Fear
Annoying
Wittgenstein thought of this while reading about a court case. During the proceedings, in order to explain with greater efficacy the details of an accident at a road junction, the court organized a visual representation of the accident using models.
In Wittgenstein's view, much like in these r/OddlySpecific posts, words enable us to make pictures of facts. Something tells me he would be a member of the subreddit were he still alive.
Hmmm
Cementry Job
Doggo
Why Do I Feel Attacked
Found This Guy On Facebook. Thought It Belonged Here
I Also Can't Stand Them
That's usually when I realize my windshield is particularly dirty and needs a spritz.
Okay, Then
Yep. All my vehicles have names. Some even have vanity plates with their names on them because they deserve a little bling.
Specific Indeed
Such A Specific Fear
Yo
Respecc To All Teachers
We are sadists. We get to mess with your minds for a whole year, you never know if I'm actually telling the truth because I'm also the one making the test so you'll just have to trust me I'm not lying to you. Nah, just kidding. I love teaching because young adults are the most amazing people out there. They're kind, curious, talkative, epic fun, and just naive enough for me to have a little fun with every now and then.
Catholism
Dad's, Start Taking Notes
I Like Frank The Spider
Hoas Violate Your Property Rights
Hopefully He's Ok
Oh Whale
I Mean He's Not Wrong
I pretty much always eat alone. I have noticed that when the hostess asks how many, I say "just one" and I am trying really hard to stop using "just".
Adam Sandler
This I Found From Another Subreddit
The Bison *will* Kill You
Is this for real? If it is, it's pretty terrible that there are people stupid enough to go into the animal enclosure. Although I shouldn't be surprised.
Pretty Accurate
This Is Quite Specific
It's their snack though. As long as they're not giving it to some kids but not others I don't see a problem.
Not A Bad Gig
LOL, that must be true seeing all those mystic album covers where some guys are in the middle of a forest looking like boy scouts who got lost.
Or, You Know, Something Else
My father's father was Adda. Because I tried to call him Dadda (my father was away on national service) and that was all I was prepared to concede. Because I was first grandchild, all the others called him that too.
I'm Ashamed To Say I've Done This Before
Well... That Is A Description
Too Meta?
That's Actually Good To Know
Roooxaaaaanne!
If he shot you to the beat of Roxanne you would get the 16th bullet about the time the guys laughing in the song.
Pay Up Already...
Found This Gem Today On Instagram
Of Course We Do Bro
Aight Who Wants To Do A Triathlon With A Shark
In real life the deadliest animal is the mosquito, followed closely by humans who are the deadliest mammals on this planet. Just one example; The tangerine toddler with a dead count of over 500 000 people.
Worse Than A Breakup
That's A Good Plan...
This is such a stupid comment, and it's made so often I just wish it would die. Shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory are recorded in front of a live studio audience. It's not a "laugh track" like you would hear in MASH, for example. Any actor playing comedy learns to pause when there is laughter, and to not say the next line (or punchline) until the laughter is starting to subside. If you take a show like this and deliberately and artificially remove the laughter, of course the show seems weird and unfunny, because the pace seems wrong. Secondly, laughter is a shared experience and is always greater than when alone. Seriously, if you don't like the show, then don't watch it. Don't bitch about it on the internet.
Alright Then
Very Owly
Taken From Bestmemes Instagram
Hmm
So Goddamn Funny
What is the 'w' word censored out? Witch? Weirdo? What is it? I must know! :P
That's Ludicrous
Very Specific, Ohio People Can You Confirm?
i have a friend staying in ohio atm. if the attack happened while they were there they could probably handle it.
Pretty Scary Indeed
Or you end up in a coma and everybody thinks if they play him, you'll wake up
Pissfingers
Disney Family Therapy Session
And That's On Quarantine
Handsome Italian Shoe
Thing To Steal
Once say a lady about 50 years old steal a pack of Jack Links beef jerky in a Walmart.
I Mean, He Not Wrong
As Oddly Specific As This Is, We All Feel This
This Guy's Sim's Habits
12 Months From The Date Hereof
Hmmm
Hey Guys
Only if they don't awkwardly call each other 'bro' a lot the first time you see them together.
Haha Feetus. (Idk If Repost)
No Shame
An Oddly Specific Search
Offers Best In Class Sound Quality
Yeah, Don't Forget The Certification
Who Touched The Thermostat?
That's What Good Dads Do
Where Is This Lawnmower Video
And Yet So Relatable...
Never in my life did that happen... I went to an all girls catholic school where we'd show up wearing super long skirts, knee high socks, and you couldn't wear your hair down at all... obviously, make up was a big no also.
Huh?
Well I Mean
No Title
Bug
Hmm
Dammit Ricky!
In which case you talk to Ricky when his mom isn't present and convince him to change his point of view because life is pretty rotten when someone punches you unexpectedly in the face 10 times per day.
What Are The Odds
Ok Simon
Every Mom Ever
Adam Driver Resting Face
It is the 4th time I see this in a week all in different publications. lol
Ok Jeff
Jeff stares back at you. Unknown to you, Jeff suspects that you're the anteater and your suggestion has confirmed it. The panicked and confused boss looks back and forth to you and Jeff. Unknown to both of you, it is the boss who is the anteater and he thinks you both have found out.
A Real Struggle
On Askreddit - What’s Something You Believed As A Child
Oreo Of The Gods
One Week By Barenaked Ladies
Its been...One week since you looked at me..disconnect the blue and red wires...
Peak Gentrification
I Feel Like Someone Regrets Not Realising Tony Hawk Wasn't A Stranger As A Kid
Hmm
My Nonna still does this. I have quite a collection of those pebbles I stole.
I'm Rooting For Josh
Josh Swain didn’t get to participate in the noodle fight then… poor him.
We’re Gonna Need A Map For This One
And watch out for the car jack and pneumatic hammer drill just behind the Hershey bar on your way back.
Kinda Right Tho
Tik Tok is the social media where fools meet morons to convince them that setting yourself on fire is the new hype and it's just harmless fun and they succeed.
We All Have Our Secrets
Hmm
From R/Vegas...
Always give tourists the right directions. They won't follow them anyway.
Been Waiting For This
Now That You Put It That Way....
Wednesday was the the "just one more day before weekend"-day before I retired. Now I only have week ends
It Do Be True Tho
Do you have to include each and every possible combination of gender, identity, political views religion and what not when writing a story? First 10 books will only be charackter introduction and you will still get a shitstorm from some teen with a identity you never heard or thought of because he feels left out
I Prefer Shuffle
Thats Kinda Specific
Most Likely To...
Sounds Like A Good Time
Have you seen that series on Netflix? It's about a murder in a small town, where all the characters know each other, but keep secrets from each other. Then, other people get murdered. You know the one, right?
Insert Trumpet Solo Here
I remember it being described as "Everything sucks but at least I have a trumpet".
Ah Yes, Bug
The Last Airbender
Is /R/Truckermemes A Thing?
Sounds Like This Guy Just Went To Vegas
Growing Up In The Early 2000s
Ah...if Only
Would be me. Over time it changed into a straight line with a W at the beginning. But the line varies in length.
Thanks For The Heads Up
Remember, put a tortilla under the taco as you eat, and get a 2nd taco from the fallout!
Don't Tell Me I'm Going Through The Crisis Of The Third Century
Memory
It A Meme But Still
On an unrelated note: Why are young Sharon Stone and Selma Hayek part of this meme?
A What?
Waze
Google, I drive an electric car, I NEED the quickest, most direct route, not one that will save gas!