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
Perhaps the A-hole that did that before had the same issue as you did, just didn't come back in time before someone else came along and parked next to them in the same way. That could have quite possibly been the case for the last 10 or so years, and you just came back from wherever you were parking in the parking lot of and finally broke the chain.
Load More Replies...Who knows, maybe the dude had to park like that because some other person parked badly. It goes on infinitely!
I have more trouble with people who park like an a...hole next to my normally parked car and I can't get in from the drivers side.
Try it when you are nine months pregnant!
Load More Replies...I parked like an AH then had to ask the nice man next to me (who was parked correctly) to move so I could get back in my car. Yes, I apologized profusely.
What if that asshole only looked like an asshole for the same reason?
Yes, I got my first note, "Nice parking job," because of this exact thing.
Or like when the person before you takes a dump in a public toilet and the person after you thinks it was you
OOOOhh yes. Someone gave me the stinkeye about this and I said that traditionally we just used one car parking space here in Australia, and then we got to talking about how it was actually Larry Ooser further down that started it all.
And in the interim someone else came and had to park like an a*****e because you are parked like an a*****e and the cycle continues.
no because I'll park correctly in my lane even if it puts me dangerously close to the the other person. If they hit my car it's their fault for parking like that in the first place (even if I have to get out of the passenger side door to get out of my car. I'll even purposefully park in a spot next to someone who parked like that if I can park normally and annoyingly block their driver side door (btw I have never owned a new car so don't care about little dings caused by door bangs).
I had the ORIGINAL asshole leave me a note on my car about my terrible parking. It did, in fact say, "You park like an asshole!" I was dumbfounded.
Still remembered the angry old man yelling at me for being an idiot😂😂
and who knows how far it goes back- there could be generations of parkers accommodating assholes. We're all the asshole. No one is the asshole.
Yes. Makes you wish you had left a huge picture of the previous a-hole to justify your own a-holiness.
Maybe put a note in your window... " I wasn't the first to mess up the parking...Joe Blow was here first!"
It's just a neverending chain of Ass***e's started by a single ass**ole.
I will literally pick a different spot when I end up in that situation! It is the worst!!
Once I worked really hard to avoid accidentally parking in a disabled spot I didn't see until the last min as I was pulling in, leaving my park job only a wee bit crooked, only to come out of the store to find someone has keyed my car and left me a nasty note about my bad park job. I tried to be a good citizen, I really did.
Been there. Even had a neighbor spot me as I parked with 7 inches to share between both sides of my truck. I was desperate for a parking space and there was a reason why no one else tried to take that one.
YES!!!! Makes me want to explain it to the people now parked next to me.
And I’ve even had a nasty note about my parking, when it wasnt my fault…
That happened to me once and I was yelled at by a man who had to park like an asshole, despite me trying to explain. Never again! I park in the farthest nether regions of the lot if confronted with that conundrum, even if I have to hike through gale force storms to reach my destination.
Oh yeah. Had tonight as well. I'll look like a pillock when the rest is gone in the morning :(
I did this. There were shopping carts in the way, so I parked badly, moved the carts, came back to my car with a nasty self righteous note on my windshield.
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.
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