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
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.
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.
But then why does all the laughing sound the exact same every time?
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So weird, such hatred... You don't find it funny, well you don't watch it and you let other people live their lifes as they want to. What a waste of energy
I think it's more frustration than hatred. They're probably surrounded by people who keep talking about or quoting the show incessantly..so they're always stuck surrounded by a show they don't enjoy.
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The fact that friends is still relevant today having premiered over 20 years ago and is still played in a lot of countries regularly makes your comment obsolete I think this man is just angry cause he still can't get the timing right on the friends intro clap
Or he doesn’t get it beacause he’s never had any friends.
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I never thought a show was funny because of the laughter. I thought it was funny because it was my type of humour... Like friends. Up until this day this show makes me laugh.
Yeah i don't get that!! We were laughing because we were hearing the fake laughs? That's stupid!! If it wasn't funny i wouldn't laugh anyway
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So true of so many sitcoms. The Big Bang Theory comes in mind, and even That 70's show in the later seasons.
I often daydream about stupid people who jump on the bandwagon, because it's trendy now to hate Friends. It's still a funny show.
Never was a fan of that show. Don’t know what people found so funny about it...
Never watched it, the only person who starred in it that I didn't dislike was Lisa Kudrow.
My wife and I used to love Friends back in the day and even when rewatched today it stands up well. BUT. What the actual f**k was that shite hosted by Corden masquerading as a 'funny' and 'touching' reunion? Used to like Corden in Gavin & Stacey as well but man, has L.A. sucked all the wit out of that dude. Talk about awks.
Daydream by a rich guy who has nothing better to do than "prove" what his nasty little opinion is worth.
If you ever been to a live taping then you know that there still is a laugh track
How I met your mother definitely has a laugh track because that s**t ain't funny.
I see a lot of people are upset by this, but I agree, I always hated Friends. But I hate a lot of things, some may call me a hater, but a hater gotta hate and all that. I don't like cookies or cakes either. I really could not stand Sesame Street. In kindergarten we saw Sesame Street on Ice and I was completely confused how anyone could ever like it when there were alternatives like My Little Pony and Are You Afraid of the Dark.
I've never seen a full episode of 'Friends'. I watched most of one because my (now Ex) girlfriend was in it. Wasn't my cup of tea but I could see the appeal.
There's YouTube videos that have done this, and it is very strange to watch it without the laughter. The long pauses between dialogue, where the laughs should be make it really uncomfortable to watch, but that'd be true of any comedy minus the laughs.
I actually believe this to some extent-not about the show being bad, but the laughing part. Watching the Late night tv hosts do their shows from home with silence after a joke not only DID NOT make me laugh, but it made me uncomfortable in a vaguely awkward way. Maybe a form of secondhand embarrassment? Idk, it just became weird AF with no audience.
Dear god. I thought i was a negative person. But here you go, ppl who can't even seem to enjoy a funny show.
The re-runs are proving this. It's not so much bad, as badly aged.
I always wonder if these people really think millions of people collectively decided to pretend Friends was funny when it actually wasn't.
i think it was funny in 2004, but i think it also aged quite bad.
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Man, I remember at the height of the show I watched an episode to see what the hype was, second episode in still waiting, I just didn’t get it, I thought it was just me, but that’s my just my lil opinion.....
ohmygawd, I thought I was the only person who found it sophomoric, unfunny, cruel and totally without any redeeming qualities.
so apparently this person didn't actually watch the show. It was both funny and sometimes poignant. The humor isn't for everyone. That's how sitcoms work. Everyone has different things they find funny b/c we're all individuals. It's really silly to hate on a show b/c no one is making you watch it. Like those stupid FB posts bragging that they never watched a Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Neither have I but I know that watching or not watching a tv show is nothing to brag about.
I so agree with this. I've never liked that programme. It is only kept afloat by the canned laughter every 5 seconds. I've said that the 'jokes' are so predictable, you know what they're going to say before it's even started.
actually it was "kept afloat" b/c it had really good ratings not b/c it had laughter. It didn't have canned laughter anyway-it had a live studio audience who laughed at it b/c they thought it was funny. But sure, you're really smart and awesome b/c you didn't like a tv show no one made you watch in the 1st place.
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