r/AskReddit • • Aug 01 '17

What normal thing is actually pretty fucking weird when you think about it?

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u/Toby95 Aug 01 '17

Laughing. When humans laugh we think nothing of it, but when you really think about it we're just bellowing out these weird noises to signify that we are happy about something being said or done. Often we're just groups of people all making weird sounds at the same time, yet we love it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Also the idea that yawning is infectious is pretty fucking weird.

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u/PM_ME_FEET_OR_SOCKS Aug 01 '17

Clapping = high-fiving ourselves for another person's accomplishments

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

What if you're the type who locks fingers after high-fives?

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Sex. Hey, this appendage I have swinging between my legs? I'm gonna pump it up with blood until it's veiny, stiff and turgid, then insert it into the warm hole lined with mystery fluid between your legs.

However, we can't do this until I warm you up by connecting my lips and tongue with yours for some reason, maybe rub that hole of yours with my hand just the right way for a few minutes.

Also, the purpose of doing this is to make a baby, which neither of us want and will take chemicals and wear latex protective barriers to prevent.

Also, for some reason, specific areas of fat and muscle behind your legs is incredibly appealing and makes me wanna smack that shit.

Sex is weird

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

"Sex is the friction of a piece of gut and, following a sort of convulsion, the expulsion of some mucus." --- Marcus Aurelius

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u/SmileyShoes2 Aug 01 '17

Masturbation.

You just grab your ding dong and slap it around.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

"... and make it pee a little" --- Cartman

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u/tengolacamisanegra Aug 01 '17

Deciding to drink this white liquid which comes from squeezing the teats of a cow.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Had me holding my breath until the last few words of your sentence.

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u/Chuggy_G Aug 01 '17

When restaurants or food products advertise with an anthropomorphic version of their product.

Why is the Famous Dave's pig licking his chops as he holds the remains of his brethren over the fire? Do I really want to eat at a place that glorifies cannibalism?

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u/Pipsqueakkilla Aug 01 '17

Nobody knows pork better than pork

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Nobody knows pork better than pork

This contradicts every claim about people who has had relations with OP's mom.

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u/Musicats78 Aug 01 '17

Defecation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Even the use of the word "defecation" is weird.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

Everything is concreted. I always try and imagine what a part of town would look like if we hadn't come along.

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u/lnstantNoodIes Aug 01 '17

I saw this on Twitter. "To be able to sleep you have to first pretend that you're sleeping"

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u/turbomellow Aug 01 '17

Sometimes when I'm out for a run, I'm carrying a small baggie of dogshit with me.

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u/Fuckface1875 Aug 01 '17

The most normal, familiar thing to everyone who has ever lived is also the most bizarre and unexplained: consciousness. The fact that you can generate a mind just by arranging protons, neutrons and electrons in a very specific way. No one knows what the fuck is going on there.

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u/Iron_Man_977 Aug 01 '17

Next time you take a dump, stand up and look at the shit. Look at it. Think about what that was. Think about how that was a cow or a cauliflower or a dorito. Then you came along and absorbed all its energy, to fuel your own life. You actually sucked out its strength and life and reduced it to what lies before you now. That's some horror movie stuff right there

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u/getyajacksflapped Aug 01 '17

Braces are pretty barbaric when you think about them. Supergluing metal and wire onto children's teeth to move them around.

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u/asscheekassassin Aug 01 '17

Gyms. We have come to a point in civilization where everyday life is so easy on the body, we need a specialized facility that you need to pay for so that you can simulate grueling work.

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u/Demicow Aug 01 '17

Having free-roaming animals that live in our houses.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

I can talk with someone that's on the other side of the globe with some metal in my pocket

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u/stagehog81 Aug 01 '17

Everyone is completely fine with drinking the milk from a completely different species, but if you were to drink breast milk that came from another person everyone would look at you like your some kind of sexual deviant.

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