Well, somebody put a big metal monolith up somewhere in Southeast Utah. Like everything else, it's probably gonna end up being an ad for a new Marvel movie. We'd love to say aliens or ancient prophecies aren't off the table, but for now it looks like a big piece of metal some artist or publicity team crammed into the ground.
The world isn't always straight forward. Sometimes you're looking at it from the side, or some other angle that obscures your view of someone's face. It's these illusions of eye-defying double-takery that can make us go "waaahhh" while trying to figure out if that's a dog or a boat. Foreground be damned, doubletake inducing photos of skewed perspective are here to stay.
Just about every workplace has a special rule that exists just because of something one person did. From warning labels to work policies, every strange rule started off as a unique and horrible adventure. Human stupidity is the only resource it's impossible to run out of, so there's a rich deposit of things that exist just because people are dumb.
We may be a few years away from a complete robot takeover of the world, but now we know that when it happens, the descendants of these creepy-ass, bolt-sucking electricity munchers will be able to replace you and your family while making full and completely realistic eye contact. Go back to EPCOT you future-snatching wire-men.
Online marketplaces connect everyone in a fascinating world of supply and demand, where sometimes the supply is old benches from fast food places, uniquely shaped Cheetos, and extremely realistic horror-themed baby dolls. There's not a whole lot of demand for all the weird and bad stuff people try to sell online, but at least it's a spectacle.
Whether it's a combination of being sheltered, homeschooling, living in an extremely remote place, or being an undercover alien trying to understand earth, this person's friend got some attention for having some serious gaps in their knowledge. It's weird to be reminded that some folks don't get the memo and you have to explain really obvious things to people.
It doesn't take a lot to trick a brain into double-taking. A small shadow here, a reflection here, and some slightly confusing background over there. Just a few small inconsistencies and all of a sudden that dog is riding a bicycle. Double-take inducing images of skewed perspective are here to give those eyes a workout.
You can't blame an artist for putting their heart and soul out there and doing their best. But you can totally laugh at weird and awkward album covers that use extremely tacky imagery or have become a straight up double entendre over time. There's no way of knowing if your band name is gonna become a synonym for a sex act, but hey, it happens.
Finding a job is an annoying, stupid process that makes you rethink how you present yourself. The whole ordeal is frustrating and it feels like employers are just out to disappoint you.. That said, sometimes people do themselves a disservice by having a filthy email address or including weird and dumb achievements that raise eyebrows too high. For the ones who got a little further, here are hiring managers' biggest WTF moments during interviews.
At some time in their life, everyone realizes that there's a really little gap in between an elevator and a building's floor. Hopefully they realize it as a precautionary measure. Others realize this as their phone or keys are sliding through. For a fun story, here's a time an entitled mom tried to speak to an elevator tech's supervisor, but he was it.
It must be uncanny, the feeling of seeing an unopen shipping container floating in the ocean. It's got to pique anyone's interest. What's in that big floating box? Gotta open that box. These guys went to investigate.
Of all the amazing things our eyes do for us, it's kind of surprising how easily they can be tricked by just a little bit of messing with some light and shadows. Nevertheless, double-take-inducing images of skewed perspective will endure as a quizzical pastime for our beleaguered light-and-movement-sensing optical goo.
You can't knock people for their hustle, even when that hustle is trying to re-brand a useless 70-year-old couch as "vintage." Okay, maybe you can knock them a little bit. People will create and find some strange and dumb junk and immediately think that someone might pay top dollar for it. At least some folks have a sense of humor about it.
The customer is always right unfortunately, so from time to time, Subway employees have to make horrible sandwiches. Honestly, it's not the employee's job to eat it so it's no skin off most people's backs. That said, people's sandwich decisions can be memorable. For a different kind of memorable sandwich encounter, here's a Subway employee who had to tell a customer that mayo isn't vegan.
Our perception of time can be seriously altered by what's going on, especially if we're under incredible stress, experiencing uncertainty, or microwaving a burrito in a completely quiet house. Time and space can also change based on where you live, as evidenced by this Tumblr thread on cultures colliding over time and space.
You can never know what incredibly specific thing someone might take personal offense to. People get upset over the dumbest things thanks to their own paranoia, assuming malice in people, or extremely non-standard view of how people ought to act. It's when someone makes something out of a mistake or an utter non-issue that has people scratching their heads.
