10 Things We Find Super Weird- Even Though They’re Accepted as Normal
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Rarely do we take a moment to ponder our everyday actions or challenge what’s deemed as standard. Numerous behaviors have been ingrained as acceptable, and we rarely question their validity, assuming they couldn’t possibly be absurd. Yet, upon closer inspection, we might uncover that certain commonplace activities are actually quite peculiar. However, our prolonged familiarity with these actions has rendered them seemingly unremarkable.
One online conversation starter asks, “What’s something you find weird that is 100% normal?”
1. Humans Drinking Other Animals’ Milk
Anyone who isn’t lactose intolerant or vegan has drank an animal’s milk at one point in their lives. One conversation contributor thinks it’s absurd that humans have made it OK to drink other animals’ milk.
She says, “The fact humans drink other animals milk [is weird]. Like that liquid isn’t for us. People find the thought of drinking human milk gross but it’s especially formulated for us. It’s something that should he consumed for nutrients when we’re babies, not a regular drink.”
2. Domesticating Animals
Having a cat or dog [or both] is normal today. Most pet owners don’t remember that several years ago, their beloved animals would have been proud members of the forest chasing prey.
An online contributor says, “As a dog owner and cat owner I sometimes look at them and think, “There is literally an animal living in my house whose ancestors ran free and hunted other animals, and it is just laying upside down all cute on its bed beside me and also can’t eat unless I give it food.”
3. Talking
How bizarre is it that we make sounds with our vocal chords, and that sound has been decoded to man something and can even be written down? That’s how you understood this mixture of symbols I typed here.
One user is so fascinated by that. They share “Languages, or just talking in general. The fact that we’ve given meaning to a bunch of random sounds made by our vocal chords is bizarre when you think about it. Like, how did this even start? How were we able to decide what should be called what? For example, how did we decide that a rock is called a rock or that the sky is called the sky?”
We may need a Linguist to explain that.
4. The Internet
The globe has become a village; now, you can talk to someone thousands of miles away with just one click. It seems easy but very mind-boggling when you think about it.
A contributor says, “The internet. How it works, and also just the whole concept of it. Complete strangers on literally the other side of the planet can interact with me almost instantaneously.”
5. Shaving
Picture this: you take a very sharp object and use it to scrape hair off your body, including your face.
Pretty strange, as one online commenter says.
6. The Art Of Kissing
Lips are erogenous zones, and kissing is a major part of expressing love. One conversation contributor thinks it bizarre and wonders how people concluded that it’s a good thing.
They say, “Kissing. I mean, I like it. It’s nice. But honestly, who was the first person to say “Let’s mash my mouth against your mouth and see what happens”?
7. Books
Deep thinkers will find intrigue in just about anything, and for one online user, one of the most intriguing things is books.
They support this with a quote by Carl Sagan: “What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you.
A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
8. Life Itself
The fact that everything exists can be too much for some brains—and not just high ones. Life in all its intricacies is mind-boggling.
One online user says it’s strange, “Just the fact that everything…..exists. Or does it?”
Is this article you’re reading right now even real?
9. Dreaming
You close your eyes, and your brain transports you to a whole other world, with people and animals and other made-up creatures and situations. How strange is that?
Someone muses, “Dreaming. Whole worlds, people following some kinda plot. Coming to the same places in different dreams, sometimes years away. Then we wake up and puff! Off it goes.”
Intriguing.
10. Laughter
You have probably laughed a few times today without thinking much about it. For one conversation contributor, the entire concept of laughter is astonishing.
They say, “The entire concept of laughter. Why does our face contort and our diaphragm spasm when certain things happen? And how do our brains decide what things are funny and what things aren’t?”
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