Category: educational

Posted on

What Animals Are Unexpectedly Dangerous? People Shared Their Thoughts.

You never know what you’re gonna get when you encounter a wild animal.

Or an insect. Or any other specimen in nature.

And that’s why you have to be careful around all of ’em! Maybe they have rabies, maybe they have a poisonous bite that you don’t know about, or maybe they look adorable and cuddly but they’ll rip your face off.

So keep your eyes open!

AskReddit users educated us about animals that are unexpectedly dangerous.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Amazing.

“At the Birmingham Sea Life Centre, if an otter escapes they have to evacuate the building and send in guards wearing chain mail.”

2. But they look so cute…

“Dolphins, they have teeth and kill for fun.

Oh and they like to r**e other fish and humans if they feel like it.”

3. Psychos.

“Some seals are psychopaths.

Other than humans and orcas, they’re one of the only animals on the planet that seems to occasionally k**l for fun.

They’ve been found to continue k**ling penguins even when they’re no longer hungry and they’ve even been photographed tearing ocean sunfish apart and then not eating any of the meat.”

4. HUGE!

“Moose.

Probably already been said, but they have hooves the size of dinner plates and if you mess with a momma with calves, she will f**k up your life. They are also fast as f**k and 6 feet tall at the shoulder.

Don’t be fooled by their cute, smooshy noses.

Signed, a guy who grew up in rural Alaska.”

5. Sharp talons.

“Turkeys!

They have a back talon that’s incredibly sharp.

They jump about 2-3 feet in the air and kick with their talons when scared or protecting the flock.”

6. Be careful!

“Squirrels.

I have a squirrel that I started putting out peanuts for, she is so used to being fed that she stands outside my back door and taps on the glass some days. I can tell this squirrel apart from the other squirrels.

Usually I open the back door and the squirrel will sit on my back fence. I wave my hand at it and it backs up a few feet for me to put some peanuts out, then I close the door and it starts eating… One time I guess it didn’t like how long I was taking and bit my finger and clawed my hand.. Blood was gushing out of my finger.

A second time a different squirrel was sitting outside my back door… It looked pretty thin so I opened the door to put out a handful of peanuts, my hand was about 2 feet above the squirrel… And I guess it was startled, the little f**ker jumped in the air and lunged at me… Bit hard into my finger and would not let go, I had to shake it off… Blood was pouring out the same finger.

Luckily squirrels do not carry rabies, but I went to the doctor and got a tetanus shot anyway. My doctor had never had a patient that was bitten by a squirrel and had a pretty good laugh.”

7. Fast and aggressive.

“Hippos.

Everybody knows that they’re big but thinks they’re slow and lazy; not nearly enough people know how fast and aggressive they are.

Y’all, please stay the hell away from hippos, especially if you’re in the water where they’re most territorial.”

8. Beware…

“Caterpillars.

I’m from Scotland where pretty much nothing in nature is harmful.

Visited New Orleans, a buckmoth caterpillar fell out of an oak tree and landed on my arm. I felt like my arm was literally on fire. It swelled up, went really hard to the touch, and was BURNING. My my friend’s mum had to use tape to get all the barbs out of my skin.

Ever since then, my skin has been horrendously sensitive. I now have medication for rosacea, because my stupid immune system is terrified of flipping caterpillars and will freak out at almost anything.”

9. Venomous.

“Blue Ringed Octopus.

So cute!

I’ve seen videos of people handling them out of water.

It carries enough venom to k**l 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realising they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins.

They kill very quickly, and there is no anti-venom.”

10. Australia is terrifying.

“Studied abroad in Australia for 5 months. There’s a colorful peacock looking emu like animal there called a Cassowary.

Apparently, it’s one of the most dangerous animals in Australia specifically because no one thinks it looks dangerous except for the fact it’s got a hard bone like horn on its head that it uses to k**l.”

11. This is disappointing.

“Koalas. They are the absolute worst.

We had this “girls in science” club when I was in middle school and we were invited every now and then to see some animals behind the scenes at the San Diego Zoo.

We’ve seen some pretty cool exhibits like all the snakes, the tigers, and this time we were to see the koalas or the polar bears. I’ve never been a fan of koalas, so I voted hard for the polar bears, however, most of the girls wanted to see the koalas sadly.

When we go to the exhibit, the club was all too excited when some of the trainers came out with three young koalas. One of the trainers, however, was giving all these warnings about koalas about their bipolar temper, kinds of diseases they can give, and all kinds of other stuff.

So a girl was asked to volunteer to hold one of the koalas. We will call her Sara. This one koala bear, the trainers claimed was the calmer one of the three. Sadly it wasn’t the case. Sara was given this leather bib looking thing to wear while holding the koala.

All the girls looked absolutely pi**ed that they couldn’t have a turn holding the koala, but that all quickly changed after like two minutes. This koala started making weird noises, and the trainer was next to the girl the entire time trying to reassure it. The trainer had some snacks she left on the fence behind us, and went to go get them. She shouldn’t have left Sara.

I felt so bad for her. Sara was terrified the moment this thing started screaming. It ended up scratching the side of her arm, completely unprotected by that leather bib thing, and bit her there as well! Sara was screaming her f**king head off and so were the other girls!

I’m pretty sure I was too. After that she had to get tested for all sorts of things when her parents took her to the hospital. And that was the end of girls in science club. I’m pretty sure she got a payout from the zoo, but I don’t remember. This s**t wouldn’t have happened had we seen the polar bears.

12. Trash pandas.

“I grew up in the country and was around a lot of wild animals growing up.

Cut to I was living in LA for a little bit when I saw a raccoon in broad daylight foaming at the mouth and just just sitting there looking pi**ed off. I immediately step back and I see some 20 somethings girls going oh my good look how cute it is. I want to get a picture with it.

I yelled at them hey guys that raccoon likely has rabies and you should stay the f**k away from it. They didn’t listen. They got close to it. It got really f**king pi**ed off and tried to bite them, it didn’t thank god. But as I witnessed this I said, don’t say I didn’t tell you to stay the f**k away.

Even if it didn’t have rabies those wild trash pandas can f**k you up if they feel threatened.”

Do you know about any unexpectedly dangerous animals?

If you do, tell us about them in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

The post What Animals Are Unexpectedly Dangerous? People Shared Their Thoughts. appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

What Did You Do “Before It Was Cool”? People Responded.

I remember when I first started going to punk rock shows in small coffee houses, garages, and basements, it was a little bit intimidating.

I was a normal suburban kid without a chip on my shoulder, but some of the people at these shows clearly didn’t want new kids coming in and being a part of a scene they’d been in for a while.

But I guess this sort of stuff happens all the time, right?

Folks on AskReddit talked about what they did “before it was cool”.

Let’s take a look.

1. Ahead of the curve.

“Listened to podcasts before they were podcasts.

Recorded shows (just like today, some were for online distribution, others were recorded versions of broadcasts) were put on a web server or FTP server where you could come download them.

They weren’t quite podcasts yet, because the idea of hooking them up with an RSS feed hadn’t come out yet (not even sure if RSS had been invented yet, TBH) so I had a script that ran as a cron job on my desktop, which would grab a directory listing at regular intervals and download anything I didn’t already have.

Most of them were MP3, of course, but at least one was RealAudio.”

2. Now it’s cool.

“Everything nerdy. I attended high school in the 90’s and you kept the nerdy s**t hidden.

Then came the Star Wars special editions. Then LOTR won a bunch of Oscars. Nerd stuff became more and more mainstream. Then the cool kids started watching Game of Thrones. Now dungeons and dragons is having its biggest growth ever.

So grateful. I love how it’s no longer niche targeted at young males.

Now, the neckbeards who get triggered over “fake geek girls,” I dont understand them. I’m old enough to remember when a girl who had the same interests as you was “a good thing” and “the basis for a relationship.””

3. Nerdin’ out.

“I was a big nerd and gamer in the late 1980s and 1990s.

In 2000 I went to an EverQuest guild meet up in Toronto and customs was incredulous.

“You’re coming to another country to meet people you met in a video game online?” They asked like 10 times in different ways.

Then in 2008ish I went to Toronto again for a (then-WoW) meet up. “Why are you coming to Canada?” “World of Warcraft guild meetup.” “How long are you staying?” “A week.” “Enjoy your visit.””

4. A great man!

“Watching Bob Ross.

Literally the only channel that was decent in my house was PBS.

As soon as I came home from school it was on.”

5. A huge hit.

“Black Panther was my son’s favorite superhero back in like 2014.

There was no character merch and I paid ridiculous money to find discontinued Black Panther toys.

Flash forward a couple years and we’re at the theater on opening day in full Black Panther costumes.”

6. They came around.

“I was the first boy in my middle school to pierce my ears (trying to be like my big brother).

Everyone roasted my a** to the point I just had to take them out.

Fast forward a couple years to high school and every dude that gave me s**t for pierced ears had gotten it done themselves.”

7. Wildly successful.

“Minecraft.

I pl ayed it way back in the Alpha version before everyone and their mom knew about it.

Watched Seananners make a video about it and bought it immediately and that video was the first spark towards it being the giant it is now.”

8. Youtubing.

“Youtube. I had a video in 2006 get over a million views.

That was big back then. I got some ad revenue, a couple of sponsors, and people putting my videos in compilations.

Haven’t done anything with it since then.”

9. Trendsetter.

“Reading Harry Potter.

We had a copy of the Philosopher’s Stone before a second book had been announced, and before either of them had come out in the US.

Absolutely obsessed with it – you couldn’t really get any toys or merch back then besides the books themselves so we would make our own.”

10. Awesome.

“I was into Nirvana early on.

I was a subscriber to the Sub Pop single of the month. I heard their cover of Love Buzz before it appeared on Bleach I think it was November of 1988.

Saw them twice before Nevermind was released.

Feb 1989 at Marsugi’s in San Jose with Mudhoney. Was a spectacular show in a venue that held less than 70 people. I think it took a couple days of days for the ringing to stop. But it was worth it.

Saw them a year later after Bleach was released at the Cactus Club.”

11. Before it came overseas.

“Watching the Office as an American when it was only the UK Version as it first aired in the US.”

12. This is funny.

“F**king everything. I’ll start doing something and it blows up in a few years. And I am far from cool.

I am a 33 year old fat white lady who can barely use her cell phone. My husband calls me “accidental hipster.””

13. Livin’ the vinyl life.

“When I was growing up, my dad had an extensive record collection from the 50’s and 60’s. And I always loved putting them on and listening to them.

They were all country/bluegrass, and some jazz. But I was huge fan of folks like Patsy Cline, Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, Chet Adkins, Boots Randolph and Johnny Cash just to name a few. Also had some musicals in there like Annie Get Your Gun. We had so many, we hand to store them in a trunk since it collapsed out bookshelf.

This was of course during the rise of CDs, so finding vinyl was hard unless you came across them at a flea market, or Goodwill or something.

Seems weird now that Vinyl is outselling CDs and Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash are legends in our generation now. And my favorite song from Annie Get Your Gun is now remixed for athletic commercials (anything you can do I can do better)

For the longest time I couldn’t talk about it for fear I was a dork. Now I can’t talk about it for fear of being a hipster.”

What did you do before it was cool?

Talk to us in the comments.

Thanks in advance!

The post What Did You Do “Before It Was Cool”? People Responded. appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

15 People Talked About Wild Animals That Are Unexpectedly Dangerous

Look at that cute koala bear over there! Maybe we should go pet it?!?!

Those are some famous last words if I’ve ever heard ’em.

The point I’m trying to make is that some animals that we don’t necessarily look at as dangerous can really cause us human beings some major problems.

So you gotta be careful…

What wild animals aren’t looked at dangerous but really are?

Here’s what people said on AskReddit.

1. Terrifying.

“Boars.

They can run faster than dogs, can do much more damage, and their response to a fatal injury isn’t “oh s**t i gotta run away”, it’s more like “I’ll drag you to hell with me b**ch”.”

2. Roos.

“Australian here:

Kangaroos! Never approach a Kangaroo on land! They will beat the s**t out of you! Also never approach a Kangaroo in water! They will f**king drown you and they are very f**king good at it too!

Also be careful not to hit a kangaroo with your car! They always have the last laugh when it comes to fighting 2 ton machines!”

3. Don’t get close.

“Seals.

It’s a f**king wolf in a wetsuit, leave it alone.”

4. You better not intrude.

“Beavers.

They will viciously defend their territory and gladly bite a chunk outta ya.”

5. Beware…

“Did anyone say Zebras?

Zebras have no interest in being domesticated, and will absolutely f**k you up if they feel like it.

They are not like horses. Give them space.”

6. Dangerous.

“Just learned this today actually but larger species of otter can k**l a full grown human.

Even the smaller ones can mess you up.

Keep that in mind if you see any wild otters.”

7. Observe from afar.

“Deer and Elk.

Bucks and bulls in rut are dangerous as they will ram into you with sharp antlers if they see you close to a female. Does and cows can trample humans if you are too close to their babes.

They are beautiful animals and there is nothing wrong with observing them. But it’s best to do it from afar.”

8. The plague!

“Prairie dogs carry rabies and the plague.

They may be cute little things that literally cry on the side of the road when one of their family d**s but I don’t need the plague, thanks.”

9. Rip you apart.

“Chimpanzees.

They’re often in movies, wearing clothes, being cute, but the reality is they’re incredibly strong and will literally rip a person to shreds.

I think that attack by Travis the chimp in New England awhile ago shed some light on how powerful and dangerous they can be, but that wasn’t an isolated incident.

There are plenty of chimp attacks.”

10. Don’t be a dummy.

“Sometimes people will think that herbivore = safe to try to pet.

Don’t approach a moose or a bison, dummy.”

11. Yikes.

“The platypus.

They have a poisonous barb on the back of their foot that will make you want to d**.”

12. Brutal.

“Chickens, specifically rooster that live alone with multiple hens.

They are territorial, they have giant claws, some people use them to bet on fights. Don’t mess with roosters, they can and will maim you.

I had chickens. That rooster was brutal and k**led an actual bird of prey in a fight and ate it to show dominance.”

13. Big and mean.

“Mute Swans.

Big, mean and the don’t f**k around when protecting their nests.

Even the biggest idiots with wave runners on the lake I live on soon learn to stay away from their nesting sight.”

14. Slimy.

“Slugs.

Eating one can give you a brain infecting parasite that will leave you paralyzed or k**l you.”

15. Hellbeasts.

“Wolverines are nightmarish hellbeasts of omnidirectional hate.

It is actually impossible to overstate how scary they are. Somewhere along their evolutionary pathway, their fight-or-flight instinct got permanently stuck on “fight”, and now every single one of them is a Gandhi-level apocalypse engine of the frozen wastes.

A zoo once thought they could put a wolverine on exhibit with a polar bear, figuring that the wolverine was tough enough that the polar bear wouldn’t bother it. They were right, of course; the polar bear left it alone. But that wasn’t enough for this dog-sized packet of aggression.

It decided that it shouldn’t need to share its enclosure… so it k**led the bear. By suffocating it. The wolverine clamped down on its throat and just hung on until it d**d.

These things are the apex predators of the entire planet, and we are lucky they typically confine themselves to the tundra.”

What are some more animals that are unexpectedly dangerous?

Educate us about them in the comments!

Please and thank you!

The post 15 People Talked About Wild Animals That Are Unexpectedly Dangerous appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

People Talk About What They Did “Before It Was Cool”

I was into that before it became cool!

Whether it’s music, video games, movies, fashion, or a million other things, people like to make this claim and to put other folks in their place.

I guess you can classify it as shaming of some sort.

What did you do “before it was cool”?

AskReddit users shared their stories.

1. Cool!

“The Martian.

I read “The Martian” back when it was just a text file on some backwater website.”

2. All the rage.

“I had a fidget spinner on my desk for about six months before they blew up.

At that time they weren’t being mass produced at all. You pretty much got them 3D printed or laser cut from acrylic.

I thought they were neat and sent them to my dad and brothers for Christmas.

I still have my first one on my desk. It’s laser cut neon yellow acrylic.”

3. Back in the day.

“Geocaching.

My friends and I were doing it with a Palm III with the GPS attachment back in 2000.”

4. Bitcoin.

“Bought Bitcoin in late 2010. Was on a malayasian private server for an old game I used to love, called Risk Your Life (RYL)

This server has a real money mall and of course I am dumb enough to want to pay to win.

So I go on their site and they don’t take normal credit card or PayPal but they offer some weird s**t called Bitcoin.

So I go through the steps to buy it, spent around $100 USD for around 1000 Bitcoin.

Spent 600 of the Bitcoin on some rings/ a sword/ an amulet and an armor

And 400 sat on my wallet until I sold most of it in 2017 for an absolutely massive profit. Still holding a few and changed my entire life.”

5. Early to the game.

“When I was a young kid, my dad brought home a Fairchild gaming system, and I got addicted to playing video games like Pong and Breakout on my home television.

This would have been 1976.”

6. Grunge kings.

“I ordered Nirvana’s ‘Bleach’ on cassette before Nevermind came out.

Saw in a magazine that they were supporting Sonic Youth, and Daydream Nation was my favourite album at the time, so that was enough of an endorsement for me.

I was the coolest 14 year old in New Zealand for, like, two months. Then Smells Like Teen Spirit came out, and I spent the rest of my teenage years declaring that i liked them before they were cool.

Nobody cared. And I still miss Kurt.”

7. Storage wars.

“Storage unit auctions

Before 2010 when the Storage Wars show first started, you could find auctions with a few bidders, mainly pawn shop guys, but find smaller ones on the cheap for furniture, especially during my cheap college years. Show up, place a bid for $20, get a couple end tables, bed and chair.

Thanks to that show, everyone thinks they’ll hit the jackpot, as if people who default on their units all leave behind 1940s memorabilia or something. Bids skyrocketed beyond comprehension on or around 2011, it just hasn’t been worth it since then.

Most the stuff is junk, people. The tv shows are fixed and edited. It’s not worth it thinking something is always hidden. People with valuables many times put that in a safety deposit box, not a storage shed unit.

I feel bad for the college kids who not only can’t get decent apartment rent levels, but also can’t get furniture on the cheap from storage sheds like I used to, simply because of the false expectations from a fixed TV show.”

8. Pre-Twitch.

“I used to record with a VCR when I played Mario bros 2.

When VCR recording came out I thought, hey, I could record whatever is on the TV right? It worked, I was floored. I ended up watching the tape once and thought it was the coolest thing ever.

This was on a huge furniture tube TV that sat on the floor and only had a few channels you selected with a dial. So, I pretty was a twitch streamer before it was cool. The only minor difference was I didn’t make millions of copies and mail them out to the masses. Minor.”

9. Now a household name.

“My college roommate was from Seattle- he had been to a few Macklemore shows when he was in high school.

I remember when “Language of My World” came out, my roommate was certain that Macklemore would go from being a semi-underground PNW rapper to a household name.

Later on, we had tickets to see him at a small show in Vermont. We bought the tickets a few weeks before “The Heist” came out. I think we bought the tickets for $15 each?

We bought three tickets and our other friend couldn’t come. We ended up selling that ticket for a few hundred bucks- it paid for our gas and drinks for that weekend trip.”

10. Local band.

“My high school friends were convinced that local band Slipknot was going to be some big deal.

They’d go watch them play in like basements and s**t.

I saw them play in a field once with people gathered around them in a circle.”

11. Whoa.

“I was on the Internet in the mid 1980s.

I was the only kid in high school that printed book reports and probably one of the few that even knew what a MODEM was.”

12. Blades.

“Rollerblading.

I bought a pair in the US circa 1989, when the only people using them were ice hockey players doing summer training, and they were completely unheard of in Europe.

Brought them back to the UK, and for a while, I was the most cutting edge skater in town. By the time they became popular, and dare I say, ‘cool’, I’d already ditched them and moved on.”

13. Would have been amazing.

“Saw AC/DC in concert before they were cool (at least before they were cool in Fresno.)

There was a lot of serious heckling and booing — cups and stuff thrown onto the stage. Bon Scott dropped his trousers and bared his a** to the crowd then walked off the stage.

If I recall correctly, there was nothing wrong with the performance, but the people were there to see Aerosmith, and were just didn’t want to wait.”

14. You have no idea…

“Read Game of Thrones in 1998.

I had to wait for book three.

You kids have no idea.”

15. You’re crazy.

“I saw The White Stripes open for another band before they blew up.

I thought they sucked. My BF at the time thought they were amazing and was convinced they were going to be huge. I thought he was crazy.

He was right and I was not.”

What are some things that you did before they were cool?

Tell us all about them in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

The post People Talk About What They Did “Before It Was Cool” appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

People Share Parenting Tricks That Can Actually Mess up Children

It seems like the world of parenting has changed so much since social media came along.

Some parents think they have a lot to live up to and they do things that might not necessarily be good for their kids. At all.

And there seems to be a lot of these examples out there.

What “parenting tricks” can actually mess up kids? Here’s what folks on AskReddit users had to say.

1. Messed up.

“Pretending to call the police when you’ve done something bad.

Did you know that there are YouTube videos with fake police calls, including a voice for the police officer, and they are always made to be intimidating?

One of them even said something along the lines of “If they have not stopped crying, we will send them to the military camp.” Or something like that. It is messed up.”

2. No privacy.

“I think this is obvious, but apparently not to a handful of parents I’ve met. Snooping through your children’s stuff and making it everybody’s business to know what you find.

Bonus points for being encouraging of your other children to invade their privacy as well. This happened to me when I was in foster care. I was already f**ked up and this took away few of my only coping mechanisms.”

3. That’s not motivation.

“Putting down your child to “motivate” them.

My parents never gave me positive reinforcement, they’d be quick to jump all over my mistakes and they even told me that I was faking my grades when I got the straight A’s they wanted.

It didn’t do anything except sow the seeds of self-doubt that I still have to this day.”

4. Gotta be socialized.

“Not letting the child go to any party or meet friends after school?

Well, this is how you get an adult with no social skills!”

5. Leads to issues.

“”Next time” promises to make the child not complain, but are never fulfilled.

It only leads to trust issues.”

6. A bad lesson.

“Giving kids the Silent Treatment when they’re in trouble

It honestly teaches them to shut down when things get difficult rather than talk things through.

I am personally unlearning that behavior to this day because of how often my mom did that.”

7. You see a lot of this.

“Scare tactics. My mom was always telling me horrible stories to scare me not to do things.

Like yes I get it, I won’t play by the train tracks or the canal but it seemed like everything I wanted to do had a scary story to go with it. Even when I was going to college and trying to decide on a career.

Oh you don’t want to do that because so and so did that and are now homeless, divorced, depressed, etc.”

8. Going about it the wrong way.

“Cleaning your room as a punishment or something to hold over your kid if they want to do something fun.

This will give your kid the impression cleaning their room is a bad thing. Treat it as something you both can do together, encourage them to do it because they want to.

I’ve decided that I will always help my kid clean his room solely to achieve the goal of a clean room, that’s it.”

9. Boundaries are important.

“Not allowing kids to have their own boundaries.

Forcing them to hug, kiss or be touched by relatives if when they don’t want to or ask for it to stop.”

10. Leads to bad things.

“Stop telling your kids they wont be mad if they tell the truth, then get mad when they do.

It taught me how to make a d**n good lie, hell, you don’t even know if I’m lying right now.”

11. Ownership.

“Forcing kids to share everything with everyone – even a kid they just met.

Ownership is a thing. Respecting ownership is a thing. Belongings have a value.

You don’t see adults randomly coming up and asking to “share” your iPhone because they want to play Candy Crush too. (And if they do, most sane people are going to say “no.”).”

12. You can be unhappy.

“Thinking that you should always keep your kid happy.

Always trying to keep your kid happy, always giving them what they want and always distract away any negative emotions will lead to them never learning emotional regulation, acceptance of boundaries, recilience in uphill battles, admitting wrongdoing and learning from mistakes, self esteem, communication skills…

Just the whole shebang.Everything in moderation, even happiness.”

13. Gaslighting.

“My parents would ignore any medical issue and say that I was lazy or it was because I ate poorly (???you buy the food?????) Nothing happened until at 17 I fell into a myxedema coma.

Turns out I had many many untreated autoimmune conditions that have caused permanent issues because they were ignored.

My parents still, as an adult, gaslight me when I say I have anything wrong or still outright deny I’m chronically ill.”

14. Never wrong.

“”I’m your parent, I’m always right.”

“You need to listen and just say okay to what I tell you to do!”

Cut to me as a 25 year old who always has an anxiety attack whenever I stand up for myself…”

Do you have any “parenting tricks” to add to this conversation?

Talk to us in the comments.

Thanks in advance!

The post People Share Parenting Tricks That Can Actually Mess up Children appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape

It can be really difficult to get motivated enough to make exercising and going to the gym a priority in life.

There are a million other things you COULD be doing when it’s time to get fit, but you need to make it a priority, buckle down, and JUST DO IT. At least that’s what I do.

But, everyone’s different…

People on AskReddit talked about how they stay motivated to keep in shape.

Let’s take a look.

1. Run!

“Running is my antidepressant. I haven’t been able to run in a year because of covid (I run at the gym where there’s a daycare). My mental health is at rock bottom. Finally got back this week, feels amazing.

I’m pretty terrible at running. Even after a year of 3x a week my pace was awful. But I don’t run to get “results”, I run because it feels good. To clarify, being done feels good, the actual running is always hard.

Highly recommend a couch to 5k app if you want to get into running. Having a program makes a huge difference.”

2. Put it on the list.

“I used to hate it and get a feeling of “getting away with it” by not doing my exercise routine. After several months of doing it consistently (nothing else to do during Covid…) now I feel like s**t if I don’t do it.

It’s funny how the routine itself becomes more motivation than any benefit you see.

Now instead of “I have to work out today” it’s “maybe I get it done early so I have that marked off the list for today”.”

3. Make it work for you.

“15 years ago I had not done any regular exercise and it was impossible to change my habits and get into it. I tried many things and failed.

But then I finally found something that works for me and have been working out regularly 3-5x per week for 9 years. Now, if I don’t exercise, I don’t feel right and it bothers me until I go. There is no problem staying motivated to exercise. It’s actually difficult to not exercise.

It’s all about establishing the habit. Changing your habit is the hard part which does not really take that long, just a few months. The habit could be being a couch potato or exercising. But once the habit is established it’s easy to keep.”

4. Discipline.

“I wake up at 5am to get to the gym by 530 every weekday.

If I skip a day the chances that I make it the rest of the week pretty rapidly drop to 0%. I’ve had times where I would go every day for years, then I miss a day, then two, then 8-9 months and a year plus, just because I didn’t make it one day.

I have awful anxiety probably depression, and going to the gym helps a lot. Even if I’m only able to be there for 20 minutes, I’ll go just to show up.

Discipline is key for me. If I don’t go, I won’t go. Anybody’s who’s anxious about going to the gym, just make time and go. Nobody is going to judge you. The “meat heads” who are there every day, know what it takes to show up every day so you get nothing but respect for being there.”

5. Motivation.

“Motivation is kindling. It burns easy, but it doesn’t burn long. Use it to start but don’t rely on it.

Habit is twigs and sticks. Easy to get going once you have motivation, burns a bit longer, but eventually you’ll break habit. You’ll have to stay late after work, the gym has maintenance, there’s a global pandemic… and you can’t go for long enough that you no longer want to go.

Discipline is a log. It’s an identity. I train because… I train. There is no why. There is no reason. To be me is to train. If the gym is closed, I train at home. If I am injured, I train what is healed.

You don’t stay motivated. You start motivated.

6. It becomes fun!

“Find the right routine and exercises and it becomes fun and enjoyable.

I’ve been lifting over a decade – want to take a guess at how many exercises I absolutely hate? There’s dozens, but there are equally as many that I enjoy. Find what you like and stick to it.”

7. Burning ’em up!

“Not wanting to have to achieve my calorie deficit thru further diet restrictions.

I’ve been able to lose about a pound a week via moderate fasting and burning an extra 3000-4000 calories at the gym. Without the extra calorie burn, I would have to give up way more food that I really enjoy.

It’s a quality of life calculation. I like the food more than I hate the gym.”

8. You won’t regret it.

“I run, hike, and lift weights. It’s not really a matter of motivation, I just like doing it. Also, I really don’t like NOT doing it.

If I’m ever on the fence about doing any workout, I remind myself that I have never regretted a workout I have done, even if I have to dial it back a bit for some reason.

I always feel better after a work out, and never feel good about missing one.”

9. No excuses.

“It becomes a habit. But what I did to make it a habit was two things:

Stick to a schedule.

Remove your excuses

My biggest excuse was how time consuming it was to pack, drive to the gym, train, shower and drive back. Half of that time was not even spent exercising. So I made my own gym at home, with benches, racks, weights and a TV to run a show on while I train. Also I exercise often, but short durations, because I’ll always be able find the time.

So listen to the excuses you make, and address them. Also, realize that being tired is a poor excuse, as exercise will energize you – do some light exercise if you are tired.”

10. That works, too.

“Quite honestly, spite.

Got dumped by my ex so I started hitting the gym religiously just on the off chance that I run into her again and can make her feel dumb for dumping me.”

11. Mix it up.

“Enjoy it.

Variety. Weight training is about controlled adaptation. If you keep doing the same things forever, you won’t continue adapting, and you’ll ‘plateau’.

When this happens, you stop progressing, and you stop getting all that nice feedback from your body.

That doesn’t mean ‘do different stuff all the time’; it means, ‘make a week-by-week plan that includes periodic variation’.

Don’t focus on ‘results’, but on process.”

12. Good tips.

“Find a sport or activity you enjoy.

Find some metric in that activity that you can try and measure. Monitor your ability between when you are exercising properly and when you aren’t. Motivation gets easy when you can separate the results.

I wrestle. I can measure the point in which I gas out between when I’m running good numbers and when I’m not. I can tell if I’m going to have good endurance on the mats based on my 5k times. I hate running, but when you see the results, motivation is easy. Repeat with weight lifting, etc.

Now I just need to find something to motivate me when the pandemic closes the gym and I’ve got no opportunity to compete anytime soon”.

13. Need an escape.

“Dissociation.

It can get so bloody boring, that you need an escape. That is why my elliptic and my weights are in front of the TV. Ever since I turned the exercise room into a TV room and left the machines where they were, I have lost a lot of weight and gained a considerable amount of muscle mass.

Disclaimer: Only dissociate if it is safe to do so, it is a small weight and there are safety measures, you don’t want to do that with a kettlebell or anything like that.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us how you stay motivated when you exercise.

We look forward to it!

The post People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape

It can be really difficult to get motivated enough to make exercising and going to the gym a priority in life.

There are a million other things you COULD be doing when it’s time to get fit, but you need to make it a priority, buckle down, and JUST DO IT. At least that’s what I do.

But, everyone’s different…

People on AskReddit talked about how they stay motivated to keep in shape.

Let’s take a look.

1. Run!

“Running is my antidepressant. I haven’t been able to run in a year because of covid (I run at the gym where there’s a daycare). My mental health is at rock bottom. Finally got back this week, feels amazing.

I’m pretty terrible at running. Even after a year of 3x a week my pace was awful. But I don’t run to get “results”, I run because it feels good. To clarify, being done feels good, the actual running is always hard.

Highly recommend a couch to 5k app if you want to get into running. Having a program makes a huge difference.”

2. Put it on the list.

“I used to hate it and get a feeling of “getting away with it” by not doing my exercise routine. After several months of doing it consistently (nothing else to do during Covid…) now I feel like s**t if I don’t do it.

It’s funny how the routine itself becomes more motivation than any benefit you see.

Now instead of “I have to work out today” it’s “maybe I get it done early so I have that marked off the list for today”.”

3. Make it work for you.

“15 years ago I had not done any regular exercise and it was impossible to change my habits and get into it. I tried many things and failed.

But then I finally found something that works for me and have been working out regularly 3-5x per week for 9 years. Now, if I don’t exercise, I don’t feel right and it bothers me until I go. There is no problem staying motivated to exercise. It’s actually difficult to not exercise.

It’s all about establishing the habit. Changing your habit is the hard part which does not really take that long, just a few months. The habit could be being a couch potato or exercising. But once the habit is established it’s easy to keep.”

4. Discipline.

“I wake up at 5am to get to the gym by 530 every weekday.

If I skip a day the chances that I make it the rest of the week pretty rapidly drop to 0%. I’ve had times where I would go every day for years, then I miss a day, then two, then 8-9 months and a year plus, just because I didn’t make it one day.

I have awful anxiety probably depression, and going to the gym helps a lot. Even if I’m only able to be there for 20 minutes, I’ll go just to show up.

Discipline is key for me. If I don’t go, I won’t go. Anybody’s who’s anxious about going to the gym, just make time and go. Nobody is going to judge you. The “meat heads” who are there every day, know what it takes to show up every day so you get nothing but respect for being there.”

5. Motivation.

“Motivation is kindling. It burns easy, but it doesn’t burn long. Use it to start but don’t rely on it.

Habit is twigs and sticks. Easy to get going once you have motivation, burns a bit longer, but eventually you’ll break habit. You’ll have to stay late after work, the gym has maintenance, there’s a global pandemic… and you can’t go for long enough that you no longer want to go.

Discipline is a log. It’s an identity. I train because… I train. There is no why. There is no reason. To be me is to train. If the gym is closed, I train at home. If I am injured, I train what is healed.

You don’t stay motivated. You start motivated.

6. It becomes fun!

“Find the right routine and exercises and it becomes fun and enjoyable.

I’ve been lifting over a decade – want to take a guess at how many exercises I absolutely hate? There’s dozens, but there are equally as many that I enjoy. Find what you like and stick to it.”

7. Burning ’em up!

“Not wanting to have to achieve my calorie deficit thru further diet restrictions.

I’ve been able to lose about a pound a week via moderate fasting and burning an extra 3000-4000 calories at the gym. Without the extra calorie burn, I would have to give up way more food that I really enjoy.

It’s a quality of life calculation. I like the food more than I hate the gym.”

8. You won’t regret it.

“I run, hike, and lift weights. It’s not really a matter of motivation, I just like doing it. Also, I really don’t like NOT doing it.

If I’m ever on the fence about doing any workout, I remind myself that I have never regretted a workout I have done, even if I have to dial it back a bit for some reason.

I always feel better after a work out, and never feel good about missing one.”

9. No excuses.

“It becomes a habit. But what I did to make it a habit was two things:

Stick to a schedule.

Remove your excuses

My biggest excuse was how time consuming it was to pack, drive to the gym, train, shower and drive back. Half of that time was not even spent exercising. So I made my own gym at home, with benches, racks, weights and a TV to run a show on while I train. Also I exercise often, but short durations, because I’ll always be able find the time.

So listen to the excuses you make, and address them. Also, realize that being tired is a poor excuse, as exercise will energize you – do some light exercise if you are tired.”

10. That works, too.

“Quite honestly, spite.

Got dumped by my ex so I started hitting the gym religiously just on the off chance that I run into her again and can make her feel dumb for dumping me.”

11. Mix it up.

“Enjoy it.

Variety. Weight training is about controlled adaptation. If you keep doing the same things forever, you won’t continue adapting, and you’ll ‘plateau’.

When this happens, you stop progressing, and you stop getting all that nice feedback from your body.

That doesn’t mean ‘do different stuff all the time’; it means, ‘make a week-by-week plan that includes periodic variation’.

Don’t focus on ‘results’, but on process.”

12. Good tips.

“Find a sport or activity you enjoy.

Find some metric in that activity that you can try and measure. Monitor your ability between when you are exercising properly and when you aren’t. Motivation gets easy when you can separate the results.

I wrestle. I can measure the point in which I gas out between when I’m running good numbers and when I’m not. I can tell if I’m going to have good endurance on the mats based on my 5k times. I hate running, but when you see the results, motivation is easy. Repeat with weight lifting, etc.

Now I just need to find something to motivate me when the pandemic closes the gym and I’ve got no opportunity to compete anytime soon”.

13. Need an escape.

“Dissociation.

It can get so bloody boring, that you need an escape. That is why my elliptic and my weights are in front of the TV. Ever since I turned the exercise room into a TV room and left the machines where they were, I have lost a lot of weight and gained a considerable amount of muscle mass.

Disclaimer: Only dissociate if it is safe to do so, it is a small weight and there are safety measures, you don’t want to do that with a kettlebell or anything like that.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us how you stay motivated when you exercise.

We look forward to it!

The post People Talk About How They Stay Motivated When It Comes to Exercising and Staying in Shape appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

Non-Religious People, What Is Your Favorite God?

I’m not a religious person in the slightest.

I was raised Catholic but for some reason, it just went in one ear and out the other for me. And, on top of that, I don’t know ANYTHING about other gods out there.

So that’s why I’m excited to hear responses!

What is your favorite god and why?

Folks on AskReddit shared their opinions on this matter.

1. That’s helpful.

“Anoia.

The goddess of volcanos and things stuck in drawers.”

2. Vino!

“Dionysus, god of wine.

Dionysus was not just a party guy that you’d expect at Eurovision. He could give life, make milk come up from the earth, make the trees leak honey. But he could be equally destructive and ruthless when he wasn’t obeyed, when his power was in doubt.

Indeed, Pentheus experienced this to the fullest extence. He is much more complex with his theme of birth, d**th and rebirth than people make him out to be and I feel like it kinda does the old stories a disservice.”

3. Odin.

“Odin.

He sacrificed an eye, and hung on a tree to gain knowledge. He has pet ravens that bring him news, a spear that never misses, and an 8-legged horse.

Honorable mention: Tyr- sacrificed his hand to bind Fenrir, is Thor’s contemporary/equal/brother (potentially, depends on the source, he could also be the son of the jötunn [giant] Hymir.).”

4. Total chaos.

“Eris, a.k.a. Discordia.

She’s the Greek goddess of chaos and discord. When Zeus threw a raging party but didn’t invite Eris, she showed up anyway.

She threw a solid gold apple, with the words “to the prettiest” inscribed on it, into the room, and three Greek goddess started cat fighting over it.”

5. A good dude.

“Prometheus was a good dude.

He was a true bro, only one who cared about us little people.”

6. Who needs a hug?

“Hestia, being goddess of the hearth seems like she would give the best hugs after a hard day.

Warm and comforting, like a blanket and hot chocolate in front of a warm fire on a snowy winter evening.”

7. Sounds cool.

“Freya, of Norse mythology.

She was in charge of love, fertility, battle, and d**th.

She could be bada** and feminine all at the same time.

Also, she had a chariot pulled by cats.”

8. Makes sense.

“Bathala.

In Tagalog mythology he created the world then left us to our own devices. The creator has things to do and can’t be bothered with us lesser beings.

Now that is an all powerful being I can understand.”

9. Obvious choice.

“I love Egyptian mythology and cats so Bastet is an obvious choice!

I also really like how according to their mythology, the goddess Isis invented mummification in order to reunite her brothers/husbands body, Osiris.”

10. Hero worship.

“Hermes

So I accidentally found myself “worshipping” Hermes because it became a habit.

I’d see a pile of stones on a trail and add one to it. IIRC the name Hermes actually comes from Herms, the pile of stones marking trails and borders which is why Hermes is the god of trails, borders, commerce and travelers.

So I started adding a stone to them and I’d say “keep me safe Hermes” as passing comment and after months of doing it, a ritual.

It’s been going so long now that I have a small statue of him with train tickets from the subways I’ve been to and I call my car my “caduceus”.”

11. Brigid.

“The Irish triple goddess, Brigid.

Back when I was Catholic I was confirmed using Saint Brigid’s name. The goddess was actually Christianized from the old religion.

I love religious syncreticism.”

12. Have to look into that one.

“Tezcatlipoca, AKA the smoking mirror.

The Aztec god of night and sorcery, as well as the patron deity of Aztec kings and young warriors.”

13. Interesting.

“The Navajo’s Spider Woman.

Universe had to come from somewhere.

Giant spider weaving it into existence makes more sense than a lot of the other origin stories.”

14. Good luck.

“Fortuna the Roman goddess of luck.

I read a book about ancient Rome and supposedly you were supposed to choose a personal god to guide you through life.

There was one emperor that chose Fortuna and he was one of the only ones to make it to old age and lived a relatively unscandalous life compared to the rest.”

What’s your favorite god?

‘Fess up in the comments!

We can’t wait to hear from you!

The post Non-Religious People, What Is Your Favorite God? appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

Non-Religious People Discuss Their Favorite Gods

I’m totally ignorant when it comes to religion.

I was raised in a Catholic household, but I never really took any of it all that seriously and I never explored any other religions.

But I’m open to learning about it!

And that’s why I’m looking forward to hearing these responses from other non-religious people.

Non-religious people talked about their favorite gods on AskReddit.

Here’s what they had to say.

1. A lot in common.

“Hestia. She doesn’t meddle or succumb to vanity or start wars over dumb s**t or take the form of animals to sleep around.

She isn’t an obvious favorite or anyone’s hero. No one fears her wrath. There are no surviving myths dedicated to her. But she’s a constant, vital presence in everyday life and was unobtrusively worshipped by everyone in Ancient Greece.

She maintains the hearth for all humanity and is present in every home. Ancient artwork suggests that, over time, her honored position as the 12th Olympian was transferred to Dionysus. Scholars have theorized that perhaps she willingly gave up her seat to avoid conflict and maintain the peace.

I always identified with her a lot.”

2. He did it!

“Odin, he promised us to defeat the ice giants.

I have never seen a giant my life so he did a good job.”

3. A smart one.

“Thoth, because he created writing, maths, and other feats of intelligence.

He also tends to be very level-headed in Egyptian mythology.”

4. A good one.

“I like Nienna. Turning grief into compassion and understanding.

I even have a grey tabby cat that has this super mournful sounding meow that I had to name after her.

She’s my little grey lady who is constantly crying.”

5. Shiva.

“Shiva probably, from Hindu Mythology.

He’s supposed to be a “God of Gods” cuz the other Gods look up to him, plus he’s also the God of Destruction who incinerated 3 planets after firing a single arrow.

I mean, I dunno, but that sounds pretty bada**.”

6. Seen her at work.

“Annoya.

There’s a goddess I can believe in, the goddess of things stuck in the drawer so you can’t open it all the way.

She exists; I’ve seen her work, and not just in my own home.”

7. Very cool!

“Anazi the trickster spider!

I like that he is always out for himself but often doesn’t win in the end.

He never gives up!”

8. Don’t mess with her.

“The Hindu goddess Kali. She’s just a total bad b**ch.

Divine femininity, cutting off evil dudes’ heads left and right.

Inspired The Rolling Stones tongue logo and the Beatles centered a plot to one of their movies around a cult of her followers.”

9. Fascinating.

“Persephone, as sad as her story is.

Getting kidnapped and taken into the underworld. Her story always fascinates me.

Nowadays though I see many people romanticize her story which I find kind of weird.”

10. Baphomet.

“Baphomet.

The symbolization of equilibrium of opposites is really neat, and I love how the imagery is very representative of that symbolism.

Plus, people think it is Satanic so it is fun to watch people get wide eyed when I mention Baphomet.”

11. A titan.

“Prometheus. He’s one of the titans in Greek mythology.

When I heard his story, I was surprised at how ungod-like he was. He actually cared for his creation and prioritize us gaining knowledge over worshipping some deity. He tricked zeus for the benefits of humanity. Stole fire for humans despite zeus not allowing humans to have fire anymore.

Zeus found out and sentence him to be tied to a rock where his liver would be eaten by a vulture. He would heal every night only to be t**tured again. To top it all off Zeus offered freedom in exchange he would hide the knowledge of fire from humans. Without hesitation he refused.

Despite being an atheist and not actually believing he exists, he has been my go to god to ask for help in times of desperation and when I just feel lonely (especially when flying and the plane shakes a little). I also use his sacrifice to get myself motivated.

For those of you who’s wondering what happened to Prometheus next. When Hercules was doing his 12 labours, one of those labours was to k**l the vulture that is the same vulture that was in charge of torturing Prometheus.

Hercules k**led the vulture and decided to just set Prometheus free.”

12. Old school.

“Gotta go old school.

Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love and war that became Ishtar to the Assyrians, Astarte to the Canaanites, Astoreth to the Semitic, and Aphrodite to the Greeks and influenced another half a dozen goddess mythologies throughout the ancient world – the Hindu Durga, Ainina and Danina to the Iberians, Dali to the Georgians, and even early Christian’s with the Virgin Mary and the Jews with the unnamed “Queen of Heaven”.”

13. Respect it.

“Antinous, the deified lover of Hadrian.

He is the third most known statue subject. Of all Roman statues of a formerly living perso , we have the most of Augustus. Second most of Hadrian. And third most are of him. If you’ve been to a greco Roman section in an art museum, you’ve probably seen a statue of him.

How did he die? He drowned. Why? We don’t know. An accident, suicide, a sacrifice? No idea really. We know very little about him as a person. He’s very much an enigma.

But he also d**d as a young man and was then worshipped and so I like him because if I prayed to him I can imagine him just being like…. F**k if I know, Hadrian and I didn’t exactly discuss this part of my afterlife, I can’t help you with your problem.

And if I was a god I’d be about that clueless too. So I can respect it.”

14. We need it.

“Siva. God of destruction.

Because destruction allows creation and this world needs both (in that order).”

15. Totally emo.

“Satan.

Emo, free-thinking angel, getting people to embrace knowledge, being all about questioning and rebellion.

What’s not to like?”

16. The first rebel.

“Lilith.

The devil’s mistress and the 1st wife of Adam. She is said to be the first rebel and she’s the mother of all witches.

“Lilith” in Hebrew means “screech owl” because in legends, she is depicted as an owl-lady.”

Do you have a favorite god?

If so, please tell us all about it in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

The post Non-Religious People Discuss Their Favorite Gods appeared first on UberFacts.

Posted on

What’s Something Your Brain Just Can’t Comprehend? Here’s What People Said.

Maybe I’m not very smart, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that there are tons of things that just make no sense to me.

Things about how the world works, how people behave, etc.

Does what I’m saying sound familiar at all…?

What’s something you can’t wrap your brain around?

Folks on AskReddit answered this question.

1. Don’t ask me…

“The fact that there even is space…

Where the f**k did all those materials come from?

How did life develop out of nothing?”

2. Pretty annoying.

“I can’t comprehend why any company would think I’m more likely to buy their product if they make their commercial 20db louder than all other commercials.

Instant boycott.”

3. Words and stuff.

“Language.

The fact that we all collectively decided separately and divertingly that certain sounds have meanings and that other sound mixed with those can change the meaning.

Adding onto what I said, sounds are just vibrations in the air that out brains interpret into the sensation of hearing. Really we’re vibrating the air at each-other and those air vibrations to your brain contain meaning.

When you think about it like this language is not too dissimilar to the internet in a way. Makes you realize how crazy and unique of a skill language really is, with-ought it we wouldn’t have a civilization.

Another interesting thing related to this is when people call your name. Even if your in a crowded area with hundreds of people talking around you and you think your tuning them out if you hear your name you immediately notice, Some part of your brain must be constantly listening.”

4. How does it work?

“How a simple calculator works.

I can do math. I’m actually very good at it.

How does a little plastic box do it though? Always boggled my mind.”

5. What year is it, again?

“Dates.

I am considered a historian by my family due to my knowledge on most world history, but god dang dates.

I could be talking about WWII and say it happened the same date as WWI.”

6. Can’t fathom it.

“The size of the universe.

The fact that you can fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon. Now think how far apart all the planets are in the Solar System. This is practically next door  compared to the distance between our Sun and the nearest star.

There are billions of stars in our Milky Way (with the majority having planets of their own). The sheer scale of the vast emptiness involved means that even when our galaxy merges with the Andromeda galaxy in 4.5 billion years’ time, there will be very, very few actual collisions between stars.

Then there is the void between galaxies, and that it takes billions of years for light, at its speed (massless, and the fastest speed possible), to travel between galaxies, speaks of the sheer emptiness and distance in that void.

I can’t quite fathom it.”

7. Deeeeeeeep thoughts.

“Light isn’t affected by time. So…other things could just exist outside of time?

Like, if you were a photon that traveled at light speed for a million years and then hit an alien, you’d experience it as instantly being a million light years away.”

8. Good question.

“Why people vote for politicians who have a party affiliation without ever reading anything about them or their policies or political history and only picked them because of their party.”

9. Kind of a scary thought.

“There is no more water on Earth, Water is not created, it just gets moved around on this floating ball in space we call Earth.

All the water in the world that has been drunk, processed and excreted as p**s from every human and animal ever to have existed on Earth has eventually ended up in the sea, gets recycled and the process starts again.

A glass of water could theoretically contain particles that originated as p**s from Dinosaurs and Roman soldiers or Egyptian gods and slaves.”

10. Can’t believe it.

“The fact that supposedly people can picture things in their head. When they close their eyes they can think about something and visualise it. Makes no sense to me at all.

If I try to visualise something I can state facts about the thing I’m thinking about (the ball is blue and fluffy) but I don’t see a blue fluffy ball. Apparently people could “see” that. It truly boggles my mind and I can’t believe it.”

11. Mind-boggling.

“How Pi doesn’t repeat.

It blows my mind that computers can calculate millions, billions, trillions of digits, but it hasn’t found a pattern yet.”

12. It’s pretty wild!

“How the sun can warm us and provide energy for all life on Earth from 93 million miles away.

And how millions of stars are orders of magnitude more powerful than that.”

13. Bizarre.

“People with opinions that seem to not be based on any self thoughts or rationalization and rather on repeating what others say in some sort of group behavior.

Like one internet phenomenon I’ve seen lately is how people look at other people, not as who they are but as what their opinions about who they are is, so they will twist any action to fit that world view.

Seems bizarre to me”

Now it’s your turn!

In the comments, tell us what you just can’t comprehend.

We’d love to hear from you!

The post What’s Something Your Brain Just Can’t Comprehend? Here’s What People Said. appeared first on UberFacts.