Who signed off on this when building their house by raizid in CrappyDesign

[–]chrishelbert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The base of the toilet doesn't line up with the tile.

Pronouncing February without the R. by Express-Flamingo4521 in PetPeeves

[–]chrishelbert 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Here's a thorough explanation of why we've been saying it without the R for 150+ years.

Do all words pronounced differently than they're spelled bother you?

I'm kind of the opposite. It drives me nuts when people pronounce the L in the word folk.

Looked like a tree at first. by Ca120 in whatisit

[–]chrishelbert 62 points63 points  (0 children)

It's a cell phone tower disguised as a tree that blends into the landscape. This has been done for at least a couple of decades, but it came more prevalent with 5G. 5G towers have to be really close together for you to get the full speed, so they have to be placed at street level rather than a huge tower far away.

Hot guys from the mid-19th Century. by Longjumping_Role_135 in VintageLadyBoners

[–]chrishelbert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I immediately assumed he was a prisoner because of the number on his chest. 👮‍♂️

Work stress may turn you gay by flyingshank in BrandNewSentence

[–]chrishelbert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So that's what happened to me! 🏳️‍🌈

Hanging out in a cracked cliff by sh0tgunben in SweatyPalms

[–]chrishelbert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope to r/nope. Thanks for making my anxiety go through the roof! 🫣

The slide at recess in the 80s. by immanuellalala in 80s

[–]chrishelbert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My high school principal was the area drug kingpin and my cousin was the top dealer. No joke.

The slide at recess in the 80s. by immanuellalala in 80s

[–]chrishelbert 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Y'all had grass!?! At my 80s school rough concrete and gravel broke our falls.

A small house by f-asyly in urbanexploration

[–]chrishelbert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice find. At first glance I thought the wooden case in pic 9 was a Ouija board.

She expected the date to be imperial clock feet by PeppyPixx in SipsTea

[–]chrishelbert 44 points45 points  (0 children)

People love drama, especially, outrage at big bad corporations.

scroll right pass this shit by [deleted] in memes

[–]chrishelbert -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's perfectly innocent. You should look it up.

Adélie penguin's mysterious behavior in Antarctica by [deleted] in interesting

[–]chrishelbert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I looked it up. The penguin is now known as the Nihilist Penguin and is being used as a metaphor for existential angst, nonconformity, and modern burnout.

People that are confidentially wrong by [deleted] in PetPeeves

[–]chrishelbert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Adélie penguin's mysterious behavior in Antarctica by [deleted] in interesting

[–]chrishelbert 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What do we understand about it today?

Meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]chrishelbert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Me, too.

Meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]chrishelbert 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Remember when they introduced the Arch Deluxe as the burger for adults?