It's normal to be weird

I bet you didn’t know it’s National Metric Week, which is celebrated each year during the week containing the 10th of October (see what they did there? 10/10? Because the metric system is all based on 10? Clever!). And the reason you didn’t know about it is that you are either A) using the metric system every day and have no need for National Metric Week, or B) you are an American and will literally use anything other than the metric system. You’ll use feet, stones, grains, football fields, che…

I am a careful driver . The only car accident I was ever involved in was when someone rear-ended me while I was waiting patiently at a red light. The man just didn’t notice the intersection and drove right into my car. It wasn’t my fault in any way. I always drive slowly and carefully, never doing anything that could endanger me or the people around me. The reason for that is because on the very first day I got my driver’s license , I scratched my dad’s car while backing out of the driveway. I…

We love it when smart people invent smart things to make everyone’s lives better. If you think about it, it only takes one person to invent something that can change the lives of countless people throughout history. Think of the person who invented the refrigerator; one brilliant idea to use compressed gas to cool air inside a container, and now we can all store food for longer periods of time. Well, Yup That Exists on Twitter is full of clever and quirky inventions just like that, shared daily…

How come so many great ideas come to us when we are in the bathtub? Like Archimedes coming up with the hydrostatic principle while taking a bath or… Ummm… well, it seems my hypothesis was unfounded since I cannot find another example of a scientific discovery made in the bathtub. But why? It seems like a good place to get sudden realizations about the universe. Lying there, surrounded by warm water, should definitely be a good place for a Eureka moment . I remember having the idea of helium lug…

Every now and then, an artist comes along and creates something so simple yet so creative , it makes me wonder why no one has ever done it before. I mean, we've all laid on our backs, looking at the clouds overhead, letting our imagination run wild and seeing turtles, cars, dragons, or babies. But for some reason, I've never seen an artist take pictures of clouds and just paint in the missing details. Well, until now. Chris Judge started drawing on clouds during the lockdown in 2020. He took th…

It's funny because it's peer reviewed!

Anyone else have the same problem of being considered by everyone around you as very intelligent but at the same time not being able to understand the most basic things like taxes, schedules, or basic human interactions? I've had this problem my entire life. I know a lot about everything that I find interesting, but at the same time, I know absolutely nothing about the most basic aspects of life. If you ask me to explain how a computer saves data on a hard drive (SSD or HDD), I could do it , ev…

The modern world we live in is just covered in signs . Some just point you in the right direction, some warn you of danger and some are just trying to sell you things you don't really need. So in this modern world that is almost covered in signs, how do you make your sign stand out? well, you can make it bigger than everyone else's or use bolder letters and colors, but there will always be a bigger and bolder sign to take your place. Another thing you can do is be unique, stand out from the cro…

Look, I'm not judging anyone for buying stuff they don't need, god knows I do that a lot. I'm doom scrolling on my phone in the middle of the night and I find myself ordering a replica of the Hoverboard from Back to the Future part 2 that costs way too much. Do I need it? no. Do I want it? Yes! That's just called an impulse buy and I totally get it. But the products on this listicle are just so unnecessary that I can't think of one reason anyone would buy them. I mean, a “pee-stained” designer…

You know that moment when you clean your house and think, "Welp, that's the best I can make it look. It's not much, but at least it looks acceptable "? Well, for some people (like me), it's the same for life in general—it's not much, but at least it looks acceptable at a glance. Am I good at my job? No, but they haven't fired me. Am I close to getting married? No, but I did go on a date six months ago. Am I able to do my taxes on my own? No, but at least I'm not in jail! (Yet. ) So, to all the…

Anyone else have the same problem of being considered by everyone around you as very intelligent but at the same time not being able to understand the most basic things like taxes, schedules, or basic human interactions? I’ve had this problem my entire life. I know a lot about everything that I find interesting, but at the same time, I know absolutely nothing about the most basic aspects of life. If you ask me to explain how a computer saves data on a hard drive (SSD or HDD), I could do it , ev…

How much coffee is too much coffee? This question has been bothering me ever since I bought my new coffee machine, and I have been, let's say, misusing it. Well, I've asked Google several times, "How much coffee is too much coffee?" and as it turns out—it's a lot! Like, really a lot. You'd probably die from drinking too many fluids before you'd die from the caffeine. To give you another indication of my obsession with coffee: I once worked at a coffee shop, and during my shifts, I would munch o…

Hark, noble scroller of the digital scrolls ! As thou dost thumb through the vast interwebs, prithee, take a moment to rest thine eyes upon this humble collection. In days of yore, ere smartphones and Wi-Fi signals did conquer the land, jesters and minstrels spun tales and sang songs to entertain the masses. But now, we hath memes – glorious illustrations paired with witticisms that would surely have even the most stoic of knights holding their sides in laughter . Ah, but fear not, for these ar…

Have you tried switching it off and then on again?

You know that moment when you clean your house and think, "Welp, that's the best I can make it look. It’s not much, but at least it looks acceptable "? Well, for some people (like me), it's the same for life in general—it's not much, but at least it looks acceptable at a glance. Am I good at my job? No, but they haven't fired me. Am I close to getting married? No, but I did go on a date six months ago. Am I able to do my taxes on my own? No, but at least I'm not in jail! (Yet. ) So, to all the…