Making Sense of It All #2
Picture Is Unrelated is one of our newer sites—is not LOLs, but rather a WTF?! picture site. I like to describe the pictures on Picture is Unrelated this way:
I can describe what is going on, but I can’t explain it.
Take a look at the picture below. We have a guy with a gun and some squash. Clearly, he’s posing with the squash. Did he use the gun to hunt the squash? Last I checked, squash were basically inanimate, so I’m not sure why he needed the gun.
None of the squash seem damaged, so I don’t think he’s shot them yet. But, maybe he’s planning to shoot them. And, why is the cat in the picture? And, and what is the cat looking at?
Seriously, what is going on in this picture?
I believe I am currently experiencing an emotion called being perplexed. Like absurdity, our minds are wired to avoid perplexing situations, to do everything we can to bring order to the world because our minds believe that order is safe.
In fact, our minds are wired to build templates of various situations in the world so we can better understand them. This is one of the biggest reasons mistakes happen—because our mind looked at the world through a template that didn’t accurately reflect what was happening.
Like LOLs, WTF pics provide an opportunity to wonder and marvel at a perplexing situation which is a human emotion that we don’t experience very often. This is a new and refreshing feeling for us to enjoy, and one that keeps us coming back over-and-over again!
Pic is Unrelated consists mostly of people in costumes… That strikes me as an intentional oddity, and kind of ruins the perplexity part. That example you gave, on the other hand, is not the case.
Ekevoo
22 Apr 09 at 9:47 pm
That picture made me laugh out loud! What the hell is going on there? And the expression on the guy’s face is fabulous. I don’t like how close that squash is to the cat’s bottom either. Thanks for the laugh.
bronnie
22 Apr 09 at 9:54 pm
Delightfully perplexing! Thanks for sharing. I am a little bit afraid, though.
Heath Davis Havlick
22 Apr 09 at 9:55 pm
Man is just about to flip his gourd!
Chris
22 Apr 09 at 9:59 pm
I’m not sure what is going on, but kitty does not look very happy.
Eileen
22 Apr 09 at 10:23 pm
Don’t forget the Blue Heron on his shirt. That in itself is perplexing.
Nicole
22 Apr 09 at 10:47 pm
I definitely feel refreshed now.
Matty Byloos
22 Apr 09 at 11:03 pm
I’ve heard of a potato gun before…. but a squash rifle?
KatTait
22 Apr 09 at 11:05 pm
Even the cat is thinking “moron”
The Hippy
28 Apr 09 at 4:46 am
It is quite obvious that he is a member of the National Gourd.
CaleyJ
13 May 09 at 3:20 pm