Things that Don't Make any Dang Sense

The world is full of contradictions. We have biological rules and invented bureaucracies that make no sense. Things aren't named what they mean. We even have words that just seemed to have popped in from nowhere, and odd linguistic tics that are crazily inconsistent. For more stuff about this strange world, here are weird and specific facts to alienate strangers with.

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$Text - UnmitigatedBullshit 1.1k points · 11 hours ago Most of humanity's social norms and customs. If you ever step back and take an impartial look they make almost no sense at all. Many we do because that's what we've always done. Squishiimuffin 412 points · 9 hours ago Sometimes it's not even tradition... sometimes it's marketing. Example: engagement rings. "The idea that a man should spend a significant fraction of his annual income for an engagement ring originated from De Beers marketing ma$

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