23 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild

Have you ever seen something and had no idea how it got there?

Some things in life just can't be explained, no matter how badly you want them to be. We have to live with the absurd, and that's part of our inheritance as individuals on this Earth. We like things to fit into little boxes so that we can consume them in one bite. We'd like to know what things are, and where things are going. We find it very hard to live in the unknown. We want the ending of the movie explained, the vague post to be elaborated on, and context for everything. This isn't a bad urge. We should fight against the lack of information when we can. But we should also do our best to sit with ambiguity. Some things are not easily explained away, and some things demand to be taken as they are and nothing else. A good way to practice this is by watching art house cinema. It will be full of images that don't have immediate meaning, and moments that you don't quite know how to swear with your reality. It is your job to just take those images and sounds as they are, and try to see what they bring up for you.

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Maybe a little abstraction is a good thing. It can make us more comfortable with not knowing. These design fails are also an example of this. We know that something went wrong, but we can't exactly say how or why. These images came about because somebody made a mistake somewhere along the line. There was a miscommunication, or a misfire in technology, and we ended up here. There is nothing we can do about it besides take it as it comes. Maybe it even makes us laugh. Because while absurdity can be disquieting, it can also be incredibly funny. Absurd, he can bring us closer to the truth in their own strange way. So if you're feeling like everything makes too much sense and you need something to throw it off balance, then you're in the right place. These images are here to shake you from your worldview.
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via u/Civil_R0se
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