35 Times People Overheard Conversations That Were Too Good To Keep Private So They Shared Them On Twitter
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Publish Not your original work? Add source The popularity of Overheard L.A., San Francisco and New York accounts seems to have awakened the nosy little eavesdroppers within us. Although people say that listening to other private conversations is an impolite thing to do, there's so much small talk happening in public that sometimes we just can't help it. Take a look at how many people shared the meticulously documented conversations they overheard with no context whatsoever. Whether someone's at the museum, grocery store or working for a 3 billion dollar company, these interactions are equal parts bizarre and hilarious. We have collected some of the best tweets floating around Twitter, so continue scrolling and upvote your favorite ones. When you're done with this post, you'll find some more hilarious quotes right here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 maggieofthetown Report Final score: 897points POST Lisa T Lisa T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Stop stereotyping kids toys! My three adult kids chose what toys they wanted, whether a doll for the boys or nerf guns for my girl. Let kids be and stop pushing your gender agenda on them. 295 295points reply View More Replies... View more comments If you've ever stood in public transport, waited in line at a café, or just talked on your phone while walking down the street, there's a big chance that you've been eavesdropped on. When you think about listening to conversations of other people, words like "prying" and "nosy" pop right into your head. However, more often than not, these brief interactions are so confusing, they can make anyone stop and listen. Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Lauren Emberson, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, to find out more about why we are so fascinated by what strangers have to say. She and her colleagues did a study called Overheard cell-phone conversations: when less speech is more distracting. #2 figgled Report Final score: 834points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's really sweet. 168 168points reply View More Replies... View more comments The researchers were trying to see whether the thinking abilities of 41 volunteers were most affected by listening to two people talking, a monologue, silence, or a "halfalogue", a one-sided conversation. The results showed that overhearing a "halfalogue" is distracting and decreases performance "on cognitive tasks designed to reflect the attentional demands of daily activities." When it comes to listening to cell-phone conversations, our brains are trying to break down what the person on the other end of the call is talking about, which makes it harder for us to concentrate. "By contrast, overhearing both sides of a cell-phone conversation or a monologue does not result in decreased performance." However, it seems that not listening to private conversations is difficult because our attentional systems do it automatically. "Our study showed that even when we instruct people not to listen to the conversations when they were doing attentionally demanding tasks, their attention was specifically drawn away from their task when they were listening to a cell phone conversation or a 'halfalogue,'" the professor explained. #3 DrNeenaJha Report Final score: 784points POST Karen Grace Karen Grace Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This should be higher! 63 63points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 iverbwords Report Final score: 742points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Go Janet 207 207points reply View More Replies... View more comments It is not exactly clear why that happens. Dr. Emberson told us that there's some evidence that the unpredictability of the speech could be the problem here. "Remember that in a cell phone conversation, speech starts and stops," she mentioned. "We found that attention is drawn away specifically when the speech starts, not during the silences, suggesting that the unpredictable cell phone speech is hard for you to process compared to a dialogue (even when the speaker changes in a dialogue, it's not as distracting)." #5 yokatykatikate Report Final score: 716points POST MB MB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Shitty shoe box. Nice lol 190 190points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 mulisa_10 Report Final score: 696points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Those words would strike fear into the heart of Genghis Khan. 218 218points reply View More Replies... View more comments When asked if people eavesdrop consciously, the professor said that it's definitely true and that she sometimes does it too: "The inspiration of this study, though, was a feeling that I and many others have that you can't help but eavesdrop on these cell phone conversations." She added: "I really didn't want to listen to them but I felt I couldn't filter them out. And that's why we tested whether it is an automatic function of your attentional system to tune your mind into them and sure enough, that's the case!" #7 Giancarlo_Volpe Report Final score: 617points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Relatable nerd. 154 154points reply View more comments #8 SuperMascott Report Final score: 567points POST The Super BumbleBee The Super BumbleBee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Omg this kid is my king 153 153points reply View More Replies... View more comments The study revealed that overhearing conversations can make us feel annoyed and irritated. Yet, so many people take these interactions to the internet and see it as a great source of entertainment. Dr. Emberson has offered one explanation for us: "These convos were very irritating at a time before texting when everyone was talking on their cell phones and it was very noisy with those conversations in public spaces like buses." #9 EliasToufexis Report Final score: 549points POST Daria Z Daria Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's the spirit! 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 iam_preethi Report Final score: 534points POST Vasana Phong Vasana Phong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago True that, you can’t change your life until you change yourself 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Now most people text (myself included) so they might be more of a curiosity than anything else," she mentioned. Her personal opinion is that people find such convos bizarre and funny because "they are out of context (you only hear one half) and that engages your curiosity in a way." #11 AnnaHopeful Report Final score: 531points POST Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I like that. 69 69points reply View more comments #12 MisterMidas Report Final score: 526points POST The Super BumbleBee The Super BumbleBee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago If Gandhi was behind the wheel this story may have gone quite differently 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments John Locke, a professor of language science and author of Eavesdropping: An Intimate History, mentioned another reason why we may see one-sided convos as irritating. When someone is talking quietly, it grabs people's attention. However, when they are being loud, many become annoyed. #13 Erum_Sangji Report Final score: 519points POST Angie Buyong Angie Buyong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago valid point 93 93points reply View more comments #14 rcote75 Report Final score: 494points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago BAD B*TCH ENRGY 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 aastew2 Report Final score: 444points POST François Carré François Carré Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago While the presence of a library in a town might appear like something mundane, the absence of it would be somewhat concerning. So yes. 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments The reason behind it is that loud social behavior violates one basic law of nature: "We don't like donations. We don't like it when people present us with information about themselves that we're not seeking." "[People] want to know what you're truly like inside, not what others want them to think," Locke said. "We love it when we get something that's truly genuinely true about others and so we still prefer taking it, or if not taking it, extracting clues on our own." #16 andykesson Report Final score: 432points POST Vasana Phong Vasana Phong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Ahh, grandmas are the best with answers 95 95points reply View more comments #17 chicagobars Report Final score: 401points POST Truth Monster Truth Monster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago NA NA NA NA NA BAR-MAN! 161 161points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 sangsss_ Report Final score: 394points POST Mir Adwari Mir Adwari Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yikes... in his shoes I think I'd be tempted. Sorry if no-one agrees with me but how long can you keep harking on back to something before driving the other person round the twist? 124 124points reply View More Replies... View more comments We are very interested in how other people act in private. Most of our lives we spend alone with our thoughts, and it's interesting to see how others behave when they think no one is observing them. "The only way you can know that is by looking at other people who think that they're alone," John Locke mentioned. #19 KyleMorgenstein Report Final score: 377points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago curiously intriguing and disturbing 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 alohawaia Report Final score: 371points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haahaha. Perfect. Mum "oh look, young people are waving, how friendly". :D 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 WordWhispers Report Final score: 357points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I wish I could do that. 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments Still, one thing we're sure of-listening to strangers' conversations can be hilarious. And the fact that we hear only a fraction of the conversation that doesn't make any sense to us makes it even funnier. #22 misstessowen Report Final score: 352points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yes you do!! Treat yourself 107 107points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 bartlettnicole Report Final score: 331points POST Space whale Space whale Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah those hard-to-reach spots 46 46points reply View more comments #24 lilireinhart Report Final score: 327points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago #yeaaaah ! :D 50 50points reply View more comments #25 katiecandraw Report Final score: 322points POST Bri Lancaster Bri Lancaster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 37 37points reply View more comments #26 maltyhops Report Final score: 316points POST Narwhal Blast Narwhal Blast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Oh no! They need to explain to him what rickrolling is! Like yesterday! It's the most wholesome thing! <3 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 tay_anderson07 Report Final score: 298points POST DKS 001 DKS 001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I hate when males always think you want them, and all you're doing is being a decent human being 233 233points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28 zach_halcox Report Final score: 298points POST adiiantryx adiiantryx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago ah, it appears that WB has infiltrated disneyland 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 spencerhall Report Final score: 289points POST Ben Moss Ben Moss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago The point of texting is you don’t have to reply right away. That’s what phone calls are for 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 gldivittorio Report Final score: 249points POST DKS 001 DKS 001 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago facepalm 54 54points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #31 samanthamashart Report Final score: 246points POST September September Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago She was being a total piece of sourdough! 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 AmazingPhil Report Final score: 244points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago (edited) houses ? vegetable peeler ? toes ? trees ? too much possiblities, The suspense is killing me ! 103 103points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 ellkay_ Report Final score: 239points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago (edited) ?I’m gonna tell my friend, I love to see her grumbling for 20 minutes all by herself, wiggling her arms around 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 justineltchua Report Final score: 219points POST Mad Dragon Mad Dragon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My first thought when I wake up in the morning is, “I can’t wait to go to bed tonight.” 91 91points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 718Tv Report Final score: 177points POST chi-wei shen chi-wei shen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Double standards aren't really funny. 213 213points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 63 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes. 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Mrs. Mir Mrs. Mir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh until you’re the one on the receiving end of that ‘good boy’. 4 4points reply Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 0 0points reply Elsie Elsie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Most of these sound a little made up or embellished a bit 14 14points reply Helderder Helderder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yup. What 2 year old talks like that.. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Solar_Eclipse Solar_Eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago According to my mom, I did. At the age of 2 I was talking like a 5 year old. It happens. 2 2points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, my brother refused to talk until he was 2 and then spoke in full sentences. Mum reckons it was because he wanted to make sure he got it right. Given he ended up having OCD by the time he was 5 I guess she might have been right. 3 3points reply Bobby Bobby Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago From 2015, 2017, 2019 ...perhaps it was a different state of mind. 3 3points reply Melanie Wooldridge Melanie Wooldridge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Mine. All 4 of them… though my oldest son would have never questioned his big sister’s ideas at that age. He rarely does now and they are teenagers. 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My thoughts exactly ! 0 0points reply d bradley d bradley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago today i heard a website say they had a list of funny conversations 14 14points reply Load More Comments POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I can't share the good stuff, due to privacy, but once long ago, on a public bus, the guy across the aisle looked right down to his crotch and whispered, "Good boy!" and I got off at the next stop. 39 39points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh! 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mrs. Mir Mrs. Mir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh until you’re the one on the receiving end of that ‘good boy’. 4 4points reply Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 0 0points reply Elsie Elsie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Most of these sound a little made up or embellished a bit 14 14points reply Helderder Helderder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yup. What 2 year old talks like that.. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Solar_Eclipse Solar_Eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago According to my mom, I did. At the age of 2 I was talking like a 5 year old. It happens. 2 2points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, my brother refused to talk until he was 2 and then spoke in full sentences. Mum reckons it was because he wanted to make sure he got it right. Given he ended up having OCD by the time he was 5 I guess she might have been right. 3 3points reply Bobby Bobby Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago From 2015, 2017, 2019 ...perhaps it was a different state of mind. 3 3points reply Melanie Wooldridge Melanie Wooldridge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Mine. All 4 of them… though my oldest son would have never questioned his big sister’s ideas at that age. He rarely does now and they are teenagers. 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My thoughts exactly ! 0 0points reply d bradley d bradley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago today i heard a website say they had a list of funny conversations 14 14points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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35 Times People Overheard Conversations That Were Too Good To Keep Private So They Shared Them On Twitter Interview
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Publish Not your original work? Add source The popularity of Overheard L.A., San Francisco and New York accounts seems to have awakened the nosy little eavesdroppers within us. Although people say that listening to other private conversations is an impolite thing to do, there's so much small talk happening in public that sometimes we just can't help it. Take a look at how many people shared the meticulously documented conversations they overheard with no context whatsoever. Whether someone's at the museum, grocery store or working for a 3 billion dollar company, these interactions are equal parts bizarre and hilarious. We have collected some of the best tweets floating around Twitter, so continue scrolling and upvote your favorite ones. When you're done with this post, you'll find some more hilarious quotes right here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 maggieofthetown Report Final score: 897points POST Lisa T Lisa T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Stop stereotyping kids toys! My three adult kids chose what toys they wanted, whether a doll for the boys or nerf guns for my girl. Let kids be and stop pushing your gender agenda on them. 295 295points reply View More Replies... View more comments If you've ever stood in public transport, waited in line at a café, or just talked on your phone while walking down the street, there's a big chance that you've been eavesdropped on. When you think about listening to conversations of other people, words like "prying" and "nosy" pop right into your head. However, more often than not, these brief interactions are so confusing, they can make anyone stop and listen. Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Lauren Emberson, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, to find out more about why we are so fascinated by what strangers have to say. She and her colleagues did a study called Overheard cell-phone conversations: when less speech is more distracting. #2 figgled Report Final score: 834points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's really sweet. 168 168points reply View More Replies... View more comments The researchers were trying to see whether the thinking abilities of 41 volunteers were most affected by listening to two people talking, a monologue, silence, or a "halfalogue", a one-sided conversation. The results showed that overhearing a "halfalogue" is distracting and decreases performance "on cognitive tasks designed to reflect the attentional demands of daily activities." When it comes to listening to cell-phone conversations, our brains are trying to break down what the person on the other end of the call is talking about, which makes it harder for us to concentrate. "By contrast, overhearing both sides of a cell-phone conversation or a monologue does not result in decreased performance." However, it seems that not listening to private conversations is difficult because our attentional systems do it automatically. "Our study showed that even when we instruct people not to listen to the conversations when they were doing attentionally demanding tasks, their attention was specifically drawn away from their task when they were listening to a cell phone conversation or a 'halfalogue,'" the professor explained. #3 DrNeenaJha Report Final score: 784points POST Karen Grace Karen Grace Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This should be higher! 63 63points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 iverbwords Report Final score: 742points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Go Janet 207 207points reply View More Replies... View more comments It is not exactly clear why that happens. Dr. Emberson told us that there's some evidence that the unpredictability of the speech could be the problem here. "Remember that in a cell phone conversation, speech starts and stops," she mentioned. "We found that attention is drawn away specifically when the speech starts, not during the silences, suggesting that the unpredictable cell phone speech is hard for you to process compared to a dialogue (even when the speaker changes in a dialogue, it's not as distracting)." #5 yokatykatikate Report Final score: 716points POST MB MB Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Shitty shoe box. Nice lol 190 190points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 mulisa_10 Report Final score: 696points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Those words would strike fear into the heart of Genghis Khan. 218 218points reply View More Replies... View more comments When asked if people eavesdrop consciously, the professor said that it's definitely true and that she sometimes does it too: "The inspiration of this study, though, was a feeling that I and many others have that you can't help but eavesdrop on these cell phone conversations." She added: "I really didn't want to listen to them but I felt I couldn't filter them out. And that's why we tested whether it is an automatic function of your attentional system to tune your mind into them and sure enough, that's the case!" #7 Giancarlo_Volpe Report Final score: 617points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Relatable nerd. 154 154points reply View more comments #8 SuperMascott Report Final score: 567points POST The Super BumbleBee The Super BumbleBee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Omg this kid is my king 153 153points reply View More Replies... View more comments The study revealed that overhearing conversations can make us feel annoyed and irritated. Yet, so many people take these interactions to the internet and see it as a great source of entertainment. Dr. Emberson has offered one explanation for us: "These convos were very irritating at a time before texting when everyone was talking on their cell phones and it was very noisy with those conversations in public spaces like buses." #9 EliasToufexis Report Final score: 549points POST Daria Z Daria Z Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago That's the spirit! 133 133points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 iam_preethi Report Final score: 534points POST Vasana Phong Vasana Phong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago True that, you can’t change your life until you change yourself 64 64points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Now most people text (myself included) so they might be more of a curiosity than anything else," she mentioned. Her personal opinion is that people find such convos bizarre and funny because "they are out of context (you only hear one half) and that engages your curiosity in a way." #11 AnnaHopeful Report Final score: 531points POST Zena Marsh Zena Marsh Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I like that. 69 69points reply View more comments #12 MisterMidas Report Final score: 526points POST The Super BumbleBee The Super BumbleBee Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago If Gandhi was behind the wheel this story may have gone quite differently 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments John Locke, a professor of language science and author of Eavesdropping: An Intimate History, mentioned another reason why we may see one-sided convos as irritating. When someone is talking quietly, it grabs people's attention. However, when they are being loud, many become annoyed. #13 Erum_Sangji Report Final score: 519points POST Angie Buyong Angie Buyong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago valid point 93 93points reply View more comments #14 rcote75 Report Final score: 494points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago BAD B*TCH ENRGY 93 93points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 aastew2 Report Final score: 444points POST François Carré François Carré Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago While the presence of a library in a town might appear like something mundane, the absence of it would be somewhat concerning. So yes. 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments The reason behind it is that loud social behavior violates one basic law of nature: "We don't like donations. We don't like it when people present us with information about themselves that we're not seeking." "[People] want to know what you're truly like inside, not what others want them to think," Locke said. "We love it when we get something that's truly genuinely true about others and so we still prefer taking it, or if not taking it, extracting clues on our own." #16 andykesson Report Final score: 432points POST Vasana Phong Vasana Phong Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Ahh, grandmas are the best with answers 95 95points reply View more comments #17 chicagobars Report Final score: 401points POST Truth Monster Truth Monster Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago NA NA NA NA NA BAR-MAN! 161 161points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 sangsss_ Report Final score: 394points POST Mir Adwari Mir Adwari Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yikes... in his shoes I think I'd be tempted. Sorry if no-one agrees with me but how long can you keep harking on back to something before driving the other person round the twist? 124 124points reply View More Replies... View more comments We are very interested in how other people act in private. Most of our lives we spend alone with our thoughts, and it's interesting to see how others behave when they think no one is observing them. "The only way you can know that is by looking at other people who think that they're alone," John Locke mentioned. #19 KyleMorgenstein Report Final score: 377points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago curiously intriguing and disturbing 106 106points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 alohawaia Report Final score: 371points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Haahaha. Perfect. Mum "oh look, young people are waving, how friendly". :D 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 WordWhispers Report Final score: 357points POST Ella Adams Ella Adams Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I wish I could do that. 151 151points reply View More Replies... View more comments Still, one thing we're sure of-listening to strangers' conversations can be hilarious. And the fact that we hear only a fraction of the conversation that doesn't make any sense to us makes it even funnier. #22 misstessowen Report Final score: 352points POST lunar eclipse lunar eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yes you do!! Treat yourself 107 107points reply View More Replies... 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View more comments #33 ellkay_ Report Final score: 239points POST Mimi La Souris Mimi La Souris Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 10 months ago (edited) ?I’m gonna tell my friend, I love to see her grumbling for 20 minutes all by herself, wiggling her arms around 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #34 justineltchua Report Final score: 219points POST Mad Dragon Mad Dragon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My first thought when I wake up in the morning is, “I can’t wait to go to bed tonight.” 91 91points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 718Tv Report Final score: 177points POST chi-wei shen chi-wei shen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Double standards aren't really funny. 213 213points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 63 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes. 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Title Update Ieva Gailiūtė Ieva Gailiūtė Writer, BoredPanda staff Ieva is a writer at Bored Panda who graduated in Scandinavian studies from Vilnius University. After learning the Swedish language and getting completely lost in the world of Scandinavian mythology, she figured out that translating and writing is what she's passionate about. When not writing, Ieva enjoys making jewelry, going on hikes, reading and drinking coffee. Read more » Ilona Baliūnaitė Ilona Baliūnaitė Author, BoredPanda staff Ilona is a photo editor at Bored Panda with an MA in Communication Of Creative Society. Before Bored Panda, she worked as a social media manager and freelance graphic designer. When she is not photoshopping or searching for the most interesting photos for stories, she is usually watching good movies and says that The Godfather is the best. Read more » Show All Contributors Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! 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Mrs. Mir Mrs. Mir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh until you’re the one on the receiving end of that ‘good boy’. 4 4points reply Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 0 0points reply Elsie Elsie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Most of these sound a little made up or embellished a bit 14 14points reply Helderder Helderder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yup. What 2 year old talks like that.. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Solar_Eclipse Solar_Eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago According to my mom, I did. At the age of 2 I was talking like a 5 year old. It happens. 2 2points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, my brother refused to talk until he was 2 and then spoke in full sentences. Mum reckons it was because he wanted to make sure he got it right. Given he ended up having OCD by the time he was 5 I guess she might have been right. 3 3points reply Bobby Bobby Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago From 2015, 2017, 2019 ...perhaps it was a different state of mind. 3 3points reply Melanie Wooldridge Melanie Wooldridge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Mine. All 4 of them… though my oldest son would have never questioned his big sister’s ideas at that age. He rarely does now and they are teenagers. 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My thoughts exactly ! 0 0points reply d bradley d bradley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago today i heard a website say they had a list of funny conversations 14 14points reply Load More Comments POST Leo Domitrix Leo Domitrix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I can't share the good stuff, due to privacy, but once long ago, on a public bus, the guy across the aisle looked right down to his crotch and whispered, "Good boy!" and I got off at the next stop. 39 39points reply Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh! 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mrs. Mir Mrs. Mir Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Snort-laugh until you’re the one on the receiving end of that ‘good boy’. 4 4points reply Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Chloe *Leah* Pheonix Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 0 0points reply Elsie Elsie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Most of these sound a little made up or embellished a bit 14 14points reply Helderder Helderder Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yup. What 2 year old talks like that.. 4 4points reply Load More Replies... Solar_Eclipse Solar_Eclipse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago According to my mom, I did. At the age of 2 I was talking like a 5 year old. It happens. 2 2points reply Huddo's sister Huddo's sister Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, my brother refused to talk until he was 2 and then spoke in full sentences. Mum reckons it was because he wanted to make sure he got it right. Given he ended up having OCD by the time he was 5 I guess she might have been right. 3 3points reply Bobby Bobby Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago From 2015, 2017, 2019 ...perhaps it was a different state of mind. 3 3points reply Melanie Wooldridge Melanie Wooldridge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Mine. All 4 of them… though my oldest son would have never questioned his big sister’s ideas at that age. He rarely does now and they are teenagers. 0 0points reply Mona Mona Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago My thoughts exactly ! 0 0points reply d bradley d bradley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago today i heard a website say they had a list of funny conversations 14 14points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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