10 People Who Live in Their Own Parallel Reality
Curiosities
06/08/2019

Let’s admit that we know very little about parallel realities. In fact, we don’t even know if they exist or not. But there’s some pretty convincing evidence around us that makes us believe in the impossible. We are sure that there is no way to explain all the crazy things people do every day, except to believe that they come from another planet on a special mission.
We at Bright Side carried out a cloak-and-dagger operation to find out what these people do for the sake of their own reality. And today, we’re allowing you to take a peek.
10. “A man decided to sunbathe on one of Tower Bridge’s support beams. Imagine just nodding off to sleep and doing that flinch thing that happens sometimes.”
9. “A guy at my wife’s job thinks that his new plant is a cactus. It’s actually a pickle that is replaced by a new one every 2 days... It’s been like this for 2 weeks now.”
8. Ok, so this is how you do it in your reality.
7. “This is my taxi driver. The law forbids him to drive in shorts, that’s why he wears a skirt.”
6. “What were they thinking? Everybody knows 2 + 2 = 22.”
5. “I know a few adults who would use this menu.”
4. It seems they are not afraid of the stuff we tend to avoid.
3. This is a kind of reality we would love to live in.
2. When the past meets the future:
1. “What is wrong with this dude? What is he looking at? The world?”
Have you ever witnessed people doing weird things? Help us replenish this database!
Please note: This article was updated in May 2022 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.
Preview photo credit maruchanboy / Reddit
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If only I could read that code on the baby shirt ?? srsly how do programmers read this?
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