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    586 months ago

    During lockdown I was jogging my usual route and passed someone walking in full plague doctor getup. Thinking “that’s kinda odd” I turned the corner and almost ran into a lady rollerskating backward entirely in the nude. I live in Florida and see weird shit somewhat frequently but that particular run stands out in my mind.

    • Riskable
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      116 months ago

      Oh I can explain this: You were born with a destiny that doesn’t make sense anymore because the gods had to make some changes to the timeline. Sounds simple enough but some people have actually been given theirs or someone else’s prophecy so now they have to make it happen… Somehow.

      To resolve this situation they often have to come up with clever solutions to make sure the prophecy still happens in a way that the (new) timeline can handle. Such as “experiencing plague” and “getting caught rolling with a naked woman in public”.

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    A guy with his penis out in Guildford. I couldn’t believe my eyes at first but then I turned around and walked away, as other people did

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    In 2008 at about 22:30 waiting for some people after a meal in a deserted South African shopping centre, a man on a Segway rounds the corner towards me then disappears in to the distance.

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    The DC Metro system has no public bathrooms. This causes problems, if you can imagine. I was starting my first week of work in Silver Spring, and as I was exiting the station, there was a woman in leather spandex stirrup pants yelling at the station manager she needed to use the bathroom. The station manager told her “we don’t have bathrooms, lady.” Back and forth as I passed them. Then the woman just said, “A-IIGHT!” backed up, pulled down the spandex, pulled aside her thong, squatted, and dropped a huge, coiling log right in front of the turnstiles.

    We had a homeless (?) guy named “Gandalf.” he was named that because he wore a stadium jacket with a broken zipper, tied at the waist with a rope, big floppy hat, and a cane. Used to rant in tongues. Near where I worked was the (now former) Discovery Building, and during “Shark Week,” they put a HUGE inflatable shark “through” the building (head on one side, tail on the other. This thing was stories high). Gandalf used to spend time across the street, shouting biblical phrases at it like he was banishing some demon. Thanks for keeping us safe, Gandalf.

    Before they build the STSS, there were “gangster types” that would hang around, gun handles poking from their waistbands. That stopped the DAY after football player Plaxico Burress nearly shot his dick off in a nightclub by having his gun stored in a similar way. Never saw guys flashing their gun like that since.

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      196 months ago

      I feel bad for laughing at Gandalf yelling in tongues at a building sized inflatable shark, but damn that got me. Hope the guy is doing well now.

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        I look at it like, he kept us safe! Couldn’t hurt, right?

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    96 months ago

    Walking on Dartmoor one cold, gray and rainy winter’s morning.

    A young man in a sodden T-shirt and shorts emerged out of the mist on the same moorland path I was on. He was carrying a tesco carrier bag with a ram’s skull sticking out and what looked to be the spine stuffed into it.

    Sheep die out there all the time so it was probably a chance find - but walking in what were difficult conditions so poorly dressed, but with a carrier bag…? I still wonder what he was going to do with his prize.

    Oh, and that time when I drove around a corner to find five pirates pushing a horse and carriage up a hill. (It was a themed wedding and the horse was slipping on the way to the reception so the followers got out of their cars and helped push - but it earned a second glance)

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    126 months ago

    A bus that couldn’t get over a small incline because of fresh snow on top of ice and had to be pushed by the passengers and pedestrians. It’s odd because it happened in Europe in a city where buses are particularly well-maintained.

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    Junkie sleeping on a street on his face and chest, legs hanging over him in an arc having his shoe heals next to his ears.

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    About 30 bull penises dried out on a blanket on a sidewalk for sale in china

    It dawned on me that I could buy a bag full and hand someone a literal bag of dicks

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        There’s a pet treat company here in Phoenix namec Ruff Life. They make smoked animal treats. $20 for 25 smoked, dried chicken feet. They also sell pizzles, dried smoked bull penises. My Corgi loves everything they have. Especially the femur bone slices with marrow!

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    Two things really stand out to me.

    I saw a unicyclist swerve and nearly wipe out avoiding a lamp post that he didn’t notice because he was looking at his phone.

    I saw a goth dwarf scramble for safety in a service station forecourt because an oblivious woman was driving straight at him.

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    I’ve probably seen weirder, but this one was pretty funny:
    I rode my bike along a huge river in a big city in Germany. It was already dark and my light was broken. In front of me I saw something blinking brightly coming at me. As it came closer I realized it was a guy on a bike that had lots of lights and reflectors attached to both the bike and the guy. He wore a light on his helmet, on his arms and his thigh. As he passed by me he looked at me super grumpy and said:
    “How about some light?!”

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    I once saw a city bus that had a whole bus-wide and bus-long dolly attached to the side of it full of movie cameras and studio lighting aimed into the bus windows, just driving down the public road taking up both Southbound lanes (4 lane road) with no police escort or anything.

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    The CEO of a medical insurance company got assassinated. The weirdest thing about it? I didn’t see shit.

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      The CEO didnt actually get shot

      Its a conspiracy by the elites who felt threatened by the glorious power of capitalism

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    76 months ago

    On a late night train ride a man sat down and was looking at himself in the reflection of the glass. He just says “You judging me?” The three of us just fucking glued ourselves to our phones. It’s a fun story now because it was so bizarre, but it was very worrying at the time. In the moment I think we weren’t certain if he was talking to us or not.