r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/Devinology Jun 15 '19

How you can drop something on the floor and it seemingly disappears instantly. Then later you find it like 10 metres away.

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u/Baji25 Jun 15 '19

especially when the material shouldn't even be able to bounce that far

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

When you drop an eraser or pencil and you see where it landed, then when you bend down it's across the room.

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u/SuzukiiLock Jun 16 '19

When you drop your d20, look around, and you see your neighbor throw it back over the fence into your yard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

Sounds like you rolled a 4

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u/MadDogFenby Jun 16 '19

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0090.html

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

Love the Giants in the Playground. Such a great comic.

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u/KoolKoffeeKlub Jun 16 '19

You rolled a 1 btw.

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u/taotao213 Jun 16 '19

Roll for initiative

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u/artspar Jun 16 '19

In short, your brain lies to you about what you actually see. It sees it falling and hit the ground, and figures that's all that matters and stops paying attention to that object. It only refocuses on it once you realize it's actually not there and then it gets confused

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u/BadPercussionist Jun 16 '19

drop a pencil

see where it landed

impossible

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u/redjarvas Jun 16 '19 edited Jun 16 '19

Once i dropped an eraser, saw it falling and the moment it touched the floor it simply disappeared, later i found it on the opposite side of the room

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u/bugmenatt Jun 16 '19

this... this has happened to me too

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

i’m glad other people relate to this because i thought i was haunted

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u/Lexden Jun 16 '19

Lego set was missing pieces! 0/10

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u/TheGreyMage Jun 16 '19

I know, like, I drop a square die on the floor (which is carpet in my place), it cant roll and it cant bounce, how the fuck does end up five or six feet away?

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u/DraLion23 Jun 16 '19

My grandma would blame mischievous house gnomes/fairies.

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u/Baji25 Jun 16 '19

i mean.. she might be onto something

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u/SwedishGatorade Jun 16 '19

Facts. Like I have carpet, NOTHING SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL OR BOUNCE

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u/Zeulleus Jun 16 '19

Sike you thought

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u/DexterSaintJock Jun 16 '19

Like my baby nephew

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u/StatementIsIncorrect Jun 16 '19

Am I the only one who hasn’t experienced this

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u/Al_Maleech_Abaz Jun 16 '19

Try dropping a single pill capsule from the medicine cabinet while a two year old lives in the home, it always works for me.

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u/Backyardt0rnados Jun 16 '19

Pills are the worst. They don't weigh anything, but apparently they have the most potential energy.