Topic: Things that make no sense or are just weird

[Petzbreeder]

Someone has the surname Drinkwater.
The next thing you know, someone will have the surname Eatfood!

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I knew someone with the surname Bytheway. Not sure if that's how you spell it but it was pronounced as "by the way."

[Petzbreeder]

Cyclops from X-Men and X-Men Evolution.

He can destroy entire buildings with his optic blasts, but he can't destroy his own eyelids.

His red/quartz glasses shouldn't be able to block his optic blasts, because red lenses don't block red light. Only green lenses can.

Some people say that he is immune to his own optic blasts, because he is also immune to Havoc's hand blasts. Havoc is his brother.

If the above is true, then why was he not immune to his optic blasts when Rogue used them against him in the X-Men Evolution episode Self Possessed?

[Kpyna]

ive been a member of this website for 60% of my life

[SirBlaziken]

I can track the development of my teenage years from hyperactive young teen to moody middle teen to who gives a crap young adult from forum post to forum post and successfully cringe at all three phases.

[Petzbreeder]

Occasionally, you find news reports on websites talking about DR Congo.

I know that DR is the abbreviation of doctor.

So I have to ask, who is this "Doctor Congo" I keep hearing about?
If DR means something else, why don't the news websites just say what it means?

[Del]

Occasionally, you find news reports on websites talking about DR Congo.

I know that DR is the abbreviation of doctor.

So I have to ask, who is this "Doctor Congo" I keep hearing about?
If DR means something else, why don't the news websites just say what it means?

It stands for Democratic Republic of Congo, which no one writes because 1) it's long 2) you can just write DR Congo and most people know what it means.

[Petzbreeder]

it's long

And yet, people refer to America or the USA as the United States of America, which is also a long name.

[Del]

And yet, people refer to America or the USA as the United States of America, which is also a long name.

how often do you actually see people seriously type out "the United States of America" because I never see that ever unless they're making some kind of joke

[lets all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes]

i dont know if this belongs here and looking back it makes complete sense in retrospect but its still a complete mindfudge (pg friendly pkmn.net version) that urkel voiced sonic the hedgehog

[SirBlaziken]

Wait a second. Urkel voiced sonic?

[Captain Jigglypuff]

Wait a second. Urkel voiced sonic?

Yep. And his brother and sister.

[The Hooded Trainer]

Sometimes I forget sonic underground was an actual thing and not just a year-long fever dream I had

[Petzbreeder]

My back gets very stiff. I get flashing lights in my eyes whenever I stretch out.
Definitely one of the weirdest things that is happening to me at the moment.

[Lord Raven]

And yet, people refer to America or the USA as the United States of America, which is also a long name.

Yeah, it's referred to as "the US" more often than not