“Wait A Minute”: 50 Of The Best ‘Wait What’ Moments, As Shared By This Dedicated Community

Many things can call for a double-check, be it something unusual we thought we saw at the store (until we glanced at it again and realized it was nothing out of the ordinary) or something unexpected we noticed while browsing on the computer. No matter the scenario, such situations typically make us stop in our tracks for a second and go “wait, what?!”Plenty of situations evoking such a reaction are shared on the subreddit titled exactly that. Boasting more than 14,000 members, the ‘Wait What’ community is dedicated to all sorts of unexpected turns of events and humorous stories, some of which you can find in the list below; so scroll down to view them and see for yourself how a joke can stop you dead in your tracks.This post may includeaffiliate links.

Plenty of situations evoking such a reaction are shared on the subreddit titled exactly that. Boasting more than 14,000 members, the ‘Wait What’ community is dedicated to all sorts of unexpected turns of events and humorous stories, some of which you can find in the list below; so scroll down to view them and see for yourself how a joke can stop you dead in your tracks.

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Vaccines Exposed

Hmmmm

Yta And Need More Socks

While typically accompanying something rather shocking,wait, whatmoments can actually benefit a person, as surprising information is believed to enhance one’s memory, consequently helping them learn.

According toScientific American, novelty within a familiar context allows a person to store a certain event in their memory more easily, thanks to the brain part known as the ‘novelty detector’.

Located in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, for those well familiar with what’s happening inside our heads, the said ‘novelty detector’ is the hippocampus—one of the most significant brain regions in regards to discovering, processing, and storing sensory information.

Shaming Is Bad, No Matter Who It’s Directed To

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Scientific American continued to explain that the hippocampus compares new information with already stored knowledge, and if the information doesn’t match—meaning that there’s something new and likely surprising—it releases a pulse of dopamine into one’s system.After traveling through different parts of the brain, it connects to the hippocampus again and triggers release of more dopamine, creating a feedback mechanism known as the hippocampal-SN/VTA loop, which can help people memorize and learn things more easily.

After traveling through different parts of the brain, it connects to the hippocampus again and triggers release of more dopamine, creating a feedback mechanism known as the hippocampal-SN/VTA loop, which can help people memorize and learn things more easily.

Wait A Dang Minute

Everyone Would Use Shapeshifting In Their Own Ways I Guess

Wait What

That’s Just How I Am

Plot Twist!

At Least He’s Having Fun

Professor Rousell started his Ted Talk with an example; he asked the audience to imagine themselves standing in traffic, when they see the car next to them start to hover all of a sudden. “You’d be surprised,” he said, adding that in such an instance, one’s eyes might open wide and their jaw might drop; they are likely to experience a burst of dopamine and instantly stop what they were thinking or doing.“And then you instantly form a new belief—cars can hover,” the expert continued, and pointed out that people don’t form such a belief intentionally; ithappensto them and there’s nothing they can do to undo it.

“And then you instantly form a new belief—cars can hover,” the expert continued, and pointed out that people don’t form such a belief intentionally; ithappensto them and there’s nothing they can do to undo it.

I Would’ve Stared Back And Lost The Contest

Amputation???

Dr. Rousell pointed out that as surprising as hovering cars are, they might make for interesting dinner conversation, but not much more. However, surprises in regards to the beliefs a person holds about themselves can be defining and formative in their life, which means they can be used strategically to intentionally enrich someone else’s life.

Well

I Can Only Imagine What It Looked Like For Them

Haha Oh That Too

While the surprising pictures on this list might not make people change their personal beliefs for the better, online content in general can lift up their spirits or positively influence their well-being.

Missing The “Eez”

Arrrrrrr Matey

Already Included

This Happened To Me The Other Day

Awww. Look At That Sad Panda…

Wait Hold Up!

If it’s smile-inducing animal content that appeals to you the most, you might want to move on toBored Panda’sanimal categorynext, but if you enjoy the somewhat bizarre and surprising content, like the images on this list, continue to browsing these weird andsurprising thingspeople just had to share or thesedark humorcomics with surprising twists next.

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