r/CasualConversation • u/MaxvellGardner • 11h ago

I look at random, completely uninteresting spots in the middle of nowhere and think about the history of a pole or a shed.

When I'm driving between cities and there's almost nothing out there, just power lines, tiny old abandoned structures, and stuff like that. It's completely uninteresting, but I end up thinking: when was this fence driven into the ground? The guy who built it probably doesn't even remember doing it, but I'd walk up to him and say, «Good day! Remember when you put up this fence in the middle of nowhere many years ago?» and he'd be like, «Huh? What? I don't remember, who cares?»

Or this abandoned shed, whose is it?

'Hello, ma'am, did your great-grandfather own this shed?'
'I don't know, maybe?'
'Do you happen to know why it's just sitting there empty?'
'No, who knows? You're weird.'

Yeah, I am weird, but what else am I supposed to think about during a boring drive?

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u/Zestyclose_Pack1006 11h ago

Curiosity is the best form of weirdness. I also find myself questioning things that do not seem to capture the attention of most of people. I love this kind of being weird, it's just fascinating LOL

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u/Ballroompics 9h ago

Curiosity is the best form of weirdness. I'm totally adding this quote to my repertoire. Thats awesome. Upvoting.

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u/Zestyclose_Pack1006 6h ago

Thank you. Now that I am reading it again, I might have cooked with that