The View From Above
[rebelmouse-image 18360728 is_animated_gif=There are distinct advantages to being short. Rain hits you only after getting past everyone around you. No one asks "How's the weather up there?" or "Do you play basketball?" and you're spared the knowledge of what people stash on top of their refrigerator.
For those not fortunate enough to be vertically challenged, Reddit user Nothingweird asked "Dear tall people, what's the weirdest thing you've seen stashed on top of someone's fridge?"
Here are their tales of the unknown world over 6 feet above ground level.
Dust if You Must
[rebelmouse-image 18360729 is_animated_gif=A load of dust.
An ex-girlfriend of mine was going on and on about how she was so clean and tidy, and how she was very thorough about cleaning her house. I looked over to her fridge and ran a finger through the dust on top. Her reaction was hilarious.
Hiding Place
[rebelmouse-image 18360730 is_animated_gif=Hid my BB gun up there from my mom when I was a kid she's 5'2".
Snack Wars
[rebelmouse-image 18360731 is_animated_gif=I'm pretty tall and so is my dad but my moms 5'2" and my sister's 5'6. Me and my dad usually get snacks at the grocery store and put them on top of the fridge. We currently have a pack of chips ahoy and a bag of Cheetos up there. We've been doing it for like 3 years and no one has found out.
My mom and I aren't short (both around 5'7) but my dad is 6'4. We put snacks in the low cabinets or on the bottom shelf of the fridge. He never bends over to look there. With him, if it isn't eye level, he doesn't see it. It's both amazing and frustrating, depending on the context.
Soft Spot
[rebelmouse-image 18360732 is_animated_gif=Average 6'0 guy here. But my grandfather would put his brie cheese on top of the fridge until it was all liquidy. When questioned on it his response was, "I like it soft."
Peeling Out
[rebelmouse-image 18360733 is_animated_gif=Not that tall, but I was at a mutual friend's house party and my friend told me to get candles from the top of their fridge and as I was moving all the dust bunnies out of the way I grabbed onto a snake's shed skin. Needless to say I never found those candles.
Aunt NO
[rebelmouse-image 18360734 is_animated_gif=Used feminine hygiene products. Like, what the f'ing F? I'm a girl and I know normally we can be disgusting, but not THAT disgusting. That ain't normal. And I peaced out of that party pretty quick- would rather go home and drink in the dorm room. All I keep on top of my fridge is candy and recipe cards.
Concussive Force
[rebelmouse-image 18360735 is_animated_gif=I'm usually more focused on not hitting my head on dining room lights. Why do they put them so damn low?
I install kitchens as a side job and there is usually no furniture in the kitchen while I'm working. I also wear a hat while I work, and the brim blocks my view of hanging lights.
Another Dimension
[rebelmouse-image 18360736 is_animated_gif=I always tell my 6'4" husband that if he puts something on top of the fridge, it may as well be in an alternate universe.
Mail Station
[rebelmouse-image 18360737 is_animated_gif=I'm 6' my mother-in-law is 4'11". We were all standing in my M-I-L's kitchen and she was looking for a credit card statement she thought came in the mail. She asked out loud "If you were a bill where would you hide?" I popped off with on top of the fridge. I got a death glare from my wife, who is just a bit shorter than her mom. My wife told me I was being mean. I walked over to the fridge and pulled down a stack of envelopes. My M-I-L seemed shocked I was tall enough to see the top of the fridge without a step ladder.
My wife's stepdad got the mail. Told my M-I-L about the bill then placed them on top of the fridge when he got something out of it. He forgot where he put them. Later he refused to admit he put them up there and said "someone else" must have hidden them.
Handmaid's Tale
[rebelmouse-image 18360738 is_animated_gif=A huge stash of Plan B. Like this girl knew she was gonna need a lot of it and stocked up Costco style.
I know a couple women who stockpiled a ton of Plan B after the election so they could hook other women up with it if it became illegal or impossible to get.
Work Space
[rebelmouse-image 18360739 is_animated_gif=My husband is 6'7" and sometimes when we are cooking together he will take the cook book and reference it and then put it on top of the fridge as if that was a work surface. That's not a damn work surface Mike.
Also, he says no one dusts the top of their fridge.
C is for Cookie
[rebelmouse-image 18360740 is_animated_gif=A cookie jar that was full of cookies.
I fixed that.
Office Space
[rebelmouse-image 18360741 is_animated_gif=I use my fridge as a table for my laptop when I'm in the kitchen.
I'm 6'7".
Message in a Bottle
[rebelmouse-image 18360742 is_animated_gif=6' 4" here
Wasn't on top of a fridge but in a really high cabinet in the kitchen of some random house party I went to. It was a bottle of wine with rolled up paper inside. I asked the guy who lived there about it, and he said he found it while at the beach full of written notes to dead loved ones. Pretty creepy thing to keep in your house.
Fridge-ception
[rebelmouse-image 18360743 is_animated_gif=I live in a household with 3 people all over 6'. We keep a mini fridge on top of our fridge for extra storage.
Well Armed
[rebelmouse-image 18360744 is_animated_gif=I'm 6'3", a friend of my wife had a 9mm and a .45 Glock that her husband forgot to take in the divorce. She had no idea they were up there because she's very short.
Time Warp
[rebelmouse-image 18360745 is_animated_gif=During senior year of college I went to a party at a house that some of my friends had recently moved into. On top of their cabinets I noticed some empty bottles of this really terrible malt liquor that we used to drink freshman year when drinking was all about how to get as drunk as possible, as quick as possible, for as cheap as possible.
I then realized that I had been to a party at that house before and that I had put our empties up on that same cabinet 3 years earlier. It was like a drunk time machine.
Banana Bomb
[rebelmouse-image 18360746 is_animated_gif=My roommate in college was 6'5" and due to limited storage space, he'd keep his groceries on top of the fridge. He was known to be a slob. At the end of the year, we were cleaning up and I grabbed a chair to clean the top of the fridge. That's when I saw the blackest banana I have ever seen. Just pure black, like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night. I immediately grabbed it with a paper towel and threw into the trash. Upon impact, it basically exploded and 1,000 little bugs started to scatter within the trash and smelt like a bag of s*** on fire. My other roommate grabbed the 409 cleaner and sprayed half the bottle into the trash. Disgusting.
Relic From the Past
[rebelmouse-image 18360747 is_animated_gif=6'7"
Went to a house party last year and saw a Motorola Razr covered in dust on top of the fridge, pushed all the way to the back. Not terribly weird, but a funny relic from the past that someone clearly forgot about.
Dating and the search for love and companionship... What a nightmare.
This journey plays out nothing like in the movies.
Every Prince or Princess (or everything in BTW) seems to have a touch of the psycho.
The things people say during what should be simple dinner conversation can leave a dining partner aghast.
Like... do you hear you?
Redditor detroit_michigldan wanted to discuss all the best ways to crash and burn when trying to make a romantic connection. They asked:
"You're on a date and it's going really great. What can another person say to ruin it completely?"
I once had a guy ask me if I was willing to follow him into the woods, depending on the price of the meal.
Yeah. No steak is worth that.
Plans After...
"Thanks for the ride but I have a date with someone else, I figured you wouldn't drive me if you knew I was going on a date with someone else and I really needed a ride."
"Online dating, talked to her for a while, finally got the courage to ask her out and then she said that as we got there."
iareyours
Mirror Image
“'You look just like my wife!'”
catalinachild
"I did have a guy tell me I reminded him of his son. I don’t believe English has a word to adequately describe my feelings at that time."
UnicornMagicRainbow
"That would definitely do it."
chaotica78
Third Wheel
"'Hope you don't mind if my mother joins us.'"
ofsquire
"Actually had a girl do this on a first date because she had anxiety issues. Honestly wasn’t bad except that 90% of the time she was silent and her mom talked over her."
"I didn’t mind that much and wouldn’t have minded trying again when she was more comfortable except that she was let go at the company we worked at and she deleted her social media profiles and she never responded on her number. Ah well."
Seightx
Liar
"'Hey bro aren't you gay? I made out with you last night.'"
"Random dude I've never seen before in front of my (f) date."
JHXC16
Was he lying though?
Filter Issues
"'You looked better on Tinder.'"
waqasnaseem07
"Isn’t it basic knowledge that everybody looks slightly worse than the worst picture you can find?"
no_user_ID_found
The Past
"'My ex used to do that too.'"
xxIvyOF
"Yep. I’ve definitely had two otherwise-decent-guy date-situations sour because the ex-comparisons just would not stop flowing. No woman wants to be seen as interchangeable—I’m not here to perfectly fill that ex-sized hole in your life. Focusing on the present moment and a future we could build together is a courtesy we need to grant each other in earliest dates of dating."
LarkScarlett
Powerless
"'I'm an alpha, you cant handle my top energy.'"
Midnightgay28
"I actually left a dude in the middle of dinner, in part, for saying this. I ordered an Uber under the table while pretending to listen to him. Went to the bathroom, and never came back. That was when I was young. Now I’d just say, 'How about we enjoy this meal in silence, before we head our separate ways.'”
UnicornMagicRainbow
Mommy...
"'Mother says I should be back by 9.'"
"Saying 'mother says' just feels weird."
bunnyrut
"That gives me Norman Bates vibes."
Werewolf_lover20
"'Mother says alligators are aggressive because they have an overabundance of teeth, but lack a toothbrush.'"
sodaextraiceplease
Obvs...
"'If you were going to be murdered, what method would you prefer. Purely hypothetical. Obvs.'"
Specific_Tap7296
If it looks anything like a Dateline NBC episode... RUN!
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Despite the advancement of technology rendering people left to their own devices–literally–to entertain them, there are some leisurely activities that will never go out of style.
Or so you would think.
Do people still knit to pass the time? Are people actively collecting stamps?
It depends on who's asking.
Curious to hear about hobby trends, Redditor gizehgizeh asked:
"What are once popular hobbies that are slowly dying these days?"

Before we've become conditioned to living on our phones, these activities used to keep people occupied.
Before Texting, There Was This
"Letter writing."
– littlekingMT
Literal And Tangible Joy
"Well the internet killed pen pals for sure. I do remember I had a Japanese girl for a penpal maybe back in 2007 or so. I honestly don't remember how it started, pretty sure some website, but that was a fun experience. But now I can just straight up talk to foreign people real time, lol. But yea getting a physical letter that someone took the time to write and mail still is hard to beat feelings wise."
– skyburnsred
Model Trains
"When I was growing up, every town had a model train store in it. Now I have one in region and everything else has to be bought online."
– Hairy_Effective1172
Pretty Rocks
"Don’t see anyone playing marbles anymore, I had an awesome collection in school."
– sheeple85
"I had some marbles as a kid in the 90s. My grandma got them for me and I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I always imagined them as a thing kids in the 40s played with."
– Ryoukugan
People Were Moving Canvases
"Paintball has been dying a slow death since 2006. Sad, really."
– hobo_recycler
Before the general population began hating clutter, collecting was once a "thing."
Precious Coins
"Coin collecting... I'm a silver/gold nut and I'm always hunting for precious metal coins. whenever I go into a shop they get all excited because 'no one under 70 collects coins anymore.'"
– ThatFishySmell99
Post It
"Stamp collecting."
– spooky_scully_mulder
"Collecting in general, really. Of course there are still prominent collectors but it's slipped more into enthusiast and niche territory than being a popular hobby that you might expect anyone to have."
– iuytrefdgh436yujhe2
What A Gem
"Rockhounding was immensely popular back in the 1950's and 1960's. Personally, I think it's a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, but when I go to a meeting at a rock and gem club, I'm usually the youngest one in the room by several decades."
– filthy_lucre
People once enjoyed making things.
Admiring The View
"Stained glass. I learned how to make it from my old man, and my junior high art class teacher also taught it. Very few artisans are still around."
– brobeanzhitler
Metal Vocation
"Black smithing."
– kenworth117
"I bought a forge to try. It’s insanely hard work, and crazy expensive. I still haven’t finished a piece."
– DSentvalue
Scrapbooking
"Yeah. I'm watching the arts and crafts stores around me completely uninstalling their racks for specialty paper. Now the only thing they have is mega packs of repeating colors/images. To boot all the inclusions like papercraft/die-cut things, washi tape, scissors, stickers, etc have gotten so expensive I would rather go buy $5 bags at value village to get an assortment of things versus buying anything new. I really, really miss yard sales for the same reasons."
– Phantasmai
I envy people who have jobs that are basically their hobbies.
Not everyone gets paid doing what they actually enjoy and have a profound level of passion for.
If they do, kudos to them.
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When we first meet someone–whether through mutual friends, at school, or in a new work setting–we generally feel people out to determine if they're worth getting to know.
While the process could take time, some people make our jobs much easier after spotting instant red flags.
Curious to hear about our general radar of people, Redditor xxFluffie asked:
"What is something that makes you immediately dislike someone?"

Some people just think they are absolutely hilarious and never realize they're the only ones laughing.
Next In Line
"They laugh about having screwed someone else over. If you think you're not next, well, you'll learn."
– whiznat
Unfunny
"when you mention you don't like a thing and they immediately do that thing 'as a joke.'"
– wayfinder
Playing Devil's Advocate
"Kneejerk contrarians. People who, no matter what you say you like or believe, just have to dismiss it and say they like or think the opposite."
– BubbhaJebus
People who put others down get slammed here.
Bad Parents
"When they treat their kids sh**ty in public. I don't mean handling tantrums, setting a rule, having to hurry to the train etc. I mean perfectly normal-behaved kids getting in trouble for trailing along peacefully, looking at things, asking questions etc."
"If you don't like tiny humans who learn the world, why have them??"
– raxeira-etterath
Public Humiliation
"Treating people sh**ty in public for laughs. Like being rude to service workers because they think it’s funny. Big red flag."
– Ok_Personality_1080
Simply Uncalled For
"Someone who is a d*ck to other people or animals for no reason."
– xebt1000
Those with ulterior motives rubs people the wrong way.
The Scheme
"If they try to get me to join their MLM scheme."
– spazmcgee1
Hard Sell
"A guy I used to be friends with in high school reached out a couple of years after graduating about a business opportunity he wanted my opinion on because 'you've always been smart', then he set up a Skype call and brought some other dude into the call and they started trying to sell me on what was clearly an MLM scheme. The guy went from friend to 'I'm never talking to you again' in a matter of 10 minutes."
– Mental-Afternoon-164
A Timeline
"Good gawd, this! I've had more than one exposure to this abject bullsh**tery..."
- Back in the late 80's/early 90's I was invited to a meeting of literally the OG "Pyramid" where you're recruited to pay in, and then you go out and recruit others to pay in, and the last in line got f'kall.
- In 1995 I had a coworker try to reel me into Amway, which was a hard no.
- In 2000 it was Pampered Chef, though to be fair they did have useful products.
- In 2009 a coworker tried to get me into some stupid video calling service that was obviously stupid from the description. He even got offended when I called bullsh*t.
– Mystical_Cat
Too much ego is a no-go.
I Can Do Better
"Being a b*tch just to stroke their own ego."
"We get it, you can lift 5lbs more than the 12 year old, you don't have to rub it in their face just because you're slightly better"
– Livia_Pivia
Can't Top This
"Oh, you did <story that's been told>? That's nothing! I did <implausible story>.
"I get the whole empathy through relating common experience, and I'm someone who does that (which drives some people crazy on its own), but there's a big different by empathising through common experience, and one-upmanship."
– Tisarwat
Lacking Conversational Etiquette
"Starting to talk over me when I was already talking."
"Stop it you rude, arrogant jerk."
– R33Gtst
If one or more of these traits sound familiar to you, you're not alone.
We don't have time for braggadocios, pyramid-schemers, and conversation interrupters.
And that's just for starters.
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Children tend to believe just about anything they hear.
That there are monsters under your bed, watching too much TV will make your head explode, and silly faces will be permanent if you make them too often.
The sky is truly the limit when it comes to silly things that children will believe.
Some call it naivitée, other's youthful innocence.
But it's hard not to look back with embarrassment on certain things we believed as a child, that today might simply seem dumb.
Redditor Disastrous_Toe_6548 was curious to learn the multitude of silly things people believed when they were children, leading them to ask:
"What's the dumbest thing you believed as a kid?"
Pleading to deaf ears...
"My dad told me he had hearing loss and couldn't hear me if I whined because my pitch would get too high."
"Would completely ignore me until I asked him questions in a normal voice."
"Trusted him implicitly until I was 12 and he yelled at my younger brother for whining."- Tyrion_Stark.
Get it while you can.
"That they took everything off the shelves when the supermarket closed."- fgyfddg.
Silly superstitions.
"My grandfather used to tell me that if I played with the fire, I'd pee the bed."
"I believed him for a while, until I got older."
"I think he was just trying to protect me from the fire."- teddypa1981.
"Rain, rain go away..."
"That if it was raining where I was, it was raining everywhere in the world."- morningshartz.
Age is just a number.
"My parents used to seem really old to me, so much so I believed they grew up like cave people as children, wearing giant leaves for clothes and what not."- Laleena_.
So that's how they're made!
"That smokestacks from the power plant created clouds."- Scaniarix.
An instant cure.
"The sun gives you sunburns, therefore, moonlight should heal them."- velocipeter.
Better safe than sorry.
"Don't drink and drive meant all drinks."
"My dad was super confused when I told him he wasn't allowed to have any soda until we got home."- hulagirlslovetoparty.
Don't believe everything you see on TV.
"There was an episode of Mickey Mouse where Mickey couldn’t reach something at first, so he tried again and somehow his arm was long enough to reach it."
"As a small kid I believed that if I couldn’t reach something, I should just try reaching for it again and my arm would then somehow be long enough to reach it."- That-Dutch-Person.
The miracle of childbirth.
"That babies are pooped out."
"When I was like 7 I was listening to my aunt as she explained that childbirth was pretty intense and painful for her, and I was all solemnly like, 'yeah, sometimes just my poops are painful, I don’t think I could get a baby out' and she went 'um, WHAT?' and her reaction made me realize real quick that I had f*cked up somewhere and I tried to change the subject while my mind was just reeling lol."- thesoundingfurrows.
Oh to be a child again.
And to believe literally everything you're told.
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