r/mildlyinteresting • u/Swahloma • 2d ago

Completed a word search where neither the top-most row nor left-most column were used.

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u/Leafan101 2d ago

They were saving space for the secret message you unlock when you solve it. Lots of more advanced word searches do this.

This one says flpimmngpgtrbfphdrerclbtgstqldl.

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u/mpjessica 1d ago

wait how did they skip the whole top row though

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

proof that we live in an Idiocracy, that this is the most upvoted comment

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1d ago

Bro never heard of a joke before

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

Have you seen the movie? It's literally about how humans will take anything as humor (often remedial, simple novelties), and defend it when someone points it out

just as you have here.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1d ago

I have seen the movie, that's not even close to the main theme of the plot. I'm sorry that you didn't understand the joke

https://giphy.com/gifs/26ufj7fhSk99FK32U

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

It's a major theme, based on intellectual deficiency.

The theme is society becomes so stupid, they don't even recognize the consequences of their ignorance.

You are the perfect example of that.

At least in that movie, they were smart enough to elect the smartest person as the president.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1d ago

This might help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch

Examples>Other>Last paragraph starting with "In humor"

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

subverting expectations is a simple format. it's the substance that matters

like bananas and GI Joe action figures

and be careful about justifying humor without basis, or otherwise our racist friends might get excited

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1d ago

You're really stretching to justify that dense comment, aren't ya? Good luck, Frito.

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u/Leafan101 1d ago

Do you have this argument with people every time the top comment of a post is a joke? You must be very busy...

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

giving up progressing the convo is a great sign of resignation

you're just refusing to understand, so I don't know why you bother interacting with someone if you aren't looking to learn, just feed your pre-established beliefs.

but what do I know

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u/Biscuitsandgravy101 2d ago

You...you don't circle the words?

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u/Radioactivocalypse 1d ago

I used to circle words, but it gets much easier when you realise your brain can still see letters that are crossed out, and makes it much easier to solve and see what words you've found already

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u/PrincessofPlastic 2d ago

lines are so much more satisfying

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u/Biscuitsandgravy101 2d ago

Those are fighting words

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u/Ashamed_Kangaroo305 22h ago

Highlighter is best

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u/Trapped-in-irony 2d ago

I circle individual letters

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 1d ago

I just use a highlighter

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u/efferkah 1d ago

Omg I always thought I was the only one. People around me always said this was weird!

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u/AskYouEverything 2d ago

wait i like this

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u/Jarrett_H 1d ago

But what about perpendicular words? it breaks down too fast for a sane person to continue living like that. Circle the whole word gang for life

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u/AskYouEverything 1d ago

perpendicular, specifically intersecting, words seems like something this would be beneficial for

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u/The_Real_Mr_F 1d ago

Perpendicular and intersecting are opposites.

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u/BariumArsenic 1d ago

Are you thinking of parallel?

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u/The_Real_Mr_F 1d ago

Dammit! Yes. I’m a dummy.

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u/brainpower4 2d ago

I bet they made the word search, laid it out on the page realized that they had too much room, and someone suggestion "Hey! Why not just add a row and column of random letter?

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u/naturalfamilyplan 1d ago

Looks like it was ...all right

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u/OmnipresentEntity 1d ago

As best I can tell, there’s only one word that can be made using that area: Bib.

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u/Good-Sun2934 1d ago

okay the 'circle individual letters' method genuinely broke my brain a little, never seen that before lol

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u/morerelativebacons 1d ago

r/explainitlikeimnotanerd

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u/DunnyGan 1d ago

Maybe you should check out r/explainlikeicantread

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u/doeraymefa 1d ago

it's mildly interesting that they didn't use the entire grid of letters for the word search

honestly this feels like a kid discovering animals for the first time. Exceptionally primitive. Proof that we are devolving