50 Powerful Comparison Images That'll Force You To View Things In A Different Way
There are 8 billion things happening every single day. Here are some you missed.
When's the last time you checked on a loved one or a complete stranger? We live such a fast-paced life that sometimes we don't find time for ourselves.
Life was very different a couple of decades ago, but as we progress, the noose around our necks gets tighter. Not to give you a gory image, but the cost of living is becoming expensive, and to make ends meet, a life that revolves around work is paramount.
There are close to eight billion people on the planet. So naturally, eight billion things and experiences happen every single day.
How many have you experienced? Every day, we carry out hundreds of personal or professional tasks that are centered around us.
With that sort of lifestyle, it's obvious we'll miss out on billions of other things that others experience, right? Of course, not every experience matters, but some do, and they'll help you view life from a different perspective.
According to a study, the average human has over 6,000 thoughts per day. So, to satisfy your thoughts, we came up with a list of valuable experiences you would have otherwise missed.
What you're about to see is a list of fascinating things that other people have experienced, seen, or heard that you should too!
Ready, set, go!
1. Wow.
The picture on the left was taken exactly three years ago when I was the best man at my buddy’s wedding. I was close to 600 lbs. Now, I'm around 230 lbs.
Rickle372. Living the cat-life.
My kitten, Rice, the day I found him three weeks ago vs. today.
copencorn3. Aww. Bless her heart.
Before and after: my daughter battling a combination of RSV, rhinovirus, and bacterial pneumonia. She almost died, but she’s now home safe and sound.
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4. Cheetah and his best friend, a dog!
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5. This is the same horse, five years apart. These horses are born black, then turn grey.
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6. Aww.
I am a big brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Here is the first day I met my little brother and the day he served as my best man—six years later...
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7. Down 100 pounds.
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8. They look awesome!
After years of tooth pain and hiding my smile, I got dentures! They literally made me smile.
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9. Days after rescuing this abandoned kitty...
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10. Here's a full-grown and a newborn Galapagos tortoise.
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11. This is stunning.
My brother waited a year to get these four shots. I lined them up and did some editing in Photoshop.
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12. One pair is crocheted.
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13. Bop!
Our Nugget looked so sad when we rescued her, but our sweet girl is all better now...
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14. The curious case of the stunning dress.
My grandmother at a homecoming football game in 1957, and me in the same dress 60 years later.
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15. You've got this.
After being a stay-at-home dad for six years, I, a 35-year-old man, started college alongside my son, who just started kindergarten. We got this.
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16. You can do this.
Me with almost a year and a half sober vs. me at my worst in active addiction.
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17. New girl, but same phone case.
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18. Butters is smaller than a bottle of water.
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19. Coincidence? I think not.
I bought these cans the other day, and I'm just now seeing the cat on the label.
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20. Wow! They're so beautiful.
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21. Otis is a new dog.
My puppy Otis got his first haircut. I'm not sure they gave me back the same dog.
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22. This cat got into the fireplace.
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23. I didn't know this!
If holly (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it switches genes on to make them spiky when they regrow.
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24. That's amazing!
I read 71 books in 2021. Here is a photo next to all of them; I am 5'9" for reference.
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25. Here's some five-day-old hedgehogs.
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26. They're so similar!
Me and my son, both at nine months—35 years apart.
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27. Here's Rosie, healthier than before.
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28. Incredible.
My 90-year-old grandmother's handwriting before and after her focused ultrasound essential tremor treatment.
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29. Here's a hand-painted cat portrait.
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30. Two croissants, one small and the other XXXXL.
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31. Some TLC can do wonders.
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32. Dreamy!
Kiara still likes to sit like a proper little lady, but now her tail has gotten a bit bigger.
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33. First paint layer vs. the final layer.
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34. The size of a husky vs. a wolf.
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35. A bicycle clarifying the difference between Austria and Australia.
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36. Before and after cleaning up welds on stainless steel.
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37. This cat is palm-sized.
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38. Sunroom transformation.
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39. Speechless.
My dust mask before and after an 11-hour shift in Country South Australia.
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40. Fascinating.
My best friend has DID (dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder), and her different alters have different writing styles.
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41. Wow, that's a huge leaf!
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42. Here's a crocodile, a caiman, and an alligator.
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43. This is how much sugar pasta sauce and yogurt cups have.
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44. Age 12 vs. Age 17.
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45. Photo restoration.
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46. One hand was bitten by a rattlesnake.
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47. The size of traffic signals.
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48. That's 1,000,000 mosquitoes caught in a trap in Sanibel, Florida.
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49. Witcher vs. Real Life
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50. Fading tests...
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In Summary...
If you hadn't looked, you would have definitely missed these images. What a shame that would have been.
That heap of mosquitoes? Or the tiny hedgehogs?
The fading tests? Or the beautiful eggs?
We can't always be readily available to experience everything, but this is one way to see the fascinating things we would have otherwise missed, don't you think?
From this list, which one dropped your jaw? Let us know in the comments!