15 "Normal" Things That Are Totally Weird When You Think About Them

9. Names

Your parents sat and debated over which random bunch of sounds was going to identify you for the rest of your existence. Then we grow up, and it's compulsory that we learn the alphabet: you know, a bunch of symbols that some guy just randomly came up with in 1011. It's all just so damn weird.
 
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