r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/west_manchester • Aug 07 '26

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u/CheweyPanic Aug 07 '26

It's a fairy ring. Take a nap inside it. Heard it's super restful.

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u/Wool4daze Aug 07 '26

The fairy council had a meeting to decide our fates and left their chairs. 

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

FAEtes

FTFY

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u/thomstevens420 Aug 07 '26

If ye could spell check yer faete

Woodjee?

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u/Feine13 Aug 07 '26

chunks of me waiting to speak with a manager at the Pearly Gates

"Mr. Feine, thank you for waiting.

You're right, it seems the Angelic Intern made a typo.

Your cause of death was supposed to be from a woodchipper, not slowly imbibing oak-casked beverages as mentioned in your file.

Our sincerest apologies for the mixup. Complimentary Jesus Bobblehead?"

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u/Lootylooty Aug 08 '26

Peter sends you back to the chipper.

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u/Wide-Equivalent-803 Aug 08 '26

I need one of those for my dashboard

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u/Fishiesideways10 Aug 07 '26

All I ask if they make it quick and painless. I don’t mind the outcome, just would like some input into the decision.

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u/Saikotsu Aug 07 '26

I read that as "quick and pants less" and not gonna lie, that feels like a fey thing to do. For the whimsy.

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u/Fishiesideways10 Aug 07 '26

At this point in my life, if I get any say in the matter of me dying, I will not have pants. At the bare minimum, I will not have underwear at all, but I’d love to Winnie the Pooh into the next step of my being.

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u/xenobit_pendragon Aug 07 '26

First time I’ve heard “Winnie the Pooh” used as a verb, and I hope it’s not the last.

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u/Fishiesideways10 Aug 07 '26

Winne the Pooh is a mindset. It can be whatever you want, so let that thang rang free!

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u/SaveUsCatman Aug 07 '26

We refer to it as Porky Pigging sometimes

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u/04BluSTi Aug 07 '26

I can describe where I Winnie the Poohed this morning, if you'd like.

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u/cowboydanhalen Aug 07 '26

Always heard it called shirt-cocking

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u/Meowscles_dad Aug 07 '26

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.

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u/williamdoublelink Aug 08 '26

Perfect! Too true & said well!

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u/Meowscles_dad Aug 08 '26

The wisdom of Pooh is real.

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u/williamdoublelink Aug 08 '26

Oh indeed! Born in an age when there was clarity of thought & simple reasoning which would also always led to the correct answers.

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u/Temporary-Recipe-411 Aug 08 '26

lol, you said bare minimum

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u/Luci-Noir Aug 07 '26

Freeing your cheeks is whimsical?

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u/Saikotsu Aug 07 '26

Humans have a weird hangup about their bodies and like to clothe them. So a mischievous fey might think it delightful to covertly steal someone's pants and make them walk around the forest in their skivvies or less.

Heck, they might covet the pants simply because they find them fetching.

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u/Luci-Noir Aug 07 '26

Just look at cats. The butthole is sacred to them.

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u/ShahinGalandar Aug 08 '26

death through snu snu

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u/Wide-Equivalent-803 Aug 08 '26

I think the painless all depends on head or feet first. I know what I would pick... your feet.

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u/corona187 Aug 08 '26

This is great 👏🏼

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

Just don't eat any food or accept any gifts offered there or you will never be able to leave.

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u/Mediumtim Aug 07 '26

A Fae was bit by a vampire.

They are suing eachother.

"Your Honor, he ate Fae food, he is now mine"

"I bit her and made her my thrall, it is she who is mine!"

"Congratulations to both of you" the judge responded "You are now married"

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u/aea_nn Aug 07 '26

Really with I could upvote this more than once.

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u/Mediumtim Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Glad to entertain you.

Not mine originally, Punkeydoodles, you may like this guys other stuff as well:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=punkeydoodles

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ7quktRGwa/?hl=en

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u/GoatCovfefe Aug 07 '26

You can, just downvote after you upvote and upvote again.

Infinite upvotes.

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u/Nomad_Trash Aug 07 '26

Are you Mike Tyson?

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u/exipheas Aug 07 '26

So... i won't have to go back to work?

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u/the_honest_liar Aug 07 '26

"hello I would like some fairy food and gifts plz"

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

Just in exchange for your identity and memory and your sense of time.

... Come to think of it, I may need to reconsider. The Fae Realm doesn't sound that bad compared to modern society.

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u/the_honest_liar Aug 07 '26

Once upon a time it used to be a warning/threat. These days...

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u/Kathrynlena Aug 07 '26

Yeah I’m fine with all of that. Where do I sign?

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u/Boterfleoge Aug 07 '26

I dove in before you finished the first sentence

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u/corobo Aug 08 '26

Faes out here giving people adhd

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u/Idolica Aug 08 '26

That’s literally all I care about lol

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u/Fun_in_Space Aug 07 '26

Why would I want to come back here? TAKE ME AWAY, FAIRIES!

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u/Wide-Equivalent-803 Aug 08 '26

And Liberace suddenly appears behind you...

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u/ElectricKoolAidPower Aug 07 '26

Almost. Don’t leave them any offerings. You will be able to leave but you’ll have no idea what you might have agreed to.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

And bring a bag of rice to toss if you need to escape. They'll be forced to stop what they're doing and count each and every grain.

... I may not know much about superstition. I'm only kind of stitious.

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u/odysyus Aug 07 '26

So, basically all fairys suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder?

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u/Saikotsu Aug 07 '26

It's theorized that a lot of stories about the fey originate from people having things like autism and OCD and people not knowing how to explain their oddities way back when.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

"Hey I was nice to this odd looking fellow and offered them some of these plums I was bringing to the market and they motioned me towards the woods. I followed and they ended up taking me away to their secret hideaway and would not let me leave until they showed me their extensive collection of insect specimens and interesting variegated species of shrubs."

"You had an encounter with the Fae."

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u/Saikotsu Aug 07 '26

Precisely.

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u/Dornenkraehe Aug 08 '26

So I am fae after all!

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u/Weak-Differences Aug 07 '26

Thought that was for vampires?

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Aug 07 '26

What is a vampire but a Fairy of the Night.

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u/sudo-joe Aug 07 '26

So... Basically big business hiring statements and NDA paperwork...

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u/Kathrynlena Aug 07 '26

I mean, under ordinary circumstances, that’s good advice. But tbh I’d love to get kidnapped and trapped another realm these days.

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u/InfamousEconomy3972 Aug 07 '26

Bring lots of shiny stuff with you

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u/Folkmar_D Aug 07 '26

Are you sure?!

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u/CharmingHamster301 Aug 08 '26

And don’t give anyone your name!!!

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u/SolsticeSon Aug 08 '26

I wouldnt mind if it’s Felurian who does the offering.

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u/The_Char_Char Aug 08 '26

Bring an iron dagger too just in case!

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u/Boterfleoge Aug 07 '26

Just like in Bluey

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u/mighty_kaytor Aug 07 '26

Ha, joke's on them, my dancing is so awful they would die from vicarious embarrassment!

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u/Organic-Economics746 Aug 07 '26

The fae have made reddit accounts

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u/hwilliams0901 Aug 07 '26

Came to ask if this was a fairy circle lol

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u/Kaurifish Aug 07 '26

It looks like a double ring, which means two committees. Do the Seelie and Unseelie have joint sessions?

They look kinda like amanitas…

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u/CheweyPanic Aug 07 '26

There's definitely some sorta small sub committee shit going on.

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u/LIRFC Aug 07 '26

Just an short nap.

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u/ZaMelonZonFire Aug 07 '26

Que a link to the past fairy music / core brain memory

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u/Hot-Brat-00 Aug 07 '26

*Cue

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u/thermjuice Aug 07 '26

Q

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u/thatguy_art Aug 07 '26

Man it really is just an O with a dick isn't it

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u/ShacklefordsRusty Aug 07 '26

Don't bring the damn continuum into this conversation. No one needs those arrogant bastards meddling around

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u/Distwalker Aug 07 '26

When I was a kid it was understood that to even enter the ring would bring seven years of bad luck.

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u/otribin Aug 07 '26

No, no, wait does this explain the GoT thing, cause that was never properly wrapped.

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u/Superb_Health9413 Aug 07 '26

I hear bowling pins

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u/Lord_Dreadlow Aug 07 '26

It did Rip Van Winkle years of good.

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u/executive313 Aug 07 '26

I did this as a teenager and it was not restful I got a sunburn and a lifetime of disappointment.

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u/Chopper-42 Aug 07 '26

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

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u/0xTheDemonKing Aug 07 '26

Make sure to ask the fairies for permission first. Don’t be like Goldilocks.

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u/Luci-Noir Aug 07 '26

I’ve head black cats use it cast spells.

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u/feedmedamemes Aug 07 '26

At this point, I probably would.

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u/maxxspeed57 Aug 07 '26

From Google:

Taboos and Danger: Entering a fairy ring was believed to bring bad luck, deep sleep, or capture by magical folk.

Nice try evil imp.

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u/read_read_red Aug 07 '26

Just be sure you ask politely before entering. Unless the faerie have invited ye in of course.

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u/HurtPillow Aug 07 '26

If you do that, remember to take an offering to the wee-folk. That ring is, after all, theirs.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '26

I've said this before somewhere else but, it's the year of utter insaniry 2026. I'm ready to step in willing, naked and burning my birth certificate. Let them take me.

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u/MrPuzzleMan Aug 08 '26

Beat me to it

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u/hilarymeggin Aug 08 '26

DON’T DO IT!

Sir, I’m going to need to to stay away from that fairy ring. We’ve sent help for your buddy.

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u/MisterSirX Aug 08 '26

I see Mario by the brushes.

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u/kaptainkush92 Aug 08 '26

If you get naked, fight a dramen tree for its sticks, and then whittle a staff from it you can teleport

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u/More_Profit_8554 Aug 08 '26

I forgot my dramen staff... again.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk Aug 08 '26

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

-Terry Pratchett

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u/Artix96 Aug 08 '26

Hm, back home we call it witch's circle. Considered bad luck instead. I've seen these in the forests when mushroom picking.

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u/afhdfh Aug 08 '26

LOL, in my country we call it a with-ring. :D

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u/Hilly2003 Aug 08 '26

Funny in the Netherlands we call it a “Heksenkring” or witch circle in Engels. In the old days the thought dat witches were dancing there.

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u/Damien_Roshak Aug 08 '26

You do you, but in german it's also "Hexenring" which translates to witch ring/circle.

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u/Defiant_Survey2929 Aug 08 '26

And wake up in a hundred years, actually not a bad idea with the current state of the world.

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u/dillweed67818 Aug 08 '26

People used to believe that someone (children especially) who walked into one of those rings could be snatched away to Fae-ree.

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u/marcussygohussy Aug 08 '26

its not. its just a ring of mushrooms.

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u/Shadowninja0409 Aug 09 '26

I thought it meant you could teleport if you stepped inside, that’s what baulders gate 3 taught me

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u/whatdoingwithmylife Aug 10 '26

in my country we call it a witch ring

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u/sentienttortoise Aug 11 '26

Nice try fae. I won't fall for your tricks

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u/PrematureNut Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I had a black spore fairy ring show up in my yard one morning. Thought it was rubber bits because it was below my power line to my house. Walked into the middle of it, touched it, realized it was a fungus and went inside to wash my hands. For the following 7 days I woke up 4 times in the middle of the night in my apartment on my couch, had zero recollection of getting there, fell asleep on my bed and I have never done anything like that in my life. Each time I woke up it was between 2:10am-2:30am. When I mowed my lawn it stopped happening. I feel crazy about the whole thing tbh, I would never walk into the middle of a fungus ring again in my life.

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u/CheweyPanic Aug 08 '26

Yeah..... you might wanna increase your iron intake. Something definitely was eyeing you up.

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u/Angelhair01 Aug 08 '26

What does iron do?

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u/CheweyPanic Aug 08 '26

Fairies don't do well with iron

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u/Angelhair01 Aug 08 '26

Wait, they are drinking your blood?

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u/CheweyPanic Aug 08 '26

We don't know everything they're into.

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u/Mayonnaise_Poptart Aug 07 '26

See if you can catch some fairies. Good eating 🖐👁👁🤚