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Every day of our waking lives, we are bombarded with different types of branding. From the food we eat to the movies we watch, there's a catchphrase and ad campaign assigned to almost all of them. It is so much a part of our lives that sometimes, it's hard to even notice that we are being targeted by it. This is something which is brought into sharp focus by r/sbubby, where famous logos get remixed in ways that are altogether more odd and entertaining than the original. It confirms what those in advertising have wanted us to think all along: branding really is the perfect meme template.

There are few simpler ways to fly under the radar than effective camouflage. However, these days this seems to be a knowledge shared solely between outdoorsy types and those who have been in the military. For the rest of us, the print might be associated more with the Forever 21 discount rail than sophisticated disguise. 

Everyone has a vague idea of what purpose made camouflage materials are meant to do, but most of us are not accustomed to seeing it out in the wild. As a result, people were astounded when Twitter user @flept shared a photo of four people that was a successful example of camo doing what it does best. With so many blown away by its capabilities, it just goes to show: on the off chance we got hunted in the woods in an end-of-days survivalist killer scenario, most of us wouldn't stand a chance.

In the post-Mythbusters era, it can seem like there's an answer for everything these days. Every weird and wonderful occurrence now has a rational reason behind it — or at the very least can be explained with a deranged conspiracy theory. However, this does not always have to be the case. Sometimes, we come across images that are both strange and completely lacking in context, leaving us to wonder what brought them into existence. Questionable Images collects the very best of these types of photos, like the ones below.

There's something profoundly unsettling about being in an airport. They're often large, easy to get lost in, and everybody seems to be coming or going in a hurry. Flying can be stressful at the best of times, but it certainly doesn't help when the place you're flying from seems tailor-made to be as unwelcoming as possible. 

Redditor u/ornryactor recounted one such strange experience. Responding to an r/worldnews story about international flying sanctions being placed on Belarus, they described passing through its main airport in 2019. Full of sinister back corridors and bizarre staffing procedures, other users likened it to a particularly mundane video game side mission.

As (some of) the world begins to open up again to international travel, we can only hope that most passengers manage to avoid these liminal space detours. Then again, it makes for a good story.