Oh, the beauty of buying things! An ingrained habit of humanity, tracing back hundreds, if not thousands of years into the past. Buy an apple to fuel you, buy gas to fuel the car, and buy a triceratops plushie that doubles as a pillow and a mug stand to fuel your soul (if you’ve not sold it yet, of course!).

Whilst the majority of the time, we buy things because we need them, there are those times when you see something and you question the purpose of its existence. Yet, the more you look, the more it hypnotizes you into thinking you’ll be less of a human being if you don’t buy it. And those are the kinds of things we’ll be exploring in this list today, dear readers!

The questionable, the weird, the outright wholesome. These are the best ways to describe the quirky finds the Facebook page “Odditymall” shares with their 3M followers. This isn’t the first time Bored Panda has showcased their finds, and you can find the other articles here and here as well.

Now upvote your faves as you’re scrolling through, leave some comments, and let’s get kooky!

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#1 This Is Amazing!

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Feeling bored? Quite like a Bored Panda (excuse the pun)? I’ve got something for you that will get you all the more excited! Are you ready? Let’s go… shopping! But not just any kind of shopping—online shopping! The world is at your fingertips and with one press of a button and the numbers of a credit card, everything you desire can be yours!

If you’re struggling to come up with things that you don’t have or can actually buy (your crush’s love isn’t one of them, sorry), then don’t worry, as Odditymall has us all covered! Started in April 2013, the Facebook page has been featuring unique and unusual gadgets, gizmos, tech, gift ideas, crafts, design, architecture, DIY projects, and much more. Their 3M followers seem to very much enjoy them all!

#2 Take My Money!

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#3 Love This Idea!

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The meme “shut up and take my money!” fits incredibly well with each and every one of their weird, yet oddly charming, finds. But that begs the question: why do we buy so much seemingly useless, random, or absolutely weird stuff? Why do we buy so much in general? Do we need 5 more books when the bookshelf is full of unread ones? Yes, we do, George.

Retail therapy isn’t only a fancy lyric in an Ariana Grande song, it’s a real phenomenon. It’s shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer’s mood with so-called “comfort buys.” According to Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, human beings need far more than just the bare necessities to help them feel safe, loved, and capable of reaching their full potential.

#4 Amazing!

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#5 Brilliant!

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#6 Genius!

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Clinical psychologist Scott Bea explains that there’s a lot of psychological and therapeutic value in shopping, when done in moderation. “Whether you’re adding items to your shopping cart online or visiting your favorite boutique for a few hours, you do get a psychological and emotional boost,” he says. “Shopping and its sensory stimulation gets us to visualize positive outcomes [that] can create positive anticipation and can reduce anxiety.”

A 2014 study from the Journal of Consumer Psychology found that retail therapy not only makes people happier immediately, but it can also fight lingering sadness. Another 2014 study by the University of Michigan showed that purchasing things you personally enjoy can be up to 40 times more effective at giving you a sense of control than not shopping.

#7 Yes Please!

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#8 It’s Beautiful!

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#9 It’s Beautiful!

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Although the act of purchasing things is a pleasant one, the journey to the store, the search, the walking around countless people that just can’t get out of the way, and the random music blaring way too loud can get anyone in the mood for red rum. “I don’t like to shop, but I do like to buy,” Frances Taylor wrote in The Atlantic in 1931 and I can’t help but agree.

Stores and manufacturers have come up with very clever means of getting us to forfeit our hard-earned cash for their goods: using a cognitive bias called “anchoring” and overpricing their products to later mark them down to make it seem like a great deal, lowering the temperature, painting the walls blue, and playing pop music, all to make you more inclined to buy without too much thought.

Thankfully, we now have online shopping under our fingers, so that we can lay in bed, have a coffee and buy that wonderful black dress or real-scale pterodactyl model, or both, without all that hypnotic environmental pressure to influence us. However, the easier shopping gets, the more mindless buying becomes; it’s so dangerously easy!

#10 It’s Glorious!

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#11 Yes Please!

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#12 These Look Amazing!

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According to Financial Holdings, online shopping is one of the highest global growth sectors, anticipated to grow further in the coming years, and it’s not difficult to see why! With online shopping, every item is available at all times, it’s a quick and painless procedure that’s over in a few clicks, and it’s also more anonymous and discreet. Also, no crowds.

However, one should always keep one thing in mind. Although behaviors that create excitement can bring us happiness, moderation is the difference between happiness and compulsiveness. Yes, you may want 5000 rubber duckies with custom tattoos, but do you really need them, considering you bought the same amount three weeks ago?

Shopping shifts from being therapeutic to a problematic compulsive behavior when it becomes a go-to way of dealing with anxiety, stress or loss and when it’s hard to control, Dr. Bea says. There is also a similarity between compulsive shopping urges and the high that’s sought after in drug or alcohol addiction.

#13 Amazing!

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#14 This Is So Cool!

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#15 This Would Be Amazing!

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“If you’re concerned about developing a compulsive shopping behavior, try to convert your goal of control to the excitement of a new, positive behavior — like working out or eating healthy,” Dr. Bea suggests. “You’ll be surprised at how happy you can feel working towards those positive results, too.”

As you continue to scroll through this wonderful list, upvoting your favorites, maybe double check to make sure your shopping basket is full of things you actually want and will cherish rather than buying for buying’s sake. I wish you all the best and a wonderful upcoming New Year!

#16 I’d Never Leave!

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#17 This Looks Amazing!

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#18 Take My Money!

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#19 Love This!

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#20 Awesome!

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#21 Awesome Idea For Dark Rooms!

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#22 Would You Want One?!

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#23 Such A Great Idea!

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#24 I’m Gonna Need This!

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#25

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#26 This Is Genius!

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#27 Yes Please!

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#28 Please Santa!

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#29 Amazing!

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#30 These Look Incredible!

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#31 Take My Money!

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#32 Oh No!

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#33 I Need It!

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#34 Love This!

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#35 This Is Too Good!

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#36 Looks Like A Lovely Time!

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#37 Looks Like Fun!

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#38 This Looks Pretty Incredible!

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#39 Looks Like I Need A Chicken

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#40 Love This!

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#41 This Is Actually Genius!

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#42 Awesome For Smaller Bedrooms!

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#43 Awesome!

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#44 This Is So Cool!

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#45 These Look Amazing!

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#46 I Need It!

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#47 This Is Amazing!

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#48 Want!

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#49 This Looks Amazing!

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#50 Why Do I Want One?!

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#51 Oh My

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#52 Awesome Idea For Emergencies!

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#53 Awesome!

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#54 Love This!

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#55 Awesome!

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#56 I Need One!

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#57 This Looks Amazing!

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#58 This Is Brilliant!

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#59 Take My Money!

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#60 I Need This In My Life!

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#61 I Need To Try One!

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#62 Lets Go!

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#63 I Need It!

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#64 Done

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#65 Love This!

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#66 Genius Design!

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#67 Wow!

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#68 This Looks Amazing!

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#69 This Is Actually Genius!

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#70 The Perfect Boyfriend Doesn’t Exi—

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#71 This Is Brilliant!

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#72 Amazing!

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#73 Want!

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#74 No Thanks!

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#75 Awesome!

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#76 Amazing!

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#77 Yes Please!

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#78

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#79 Awesome Idea!

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#80 I Need The Reminder Every Morning!

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#81 This Would Be Amazing!

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#82 Amazing Idea!

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#83 Great Idea!

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#84 Incredible Design!

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#85 You In On This?!

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#86 Yes Please!

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#87 Incredibly Creative Christmas Trees!

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#88 This Ends Now!

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#89 Genius!

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#90 It’s Glorious!

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#91 I Totally Need A Pair!

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#92 Would You Use One?!

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#93 Brilliant!

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#94 This Is Too Cool!

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#95 I’m Gonna Need One!

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#96 Wow!

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#97 A Must For The Man Cave!

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#98 This Is Too Cool!

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#99 I’m Speechless

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#100 Love This!

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#101 Take My Money!

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#102 Starting Next Month

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#103 What A Time To Be Alive!

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#104 Finally!

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#105 This Is Glorious!

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#106 Just Needs An Attached Fridge

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#107 Brilliant!

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#108 Ok, This Is A Great Idea!

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#109 Wow!

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#110 Wow!

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