You don’t need to be a quantum physicist to know that the passage of time is inevitable. As a result, those fine lines on your cheeks are getting more prominent and your doggo is taking way longer to catch the jumpy ball. We change, but so does our environment, and there’s not much we can do about it.
Bored Panda has compiled a list full of worn-down things, objects, and places that have been altered beyond return by time. From weary teddy bears and aging shift knobs to peeling signs and rusty chains, these are some of the most amusing examples people have stumbled upon.
Because even if we can’t stop the clocks, we can at least pause to sit back and see the beauty in the passage of time. After you’re done with this list, be sure to check our part 1 and part 2 of worn-out things that all have their tales to tell.
#1 The Way My Dog’s Spots Faded Over 10 Years
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#2 Donkey Statue At The Detroit Institute Of Arts
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#3 This Dog’s Favorite Spot
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#4 The Way That The Statue Has Been Worn By People Stroking The Dog On The Charles Bridge
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#5 Cross Section Of Our Painter’s 1-Year Old Stir Stick
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#6 This Rug Is So Well Worn It’s Almost Invisible
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#7 Stone On This Italian Castle Being Completely Worn Down By 700 Years Of Rainfall Dripping Off The Roof Onto The Exact Same Spot
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#8 I Was In Ireland Two Years Ago And Found This Piece Of A Brick Wall That Had Been Shaped By The Surf
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#9 After A Hard Rain, A Pothole Opened Up In Front Of My House Revealing The Original Brick And A Train Track
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#10 This Chain Is So Old And Rusted It Looks Like Wood
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#11 My Dog Runs Around My Pool In The Exact Same Track So Much That There’s A Ring Of Dirt In The Grass
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#12 This Tire Reads “Replace Tire” When It Gets Worn Down
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#13 Local Pho Shop Smooths Edges Of Chipped Bowls And Keeps Using Them
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#14 The Vibration Wear On This Stainless Steel Bolt
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#15 We Still Have This Small Pumpkin My Wife Carved 3 Years Ago
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#16 Rust Formed On This Old Spool Of Wire In One Of The Coolest Ways I’ve Ever Seen
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#17 This Doberman Metal Sculpture Rusted To Look Like An Actual Doberman
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#18 The Way This Tree Is Growing Around The Hiking Sign
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#19 When Its Obvious Who Got All The Love For The Past 21 Years
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#20 Layers Of Paint. It’s A Piece Of The Wall In A Detroit Car Factory. People Have Actually Been Tumbling These And Calling Them Fordite Or Detroit Agate
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#21 This Old Screen Has Pac-Man Burnt Into It
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#22 Took My Dad To See If His First Car Was Still Where He Left It When Its Engine Seized — 40 Years Ago. It Was
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#23 Crosscut Of An Old Waterpipe Showing The Layers Of Limescale Built Up Over Time
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#24 My Great-Grandfather’s Driving Licence No. 052 Issued In Halifax, Yorkshire. It Is Printed On Cloth
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#25 Windmill (1680) With Worn Down Stairs And Bottom Step (Where Everyone Would Pivot)
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#26 My Mother’s Clipboard From Doing The Newspapers Crossword Puzzles For 30 Years
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#27 Stanley Thermos Used Every Day From 1970 To 2018
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#28 This Door Has Worn Away From 50 Or So Years Of Being Hit By A Bell When Opened
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#29 The Paint Peeling On This Building Kind Of Looks Like The Head Of A Lion
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#30 Rainbow Stalactites Formed From Years Of Dripping Dye
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#31 Super Secure
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#32 This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign
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#33 This Shoe Was Left In The Window For 2 Months & It Shrunk
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#34 The Way This Tree Is Stripping The Paint Off This Sign Only To Cover Itself In Paint
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#35 Some Skipped Some Scales
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#36 This Weathered Target Sign Looks Like A Heavy Metal Band Logo
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#37 My Aging Shift Knob And A Perfectly Good One Lurking Underneath
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#38 This Skateboard Deck That Scratches Off To Reveal The Full Graphic
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#39 A Nut And Bolt: Far From And Close To The Sea
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#40 300-Year-Old Bar’s Footrest, Brick Wore Away Faster Than Mortar
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#41 The Way The Water Wore Away The Cement Top Layer
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#42 I Ran The Same Hill Sprint Enough Times Over Quarantine To Create My Own Path
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#43 What It Looks Like When A Cat Licks Cheese
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#44 Over 10 Years, My Socks Have Buffed The Right Pedal On My Piano
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#45 My In-Laws Teaspoon, It’s Seen The Bottom Of So Many Cups It’s Worn Flat
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#46 Stairs Made In Stone At Turkey Run State Park
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#47 My Little Corner Shop In South Gloucestershire, England
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#48 Every Pen I Used In My 4 Years Of Undergrad
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#49 The Area Under The Card Swipe To Get Into My Building
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#50 Can We Just Get To The Part Where You Dispense Gas?
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