Have you ever found a picture that makes you pause and stare for an embarrassing amount of time? Well, you're not the only one. It's nothing to feel bad about — we're all guilty of wasting countless hours of our lives online, and once in a while, we stumble across something so strange that we just can't figure out the backstory behind it. But if you've never experienced this phenomenon, we're here to help you out, because everyone should get to be utterly confused and lost over a weird picture online at some point in their lives.

Now, you can question existence with 15 pictures that will undoubtedly get you thinking — about what exactly, we're not sure, but you'll certainly be thinking a little too hard about something. We've chosen these images from the most thought-provoking part of Reddit, the subreddit /r/hmmm, which will undoubtedly confuse, but hopefully also amuse you. Here's hoping we finally learn the backstory of several of these images, because we have a lot of questions that remain unanswered.