I found a purple rock!

A cheerful non sequitur and glorious escape hatch from awkward, controversial, or brain-melting conversations. When someone exclaims, “I found a purple rock!”, they are essentially waving a shiny distraction to derail a discussion that has taken an uncomfortable, heated, or overly complicated turn. It is the verbal equivalent of changing the subject faster than you can say tax policy or crypto investing.

Use it when the conversation drifts toward politics, religion, sex, or any other topic that makes you wish you were home talking to your cat. The beauty of it? Nobody can argue with a purple rock.

Author’s Note:
Inspired by years of dodging family dinner debates and surviving small talk with strangers. Because sometimes, the only way out of a bad conversation is geological.

Example:
A: “So, how do you really feel about the election results?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”
A: “…Cool! Where?”

Example:
A: “So how’s your love life going?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”

by Thejocdoc November 7, 2025

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by SuelTameOresuTeMato April 29, 2025

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Fork found in Kitchen

Sarcastically used to express something is blatantly obvious or not a surprise at all in a humorous way.

Popularized in online spaces such as Twitter/X.

Synonymous with other obvious phrases such as: the sky is blue, grass is green, bread found in bakery, the sun is hot, etc. and has similar purposes to no shit Sherlock, thanks captain obvious, or duh

Person A: Did you hear, this popular twitch streamer is homophobic?
Person B: Fork found in kitchen

by Arcanestar December 2, 2024

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