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Jul 27, 2017 9:40 PM
IFartMoreThanHim
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BubblesDepo
We have a habit of hating things that aren't us
BaconCheddarCheeseBurger
Isn't that from a Die Antwood video?
ChestHare
Yes
gecko08
This dumb. Fangs are associated with dangerous predators. The rest are potential signs of disease. Elongated faces are nothing.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
elongated faces are also disease, probably. everything that looks human but not quite defaults to "diseased"
shasuba
Freaking alien pranksters, ghawd
Syrpynt
Sorry, but I think the author of that post was hinting toward Vampires. If not, they share common traits (according to mythology).
morakdais
Dead people
Tylendal
It also explains the uncanny valley. What looks almost like a person, but not quite? A corpse. Not something you want to be around.
RichardManeuver
Dead people and sick people.
TheDuke0fHazzard
Because sick people used to almost always turn into dead people
Azerai
Especially sick people
Iwearsocks
This is why the smell of vomit and poo are hard for people to handle. The body is like "get away fam that shit is dangerous. literally."
Zeigg
I think this is an amalgamation of fears. Each of these things can be explained or observed as natural phenomena.
ByzantineMan
Fun thing is that this is basically what fairies/elves are supposed to be.
Lionskull
well, they are a different kind of pale (like attractive pale). and idk about the rest of the characteristics.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
depends. i folklore the image of fairies is a lot darker than tinkerbell and LOTR-liz tailor.
ByzantineMan
Oh yeah. You had "maybe horrible maybe nice" And "actively tries to ruin your life"
GeauxGhoti
Perhaps a "genetic memory" from before we crawled out of the waters...
lokigodofchaos
NerdvanaNC
Also, I think any perversion of the classic humanoid characteristics makes us feel uncomfortable.
Rhoam
Yolandi!
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Maybe it's because we don't like things that look fucked up.
ridureyu
Everyone's afraid of white people.
Asteroidrules
Symptoms of corpse decay and starvation.
HeWhoControlsThePantsControlsTheGalaxy
People were afraid of demons and witches too. Maybe humans are just ignorant and scared by default because being overly cautious is...
HeWhoControlsThePantsControlsTheGalaxy
beneficial to the survival of the species.
JohnnyCashedOut
Sociology 101
TorontoJones
'pale faces, dark eyes, and the tendency to show up and give your entire civilization smallpox' AHA
FizzleBurger
We fear sunken eyes, pale skin, and elongated faces because they are signs of sickness. We fear sharp teeth because of common goddamn sense.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
But it's not just sunken eyes it's huge elongated black alien eyes. It's the uncanny valley. https://youtu.be/PEikGKDVsCc
LajesticVantrashellOfLob
cool video
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Really cool right?
LajesticVantrashellOfLob
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
votfgz
I'm real surprised this isn't higher up
CalicoChris
But i'm not terrified sooo....
DerlockeMolmes
Do you know what else has a pale elongated face, dark eyes, and sharp teeth? (1/2)
DerlockeMolmes
Retrikaethan
it's likely more the individual features scare us and putting it all together makes it a fearfesthatefuck.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
and to top it off, that's uncanny valley as fuck. as in, "this looks human but not quite right, therefore it's probably diseased"
dakotabeastman
DIE FOOKIN ANTWOORD
BooToast
The answer to what?
H3LLxR4Z3R
Is that the chick from Die Antwoord? ...She kinda freaks me out period
palangana
Yolandi still cute
erichwithanh
snakes
badgersbadgerswedontneednostinkinbadgers
Sharks
imgursmyfirstluv
EverydayIdleness
Basically any predator species? I mean is that even a fucking question?
cantstopfire
Ah pale beings with long faces, ie lions, spiders, eagles. Yeah man.
BEANSBEANSBEANSBEANSBEANSBEANSBEANS
Pseudo-intellectual 14 yo trying to sound deep.
Iseenaples
A mofocking T-rex maybe?
Lamplord
Yeah, pale = lack of sun, and the rest are predator characteristics. What is scarier to anyone than a predator who comes at night?
kah929
The Night man!
themooseof603
EvenStevensEvenSemen
That's not Predator, that's Commando
themooseof603
Error404TrollNotFound
Tumbler users are so fucking full of their pseudo-intellectual BS that I don't expect anything but crap from them anymore
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Error404TrollNotFound
Defending tumblr... that's a first
Iameatingmozarellarightnow
This is Yolandi Visser
rohittee1
They broke up didn't they?
FourFiveFire
DasBees
Yo-Landi fokken Vi$$er all up in da place
brirun1
Where's Ninja?
alovelypintofguinness
Yolandi Fuckin Vi$$er
LinguisticBitch
Thank you. Die Antwoord needs the recognition.
mitzialbright
she freeks me out, in my pants.
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
She doesn't do it for me. Too fuckin weird.
Cramsington
I have such a lady boner for her
IonlycommentTroyandAbedgifs
loved die antwoord's version of samurai
LunaChic
Lol, I was about to make a Die Antwoord comment.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
fok jou
felinegratificationprovider
Yolandi fings....
cwbyboots
Mommy?
FlatPlutoSociety
What happened, deep in the hidden eras before history began, that could give an entire species a fear of shitty shock hip hop groups?
muckfichigan
What happened, deep in the hidden eras before history began, that could give you such distaste for goofy acts the like to screw around?
PoisonInJest
Yes.. But are you a Pitbull Terrier?
whitevfute
Or just an ugly boy
PoisonInJest
Possibly a Rat Boy
Zoroasterisk
I fink she freeky
CongratsYouAreHereNow
jou ma sy poes in a fish paste jar
OperationRustysBlanket
CorgisButtsDriveMeNuts
I fink you freaky
Snooj
Her ability to ruin potentially good movies scares me.
baleone
I liked chappy
Snooj
Many people did. To me it was Short Circuit without any charm, purpose, wit, or heart.
IonlycommentTroyandAbedgifs
you stole from daddy you fuck mother!
figment128
skooksies
My thought exactly. She's the hottest ugly girl I've ever seen
Lionskull
it's super weird, she's butt ugly until she's not.
MerToo
gah, it's the hair. The rest of her looks entirely doable.
LunaChic
She has a bit of "uncanny valley effect" on me.
aluriilol
Yeah it is! :) Awful music
godcixelsyd
So if I get aroused instead, am I likely a descendant?
Lionskull
no, that just means you're into yolandi (the girl in the picture) (from die antwoord)
BlackIC
No, but in bygone times, you would have been unlikely to have them.
BlackIC
Because you'd be eaten by something.
godcixelsyd
Hey man, gotta put it in crazy at least once.
Heysuckmybatarang
I was definitely aroused as well.
Panda4hire
If you put yourself in a horror story mindset this works, but it falls apart under scrutiny.
noctynight
Add in abnormal amounts of blood and you'll be good to go.
Lilly64
Now that said, that's not a bad concept for a horror story, maybe with a sci fi twist. But yeah, outside of that, bit obvious
Panda4hire
I agree.
RawDogginChixSince2000Six
then please, scrutinize. Cuz I haven't have a total Horror Story mindset lol
OneJingleADayMakesMeCray
I wish rakes were real too man
Panda4hire
The human mind is eternally seeking stimulation and solutions, such horrors are born. To explain away the terrible deeds of man.
OneJingleADayMakesMeCray
You worded it better than I ever could. But you probably already know that
Panda4hire
Thank you!
DarkZalgo
The description in the picture is basically what a decaying human body looks like. Pretty natural to want to get away from it.
ShinksAvoHazaar
Extrapolate
BearToof
People fear things that make them dead. Heights, poop, predators, in-laws.
glacialbae
Ooo! That's my hobby. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/extrapolating.png
Dagordae
Aversion to basic predatory features and corpses is not unusual. Because dead people means something made them dead, and predators do that.
Rivalyn
Also corpses are super unsanitary and can make you sick if you get near them, even if you don't touch.
Sooderfed
Even if you don't touch?
Rivalyn
Even if you don't touch the corpse.
Dagordae
Plus those traits are not even close to universal, especially the eyes bit. Same with said traits being applied to humanoids.
ShinksAvoHazaar
So basically Vashta Nerada mixed with paranoia and personification.
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
Chereazi
Dead people have pale skin, hunting animals have long faces and sharp teeth, and I guess eyes are from animals too?
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
It's the uncanny valley. V Sauce> https://youtu.be/PEikGKDVsCc
GILE5
Exactly. It's fairly obvious if you give it more than a second's thought..
TheSinsOfTheUnworthyMustBeBaptizedInBloodAndFear
But it's not as edgy when you use logic.
KotalDom
VexicalG
Can we just sit back and let this person have their moment
DazzlingCockroach
Yeah, completely dark eyes often mean good nightvision, something humans sorely lacked back when it was necessary.
AnimeTlDDIES
Black eyes means no white part, and when you can't see that, it's not human. And then things starts to get creepy
wafflestompa
deathbydoughnut
You gonna take that suit off?
lostinukraine
White walkers from the long winter
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Was gonna say, first thing I thought of when I saw the pic was a wolf. Not really a big mystery.
Cucumbawumba
Eyes are the window to the soul, lack of regular eyes = soulless and inhuman?
HafCoJoe
Aliens.
CaptGunpowder
Nah man, it was clearly wights of some kind
aleister94
But where does the blood drinking come from? Every culture has blood drinking monsters but there's not a really a direct ecological parallel
Chereazi
Blood is seen as life in most cultures as far as I know, might be a symbolic thing for stealing someones life...
catsaresmalltigers
I know it's not the same as "blood drinking," but apex predators like big cats tend to make a gory mess of their meals, 1/2
catsaresmalltigers
And their bloody mouths baring razor sharp teeth projects an image not unlike classic movie monsters.
Dagordae
Blood is important. Oh no! The evil thing is stealing our blood! How evil!
minkuschild
Corpses period. The skin recedes makin teeth look longer. We instictivly dont want to be around disease ridden, drooping, pale corpses.
MoneybagsMcGee
Rosie byrne doe
minkuschild
By exstention, beauty is not a concept. Droopy eyes, asymetical faces, all stem back to this "disgust"
TURDSTOMPER
"hey you're really looking not-dead-n-droopy today!" "Thanks, your inner not-dead-n-droopiness makes me feel warm and fuzzy"
BobaFettBobaFettWhere
Animals leave when they smell dead animals of their same species,even great whites
LunaLuscus
Fun fact! Orcas will deliberately kill a few great whites in the area and only partially eat the corpses, in order to drive off the rest.
Rheios
There's a reason we took to the whole 'head on a pole' thing as a warning. Granted some cultures also do it as respect, iirc, so...people..
Epsilon025
I read drooling corpses. I don't want to be anywhere near a drooling corpse, either.
OneLumpSum
archons razor
minkuschild
Elder scrolls? Why do i know that name?
Dagordae
Archons are moderately popular fantasy beings, not unsurprising you would recognize it.
SaintPwnofArc
Nah, Elder Scrolls has 'Mehrunes Razor'.
minkuschild
Yes, going to go get that now... awesome. Thanks.
xKaraKx
Any animal that can control its iris size would have almost completely black eyes while hunting
unoriginalURL
What about a shark? they seem likely candidates
HotType
Like, say, a cat or a number of other nocturnal or semi-nocturnal hunters?
SuckItBlue
Owls and hawks? Also sharks
MadCatGuy
That's fucking terrifying
mkbilli
Look at cats.
LMeire
Mattateus
Okay but on a bigass cat like a tiger or some shit that would be fucking scary
n080dy123
MadCatGuy
Butt wiggle mode full power
chbarts
Butt wiggle mode... we think it's cute, but it's going in for the kill.