Trypophilia and Trypophobia: A Picture Thread? (Not exactly NSFW but some deeply disturbing images in here)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2298164443_015cf523dc.jpg

http://www.exoticwoodcreations.com/Banksia_pod.jpg

I think I have trypophilia (not sexual) because I think all these are awesome

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8382/seurat1.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/263wv9s.jpg

FUCK

~dies~

all it took to fell l0uis j4gger was a leisurely Sunday afternoon in the park with the Parisian gentry. who woulda thought...?

I saw this lovely metal work art at the store and thought of yall
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7834/img00150e.jpg

the serat is just awesome the rest posted by grady (except for the crocslol) are just awful. the one wtih the guy's arm makes me want to die.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs089.snc3/15710_1305787056949_1598727610_30881053_8122211_n.jpg

http://www.delish.com/cm/delish/images/casu-marzu-scariest-food-fw1210-xl-97559767.jpg

doubly so, cuz the maggots in the cheese eat through the intestinal lining

those crazy sardinians eh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu#Dangers

oh man, that's the stuff that people actually eat, right?

*voms*

here's a cool one:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs342.ash1/29247_1339775466638_1598727610_30953979_2238769_n.jpg

:)

why the steak tho

Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[1][7] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping. Those who do not wish to eat live maggots place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten.[8]

OK THE MAGGOTS LEAP

also, sounds totally made up

sadly not

it's basically the most disgusting thing in the world

I'm fine with adventurous foods to an extent too but that is just wrong in every possible way. Sorry Sardinia.

http://i.imgur.com/pyRKR.jpg

Seurat isn't holes, it's dots!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tqAbrZeX0

wait is this about fear of holes (as google informs me trypophobia is) or just really porous stuff?

I kinda dig looking at all this stuff--do I have trypophilia?

In that case maybe you could dig a hole {bah dum tish!}

I am particularly into the boy with the holey arm. . .

that was always gonna happen to the boy with the thorn in his side

xp Most people's reaction is "urgh disease, burn it with cleansing fire!", but maybe your reaction is "hey, disease happening to someone else instead of me!"?

I think it is the plucking out of the pod thingies that is appealing?

gonna go through this thread in full now, pray for me

FUCK A TREE FILLED WITH ACORNS

lotus cat is, indeed, a lotus cat

I kinda dig looking at all this stuff--do I have trypophilia?

― quincie, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 7:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think I have trypophilia (not sexual) because I think all these are awesome

― -hot-johnny-fever- (crüt), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 5:35 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

mfeo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Whac-A-Mole-Dog.jpg

Anyway, after about a month of working there, I developed all these little round holes in the skin on the bottom of my feet. I was pretty freaked out – I thought maybe it was leprosy or something. I had no fucking idea. My doctor said that my sweat was eroding the skin on my feet and maybe I should look into purchasing some better-ventilated footwear.

― rake rock reggae (kkvgz), Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:33 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

this story is freaking me the fuck out

Although not truly trypophobia related, that reminds me of this one time I was riding my bike down a trail and came across this groundhog corpse with a huge chuck of flesh taken out of its back. The hole was writhing with maggots. I grabbed a couple sticks to move the body off the trail, but when I got close, the groundhog popped up and ran away!

― rake rock reggae (kkvgz), Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:47 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

what the fuck

I am going to go lie down in bed

ohmigod 'pitted keratolysis' is the worst GIS

the worst

worst

worst

not worse than "perianal abscess."

have you ever tried GISing "harlequin baby"?

GIS WTF

harlequin baby is cool, it's like chase no face the baby

perianal abscess, okay fuck

fuck

Why does it always come back to harlequin babies?

the lost alan vega single, "harlequin baby"

okay that painting that gr80 posted like 100 times, of the boy cutting...extrusions...from his arm

fuck

._.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs414.snc3/25007_1275737585731_1598727610_30810180_4337318_n.jpg

this is cool though, it's like a fungus that turns plants into spaghettios

the lost alan vega single, "harlequin baby"

― -hot-johnny-fever- (crüt), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:25 (6 minutes ago)

yeah

*organ drone, rudimentary drum machine* "harlequin baby, yeah. yeah yeah yeah. harlequin baby. it's a harlequin baby. yeah."

GONNA KILL US AAAAAALL

(ppppp)

harlequin bé-by

(repeat)

wait is this about fear of holes (as google informs me trypophobia is) or just really porous stuff?

― EDB, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 11:07 PM (Yesterday)

google tells me it's "the irrational fear of clusters of holes, pods, circles, cracks, cuts, and other asymmetrical shapes especially those found in nature," so there ya go.

it's not a medically recognized phobia though. most likely it's a dedicated troll trying to start an internet meme. someone's been creating Wikipedia entries about it since 2005, but they keep getting deleted. in the words of some Wiki dudes:

Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. See http://www.geocities.com/holephobia/trypophobia.html for someone purporting to have invented this name in 2005. No evidence in Google Scholar for any actual phobia known by this term.

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Delete. Likely hoax and borderline patent nonsense: "Trypophobia is a serious fear of hole, which results in an all-over itchy feeling and general uneasyness." Google search seems to indicate a pattern of trolling: petitions to dictionaries to include the word, posts to answers.yahoo.com, attempts to insert the word (together with shock site images) in the World of Warcraft forums.

elsewhere on the internet are trypophobia.com, an ilxor.com thread by someone named "Jesse", and this surprisingly active facebook group,led by a certain M@sai Andr3ws, where people are like "omg I've been scared of Suriname toads and wasps' nests for as long as I can remember, finally I have a word for it!"