https://twitter.com/cursedimages_2https://www.instagram.com/cursed_images/
i: a lot of photo by flash (but not all) ii: much reflective gleam of animalian cornea (but not all) iii: it is often quite lynchian (but not always) iv: it overlaps with creepypasta but is much broader (and imo more subtly imaginative) v: double ditto "lurking clown" photos, which would obviously belong but actually don't often featurevi: triple ditto blobismus! vii: the shadowland liminality (liminalism?) of various psycho-affective border-territories: man-beast, "non-sentient" objects with vivid character, would you eat this, creepy visual puns via juxtaposition, sinister twee peril, suburban darkness, awareness/lack of awareness, daft rando performativity that scares the fkn bejesus out of you (cf coulrophobia and v)
this (and https://twitter.com/WorstBlobby) are the only things that comfort me any more: i am happy to accept this is a decadent pathology and an indication of despair
over to you
proposed name for the aesthetic:
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 10:03 (nine years ago)
oh yes, the curator ask that images be sent him/her/them/whatever, and selects from that according to i guess "cursedness" -- one stipulation is NO SHOPS
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 10:07 (nine years ago)
vii encompasses uncanny valley also obv
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 10:49 (nine years ago)
vii is key. a lot of mundane scenes made jarring by having some sort of jarring animalistic/death-drive presence. there's a lot of meat
― ogmor, Thursday, 9 March 2017 11:05 (nine years ago)
jarring? jarring
yes i'm not sure if jarring is quite the right word, seems to suggest too abrupt a realisation, too step-change: what's unsettling is that this realisation (that you stepped across a border into a world you really don't want to be in) is simultaneously gradual AND quick, beginning slight ending up intense -- this was ordinary and funny and NOW THERE'S NO WAY BACK
(and partly it''s unsettling partly bcz "gradual AND quick" isn't a real-world category?)
there *is* a lot of meat (shd dig out adorno's stuff on animals and meat, feel it's surprisingly pertinent, esp. as you wouldn't tag TWA as a connoisseur of this kind of stuff)
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 11:17 (nine years ago)
also, bananas
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 9 March 2017 11:45 (nine years ago)
the mapping of the immanent liminality of the banana is an epistemic breakthrough all on its own
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 12:12 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2lryuOUsAAbiEp.jpg
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:03 (nine years ago)
(not actually what i was looking for, but i can't resist the expressions)
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:04 (nine years ago)
https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/in-the-loop/Images/spicerbunny.jpg?uuid=VmUOcpe2EeK2j9xcS0flGQ
― devvvine, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:06 (nine years ago)
lmao
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:08 (nine years ago)
it's a cursed image world we just etc
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsmxaFfVIAMExAO.jpg
this is closer to what i was after: people in a CI picture where you absolutely can't tell (bcz artful? bcz we are just intruders in their realm?) if this is a performance or verité
(the kid's performing but what about the woman pushing the trolley…)
― mark s, Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:21 (nine years ago)
I get Diane Arbus like vibes from some of them.
― MaresNest, Friday, 10 March 2017 00:05 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6XUu05UoAArI1B.jpg
^ Actually dreamed this in a nightmare about four years ago
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 10 March 2017 00:32 (nine years ago)
Loved the truck with the "flames" paint job, on fire.
― Sanpaku, Friday, 10 March 2017 00:52 (nine years ago)
feel this is outside the standard guidelines:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C69END7WYAA07ym.jpg
― mark s, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 11:25 (nine years ago)
a crucified easter bunny made of toast, outside tooting station (stolen from @andrewbloch)https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9R4c7XXgAEmkkJ.jpg
not officially cursed: i can't decide if it fits the aesthetic (perhaps too well made)
― mark s, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:21 (nine years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDXmc0dVwAA_WDg.jpg
― mark s, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:08 (eight years ago)
it plays "Let It Go" when you open the lid
― more polls about food and reactionary art (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:09 (eight years ago)
Mark, you need to follow the Facebook group called Theories of the deep understanding of things.
― Jack-et potato? (jed_), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:13 (eight years ago)
https://www.facebook.com/Theories.of/photos/a.336231093415.155746.300760038415/10155393945428416/?type=3&theater
― Jack-et potato? (jed_), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:17 (eight years ago)
https://www.facebook.com/Theories.of/photos/a.10155364989723416.1073741850.300760038415/10155387237713416/?type=3&theater
― Jack-et potato? (jed_), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:20 (eight years ago)
http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/1/47/69/47/20150928/ob_12d4c5_0lbwsph.jpg
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:35 (eight years ago)
^is that it? that's it
so not gonna happen
― mark s, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:40 (eight years ago)
omg
― gin and chronic (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 6 July 2017 10:58 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGt74NfVoAADSRP.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:39 (eight years ago)
i liked this one https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGgSkxxVYAANrnj.jpg
― ogmor, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:42 (eight years ago)
Imagine: you've called round on some errand and the entire family is dressed like this. No explanation offered.
http://i.imgur.com/MuRaz.jpg
It's the perfect contrast of the mundane and the inexplicable, the ordinary suburban backdrop combined with whatever the hell it is these people are doing.
Another weird detail I've just noticed is "Lisa" isn't holding a saxophone but a large pipe(?)
― Pheeel, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:06 (eight years ago)
#nofilter
― mark s, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:08 (eight years ago)
man every single one of those "real life Simpsons" photos/mock-ups creeps the hell out of me
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:11 (eight years ago)
lol @ all the comments that just say "Russia"
― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 02:08 (eight years ago)
https://68.media.tumblr.com/66d6482455e5702d0bd84945b6031567/tumblr_otwkho8JzF1w22gauo1_1280.jpg_
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 14 August 2017 18:52 (eight years ago)
https://68.media.tumblr.com/66d6482455e5702d0bd84945b6031567/tumblr_otwkho8JzF1w22gauo1_1280.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBBv2keV0AAW2vN.jpg
― mark s, Friday, 1 September 2017 22:23 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJTZ2McUEAAgnc9.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 9 September 2017 18:47 (eight years ago)
the gigeresque uh 'aperture' on the tree really adds to the effect
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:07 (eight years ago)
feel like the twitter acct deviates from the aesthetic a lot now for just Funny Images though the ones reposted here are mostly on point
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:09 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNexeoFU8AA8R8l.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 17:37 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNZxj0vV4AAlJHy.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:29 (eight years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNffpu0WsAI8YCT.jpg
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 21:04 (eight years ago)
gahhhhh
http://78.media.tumblr.com/d96b5221996b8802b15a84e1494cff96/tumblr_ozlormlKdN1vdgpnbo1_500.jpg
― It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 22 November 2017 17:56 (eight years ago)
DAIRY CULTURE HAS GONE TOO FAR pic.twitter.com/ZI60j0pWoU— rahel aima (@cnqmdi) December 15, 2017
or click through: http://batheinmymilk.com/
― mark s, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:07 (eight years ago)
I'm upset to find out at the bottom of that page that is not real ;_;
(well, the photos are real, but it's by some dude)
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 15 December 2017 15:25 (eight years ago)
https://www.facebook.com/kfcnz/photos/a.10150159153207139.337298.165461127138/10151097965637139/?type=3&theater
:o
― frogbs, Friday, 15 December 2017 15:34 (eight years ago)
idgi
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Friday, 15 December 2017 16:43 (eight years ago)
long fingers
― frogbs, Friday, 15 December 2017 16:44 (eight years ago)
https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m231sn5cxQ1ql8xx7o1_500.png
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 16:52 (eight years ago)
Only just realised the teletubbies pic is in a hospital ward, not some kid's bedroom. I guess that kind-of explains it? Maybe?
― Pheeel, Friday, 15 December 2017 21:18 (eight years ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/469755546_900682555482814_7627420944164505397_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=6NHWExY5pR8Q7kNvgH24c8I&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&_nc_gid=AQn0h3ZWOedfMRwmFoAsj-y&oh=00_AYA9J5ljNJv__lcLE4-Z4AsbYwSV2cWxcWjoOy8mqtwvIg&oe=6760D104
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Thursday, 12 December 2024 16:50 (one year ago)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/3f6f5549f10fa3da6bac6efaa474e326/f81ed4f3383abdd0-10/s1280x1920/2033a8d83cc78037268efa5cc8fe70038ac4ff15.jpg
― Why did the Beatles shun the Space Needle? (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 26 December 2024 20:20 (one year ago)
we've all been there.
― birming man (ledge), Thursday, 26 December 2024 21:02 (one year ago)
So not gonna happen
― Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Friday, 27 December 2024 07:30 (one year ago)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/b46cd2764bb48f9a6ff7b71801897d50/0ca8114ff3704f72-23/s540x810/6d5160258feefcf08acce5e4f0ae7abea352e205.png
― Why did the Beatles shun the Space Needle? (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 1 February 2025 07:58 (one year ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/486596359_1069487811888347_2708942260372145637_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=TM1DRXBoC28Q7kNvgEVBzkL&_nc_oc=AdlYaETZEwTNCMTsgqz28WWS1pxDVvJIL7Pmija4QEwtj9qSc2R-6JjUEmAv2QOfDCg&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&_nc_gid=JtSEJbXJ70P95HKeyVZcQA&oh=00_AYEa5RCY0cqGXzYBI0N8Peo7cmM-Pg5KBvUXgQqT6LTkbg&oe=67EE5FF8
― glum mum (map), Sunday, 30 March 2025 01:53 (one year ago)
A Branson Mount Rushmore with John Wayne, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin
https://i.imgur.com/AXdg4DA.png
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 8 April 2025 23:50 (one year ago)
That's Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 14:18 (one year ago)
pretty sure that’s Naomi from Mama’s Family
― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 April 2025 14:45 (one year ago)
I don't know if the property is public, but it's definitely not intellectual.
― pplains, Saturday, 12 April 2025 17:56 (one year ago)
There's a mural in GTA V that does this:
https://i.imgur.com/FDqBoqV.png
― pplains, Saturday, 12 April 2025 17:58 (one year ago)
I thought Marilyn was David Bowie! It was confusing.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 13 April 2025 04:45 (one year ago)
Reminds me of the extremely cursed mural behind the now defunct American City Diner in Washington, DC
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/472709002_10170507691525304_7300981079490540921_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=ZVBXIbDHUX4Q7kNvwH9HX5_&_nc_oc=AdlQL2_yna2lyNWQTRF7CS1aBSyPp6K_XRMblb5b7bGSfod9JkWdhGXqtAAyfebyobc39ItmF1UNYYLxqc0pk58J&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&_nc_gid=mUkno-v1vWhpsTXabFAG3Q&oh=00_AfE3BEkY9jq62RmepFvycKDy7vaudAANaWWe7agbjaMuAQ&oe=68010EAB
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 13 April 2025 05:06 (one year ago)
kind of looks like scarlett johansson there
― z_tbd, Sunday, 13 April 2025 14:53 (one year ago)
Greetings from Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
https://i.imgur.com/HDpn346.png
― pplains, Sunday, 13 April 2025 16:46 (one year ago)
That's pretty good ngl
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 13 April 2025 16:48 (one year ago)
Why don't they just use real pigeons?
― I pity the foo fighter (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 13 April 2025 16:48 (one year ago)
I'm sure that gag from Top Secret! happens there all the time.
― pplains, Sunday, 13 April 2025 16:51 (one year ago)
would not have placed charlie chaplin in red state boomer iconography tbh
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Sunday, 13 April 2025 17:35 (one year ago)
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, April 13, 2025 5:45 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
the branson marilyn monroe reminds me of that joke that anyone who's "had a little work done" has always "had a little work done to look more like a mountain lion"
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Sunday, 13 April 2025 17:38 (one year ago)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/eb1e2db861187ea2ec567aa74b31c1a0/73478b23c18cad24-43/s1280x1920/7982766c4ec25dc296e399f6673c5d8e4f5ca3b0.jpg
― Why did the Beatles shun the Space Needle? (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 April 2025 12:39 (one year ago)
yes
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 15 April 2025 13:46 (one year ago)
YES! fuck yes, good to see you bizarro
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61lmxy0Jc2L.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/b0AAAOSw-DdaxkJ5/s-l1200.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 15 April 2025 14:06 (one year ago)
feeling so anti-stressed
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Tuesday, 15 April 2025 14:19 (one year ago)
We all float down here
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 15 April 2025 15:32 (one year ago)
https://64.media.tumblr.com/9df0e223539c9b97e7130585deb0a71c/0bc36f30022c8853-71/s400x600/2e70ebcb9f114b1cc5508995587278c87a82d2bd.jpg
― Why did the Beatles shun the Space Needle? (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 19 April 2025 18:31 (eleven months ago)
i sense a theme... or an interest
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Saturday, 19 April 2025 19:23 (eleven months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/490698095_1100319608803972_1454382802681501526_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=2lVBW_uIKOUQ7kNvwHrgGF0&_nc_oc=Adk2HP7bY1scF8kGtAGQRuoW8A5myixr0T32LOxNri28oQ9qq7MDzzmEwHL3UZepDdY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&_nc_gid=GU6tewEqzBthcGr0oNNz_A&oh=00_AfH7a8OSk6PzoRxuvdjKGBOg4Y8BX_WnkQqfSkTD7nPOsA&oe=680A39E5
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Sunday, 20 April 2025 01:35 (eleven months ago)
oh no
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 20 April 2025 08:09 (eleven months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/492024780_23959697026966781_9107538383806534981_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=bYZPFit6Wu0Q7kNvwF-6Al6&_nc_oc=AdnKTTyB_9Dcxl7aTQ6HQTzOYZD4u56h46cGDZQiFnP81nkn3EHkyu37_W7yoKu4dR4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-1.fna&_nc_gid=zhCAkhQGRaP7pXyp3DQlOQ&oh=00_AfF1WP-rTiDAu71GB1aUmBCUY32CU1LTU4XehVxiMU8qOA&oe=680CA78C
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Tuesday, 22 April 2025 01:20 (eleven months ago)
ugh ban me i think that's ai
I think that's an actual photograph of a real event.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 22 April 2025 03:07 (eleven months ago)
the cover of the new Wet Leg album feels v cursed to me:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1814951076_16.jpg
― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 April 2025 16:28 (eleven months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/32187717_1469106063193653_5732573956133617664_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=nR48k-Pcn-IQ7kNvwGNnXr7&_nc_oc=AdnUfIpT20K9r1kLVVWpApvwNe6VuBaHYJtTd_7lZSvuKqME4SPXZ0KkBqI9mOwLhqY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-1.fna&_nc_gid=pUO16O-52ThYLmtarvN1ow&oh=00_AfIfztmOs8Krl9fgsrtu3bdjyQKZvD3HXSbfBFSMSOKWcg&oe=6849536B
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Monday, 12 May 2025 12:49 (eleven months ago)
that's wonderful
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 12 May 2025 13:03 (eleven months ago)
thought for a second i was in the literal album covers thread
― scanner darkly, Monday, 12 May 2025 22:58 (eleven months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/499692779_10230998335234921_2179869258135988345_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=mTxThEw0tQ0Q7kNvwHQ1C66&_nc_oc=AdkvmYF4_3xdKNuTrZQoMaO2HbHMLUwhya41DTGu71-nJsz2Hu1IvV6VrWw3Bz73wOSzXx55kMLwcGKuHJqVpes8&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&_nc_gid=GpuGOvJotS0y5cID3D0b8A&oh=00_AfJz_Ex4RWlxqOrvHK6AA5hxXlXN73edU7KXqordtm4KHA&oe=683AA7AD
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Monday, 26 May 2025 20:56 (ten months ago)
https://imgur.com/a/5pD9TtS
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 4 July 2025 21:49 (nine months ago)
fuck it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 4 July 2025 21:50 (nine months ago)
yeah seems to be cursed
― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 4 July 2025 22:06 (nine months ago)
it’s not just the cursed images you see, it’s the cursed images you don’t see
― z_tbd, Friday, 4 July 2025 23:30 (nine months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/527980442_122123691326895255_7505363419652842853_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=0emyECfXqQgQ7kNvwGoWWdP&_nc_oc=AdmIdldaY2zpewumhxmAOjKy-jZcX64XAcJNyFUDFKifbT93aC53hXBr52DLXFL8l7sX9EJyh_5eEvBciAg89Sm1&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-1.fna&_nc_gid=QnXgtHOGcW8jz_ZZkNsiaw&oh=00_AfVDDK5Z1JO-2vQVderhBXIFTYATqRjl0t41vyObTNLPGQ&oe=68988FBC
― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Wednesday, 6 August 2025 00:31 (eight months ago)
What wouldn't be improved by drinking it through a hotdog straw?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 6 August 2025 00:55 (eight months ago)
https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/570932321_1150099027257670_1036503522329525793_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=wKSXp00fHxEQ7kNvwHr5WG5&_nc_oc=AdknURbE806LZct-XXJKOoHAaZjLiY6IcivWIY2LHT9HCEczrDJzEgvfuvhHEG8bKqDSQ866HwZC9Jq03FjaPJx4&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&_nc_gid=j1o0WPj7tgT9eKcN0uUM6w&oh=00_Aff-Nv7RoWi4mX0KWrHPhyLlFGsFIdCw5jrkeu6v0llFug&oe=6904402E
― she freaks, she speaks (map), Sunday, 26 October 2025 20:45 (five months ago)
The great imgur abeyance has cut a swathe through this thread. It's shattering, I tell you, shattering.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Monday, 27 October 2025 09:50 (five months ago)
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:einmhyt3mfu77m3xsfwwgldh/bafkreih3hozluw5ux66mhaoitxngytcf3nstjij3vzdza72ivn57xekelm@jpeg
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 16 January 2026 19:55 (three months ago)
https://i.postimg.cc/C1RwnbFT/shoots.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 16 January 2026 23:10 (three months ago)
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:e3cyxeqboiqsybc3u6wvzysz/bafkreibinmsyjolk5wk6abmqg2tazibxbiebfik6hbrsv6qc2mx6i7hbde@jpeg
― wipes chooser (unperson), Friday, 6 March 2026 04:46 (one month ago)