5 ms·
I think it has something to do with uncanny valley. Just like how distorted human faces look unsettling, this is the same mechanism. The letters are deeply roo
by warent 6y ago
I think it has something to do with uncanny valley. Just like how distorted human faces look unsettling, this is the same mechanism.
The letters are deeply rooted in our interpretation of the world, so when those symbols are distorted, it is a distortion of the whole world itself. I bet it's mostly only native users of the alphabet who are affected like this. Someone who uses it as a second language, e.g. a japanese person, probably doesn't get the same feeling
- augustk 6y agoI get the same feeling when I look at some recently built "distorted" buildings with irregular windows. Here is an example: https://www.archdaily.com/782889/flower-plus-kindergarten-oa-lab/56d3abe4e58ece504c0000ed-flower-plus-kindergarten-oa-lab-photo https://www.archdaily.com/782889/flower-plus-kindergarten-oa... Maybe it's linked to trypophobia.
- beaconstudios 6y agowe like things to be regular, so we don't like things that almost fit regular conventions but break them in some obvious way.
- vimax 6y agoUgh, I hope someone went to jail for making that.
- warent 6y agoHa! Those are bizarre. It doesn't make me feel uneasy in the same way, it just looks like something a kid would put together in the Sims.
- tgv 6y agoAgree. I think the horizontal strokes looks like teeth, in particular, teeth you see in horror.