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A Camera. There Are Even Smaller Versions

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In a previous piece we published, we spoke with Dr. Kevin Corstorphine, a lecturer in American Literature at the University of Hull. As he explained, people who enjoy horror films find solace in them.

Media psychology expert Cynthia Vinney, PhD, provided a different explanation in an article she wrote for Very Well Mind. She mentioned the excitation transfer theory, which, in a nutshell, suggests that people find enjoyment in the negative effect of a horror film followed by the positive upswing upon the resolution of the threat.

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Light Blew Out On A Canadian Wendy’s Sign

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#4

Extreme Close-Up Of A Wolf Spider. Photo Credits: John-Oliver Dum

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#5

A Dead Whale On The Brink Of Exploding

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#6

Saw The Full Mirror In My Hotel Room Randomly Shake And Discovered This Space In The Wall Behind It

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A Missing Person's Page From An Old High School Yearbook

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Dr. Vinney also mentioned a 2023 study by Murray State University entitled "Exploring the Dark Side of Humanity: Motivations of Morbidly Curious Individuals." The study delved into people's motivations for consuming morbid media, particularly films.

The study found that morbidly curious individuals find more enjoyment in horror films with prevalent themes of gore and violence and if they can turn it into a learning experience.

This supports the theory Dr. Vinney noted in her article, suggesting that humans live vicariously through these movies. It allows us to "grapple with the darkest parts of humanity in a safe environment."

#8

What Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Looks Like

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#9

This Was A Machine Patented In 1965, To Deliver A Baby Using Centrifugal Force. The Machine Would Spin The Woman Until The Baby Came Out, Which Would Be Caught In A Net

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#10

What Did Someone Else Know That We Don't?

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#11

The Folds In This Curtain Creating The Illusion Of A Face

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#12

Protective Mother Guarding Her Babies

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#13

On The Set Of Godzilla (1954)

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#14

These Twins

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Multa Nocte 6 months ago

What happened to their faces?

197points

Jill Rhodry 6 months ago

Unethical plastic surgeons happened to their faces.

148points

ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Surgery, my friend. WAY too much surgery.

42points

LH25 6 months ago

Along with too much surgery as has been mentioned, really bad filters/photoshopping

37points

Scott Rackley 6 months ago

Never seen someone go full Mrs. Potato Head before

33points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

Martian attack?

21points

Bexxxx 6 months ago

Plastic surgery on the face seems rough. It never ages well (unless you only have a couple minimal procedures) and people usually end up with this “plastic surgery face” which I’m sure was never their original intention. Uncanny valley s**t for real. I feel sad for the people who just wanted to be more confident in their own skin, there’s definitely nothing wrong with that but they’re often done dirty by the procedures.

16points

Anna Ekberg 6 months ago

Are these the twins that share the same husband between them?

15points

Delenn 6 months ago

plastic surgery addicts. You can see them in a chapter of the reality show Botched (two plastic surgeons who fix people who were botched by other plastic surgeons)

13points

AnkleByter 6 months ago

One series of very unfortunate surgeries, then copy/paste.

9points

Captain McSmoot 6 months ago

A cartoon mallet happened to their faces, that's what.

7points

Robert T 6 months ago

The wind changed. ;-)

6points

Ms.GB 6 months ago

Uncanny valley through too much plastic surgery

5points

Ace 6 months ago

Looks like the got too close to a flame.

5points

Rosecrucian Roeth 6 months ago

They look like porcelain.........

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Perfumista Perfumista 6 months ago

The Joker - Did you miss the Jack Nicholson one?

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Cé Vi 6 months ago

100% natural

4points

Peppy 6 months ago

😬😬

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Rosemary . 6 months ago (edited)

Copy and paste.

3points

Pamelot 6 months ago

Botox. Esp. lips.

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Ray LeBlanc 6 months ago

Botox injections , lots of them .

1point

MelaLoca 6 months ago

A money hungry plastic surgeon

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Kimberly Alison 6 months ago

Botox.

1point

Mike K 6 months ago

Photoshop

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Anh Aline Vuo 4 months ago

Plastic surgery happened to their faces...

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dennis plumb 5 months ago

photoshop !

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Binky Melnik 5 months ago

Bad taste.

0points

Janice Sanz 6 months ago

Guess

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Ambry Petersen 6 months ago

That's what I would like to know?

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Marina M. 6 months ago

Something (and someone) very bad...

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Joseph 6 months ago

Whole lotta Botox

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Cynthia Chaney 6 months ago

Looks like face masks to me.

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laura lee 6 months ago (edited)

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Penelope Orange 6 months ago

Upper lips reminding me of the dead whale about to explode.

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Stephanie Fay 6 months ago

oh my god lol

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Pepmosis 6 months ago (edited)

They also share one man. EDIT: Anna and Lucy DeCinque call themselves the "most identical twins in the world," and work to live up to their self-proclaimed title. They're engaged to the same man, have the same bathroom schedule, and work the same job (one for a salary the other as a volunteer, for legal reasons, they told me)

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Shark Lady 6 months ago

They also want to get pregnant at the same time and have their babies on the same day.

10points

Briards Are Best 6 months ago

Are these the grown-up version of the twins from the Shining?

15points

Rachel Ratty 6 months ago

Ive seen these ladies on TV - I think they are from Australia and share a boyfriend...

10points

Almost sunny 6 months ago

We don't want them! You guys have them

7points

Almost sunny 6 months ago

Nightmare fuel

9points

Tamra 6 months ago

"Come play with us Danny".

9points

UncleJohn3000 6 months ago

I see none of those pesky thought lines.

8points

Shark_a 6 months ago

They are scary af

4points

Jo Cooper 6 months ago

Shudders

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Lost Penny 6 months ago

They remind me of those smiling ghosts in the hallway from Insidious.

3points

firecrackershrimp 6 months ago

The original smiley emoji

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Ken Schroeder 6 months ago

They were obviously born at Madame Tussaud's House of Wax...

3points

Kare Deter 6 months ago

They look like they escaped from a wax museum.

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Darius S. (he/him) cis/grey 6 months ago

The Shining takes place at an EconoLodge

3points

BellaCiao 6 months ago

They are terrifying!!!!

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Chilli 6 months ago

kill it with fire.

2points

Settled for Infamy 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure these 2 gals are from Australia and are married to 1 guy 🥴

2points

Kimberly Alison 6 months ago

One is bad enough. Yikes!

2points

ToastedFroggy 6 months ago

Plastic twin powers.. unite!

2points

Neva York 6 months ago

Don't they share a husband/boyfriend? If it's them, they stated they always want everything to be the same because they are twins.

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General Anaesthesia 6 months ago

"World’s most identical twins: We’re all natural now": https://www.newidea.com.au/celebrity/worlds-most-identical-twins-anna-and-lucy-decinque-have-a-new-natural-look/

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Ms. Mack 6 months ago

So much better!

2points

Phendrena 6 months ago

Anna & Lucy from the show Extreme Sisters.

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ynyrhydref56 6 months ago

They're on tv every few years or so ...

2points

I_Am_So_???? 6 months ago

Two big plastic surgery hunks of nope.

1point

amy harvey 6 months ago

Yeah, I saw them on an episode of Botched (2011 - present) and they were on there to get their tatas more similar, but the doctors said no because they were similar enough. Their goals were to become the world's most identical twins, where they would eat the same thing and the same amount of food, and work out the same, they even said they'd have their babies born at the same time! THE CREPPY PART IS THAT THEY SHARE THE SAME BOYFRIEND D:

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Anthony Nizza 6 months ago

They kind of look like blow up dolls.

1point

Sue Knerl 6 months ago

Never should have had that lip job . Ugh

1point

Rae 6 months ago

GAH

1point

Marsha Hultberg 6 months ago

Terrifying

1point

Marjorie Macrae 6 months ago

Too much plastic surgery, maybe.

1point

Crystal 6 months ago

Creepy

1point

Loaf of Bread 6 months ago

Uncanny valley.

1point

JL 6 months ago

Can't unsee.

1point

🦄 Unicorn Princess 6 months ago

Exactly!

1point

Julia Mckinney 6 months ago

Scary masks! Where did they get them from?

1point

Preston Gress 6 months ago

Hail naw, I'm out

1point

EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇵🇸🇩🇿 6 months ago

These sisters do everything together. I mean everything. Poop pee eat drink and even share a husband. They want to get pregnant at the same time too. I watched them one day on TV and it was exhausting.

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Kris 6 months ago

Aaaaaah!

1point

Kat Hoth 6 months ago

Woah! Was the first word out of my mouth upon seeing this photo.

1point

Michael Largey 6 months ago

Tell me those are Halloween masks. Please.

1point

Palo Sulek 6 months ago

Black hole sun, black hole sun, black hole sun 🎶

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fizzypop 6 months ago

not to be rude, but they look like bratz dolls who've stolen people's skin. the shoes dont really help

1point

Steve Hall 6 months ago

Double feature horror show.

1point

Megan Fair 6 months ago

This is so Uncanny Valley it's scary

1point

Stephen Lyford 6 months ago

Some things cannot be unseen...

1point

Mike T 6 months ago

Scariest picture of the 50.

1point

Hana Hajská 6 months ago

Were they twins before the surgery?

1point

Vadertime 6 months ago

Yeah

1point

Bill Swallow 6 months ago

Visitors from the Uncanny Valley.

1point

Pamelot 6 months ago

I've seen worse -- not many though.

1point

sbj 6 months ago

They've even got matching cellulite

1point

Miryaa 6 months ago

Are you sure those aren't s3x dolls?

1point

Stinky 6 months ago

Are these the grown-up version of the twins from the Shining?

1point

James016 6 months ago

They look like old Dr Who villains

1point

A C 6 months ago

🤡

1point

Mary Gibson 1 month ago

Boots and plastic surgery!

0points

Mary Gibson 1 month ago

BOTOX!!!!

0points

anne Nattermann 4 months ago

, NOW THAT'S SCARY!!!

0points

Alex Walford 5 months ago

Wtf

0points

Jennifer Johnson 5 months ago

i like their shoes. the rest is a bit scary

0points

Charles Randall 5 months ago

“Come play with us”

0points

Okatango 5 months ago

Just as creepy as dolls.

0points

Kay Christensen 5 months ago

Self image issues + too much money + greedy plastic surgeons + many bad decisions X 2 = THIS.They are horrifying.

0points

Uncle Schmickle 6 months ago

Looks like they're wearing masks.

0points

Kitty kat komics 6 months ago

The shining vibes

0points

Merlin Oddog 6 months ago

Uncanny valley stuff.

0points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 6 months ago (edited)

WTF? They are scary as hell.

0points

Wilfredo 6 months ago

Uncanny Valley at its best

0points

Diane H 6 months ago

Anna and Lucy DeCinque are Australian twins that married the same man. twins-664d...3-jpeg.jpg

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Andra-Rossana Sasso 6 months ago

Isn’t having a twin the perfect opportunity to get them to do the stupid s**t first and see how it comes out and whether you want to do it too, depending on the outcome? 😅 speaking as the only child here

0points

Kyllein MacKellerann 6 months ago

Now THIS is frightening!

0points

Jeffrey Diehl Premium 6 months ago

Nope.

0points

Renee Prete 6 months ago

They share a boyfriend... they really do need help

0points

Lisa Tetlow 6 months ago

They look like they're wearing masks!!

0points

Nugget 6 months ago

Uncanny valley

0points

Thatkamloopsguy 6 months ago

Very scary.

0points

Plant Wizard 6 months ago

Looks like something from the shining!

0points

Dog Lover 6 months ago

One of them needed a tooth extracted and the other said she wanted the same tooth extracted because they always have to be alike. The dentist refused.

0points

Silvia 6 months ago

Sadly, they seem to wear one of that plastic masques used in robberies 😢

0points

Jaybird3939 6 months ago

At the same time "Oh, my, gawd, you look so good!!"

0points

Roberta Shutt 6 months ago

I believe these two were on the program Botched. They were kindly refuged their requests.

0points

Luna Rue 6 months ago

The Purge masks in real life!

0points

Calvin Smelliott 6 months ago (edited)

Saw: The Prequel

0points

catt 6 months ago

AI?

0points

TheBadHalfofHel 6 months ago

Real bad photo shop?

0points

JLMay 6 months ago

Very black hole sun…creepy.

0points

shankShaw deReemer 6 months ago

If the linked article from General Anesthesia is recent, they do look MuCH better than they did.

0points

laura lee 6 months ago

Doublemint Cholas

0points

Amy T 6 months ago

What about them? (Seriously, I must be missing something.)

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Finding a learning experience isn’t one of the top reasons people have for consuming creepy images, moving or otherwise. But apparently, there is research to support it.

Behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner, specializing in horror and morbid curiosity, published an article in 2021 entitled “The Psychology of Morbid Curiosity: Development and Initial Validation of the Morbid Curiosity Scale.” He argues that the fascination for the macabre “drives individuals to learn about aspects of life that are perceived to be dangerous.”

“When a dangerous phenomenon is perceived to be near or impending, curiosity may spike in order to gather information about the dangerous phenomenon. By learning about the threatening factors associated with death, one can learn to avoid the negative outcomes associated with those factors,” he wrote.

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This Guy Did Something Crazy. This Is What He Looks Like Before & After 2,000 Miles From Georgia To Maine

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#16

The Stomach Contents Of A Psychiatric Patient Who Suffered From Pica Disorder, A Disease Characterized By An Appetite For Inedible Objects

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#17

The Sleek, Sexy, And Somewhat Sinister Razorbill

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#18

A Lone Scientist Descending Into The Radioactive Darkness Of Chernobyl In 1986

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#19

Creepy Mould That Formed From A Plate Of Left Out Cat Food

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#20

This Suburb Built On Top Of A Shopping Mall

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#21

I Woke Up To Loud Tapping On My Window

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Bored Panda’s previous article also mentioned a Washington Post interview with director Mathias Clasen. He classified horror fans into three types: adrenaline junkies, dark copers, and white knucklers.

Psychology professors Haiyang Yang and Kuangjie Zhang identified another personality type: someone who lacks empathy. Here’s an excerpt of their piece for Harvard Business Review in 2021.

“Those who are not so empathic can enjoy horror more. This is because those with a higher level of empathy tend to feel more negatively about the distress situations others experience, like people being tormented by a devious murderer in a film.”

#22

Statue Of A Child At The Bottom Of This Pond

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#23

Just How Deep Oil Rigs Are Scares The Living Shit Out Of Me

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#24

Took A Couple Dozen Photos Of This Girl Outside My House And This Was One Of Them

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#25

These "Sunglasses"

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#26

The Great Gorge Ruth Glacier In Alaska Is The Deepest At 3700 Feet

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#27

Scientists Grew 'Mini-Brains From Stem Cells. Then The Brains Sort Of Developed Eyes

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#28

My Lemon Tree Grew One Huge Mutant Leaf To Better Absorb TV Radiation

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#29

Kidney Stone....i Passed Out

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#30

Woke Up This Morning To These Prints On My Back Yard Deck Came Right Up To My Glass Door

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Author G Neil Martin, an Honorary Professor of Psychology at Regent’s University of London, supported the “lack of empathy” theory. He published an article in 2019 entitled “(Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films.” Here’s an excerpt:

“Low empathy and fearfulness are associated with more enjoyment and desire to watch horror films but … specific dimensions of empathy are better predictors of people’s responses than are others.”

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Final Self Photo Of Kayaker Andrew Mccauley Recovered From His Memory Stick After His Disappearance. Credit : Jamesishere

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#32

Apparently, This Was Someone's Wisdom Tooth:

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#33

King Cobra Loose In My Neighborhood

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#34

Passengers Boarding A British Airship For Its Last Voyage Killing 48 Of 53 On Board

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#35

Workers Polishing The Gateway Arch 630 Feet Above The Ground In Saint Louis, Mo 1965

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#36

The Hands Of German Serial Killer Fritz Honka

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Gender also plays a role in the fascination for anything morbid. As Martin noted in his article, men are more likely to get a kick out of horror films than women, and here’s his explanation:

“Men and boys prefer to watch, enjoy, and seek our horror more than do women and girls. Women are more prone to disgust sensitivity or anxiety than are men, and this may mediate the sex difference in the enjoyment of horror.”

#37

This Photo In My Doctor's Office

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#38

A Bacteria Colony In A Snow Globe That Wasn't Properly Sterilized

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#39

The Crime Scene On The Night Of Nov. 11, 1974, That Inspired The Amityville Horror

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#40

The Surface Of Comet 67p, A Jupiter-Family Comet Originally From The Kuiper Belt. Filmed By The Rosetta Space Probe

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#41

Portrait Of A Man Affected With What Is Now Believed To Have Been Congenital Syphilis C. 1820

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#42

Staircase To Nowhere In The Woods

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In his article, Martin also pointed out that children handle scary moments better. He wrote, “Physical coping strategies are more successful in younger children; priming with information about the feared object reduces fear and increases children’s enjoyment of frightening television and film.”

This rings true with eight-year-old Aubriella Lopez and her younger brother, six-year-old Dominic. Both are fans of the Michael Myers character from Halloween. Their mother, Kayla, spoke to CNN, saying, “I don’t really know of anybody that likes horror as much as them, honestly.”

#43

Stairway In Hotel Goes Forward 13 Floors Without Any Switchbacks

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#44

Oddly Unreal Looking Side Of The Road

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#45

I Am Pink Underneath

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#46

My Mom's Boyfriend Has These In His Hallway. Says There His Ex-Wives. Idk Why He Still Has Them

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A child, of course, processes fear differently than an adult. And in the case of gravitating toward horror films, it could be more about proving something to themselves. This is according to Purdue University professor Glenn Sparks, who also spoke with CNN.

“Some children may be more willing to expose themselves to potentially scary things, perhaps because of the gratification they think they will experience from being able to conquer those things."

#47

The Gun That Started Ww1

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#48

Today My Car Was Marked With Duct Tape On The Windshield And Handle. No Idea Why

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#49

I Had To Stop For Gas Around 1 Am

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#50

What Looks Like A Locked Cage Under My Hotel Shower. View From The Toilet, At My Most Vulnerable

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However, watching horror films doesn’t always sow terror in a person’s psyche. Sometimes, it may bring two people closer together to spark a romance. This is according to NYU professor John Montgomery, PhD, who published an article on Psychology Today.

According to Dr. Montgomery, it’s the anxiety that draws attraction. He wrote, “Something about the state of fear or anxiety, in other words, appears to make many of us more likely to experience feelings of sexual attraction towards other people.

“Such a tendency may have originally evolved to encourage us to connect with or attach to other people when our survival is at risk.”

#51

Cervix Dilation During Childbirth Illustrated Through Carved Pumpkins. Fyi The Cervix Is Inside The Vagina And The Opening Is Normally Closed, Like Much Smaller Than 1cm

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#52

Cave Lion Skull Found In The Alaskan Permafrost

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#53

Baby Cages Used To Ensure That Children Get Enough Sunlight And Fresh Air When Living In An Apartment Building, 1937

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#54

This Toilet Threatening To Cut My Fingers Off

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#55

Someone Brined A Turkey In A Metal Pan And This Was The Result… And I Am Oddly Terrified

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#56

After The Attack On Pearl Harbor In 1941, Some Sailors Were Trapped On The Uss West Virginia And The Uss Oklahoma. One Group Of Men Survived 16 Days, Which They Tallied On The Wall Of The Storeroom Where They Were Trapped. No One Wanted Guard Duty Because Of The Incessant Banging And Screaming

After The Attack On Pearl Harbor In 1941, Some Sailors Were Trapped On The Uss West Virginia And The Uss Oklahoma. One Group Of Men Survived 16 Days, Which They Tallied On The Wall Of The Storeroom Where They Were Trapped. No One Wanted Guard Duty Because Of The Incessant Banging And Screaming

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#57

😳 Bonus Gift For Being The First Customer

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#58

This Morning, I Got An Image From My Sister

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#59

This Envelope Full Of Candy I Found On My Chair At Work

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#60

It's A What? You're All What?

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#61

This Australian Children’s Cartoon Called ‘Dirtgirlworld’

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#62

Was Delivering Drywall On A Flatbed And This Was Next To My Truck During Unload. Receivers Had No Explanation As To Why It Was There

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#63

French Diners Eating Tiny Birds Whole (From R/Interestingasfuck)

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#64

Unused Venom Design For Spider-Man 3

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#65

Abandoned House And Jeep Found On A Hill/Mountain. Eery To Look At

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#66

Cancer Warning On Rice??!!

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#67

Still Figuring Out The Dropzone Location

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#68

Message Is Clear Girlfriend. Going To Lowe's First Thing In The Morning

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#69

My Parents Came Back Home To This. Almost Burned Their House Down With This Concave Mirror

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#70

This Old Well (I’m Assuming) Covered Under My House

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#71

I Got My Mom A New Mattress For Her Hospital Bed. It Came With A Booklet Of Bed Rail Risks. This Is The First Page

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#72

This Creepy Child’s Book My Mom Got My 1 Year Old- She Hates It

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#73

The Sink At This Restroom

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#74

World’s Largest Pitbull

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#75

The Image Generated By My Teacher During A Demo To Show How A Bad Agent Might Try To Extract The Training Data From A Neural Network

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#76

This Nikocado Avocado Thumbnail I Came Across

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#77

Size Of Grizzly Bear Paw

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