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A gorgeous field of flowers swaying in the breeze. A warm latte with a perfect design swirled on top. An apartment decorated with that signature Scandinavian style adorned with healthy, green houseplants. We all love aesthetics, and there’s nothing like that satisfying feeling they give us.

But in a world of flawless Instagram feeds and websites that were designed to be pieces of artwork, sometimes we need a palate cleanser in the form of unaesthetic pics. Below, you’ll find a selection of photos we’ve carefully curated from the 'Things That Are Not Aesthetic' Facebook page. I’ll warn you right now that you might hate these images, pandas, but we hope you’ll still be entertained by them! Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the pics that have value other than beauty.

There’s so much pressure nowadays to have a great aesthetic online. Instagram users curate their feeds and use the same filter on every picture to create a cohesive photo album. TikTokers use filters and editing to portray their lives as more picturesque than an A24 film. We’re all so hyper fixated on things being beautiful and perfectly aligned that sometimes, unaesthetic pics are actually a breath of fresh air. This is something that the creators of Things That Are Not Aesthetic have certainly figured out, as their Facebook page has amassed an impressive 3.3 million followers in only 5 years online.

The account’s intro welcomes readers to “walk into [their] world and become one with the Internet's demise through an intricate mix of unaesthetic,” and clearly, many Facebook users have taken them up on the offer. The page has shared over 6,100 images over the years and serves as a constant reminder that just because an image isn’t beautiful doesn’t mean that it holds no value. The page shares hilarious memes, funny screenshots and even some wholesome pics that definitely bring joy to followers' lives, but wouldn’t necessarily end up on a highly curated aesthetic account. 

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They Keep The World Afloat

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Chris M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha, as a video editor this is sooo true. The random guys who can do that tutorial in under 2 minutes too..... heroes!!

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Kitten Fenerty
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back when I was 19 I hung out with the missionaries. I was not mormon and didnt get baptized. They were fun guys who just wanted time away from the mission. I remember one sunday they came by my place and begged me to go clean their apartment . The bishop was coming to town and would be stopping at their apartment. While they went to church I went to the apt and discovered a construction sign theyd stollen sitting in the livingroom blinking away. Lol

Shannon Mallory
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once one told me how much they actually hate knocking on doors, we invited them over often for games. As long as we asked them to help with something, ANYTHING, they could get away with spending hours with us under the guise of "service" and not get in trouble. They'd garden with us for an hour, then stay 4 more for dinner and games. They're normal people. Mostly.

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Shannon Mallory
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The picture I'm sure is real - I've played many board and card games with visiting Elders - but I doubt the bet was real ('though I've known a few who _would _ make that bet and do a fake "aw shucks... " if they lost)

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Crazy Cookie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Momos? Also for anyone reading this, we’re not going around dunking corpses, but we do get baptized as like a stand in for ancestors who didn’t join the church.

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Gypsy Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who grew up in the Meca; they wouldn’t have agreed if they hadn’t already partaken of the bitter cup before. Likely mom & dad didn’t give them the option of not going on a mission… they may cheat.. so that you win.

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OnlyMe
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When they knock, I let my dog answer. They prefer to save themselves.

Tiki Stanford
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For sure they are Mormon missionaries. They've got the haircuts even. Too bad the cards are blocking his name tag.

L hill
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I did this once but involved stripping. Never got far, we were too bored and too high.

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Me 5 Mins Late Feeding My Cat

Me 5 Mins Late Feeding My Cat

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Things That Are Not Aesthetic rebels against what the vast majority of the internet shows us. Sure, we all know that realistically we wake up with bedhead and might be guilty of taking our dogs outside to potty wearing Crocs and sweatpants (clearly, I’m talking about myself). But we’re human! We can’t ever be flawless, and there’s no point in pretending we are online.

That being said, there are valid reasons why so many of us value aesthetics. According to Jodie Locklear, the woman behind Simple Minded, there’s a connection between beauty and happiness. Gallup has found through their happiness surveys that living in an aesthetically pleasing city can actually boost residents’ happiness levels. We also tend to associate the same feelings with our perception of beauty that we do with happiness, such as calmness, appreciation, reflection and hope.        

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Toyotas Customer Service After Buying A Rusted Shitbox With 500,000 Miles Still Running

Toyotas Customer Service After Buying A Rusted Shitbox With 500,000 Miles Still Running

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According to some experts, the connection between happiness and beauty actually comes down to economics and evolution. One study from Yale University found that being beautiful can actually add to a person’s overall life happiness by a ratio of about one to ten. The possible explanations cited for this were that attraction comes down to evolution, and if someone is beautiful they are likely to be healthy and therefore happy. And attractive people tend to earn more money, which provides them with more resources and makes it a bit easier for them to enjoy their lives and be happy. 

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lion looks like he's trying to think of how he's going to explain the ink to his mum.

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Apparently, it’s also been scientifically proven that attractive things simply work better than unattractive things. In 1995, researchers Kurosu and Kashimura in Japan conducted a study where participants were faced with two different ATM interfaces, one that was aesthetically pleasing and one that was not. Overwhelmingly, participants found the more attractive option easier to use, despite the fact that the only difference between the interfaces was their appearance. Donald Norman suggests that this might be because of the positive impact beautiful things have on our brains. Without having the feel-good effects of looking at something pretty, our brains just can't figure out ugly things as easily.

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Mega Sky Yacht 5,000 Powered Solely By Burning Plastic Straws

Mega Sky Yacht 5,000 Powered Solely By Burning Plastic Straws

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how did you win? Look at how amazing what that little girl in the middle did is!

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As humans, we’re heavily impacted by aesthetics, likely more than we even realize. When it comes to online casinos, for example, using an attractive croupier can make a player more likely to stick around. They see a beautiful dealer as something that adds to the overall experience, and they’re “more likely to play longer and spend more money when they feel immersed in an attractive and engaging environment,” Paul Davies at Player explains. This ties into the same aesthetic-usability concept that the two different ATM interfaces addressed. 

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11th Commandment: Thou Shall Not Clean Tupperware Once Red Sauce Touches

11th Commandment: Thou Shall Not Clean Tupperware Once Red Sauce Touches

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The aesthetics of anything can impact our emotions, including buildings and structures. In The Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton compares how one might feel when entering a McDonalds with harsh lighting, plastic furniture and the bright red and yellow color scheme with how you might feel when entering the gorgeous Westminster Cathedral in London. “Although the Westminster Cathedral has the same principle elements of architecture as the McDonald’s—windows, doors, floors, ceilings, and seats—the cathedral helps people to relax and reflect, where the fast food restaurant causes one to feel stressed and hurried,” Cody C. Delistraty at The Atlantic explains.

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While beautiful things and people aren’t always attainable, some believe that nice aesthetics do bring us hope and something to aspire to be or have. “Beauty manifests a hope that life would be better if the object of beauty were part of it,” writes Princeton philosopher Alexander Nehamas in Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art. And this doesn’t have to only speak to vanity. We can work on making our homes more beautiful, creating beautiful pieces of art to hang on the walls and aim to prepare our meals in the most gorgeous ways just for the fun of it! If seeing something stunning will bring us a bit more joy in our days, why shouldn’t we aim for the beautiful?

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I can’t help but think that these unaesthetic images that audiences love are the equivalent of someone who has a wonderful personality but would not necessarily win any beauty pageants. We don’t care at all about the physical appearances of our friends and loved ones, we value them for their warmth, love, intelligence and the wonder they bring to the world. So why judge a meme or an image just by its cover? If it makes you chuckle or amuses you, its existence is worth it!

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Nature Really Is Beautiful

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Are you feeling inspired to care less about your aesthetic, pandas? Or perhaps this list is having the opposite effect, and you suddenly feel like your aesthetic is extremely important? Regardless of where you’re at, we hope you’re enjoying these amusing, unaesthetic pics. Keep upvoting all of your favorites, and then if you’re interested in checking out Bored Panda’s previous articles featuring Things That Are Not Aesthetic, you can find them right here and here

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David Wambold
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the drill supposed to be huge or is he supposed to be small?? Need a banana.

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Debbie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no idea what I am looking dat or what this is supposed to be. It's like those image puzzels/rebus kind of things. I'm horrible at those.

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K W
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK but can we please give some props to whoever is trying to help out the person in building 21? Because they deserve to know.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A Russian car owned by a Belgian with an English language sticker driving in the Netherlands.

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Violet1854
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! At single glance I thought it was a man who has the habit of eating bear.. Weird image, ik 😬

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Hey Queen, You Dropped This. 👑

Hey Queen, You Dropped This. 👑

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Note: this post originally had 145 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.

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