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#2

The Cat Looks Pixelated Because Of The Windows

Final score:

369points

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Genericist 1 year ago

Minecraft kitteh

85points

#3

Entrance Of An Underwater Observatory In Lake Zug (Switzerland). I Took The Photo At The Weekend, Reminds Me The Truman Show

Final score:

359points

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🥀~Night Rose~🥀 1 year ago

Damn I loved the Truman show but tbh now I’m paranoid that y’all are actors. I see you Sheryl I see you

73points

For decades, philosophers and scientists have debated the idea that our reality is a simulated construct. The possibility that we live in a virtual world created by a higher civilization or advanced technology has piqued the interest of many people, including notable scientists such as Elon Musk and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

While there is no concrete evidence to support the simulation theory, some strange occurrences in the real world appear to resemble computer glitches, such as clear examples in this post.

#4

Took This Photo Recently Of The Magnificent 300-Year-Old Cedar Tree In The Garden Where I Work. Somehow It Looks Unreal

Final score:

340points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

I'd like to spend some time there.

89points

#5

When The Sun Is Directly Overhead In Hawaii, It Looks Like A Bad Video Game Render

Final score:

302points

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Dominik 1 year ago

twice a year

32points

#6

Caught The Reflection Of The Light In The Window, Looks Like It's Floating In The Sky

Final score:

295points

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Adam Chang 1 year ago

God said, "Let there be lamp,"

108points

Some proponents of the simulation theory argue that if we lived in a simulated world, we would be unable to distinguish between real life and a computer-generated world. They believe that the glitches and unusual phenomena we see in our world are caused by the simulation's code. Others contend that these glitches are simply coincidences or oddities that can be explained scientifically.

#7

Woah Tree

Final score:

290points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago (edited)

Stop moving, will you?

55points

#8

I Genuinely Thought My Car Was Hovering Over The Parking

Final score:

278points

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🥀~Night Rose~🥀 1 year ago

Ouch…this hurts my head

55points

#9

This Picture Of A Car Bumper Taken After A Car Crash Looks Like It Belongs To The Car Coming From Another Dimension

Final score:

278points

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Sad Quokka 1 year ago

The rest of the car is just invisible

51points

Despite where you stand on the debate, considering the possibility of living in a simulated universe can be an interesting exercise in thinking outside the box. It motivates us to reconsider our assumptions about reality and take into account how our perceptions and experiences might differ if our world were not what it appears to be.

#10

Neighbor's New Paint Matches The Sky Perfectly

Final score:

263points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

The vanishing home.

37points

#11

My Sisters' Dogs Look Badly Rendered Into This Photo

Final score:

262points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

Photoshopped doggos.

40points

#12

I Raise You My Cube Cloud

Final score:

260points

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D Destroyers 1 year ago

A newer, gentler borg invasion?

92points

The concept of living in a simulated reality has been explored even in popular culture, with films like The Matrix and Inception delving into the possibility of a constructed reality. These movies have added to the public's fascination with the concept, sparking countless discussions and debates about the nature of our existence.

In the end, whether we are living in a simulation or not, that does not change a lot for us and our daily life. However, thinking of different possibilities can challenge us to think more deeply about the nature of reality and our place within it.

#13

This Pic Of My Friends' Catch Today Looks Like A Bad Photoshop Job

Final score:

256points

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Adam King 1 year ago

Not a fish person, but I assume what's happening is the coloring of the fish (dark on top, light on bottom) reads like shadows to our brains so when they're held in different directions it looks like bad photoshop.

33points

#14

This Wall Of Fog Rolling In At My Work

Final score:

256points

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Take me to dinner first 1 year ago

run

68points

#15

One-Sided Building

Final score:

244points

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Genericist 1 year ago

This breaks my brain. I can't see what is actually happening

94points

#16

Ok, So I Want My Hair To Look Like It Was Rendered With PS1 Graphics. Perfect

Final score:

231points

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i_like_boats 1 year ago

I can smell the hairspray

75points

#17

My Community Just Applied A New Seal Coat On The Pavement

Final score:

227points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

Living in a city that has potholes the size of moon craters, I have never seen such a perfect road.

171points

#18

The Sky Over Rome Filled With Starling

Final score:

225points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

Birbs!

47points

#19

When The Trees Don't Render

Final score:

212points

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Sad Quokka 1 year ago

Wrapped in plastic

42points

#20

Lake Moraine In Banff National Park. Not Photoshopped As Unbelievable As It May Seem

Final score:

212points

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witchditch 1 year ago

soo pretty

28points

#21

Pumpkin Peels Look Like Low-Resolution Images

Final score:

209points

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Sad Quokka 1 year ago

My brain is frazzled

49points

#22

This Corkscrew-Shaped Cloud I Saw Yesterday (Hiking In Arizona)

Final score:

209points

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Cheese 1 year ago

Looks like curly potato

23points

#23

My Solar Zenith Photo, Happens At Least Once A Year If You Live North Of Tropic Of Capricorn. Sun Directly Overhead, No Shadows

Final score:

208points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

It's a floating level!

31points

#24

I Took A Photo Of This Bed Frame I’m Selling And The Angle I Took The Photo At Doesn’t Show Any Shadows So It Looks Like A Photoshopped Image Of A Bed

Final score:

203points

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Brendan (banned for downvotes) 1 year ago

Looks like a typical Amazon ad.

85points

#25

This Pic Of My Girlfriend Lying Down After A Hike Looks Photoshopped. She Looks Like A Sticker

Final score:

196points

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Rwby Couch 1 year ago

Pretty photo, nonetheless

20points

#26

Artificial Grass Seating Looks Like It Was Rendered In Badly To The Scenery

Final score:

193points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

Just looks bad.

52points

#27

The Way The Snow Stuck To My Car, Making It Look Cel-Shaded

Final score:

190points

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🥀~Night Rose~🥀 1 year ago

???

18points

#28

This Picture I Took Of My Daughter Holding Praying Mantis Babies Looks Badly Photoshopped

Final score:

189points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

This is quite comical!

26points

#29

Photo I Took Of My Dog On My Phone, Looks Like I Photoshopped Him In

Final score:

174points

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Phillip Moderow 1 year ago

You took a photo of your dog on your phone? Funny, I don't see him talking on your phone ...

37points

#30

This Flower My Mom Bought Looks Like It Was Badly Rendered

Final score:

169points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour." William Blake

65points

#31

These Trees That Look Like Their Textures Didn’t Fully Load

Final score:

162points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

Bob Ross can fix this problem.

61points

#32

My Sliced Bacon Looks Pixelated

Final score:

157points

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🥀~Night Rose~🥀 1 year ago (edited)

Peppa pig jigsaw puzzle!!! My little brother loves these!!! ❤️

115points

#33

The Light Made My Drink Look Like It Was Hovering

Final score:

150points

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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

Don’t mind good ol’ Invisible Jake… he likes his drinks with ice

21points

#34

Light Diffraction Made My Beans Look Like They Were A Picture Of Beans Sitting In A Dish Or A Really Bad Render

$Light Diffraction Made My Beans Look Like They Were A Picture Of Beans Sitting In A Dish Or A Really Bad Render$

Final score:

147points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago (edited)

Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel, so let's eat beans for every meal. Yes, I am a child stuck in an adult body...

74points

#35

Pillars Casting Their Own Shadows Looking Like They Are Hollowed Out

Final score:

145points

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Jason 1 year ago

My brain isn't computing this

65points

#36

This Poorly Rendered Police Car

Final score:

136points

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Dan Flo 1 year ago

It is heading to The Backrooms.

33points

#37

My Potato Looks Photoshopped

Final score:

131points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

I'm getting hungry.

18points

#38

The Rest Of My Cat Failed To Render. Is This Common?

Final score:

130points

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Sad Quokka 1 year ago

Headless Roach will know

42points

#39

The Shadow Of My Neighbors' Roof Leaving This Pattern Of Ice On Mine

Final score:

129points

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Amanda Rose 1 year ago

Looks like a chalk drawing.

16points

#40

I Saw A Stealth Bomber Flying Over Me The Other Day

Final score:

121points

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Phase9.ka 1 year ago

The b2 spirit. Can't see it, can't hear it, can't detect it. But you can be damn sure that it sees you. Last one I saw was at the AFC Championship Game last year with the chiefs and the bills.

7points

#41

Sculpture That Looks Like A Hologram Or A Bad Render

Final score:

121points

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Amanda Rose 1 year ago

Oh! They are bicycles! That took too long for me to work out.

24points

#42

My View From A German House Doesn’t Look Real

Final score:

120points

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Jason 1 year ago

A desktop wallpaper

57points

#43

Two Ducks Standing On A Submerged Log Looks Like They're Standing On The Surface Of The Water

Final score:

120points

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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago

Jesus duck!

28points

#44

This Building's Shadow Is Visible In The Air

Final score:

119points

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1 year ago

Looks like someone forgot to remove the line of quality to me

15points

#45

My Waffle Wedge Is So Perfect It Looks Fake

Final score:

116points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

It would be perfect if you trimmed off that bit that's hanging off the corner.

52points

#46

The Fog In Front Of This Mountain In My Hometown Makes It Appear That The Mountain Is Floating Or Beyond The Edge Of The Map

Final score:

116points

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Cyndi Hafele 1 year ago

It's the ice wall that keeps us from falling off the edge of the world.

1point

#47

This Chair I Balanced Looks Like A Poorly Photoshopped Chair Image Or A Bad Render

Final score:

112points

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David Green 1 year ago

That is just messing with my head. I must look away, and yet, I can't.

4points

#48

Lahaina Noon In Hawaii Right Now - The Sun Passes Directly Overhead, So Anything That Isn't Topheavy Doesn't Cast A Shadow

Final score:

109points

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Scout Finch 1 year ago

I want to go see this in person!

24points

#49

My Dog's Belly Didn't Have Enough Pixels To Render Properly

Final score:

93points

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Spocks's Mom 1 year ago

Aww sweet dog. I hope it's surgery or procedure went smoothly.

6points

#50

Building Failed To Render (Netherlands)

Final score:

89points

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Curly Q 1 year ago

How do you make a building with such a SMALL ANGLE

11points

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#51

IRL Bad CG. Lahaina Noon Where The Sun Is Directly Above And All Shadows On Straight Objects Disappear

Final score:

34points

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Jcusack 1 year ago

WE. GET. IT!!!

12points

#52

This Building Looks Like A Graphics' Glitch

Final score:

33points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

That's the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The new part was annexed to the older building.

11points

#53

Tornado-Driven Murder-Branch Impales My House Directly Above My Kid’s Bed

Final score:

32points

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Susan Reid Smith 1 year ago

Scary! I hope he was ok!

7points

#54

I Repurposed Some Scrap At Work Into A New Coaster/Cup Holder For My Desk

Final score:

32points

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Rwby Couch 1 year ago

This looks fancy😎

3points

#55

The Ground Is Heated Around The Building I Work In, Making These Snowy Tables Look Out Of Place

Final score:

31points

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Jason 1 year ago

Here I thought heated bathroom floors were fancy.

9points

#56

Looks Like The Buildings Here Are Only Background Textures

Final score:

30points

POST

1 year ago

So they just copy and paste buildings now

3points

#57

A Photo I Took Looks Like A Glitch Because Of Reflections

Final score:

29points

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Dan Flo 1 year ago

That is an ape flex predator.

5points

#58

This Photo Of A B2 Looks Like A Glitch In Rendering The Sky

Final score:

29points

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Rowan_the_raging_raven 1 year ago

Why is it asymmetrical

5points

#59

Bicycle By Salvador Dali

Final score:

29points

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Magpie 1 year ago

This is soooo sad. Who would do that to a bike?

6points

#60

View From My Camper Looks Like A Bad Render Job

Final score:

29points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Either that or a Frederick McCubbin painting

6points

#61

Puddle Didn’t Fully Render

Final score:

29points

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Dan Flo 1 year ago

Low poly puddle.

4points

#62

This Shadow Looks Like It's Pixelated

Final score:

29points

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tom qwerty 1 year ago

minecraft

1point

#63

These Clouds At The Beach Make It Seem Like The Sky Was Badly Rendered

Final score:

26points

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Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

The asteroid hit and that's the 500 metre high wave coming.

14points

#64

This Brass-Plated Fire Hydrant Outside A Fancy Hotel. Looks Like A Badly Rendered Color Pattern

Final score:

26points

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Jason 1 year ago

When the fire hydrant outside of your hotel is worth more then the entire hotel I stay in.

12points

#65

This Window Turns Everything Into Pixels

Final score:

25points

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witchditch 1 year ago

that looks silly

2points

#66

The Subsolar Point In Hawaii, Also Called The Lahaina Noon, When Objects Cast No Shadow

Final score:

25points

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Cheese 1 year ago

Is this the third time I'm seeing this, or am I mistaken?

18points

#67

3-Inch-Thick 1980s Keyboard Upgraded With Leds? Nope, Just A Regular Modern Gaming Keyboard From Just The Right Angle

Final score:

24points

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VonBlade 1 year ago

Ahem. As someone who still has a IBM Model M, they weren't 3 inches thick.

3points

#68

A New Shopping Mall In China Looks Like The Windows XP Dragging Window Glitch. That Or A Really Weird Render

Final score:

24points

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#69

Sun Was Directly At The Zenith In India. Objects Cast No Shadow On The Ground Making Them Appear As If They Have Been Badly Photoshopped. It's Known As 'No Shadow Day'

Final score:

23points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Fake! All genuine pics use spirit levels

7points

#70

These 3D-Printed Parts Look Like Someone Photoshopped A CAD Model In Real Life

Final score:

23points

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1 year ago

or maybe that's just a 3D blueprint just without all the symbols

1point

#71

This Package Is Double-Printed

Final score:

23points

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Immortal Jellyfish 1 year ago

By my calculation it should be 2/3 less fat then

4points

#72

This Picture Taken At Lunch Today Makes My Salad Look Photoshopped In

Final score:

23points

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Jason 1 year ago

My new excuse when people point out my healthy food is photoshopped in

4points

#73

This Rock We Dug Up From Our Backyard Looks Like A Bad Render

Final score:

23points

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Jason 1 year ago

That is a quite heavy rock

2points

#74

When The Rest Of The Level Doesn't Render Properly

Final score:

22points

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Robert K 1 year ago

It's just the outer edge of the world. A hidden boss level is there if you find the right window

2points

#75

Render Glitch In Real Life

Final score:

21points

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Aristan Maranichi 1 year ago

My google screen when i click new tab 5 times

2points

#76

Bad Render Or Weird Bench?

Final score:

21points

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

Nice topiaries.

6points

#77

Sometimes Shanghai Looks Like A Bad Render

Final score:

20points

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#78

This Spirit Level Looks Photoshopped In The Picture

Final score:

20points

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Inga Paškevičiūtė 1 year ago

Okay, we get it. Lahaina Noon

15points

#79

Looks Like A Glitch In A Render

Final score:

20points

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witchditch 1 year ago

wow! pretty!

3points

#80

The Picture I Took Of My Cat Looks Like A Rendering Error

Final score:

20points

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gmf 1 year ago

You removed the IR filter?

1point

#81

This Table At My Workplace Looks Poorly Rendered

Final score:

20points

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Jackie Lulu 1 year ago

Each quarter looks sunken in.does anyone see them puffed out?

2points

#82

These Throw Pillows Look Fake, Almost Like A Poorly Done Photoshop Work, But It’s Just How They Reflected The Light

Final score:

20points

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#83

My New Table Looks Like It Has Been Rendered

Final score:

20points

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️‍ saturn the furry (she/they) 1 year ago

Unrelated, but that is a cool cat tree!

6points

#84

LA Looks Like A Badly Rendered Video Game In This Pic I Took From A Bus

Final score:

18points

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Amanda Rose 1 year ago

I thought that person had horns for a second.

7points

#85

Somebody Forgot To Check Measures Before Rendering This Picture Frame

Final score:

18points

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#86

Half-Rendered Building

Final score:

18points

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#87

Looks Like The Sky Failed To Render Completely

Final score:

18points

POST

#88

They Really Had To Put The Lamp Post There?

Final score:

17points

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#89

Do Not Worry If Your Renders Look Flat. This Is A Pic From My Dermatologist Office

Final score:

17points

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Linus G. 1 year ago

NOTHING looks real...

0points

#90

This Rock Looks Like It Hasn't Been Rendered In

Final score:

17points

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Dnd Panda 1 year ago

There seems to be quite a few rocks to choose from

1point

#91

Yesterday Didn't Look Real

Final score:

16points

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Dan Flo 1 year ago

Isnt that just what outside is suppoused to look like and we just have forgotten about it?

17points

#92

Somebody Forgot To Make This A 3D

Final score:

16points

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#93

Looks Like A Bad Rendering

Final score:

16points

POST

#94

Someone Forgot To Render The Rest Of This 2D Building

Final score:

15points

POST

#95

Lahaina Noon Looks Like A Bad CGI

Final score:

15points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

Obviously this guy didn't have a spirit level to hand

7points

#96

Take A Breather From Covid Posts And Enjoy This Pic Of Lahaina Noon In Singapore

Final score:

15points

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VonBlade 1 year ago

Needs more spirit level.

2points

#97

Lahaina Noon, Aiea Library

Final score:

15points

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#98

Lahaina Noon From Mililani

Final score:

14points

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witchditch 1 year ago

bp: 99 Images That Look Like A Glitch In Real-Life. people in hawaii: ooh i can finally pull out my lahaina noon pics!

12points

#99

Great Lahaina Noon Example I Got Outside Don Quijote

Final score:

13points

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VonBlade 1 year ago

No spirit level, no upvote.

1point