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If you only browse the internet looking for specific information, or you prefer pictures curated neatly according to themes and categories, you might be in the wrong place, as today’s list is all about chaos.

On the below list, you will find some of the most random, bizarre, and surprising pictures there are, as shared by an Instagram account dedicated to cursed content. Featuring images that might be too peculiar to describe with words, the account has already amassed close to 13k followers, so if chaos and randomness are something you enjoy, chances are you will add to the number shortly. If you’re curious to see whether that will be the case, wait no longer and immerse yourself in the disarrangement of cursed images! And make sure to upvote your favorites, too.

For curious minds, the internet ought to feel like a goldmine—there’s so much information about anything and everything, you can browse for hours and there will still be plenty of things to uncover.

What makes it even better is that the information is as random as it gets: if you’re interested in politics, there’s more than enough about that online, but if you’re curious about how a cow would look standing on the roof of a building—I bet there’s a picture of that somewhere on the internet, too; probably on one of such cursed images lists.

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In a piece for the Harvard Business Review, a team of experts in psychology and curiosity—Todd B. Kashdan, David J. Disabato, Fallon R. Goodman, and Carl Naughton—delved deeper into the quality, pointing out that curiosity has numerous benefits, such as enhanced intelligence, increased perseverance, and the ability to drive deeper engagement, superior performance, and more-meaningful goals.

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Tabitha
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“A face only a mother could love—-on payday” is what they used to say. But then again, someone/something can be so ugly they’re actually kind of cute. Like this doggo, for example.

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Mike F
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You think this is funny? There's nothing funny about it. How about I stick eyes on you while you're trying to get some sleep?!

Doofnuts
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which end is fugly? I think the end closet to us is kinda endearing.

Mr.Li
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok.... thats enough internet for today.....and the day just started.....

Alexa Saltz
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG!!! My 16 year old Chihuahua looks almost like the lost twin!!!

WubiDubi
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does the owner often accidentally try and remove the giblets before cooking?

BunnyMommy
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heard of a kid that called her doggo a "Nugly Wawa!". (Nugly Wawa = Ugly Chihuahua!)

Jenka666
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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn’t be happy if somebody did that to my butt either… although he’s an unfortunate looking creature… poor thing. You’d probably have to have a sense of humour to own him.

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According to the experts, Daniel Berlyne was one of the very first psychologists to offer a comprehensive model of curiosity, back in the 1950s. He suggested that people “seek the sweet spot” between being understimulated (“coping with tasks, people, or situations that lack sufficient novelty, complexity, uncertainty, or conflict,” as the authors explain it) and overstimulated (being overloaded with information).

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That’s what two types of curiosity, described by Berlyne, stem from: “diversive curiosity,” referring to people looking for something to boost arousal when they’re bored, and “specific curiosity,” defining a hyperstimulated person trying to make sense of what’s happening so they can reduce arousal to a more manageable level.

Delving deeper into the topic Berlyne once analyzed, professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, George Loewenstein proposed the “information gap” theory, which states that people become curious after realizing that they lack desired knowledge. Another scholar, the University of Rochester’s Edward Deci, suggested that curiosity also reflects our intrinsic motivation to seek novelty and challenges, explore, and learn.

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Based on the insight of the aforementioned and other researchers (together with Patrick McKnight of George Mason University), the group comprising Kashdan, Disabato, Goodman, and Naughton came up with the five-dimensional model of curiosity, featuring—you guessed it—five different dimensions that can be used instead of regarding curiosity as a single trait.

“We can now break it down into five distinct dimensions. Instead of asking, ‘How curious are you?’ we can ask, ‘How are you curious?’” the researchers suggested.

“The first dimension, derived from Berlyne and Loewenstein’s work, is deprivation sensitivity—recognizing a gap in knowledge, the filling of which offers relief. This type of curiosity doesn’t necessarily feel good, but people who experience it work relentlessly to solve problems,” the authors explained in the Harvard Business Review.

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The second one, influenced by Edward Deci, is joyous exploration, referring to the state of being consumed with wonder about the fascinating features of the world. “This is a pleasurable state; people in it seem to possess a joie de vivre,” the authors wrote.

The third dimension, known as social curiosity, is based on talking, listening, and observing others, in order to learn what they are thinking and doing. The fourth one—stress tolerance—is described as “a willingness to accept and even harness the anxiety associated with novelty.” And the last one, thrill seeking, refers to one’s willingness to take physical, social, and financial risks to acquire varied, complex, and intense experiences. “For people with this capacity, the anxiety of confronting novelty is something to be amplified, not reduced,” the experts explained.

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Summing up the five dimensions of curiosity, the authors emphasized that a “monolithic view of curiosity is insufficient to understand how that quality drives success and fulfillment in work and life.”

It might not be sufficient to understand why some curious people choose to browse content as random as cursed images, either. But let it be a mystery for future researchers of curiosity to solve.

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