Category Archives: Optical Delusions

You have to believe it to see it

naked vegetables are obscene?

Posted on November 25, 2017 by 1minionsopinion

When it’s a veg that looks like legs and private parts, yes.. It looked like a human body in a sitting position, two long legs stretching forward with one leaning slightly on the other. There is even a piece slightly … Continue reading →

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Not even pareidolia eggplant

Posted on October 8, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

This one fell to the bottom of my drafts folder but any time is a good time for mocking journalism and the willingness to make a story out of anything. I wouldn’t buy this tale for a nickel. Slicing into … Continue reading →

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Banana Jesus

Posted on September 24, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Anytime a shape resembling a face turns up on anything, people are going to say it’s Jesus. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is pretty unoriginal. Says the author of the piece I’ve linked to: If … Continue reading →

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Jesus sighted in a moth wing

Posted on September 5, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

It’s always Jesus. It’s never going to be some random guy with a beard… From, by no surprise, the Daily Mail reporting from Texas: A Texas woman believes she’s seen the Lord in a bug’s back. Yvonne Esquiline found a … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia Hamster

Posted on September 4, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

It’s not Jesus, but I’ll take it. A cafe-goer was given the shock of their life when they were served a blueberry muffin that looked uncannily like a live hamster. The person was so surprised by their snack’s resemblance to … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia hair

Posted on July 11, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Looks more like OOOO to me… Kristin Kissee says her hairstyle is divine. As she recovered from rounds of chemotherapy and radiation in a battle against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Kissee posted a photo to Facebook of her regrown hair in November … Continue reading →

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Pareidolia penis

Posted on July 11, 2014 by 1minionsopinion

Amused motorists driving on the M42 couldn’t believe their eyes when they looked up to find a cloud that looked exactly like a penis looming over them. Birmingham resident Mill Owen managed to snap the saucy meat-and-two-veg cloud while a … Continue reading →

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Jesus watches you pee outside and judges you

Posted on June 29, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

I’ve been waiting for another case of pareidolia and, by no surprise, the Daily Mail delivers Jesus appearing in the grit and crumble on the side of a take-away Chinese restaurant. Mr Ridley, 39, immediately took a photograph of the … Continue reading →

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Old news — well, not news, but Jesus on a sock at least

Posted on January 26, 2012 by 1minionsopinion

Or rather, wrinkles on a sock that the owner thought resembled Jesus. Obviously the media had to be told all about it, with a picture to prove it’s a miracle vision. From the Daily Mail article: It is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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Without Jesus, who would people think they see in trees and breakfast foods?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by 1minionsopinion

I never seem to have to wait long for another example of pareidolia making headlines. This time around, the Daily Mail (among others) has reprints of an American tourist’s photo of the cliffs of Moher and if you stare at … Continue reading →

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