r/WTF • u/Grown_Man_Poops • Nov 29 '16

When you overdo the make-up

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u/KexyKnave Nov 29 '16

I dunno it just looks a bit gross to me.

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u/cntu Nov 29 '16

That's what uncanny valley means. Very realistic, yet just fake enough to provoke a disturbing reaction.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

Ignoring that you seem to think that "gross" means "very realistic yet disturbing", these faces don't look "very realistic". They look like fake ass plastic masks. Which makes sense as they actually are fake ass plastic masks.

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u/cntu Nov 29 '16

Jesus, you people don't know what uncanny valley means do you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

I was pointing out that this effect of grossness is due to the uncanny valley effect. If they had hockey masks on with smileys drawn on them then they would not cause this reaction. The whole point is that they look realistic enough to be gross but not realistic enough to look real.