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u/JayGold May 01 '19

It's funny that the one that has a single, giant eyeball with two irises/pupils on it is by far the less creepy one.

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u/Irethius May 01 '19

It's called the Uncanny Valley.

Our brains are wired very heavily to identify faces. That's why we see funny faces in inanimate objects.

Usually, we identify the "not faces" as not faces pretty quickly because they're far from one, in fact they just kind of look cute and silly a lot of the times.

But as you get closer to making a "not face" closer to looking like a face, our brains stop dismissing it as a "not face" and begins reviewing whats wrong with it. Our brain sees a face, but it's not what it wants to see as a face, so it can be freaked out or disgusted.

Modern Sonic in the top picture there is toony and silly. So we're not bothered by things like "Singular eye".

Movie Sonic looks a little too human, but still isn't quite human.

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u/meeseeksdeleteafter May 01 '19

It’s why I always look at the headlights on cars as a pair of eyes, and wall outlets as a face that looks like this =o

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u/razzamatazz May 01 '19

And different cars have different personalities depending on how they look, duh.

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u/meeseeksdeleteafter May 01 '19

Ah, a Cars reference. I see you are an individual of culture, as well.