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Every now and then, we all need a distraction. But how can we surprise someone who's constantly on the internet? Surely, they've seen plenty of crazy stuff. Well, let's try something different and take a deep dive into the subreddit r/OddlyTerrifying.

It has 1.1 million members, and they're trying their best to share content that lives up to its name. Who knew that Jim Carrey doing The Grinch face without any makeup can look so sinister? Or that a mosquito flying in front of the lens when a person is taking a photo of a square makes it look like a giant alien invasion?

Most of these images aren't even that scary or dangerous when you spell them out. But they can still carve themselves into your memory like a vivid nightmare. Enjoy!

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Giant Hand In Forest

Giant Hand In Forest

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Interesting, Funny And Terrifying

Interesting, Funny And Terrifying

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In a way, you could say that the popularity of r/OddlyTerrifying lies within people's fascination with morbid curiosity. According to Coltan Scrivner, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Comparative Human Development and a Fellow at the Institute for Mind and Biology at The University of Chicago, we've all felt it at some point. Whether it was triggered by seeing a car wreck while driving down the highway or a friend talking about how they saw a ghost in an old building; we tell ourselves that we don't want to look, don't want to listen, and don't want to know—yet we still look, we still listen, and we still want to learn more.

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Thinking You've Come Across A Kkk Meeting

Thinking You've Come Across A Kkk Meeting

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Mosquito Flies In Front Of The Lens

Mosquito Flies In Front Of The Lens

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

That's a really good photo, though. And that's a really cool effect. I think this is a work of art, and I'm not even kidding.

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"The car wreck story is a bit old and tired, but it's a good example because it's something that almost everyone has experienced and can intuitively understand," Scrivner wrote in Psychology Today. "It's true for almost everyone that you don't want to see someone injured and you don't hope anyone died in the wreck. But, if they did, you do feel compelled to look at it."

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To illustrate why, Scrivner wants us to take a look at the world of our ancestors. It was a dangerous place. The world today can also be dangerous, but even the most basic treatments that are available today can severely decrease the seriousness of an injury. "If you got injured 10,000 years ago (or even 100 years ago), your chances of surviving were far less than they are today with modern medicine. Even if the blood loss didn't kill you, an ensuing infection might. This placed a premium on avoiding danger—or at least avoiding the consequences of danger," he explained.

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This Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell

This Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell

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This.. This Isn't Right..

This.. This Isn't Right..

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Cabbage Fields. It Looks Like A Field Of Alien Eggs And I Hate It

Cabbage Fields. It Looks Like A Field Of Alien Eggs And I Hate It

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

This needs to be in a movie. Much more effective than any side effects I've seen

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"However, to avoid danger, you must first know something about it. The more you know about something, the better you can predict it. And the better you can predict it, the better you can deal with the consequences if it does occur."

Enter curiosity. You don't want to be in a car wreck yourself to find out how bad a car wreck can be. You also don't want someone else to be in a car wreck. But if they already are, you want to know how bad it is. This could inform your decisions and behavior.

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"For example, if the car wreck is particularly gruesome, it might cause me to slow down or be extra cautious the rest of the day to decrease my chances of that happening to me. If it's just a fender bender, it may not affect my driving behavior very much."

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A Ladybug Covered In Morning Dew

A Ladybug Covered In Morning Dew

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Jim Carey Doing The Grinch Face Without The Use Of Any Makeup

Jim Carey Doing The Grinch Face Without The Use Of Any Makeup

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Birds Running

Birds Running

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The consequences of threats leave their mark on our psychology and influence our behavior in response to 'morbid' situations. According to Scrivner, this has resulted in most of us having some morbid curiosity, and some of us have a lot of it.

Nearly all images on r/OddlyTerrifying are either directly from or are closely linked to the real world. Maybe if we scroll through it enough, we'll understand our place in it better?

#12

An MRI Scan Of Babies During Pregnancy

An MRI Scan Of Babies During Pregnancy

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Just Some Regular Rubber Gloves Washing Accidentally Opened The Gate Of Hell

Just Some Regular Rubber Gloves Washing Accidentally Opened The Gate Of Hell

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#14

Driftwood Figures Roaming The Forest. By Japanese Artist, Nagato Iwasaki

Driftwood Figures Roaming The Forest. By Japanese Artist, Nagato Iwasaki

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Dried-Up Stingrays Will Haunt My Nightmares

Dried-Up Stingrays Will Haunt My Nightmares

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Looks Like A Demon Possessed Her

Looks Like A Demon Possessed Her

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Very Humbling Sign Posted Outside A Cemetery In The Middle Of The Woods

Very Humbling Sign Posted Outside A Cemetery In The Middle Of The Woods

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Harpy Eagle

Harpy Eagle

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The Cork-Lid Trapdoor Spider. If You See What Looks Like An Ancient Coin Buried In Sand, Leave It Alone...

The Cork-Lid Trapdoor Spider. If You See What Looks Like An Ancient Coin Buried In Sand, Leave It Alone...

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#21

Not To Jump Into Conclusions But Caves Are Indeed Discreet And Hard To Reach

Not To Jump Into Conclusions But Caves Are Indeed Discreet And Hard To Reach

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This Meme

This Meme

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Spiky Contacts

Spiky Contacts

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

Where I live, open casket is not a thing and so I don't really get why this is necessary in the first place. When I die, please just take out all the stuff that still can be used and than burn me to a small pile of ashes.

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My Driveway Today

My Driveway Today

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

your so lucky to have such an amazing driveway its stunning, i would love to take a stroll through it :D

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The “Skin” Cake I Made To Celebrate The Beginning Of Dermatology Residency. Everyone Thought It Was Delicious

The “Skin” Cake I Made To Celebrate The Beginning Of Dermatology Residency. Everyone Thought It Was Delicious

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Vivarium

Vivarium

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Catlady6000
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are a few of these neighborhoods here. They creep me out. Especially in the middle of the day when no one is home and everything is quiet. Shiver

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Kari Panda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some that might seem like hell, but if you come from a broken family, this might well be a life goal. Kids who grew up in trailers, kids who never had a nice clean house like their school mates due to their parents being drunk 24/7, kids who grew up in orphanages or on the street, or simply kids whose parents were too poor to afford more than a tiny apartment - for these this might be a dream come true.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason it looks like hell is not because of the type of houses, but the uniformity of it. Could they not have rotated some of the houses on their plots, or made some small variations to them to make each on different. I live in an apartment and the designers deliberately made each one slightly different - bay windows, gable ends etc. It adds variety and makes it more interesting to look at. These are no more interesting than a row of shipping containers and at least they'd be different colours!

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Friday
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same

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Dave Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always hated that song. Rich white elite do not understand why middle class buy houses like this. Because mass production makes for affordable houses.

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DarkAngelNic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks unsettling but I would give anything to own a home so I will take the creepy Edward Scissorhands neighborhood.

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Arctic Fox Lover
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow--this has kinda been a recurring nightmare for me. It's just everything, every house, every lawn, exactly the same, lined up in rows and rows of just the same exact constant thing. Lol

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Satirical Duchess
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reminds me of the Edward Scissor-hands town. I love that movie so much.

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WiTchY_WoMaN
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would love to walk down this neighborhood on a cool fall night..

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Uncommon Boston
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in a condo/townhouse community. There are different styles of homes, but driving down the street all you see in rows of garage doors and there start of a walk way to the front door. Dreadful, unless you live there. The privacy is wonderful. There is a private courtyard in front of each house. Since nobody can see it, the resident can do whatever they like. My windows are not visible from the street. Our mail is in a community post office, you need to leave your home to get your mail. And most people walk their dogs or for exercise. How many people you see depends on the time of day. When I moved here it was spooky. I got lost. On a rainy night I drove down the street with my garage door remote hoping to find my house. The house numbers couldn't be seen through the rain. But i love my bright sunny house with so much privacy. Socially this is difficult, I am not like the others. Still. It depends on what you want and where you are in life. There aren't any young families here.

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Dexi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end

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Pikachu_is_drawing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did they use this kind of neighberhood to film the movie, "Wrinkle in Time"?

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Lisa Shelton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know why anyone would want to live in a neighborhood where everything is exactly the same.

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BisexualBaddie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NONoN0NoNoonO. No. Just kill me now. I will spontaneously combust if I ever see this again. It creeps me out SO AD it's just like. . . WHY?!

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Hafida
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t see the issue. I would live there. Looks clean and noiseless

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PenitentEyeball
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was this in the movie “A wrinkle in time” cause it looks like that neighborhood

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Katinka Min
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would anybody want to live like this?? And why on earht are there no trees, flowers, ANY kind of variation?

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Flabuless-Jaye
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't seen the film, but after reading the plot, I don't think it'll be one I'll watch Nope!!

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Patricia Tornborg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHY do people want the GARAGE to be the most prominent piece of their house? This is just GRATUITOUS ugliness...sort of Passive Aggesive.

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TheJojo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they were stacked on top of each other, they would be an apartment building... no one would think stacks of the same thing vertically is strange. But because they are separated and horizontal its said to be creepy. Huh?

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Zena Marsh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfectly natural in the UK. Not a lot of homeowners would be outside a lot of the time.

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Cybele Spanjaard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The plot scenario for disappearing neighbours? Very sterile looking as well

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john hartley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

most disturbing movie I've watched in a long time, this movie will haunt you for a very long time.

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Eric S.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's Mesa Verde, a new community. Built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Carolann? Step into the light!

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Yeah, you heard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's supposed to be creepy? It's just a housing estate.

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Jon Scott
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The way the houses are all copy-&-pasted like that is unnerving. It's like the movie "Vivarium"

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Marta Koszera
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once was in a neighbourhood like this and it literally made me feel so claustrophobic it was a nightmare to stay there for me

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Anonymousplease
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know this is supposed to be creepy, but it is calming my anxiety for some reason

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Mevrouw Madelief
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They have to plant trees and stuff. In the Netherlands a lot of houses are the same but still doesn't it look like this. But still, I would definitely live there because these houses look big

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Oskar vanZandt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not good walking home drunk from a pub and trying to find your house... (never mind the front door!)

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abn_gator
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would need GPS to find my house. They all look the same!

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Leigh C.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't this the same neighbourhood used in Edward Scissorhands?

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rows of ticky tacky houses, Developers have no imagination these days and if they do, it makes one wonder what kind of drugs they’ve been on

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Davor Jelacic
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Live in crappy neighbourhoods and old houses, and then reasses your judgement

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Vicky Zar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is Vivarum? I am too scared to look it up. I'm going to bed soon, don't wanna have nightmares

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Merino
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s a horror/thriller movie. A couple buying their first home go to a real estate agent. He takes them to a suburban development like the one pictured above. He shows them house number 9. They decide not to take the house and go to leave; however, they can’t find their way out. No matter how long they drive they end up back at number 9. The rest of the movie is them trying to escape.

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Noel Benavente
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow, i would love to live there, so quiet... where i live is kind of difficult to run or ride in bicycle because there are too many cars, trucks and buses.

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Jon Scott
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man, I knew about A Wrinkle in Time, but I didn't realize it could also be the Giver. Nice catch! (I have read both of those books)

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Cain Hargreaves
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeeeah there's some neighborhoods like this around where I live. They are Unnerving.

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Daniel R.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an eyesore. They are popping up everywhere in California. Really sad.

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shonie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

EWWWWWW so many people i would have fillled my backyard of dead bodies from tresspassers by now XD

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Chich
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Living in a place like that is admitting defeat. I'd honestly be happier in a shanty somewhere.

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Imagine Seeing Them In Real Life

Imagine Seeing Them In Real Life

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

Get the largest size possible and hang in the living room. Great conversation piece.

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The Danish Special Forces Are Just Militarised Sleep Paralysis Demons

The Danish Special Forces Are Just Militarised Sleep Paralysis Demons

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Infested Spider Tent

Infested Spider Tent

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#42

The Sun Bear Literally Looks Like A Man Inside A Bear Costume

The Sun Bear Literally Looks Like A Man Inside A Bear Costume

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#43

Had A Praying Mantis Nest Hatch By My Front Door!

Had A Praying Mantis Nest Hatch By My Front Door!

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#45

Went Camping With My Girlfriend. I Woke Up To Pee And She Took This Photo Of Me

Went Camping With My Girlfriend. I Woke Up To Pee And She Took This Photo Of Me

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#46

This Is The X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog

This Is The X-Ray Of A Pregnant Dog

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The Guarana Fruit Looks Like An Angel From The Old Testament

The Guarana Fruit Looks Like An Angel From The Old Testament

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

For anyone interested: https://historyofyesterday.com/how-angels-really-look-like-according-to-the-bible-d4d339112619

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#48

“Urchin Quartz” More Like Nightmare Quartz

“Urchin Quartz” More Like Nightmare Quartz

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One Is Portland, The Other Is Fallout 4..............fallout Has Cleaner Air

One Is Portland, The Other Is Fallout 4..............fallout Has Cleaner Air

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This Root System Of My Calathea Plant. These Root Nodules Mean It's Very Healthy, But It's Unnerving To Look At

This Root System Of My Calathea Plant. These Root Nodules Mean It's Very Healthy, But It's Unnerving To Look At

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