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95 Perfect Pics That Will Satisfy Every Perfectionist’s Soul (Part 2)
These photos of symmetry and order are appealing to humans and animals alike. Both in society and in the wild, organisms that are “more symmetrical” have a better chance at finding a mate than those who don't. Some speculate that this is one way of identifying a healthy partner.
The appeal of symmetry in art or inanimate objects is harder to explain. Harvard mathematician George Birkhoff developed the formula M = O/C to evaluate the aesthetic qualities of art, and even wrote a book on the topic titled Aesthetic Measure in 1933. He believed that the more ordered and the less complex something was, the more beautiful it would seem.
Do these images of symmetry satisfy your need for order? Vote on your favorite, or upload your own symmetrical shots below!
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#1
Raw Food Cut Into 98 Perfect Cubes
ValentineGorigoytía 10 years ago
Just one thing: I would like to see those cubes sorted by color :D
ValleyGirl 10 years ago
I must have prints of these photos for my kitchen so I can look at them every day. Makes me happy.
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#2
Perfect Coffee
AnnRos'a 10 years ago
Well I count only 10, maybe 12 shades, but good try!
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Devin Amerison 8 years ago
Black coffee straight with liquor and Dabs all day everyday beating fools
DewieRoberts 9 years ago
Am i the only one who finds it annoying that it doesnt go to the top of the mug?
#3
Faucet Design Saves Water By Swirling It Into Beautiful Patterns
JēkabsDrēska 10 years ago
Actually its designed in such a way to reduce water consumption and therefore your water bill :) The faucet itself could be ridiculously expensive.
Load More Replies... Maggie Collins 7 years ago
Exactly! I thought the same thing: "saves water? no, people would be watching the water run for hours"
#4
Perfect Match
FinnianIfversen 10 years ago
I love sharp pencils and colour ordered things, and this is amazing too
#5
This Shelf, These Books
Moonglass 10 years ago
and yet they're varying heights form one, straight line...
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AarinNichols 10 years ago
vvvv Jade the black thick book in the middle is precisely in the middle. They're not off center. They are in size or from shortest to tallest back to shortest.
#6
We Found Our Guide Book Cover On The Appalachian Trail
HannahBarnesy 10 years ago
Umm...perfect besides the fact that the guide picture is too bright.
#7
A Perfect Bowl Of Kittens
#8
I Can't Stop Looking At It
AddisonP.Denney 9 years ago
I would buy those two apples at the top because it makes this less perfect
AlenaDeVaughn 10 years ago
I would totally be the person to take the cherry from the bottom corner
#9
Camouflaged Shoes At The Discount Store
DianaStevens 9 years ago
MikaelNord.......... Maybe, if somebody "Spots" them - ha! ha!
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#10
This Bundle Of Pencils At A Library
#11
Landed A Job Where My Ocd Fits Right In
FrédéricEeckman 10 years ago
I HATE that :/ I know it's stupid, but I like to be able to choose my vegetables, and not to be forced to take the one on the top of the pile.
TheFrog 10 years ago
Such an arrangement wouldn't stop me from pulling out one of the lower placed vegetables. If the arrangement collapses as a result of that I can live with it. They shouldn't put vegetables on display like this in the first place.
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ElisabethMager 10 years ago
What if, heaven forbid, somebody actually buys something? It would mess EVERYTHING up
Grace Austin 3 years ago
WHY IS IT NOT IN RAINBOW ORDER? Green, red, yellow orange?? Who does that??
KathleenRyan 10 years ago
I would totally shop there every week, just to enjoy the symmetry and color
HonoluluStorm 10 years ago
It'd be great for a promo or tv shot but that's a lot of time wasted and you know someone is gonna try and pull the bottom one out.....
#12
Natural Spiral
#13
Shadow Lines Up Perfectly With The Sidewalk
TBogdányiFranciska 10 years ago
Not only with the sidewalk, with the crackline within the sidewalk. Wow.
#14
The Way This Grass Field Was Cut
#15
Our Bathroom Scales Line Up Perfectly With Floors Tiles
ReneeKirdahy 10 years ago
I hate my bathroom even more right now, because it isn't this bathroom.
AlisonPritchard 10 years ago
But but but the tiles don't line up between the radiator pipes. :/
AnnRos'a 10 years ago
I saw that too! Some contractors are horrible...that would not happen with Mike Holmes!!!
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LucasDrumond 10 years ago
Oh My Goddess NO!!!! This scale's color is too different from the color of the floor. STOP IT PLS
#16
The Arrangement Of These Tomatoes
LauraEgglestone 10 years ago
that tomato at 5pm on the outer circle (and more!) is not quite right #annoying #OCD
StephDaigle 10 years ago
There is one tomato at 3pm in the middle layer where the stem drives me nuts!! Eeeek!! Lol
#17
My Pasta Synchronised Perfectly In The Pan Whilst Cooking
#18
My Perfect Ice Cream Mug
RustamSataev 10 years ago
A blob of chewing gum on the bottom will help :)
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MarthaDonaldson 10 years ago
Something to aspire to! Must find perfect mug for my favorite B&J ice cream.
#19
This Is How My Local Tire Shop Keeps Their Used Tires
GayleneRea 10 years ago
My husband used to haul tires from Memphis to Lincoln, NE, and the trailer was always loaded like that to maximize the space and haul more tires. All of the smaller trucks at local tire shops do the same.
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It's So Beautiful...
#21
Pasta Wheel Fits Perfectly Into A Wooden Spoon
#22
Everything Happens For A Reason
#23
The Way This Shadow Perfectly Matches The Sideline On A Turf Field
Beta 4 years ago
Not perfect i can see tiny slivers of sunlight coming through on the edge
Load More Replies... StephDaigle 10 years ago
It's not quite perfect... it goes on an angle from the left hand side..it starts not quite on the white line...and at the very end, it's a little past the white line...
#24
This Broom Fits Perfectly Into A Gap In My Kitchen
LauriGrigg 10 years ago
this kitchen is unfinished, as in still under construction.....the broom has been cleaning up building materials, as it is intended
Load More Replies... StephDaigle 10 years ago
It's clearly a commercial broom! Which you see a lot of these during the construction! Notice the pink dot on the floor on the left hand side? The floors aren't even finished! And also notice how the paint is all over tbe place on the wall at the end of the broom? That is obviously the space for the dishwasher, and they are sweeping in before either doing the floors or installing the dishwasher! Hence why the broom is " so dirty though" ..
maggiemoonbeam 10 years ago
I think Naureen washes her broom. Or perhaps she uses a broom once an throws it away? Whatever, she's never seen new construction!
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Making Sandwiches This Is My Favourite Part
#26
The Perfect Apple
AlenaDeVaughn 10 years ago
Well since it looks that perfect it probably does
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Wedding Hair Perfection
#28
Bored At Work, So I Made A Star Out Of Tape
#29
Perfection
#30
This Dog!
Final score:
58points
#31
Picked Some Near Perfect Strawberries
#32
These Cables
#33
This Straight Line Of Snow Between My Garage And Outside
nedaownu13 10 years ago
This personally is one of the reasons I get up in the morning in the winter
#34
Perfection
MeganAnderson 10 years ago
You can buy them. There's a photographer that takes them, this and the blueberries etc. There's an article on Bored Panda or Lost at E Minor somewhere. They're actually pretty cheap prints too.
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#35
So Cozy
maggiemoonbeam 10 years ago
That's marvelous. I wonder how he gets in there without ruffling his feathers?
#36
Tic Tac Toe, All In A Row
#37
I Am Compelled To Do This For Every Bite
ValleyGirl 10 years ago
So do I! When I eat peas, I string them on each tine as well. Yes, takes me FOREVER to eat a meal.
#38
These Lovely Egg Yolks
#39
This Perfectly Symmetrical Highway Interchange
AnnRos'a 10 years ago
"Is that a intersection in your pocket or are you happy to see me"
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#40
Solar Farm In France
#41
His Shoes And Her Shoes
CarrieannBanacki-Gillert 10 years ago
that would make a perfect wedding card image with a saying "you've found your perfect fit" "you two fit perfectly" (you get it)
#42
Such A Wonderful Sight In The Supermarket Aisle
#44
Mattress In Door Frame
Grace Austin 3 years ago
Imagine being in the closet and being able to push it out the frame… it would be so satisfying
#45
The Neatness Of The Ivy On This House In Belfast
maggiemoonbeam 10 years ago
It was, but it's on a hill. Did you want them to tilt the camera?
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Perfect M&m's Cake
KaiDitt 10 years ago
i personally hate the one in the red outmost ring at about 6 pm because it is offset.
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The Smoothness Of This Bun
#48
I Finished My Pen
FinnianIfversen 10 years ago
I dont get it..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
#49
This Grapefruit Fits Perfectly In This Bowl
#50
Chinese Nursing Students Taking Part In Graduation Exam
FrédéricEeckman 10 years ago
The only thing I can focus on is that some of them are not aligned :D
#51
Perfectly Full
AprilSaclayan 10 years ago
i wish it was like that with bags of chips they are filled to the brim not half air and half chips..
IvelinaKrusteva 10 years ago
Bags of chips are actually half filled with air so that the chips inside are protected by the airbag and don't break during transportation
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#52
Sock Display In This Japanese Department Store
AlexandraCarpovici 10 years ago
Am I the only one that is surprised that they sell them individually and not in pairs?! I find it genius though, we all loose socks and then wonder what to do with that one sock left :)))
#53
This Grocery Store
#54
The Crayons At My Job
BrittanyGroff 10 years ago
They are not upside down they have just been used, so there is not a tip anymore.
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#57
Empty Shells After Dinner
Final score:
24points
#61
Ocd Soup
Final score:
18points
Claire Murray 4 years ago
The I's are deeper than the rest of the letters and it's just UUUGH!
#62
Seagulls Looking The Same Way
Final score:
15points
#64
Perfect Sunburn
#65
Perfect Snack
Final score:
14points
#66
Banana For Scale?
JasperLloyd 10 years ago
We have to remember, all of these photos of fruits were probably taken before the store opened
#67
Wow!
Final score:
13points
#70
Small Food Shop In The Center Of Tehran
Final score:
11points
ShakibEbrahimi 10 years ago
Those are cloth bags of rice. I used to work in my grandpa's shop and We used to set them up like this. Teenage years nostalgia...
#71
These Rubber Ducks
ReneeKirdahy 10 years ago
No! It's a trick! Those rogue yellow ducks got out into the other rows! It's damaging my calm!!
maggiemoonbeam 10 years ago
That's so funny! Rogue was the first thing I thought when I saw them, too!
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Thought My Pills Would Fit Well Over Here
#73
The Way My Apple Fit Inside My Cup Holder
#74
Eggtastic!!
Final score:
9points
#75
The Marina Towers In Chicago
#80
Perfection
ShannynSletcher 10 years ago
Can you imagine being the first person to take an apple... I'd have to run from all the people suffering from OCD
#81
Rubber Ball Perfectly Fits Into A Cup
#82
These Beach Pebbles I Picked And Arranged Into A Heart
Final score:
6points
#84
Sliced Bacon
Final score:
4points
#85
Natures Design
Final score:
4points
Lil Leota 3 years ago
No, there are lots of different jellyfish, not all of them look like this.
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#74 How They Arrange Fish At Supermarket
Final score:
3points
#89
Butterfly Spots, Symmetrical Arrangement
Final score:
-1point
#90
Salt And Pepper
Final score:
-3points
Sunna-IngaAamot 10 years ago
The salt/pepper intervals aren't correct ;-; and not to forget! The dots are not making a line from the center to the outer circle! This bothers me immensely. When you first do it, make it proper!
The allure of symmetry isn't limited to living beings seeking partners, but extends to inanimate objects and art as well.
If you're fascinated by how order and simplicity can stir such strong feelings, you might find it rewarding to explore some deeply pleasing visuals that highlight the beauty of perfect alignment, such as visually satisfying experiences that delight perfectionists.
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JaredJacobs 10 years ago
These photos actually made me kinda queasy.... some i liked, but especially after starting with seeing a coffee that I wouldnt trust even if hadn't slept for 3 days, a lot of them just seemed off to me
AlanlaNoue 10 years ago
What does it meen when all the knives in my house want to be blade up right !! No matter how you lay them . Freaked for a long time !
JaredJacobs 10 years ago
These photos actually made me kinda queasy.... some i liked, but especially after starting with seeing a coffee that I wouldnt trust even if hadn't slept for 3 days, a lot of them just seemed off to me
AlanlaNoue 10 years ago
What does it meen when all the knives in my house want to be blade up right !! No matter how you lay them . Freaked for a long time !
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