This Instagram Account Is Dedicated To “Cursed” Content, And Here Are 50 Of Their Most Baffling Posts

The founder of @cursed.image5 revealed to Bored Panda what the inspiration behind the entire project was in the first place. It all happened a few years ago, while they were still at school.

"I created my page back in 2019 while I was in Sixth Form. There was a contest at school to see who could create and grow the largest page within the space of a school term," they opened up to us.

"The idea of running a cursed image page was one of a complete coincidence that happened after a friend of mine introduced me to them," they said.

However, a couple of months after creating the page, the founder found themselves under lockdown, along with the rest of the world. "With nothing to do, I found myself obsessed with growing the community of the page. I saw it as a way to bring a smile or laugh to people around the world."

Bored Panda was interested in what counts as a 'cursed' image and where the line is between that and a regular old meme.

"Cursed images need to talk for themselves," the founder and curator of @cursed.image5 said.

"You don’t need context to get the joke, it’s an image where the longer you look, the worse they get. Most importantly, there must be some chaos, something that makes people's skin crawl like putting milk in tea before the water."

According to the founder, people enjoy "how wacky and wild" cursed images can be. They quoted that cursed memes are like what Forrest Gump said in his titular movie: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."