People Are Sharing The Most ‘WTF’ Stock Images They Find To This Online Group And Here Are 30 Of The Most Bizarre Ones
By definition, stock images are professional photos that are used for commercial purposes, like complementing publications, adverts, etc. But in reality, we know very well that many stock pics out there are just so weird, they've become somewhat of a household name for bizarre, pointless, and lousy photographs that make them particularly laughable.
It's this precise quality of the wacky and wondrous elements of stock photography that makes you instantly realize that what you’re seeing is a stock image and nothing else.
Thanks to this subreddit which has 333k members, we now have the most "seriously?", "are they kiddin’ me?" "do u see what I’m seeing?" compilation that poses way more questions than it answers.
Sit back and enjoy these carefully stacked stock monstrosities and after you’re done, be sure to check out Bored Panda's previous post with even more stock goodness that you won’t be able to unsee. Ever.
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This Makes Me Feel Uncomfortable
Oh Damn You Caught Me Keeping A Bowl Of Crackers In The Fridge
I'm embarrassed at how long it took me to understand what was wrong with this
Surfing The Web
See her face, the face of "why must i received this modelling offer from Shutterstock?"
While scrolling through this post, you are very likely to start wondering in what kind of context someone would need a stock image of a man with a meatloaf mask blended into his skin, or a shot of a woman pointing a baguette at a chef in what seems to be a carefully staged... bakery robbery.
It all has to do with the demand for very specialized imagery which happens when a subscriber browses through the peculiar stock archive. But the photographers have to already be ahead of the demand and anticipate people’s imagery needs before they start typing in the keywords.
Trying To Tell Your Wife Her Cooking Is Crap
This Stock Photo Illustrates The Dangers Of Shirt Hoarding
Google female bullying and you will find more of these pictures with the same girls.
An Italian Having A Conversation With A Giant Nacho
He looks like he's having a stern conversation with him like "I'm nacho friend, dude"
For some weird reason I'm hearing it in an Aussie accent "I'm nacho friend, mate" I have no idea why
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"It's just me or this nacho grown bigger? I believe last night it was not bigger than this Italian size"
that dude being like "all right just calm down no need to be freaking triggered just calm down"
Maybe he is holding the last remaining piece of another nacho in his hand and is about to eat it rather than talking to the one in his right hand.
Ah, because just white people with black hair are italian, right??
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According to The Atlantic, “Shutterstock's content team will do direct outreach to the site's top videographers, photographers, and illustrators 'to help fill specific content needs.'” However, the contributing photographers are the ones who figure out what the subscribers will be looking for.
These days, stock imagery has become kind of its own aesthetic category that’s posed and weird without any apparent reason. Incredibly, according to Shutterstocker Emily Goodwin, “it's the utilitarian content—the images that capture the banalities and absurdities of everyday life—that prove popular” on the website.
I Think I’ll Go Snow Skiing In A Bikini; Ya Know, Since I’m Pregnant And All
Kermit Sacrifices A Potato?
Woman Is Robbing Bakery With A Baguette
Alligator Attacking Businesswoman In Office Cubicle
Sign on break room wall: It has been 0 days since the last alligator attack
Forbidden Affair
Apple
After Many Weeks Lurking, I Have Finally Found A Wtfstockphoto
I Have No Idea What This Is Supposed To Represent
She Doesn’t Have A Spine
Dads When Gas Prices Go Up 1 Cent
"Sir,your gas tank port at your right. It's your first time fill gas?"
Yes Grandma I Want Some Ice-Cream
Please Nurse, Do Your Job
It's Like I'm Really There!
Ironically, the program running right now is "Experience in the Emergency Room".
Ok, Love You Too
I know they're supposed to be shorter than the other fingers, but rule of thumb clearly doesn't apply here.
Bubble Wrap Fun
When No One Shows Up To Your Victorian Themed Whoville Party
Congratulations On Your New Husband!
Man With A Meat Loaf Mask Blended Into His Skin Or Whatever This Is
Burger Baby
So... I Came Across This Picture
How To Properly Censor A Dingdingdong
Man Poking A Gpu Card With A Soldering Iron
You’ve gotta love the fact that he’s clearly never held – or perhaps even seen – a soldering iron. In his entire life.
I Don't Even Know What To Say
Warning Sign
So When’s The Wedding?
My New Favorite Account- Humans Of Stock Photography
We Deliver Pizza To Literally Anywhere
When You Be Robbing Someone's House But The Beat Is Fire
What If We Smelled The Same Shoe... Haha, Just Kidding... Unless?
Lol Omg Don't Come To School Tomorrow
I Am The Umbrella Now
What Situation Is This Supposed To Describe?
My Absolute Favourite - "Concept Of Abstract Pain And Despair"
It’s The Thought That Counts
True Love
So Much Love
How People Outside The Us Picture American Children
Hey Dad, I Found My New Kink!
They're going to be waiting a long time for their (singular) steak if the grill has no coals in it...
Bradley's First Legal Dose Of Cannabis Excited Him More Than It Should've
Christmas Banana Murder
I Guess You Could Say, He's "Hung"
Japanese Dragon Nurse Helps Apple With A Wheel Chair
What The Heel?
Trust Nobody... Not Even Yourself
Just Swimming!
I like this one. It’s creative, but more importantly, not scarring to look at.
That Guy Seems Happy
I Believe I Can Fly
Burger Nightmare
This is a picture of me struggling with the idea of ordering from McDonalds for the second time this week...
I Have Several Questions
Monkey On Phone And Woman In Bath
I've Always Wanted The Ability To Summon Raptors
The Search Phrase Was “Working Together”
Dylan Got So Frustrated Hanging His Clock, He Accidentally Hung Himself
The Carrot Lady
When Your Knees' Hands Have Lots Of Pills
I Have No Title Just Enjoy
How Was Your Day Hun?
Skffffff
It's bad enough externally, but can you imagine a cat panicking and tearing up your sinus cavity?
Teenager Snorting Cocaine, That Has Been Positioned To Spell Out Lenin
Finally, An Accurate Representation Of Fishing
Woman Wearing Gas Mask Vacuuming Lawn
He Will Legit Shoot Off His Fingers At That Angle
Yup. This Exists
Pleeease Can I Keep Him?
I actually find the lawn and the couple creepier. Has that plastic stepford vibe.
You're Either The Hunter Or The Hunted
Note that the apple is the ringleader. Don't be fooled by all that "an apple a day" propaganda spewed by the Apple Marketing Board.
Titled "Making Cookies During A Gas Raid"
Can Someone Explain?
"Anything Is A Dildo If You're Brave Enough" Or "I Want It To Be Extra Loud"
Pizza Thieves Are Really Stepping Up Their Game
Beauty
I've seen this one before on another stock photo. I call it "Cat-Serpent Cooks Stew in a Pumpkin."
A Woman Hugging A Penis Body Pillow While Reading A Book Called "Huge Penis"
Ironman
And that was the last time Paul was allowed to do the ironing unsupervised
From An Article About Teenagers Becoming Radicalized Online
Pill That's Actually Hard To Swallow
Man In Gas Mask Getting Ready To Shave
He wants to look pretty for when he finds his mummy (Dr. Who reference)
Italian Baby
I See Your Satan With Chocolates And I Raise You Jesus With A Laptop
I Too Found This Image In My Textbook, But A Physical Copy
This Image Costs $499 For A Large Size
I Hope This Doesn't Happen To My PC
Let’s Just Take The Moment To Investigate What’s Going On Here
A Mug As Long As That Neck
Man vs. Food
Was Referred To A Stock Photo Database When I Was Younger, Where I Participated In This Gem
A Single Copy Of This Was $200
A colleague told me recently - unsolicited, barely know him - that he likes to eat raw onions like an apple. And if this wasn't more than enough, he said he does this every time before he visits his girlfriend because she doesn't like that he smokes. WTFF?! I'm rarely really disgusted or speechless, but here I was.
I think this was the funniest / best comments thread I've seen on here
What a strange place I just went to, to listen to my own comments
This wasn't a fun thread. I quit early on and I still regret clicking on it.
when your coworker hasnt turned in the papers 1 second after they're due download-2...fc92dd.jpg 
I think this was the funniest / best comments thread I've seen on here
What a strange place I just went to, to listen to my own comments
This wasn't a fun thread. I quit early on and I still regret clicking on it.
when your coworker hasnt turned in the papers 1 second after they're due download-2...fc92dd.jpg
