Seeing something that looks like something that it isn’t is one of life’s delights. It’s a simple thrill, but one that we all come across from time to time. Let’s take a few minutes to appreciate stuff that totally looks like other stuff.
“This airplane designed to look like a whale.”
Let’s start things off simply with something that’s designed to look like something else.
If you design an airplane to look like the chonkiest whale in existence, is it even aerodynamic enough to fly at that point?
“OMG a potato.”
This cutting board needn’t be so dramatic. It lives in the kitchen. It knows what happens in the kitchen. There’s no way it’s witnessing anything that’s remotely shocking enough to justify that dramatic face. Like, just calm down already.
“This shadow looks like a person.”
When you think about it, a lot of random shadows look like human faces, which is kind of terrifying to think about. I don’t need to see this shadow when I’m home alone at 3 in the morning.
“Getting alien vibes in this lobby.”
This isn’t a distinct alien, exactly, but more of an abstract alien. In any case, if you hung out in this lobby for any length of time, you’d feel watched…watched by something not of this world.
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“The way the cardboard packaging from a smart vacuum looks like an ancient mask when mounted on a wall.”
Yeah, this does look like an ancient mask, but I’m more curious about the fact that they mounted it on a wall.
“This tiny dent in my linoleum floor looks like an eye.”
This doesn’t look a little bit like an eye, it look a lot like an eye. It’s got a gleaming pupil and everything. I have no problem admitting that I’m deeply unnerved.
“The wear and scuff marks on this boat look like an island in the sea.”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen salt damage, rust and miscellaneous crud look so alluring. The boat might not be in good enough shape to get you to a tropical island, but at least it looks like one.
“Meat Frog for dinner, and he’s happy about that.”
When does a steak look more like a frog that’s made out of steak? That question sounds like absolute nonsense, but look at this pic and you’ll get it. I really dig the eyes.
“My girlfriend’s scrubber looks like it’s trying to impersonate my Bluetooth speaker.”
With a little bit of work, this could easily be repurposed into one of those “You versus the guy she told you not to worry about” memes.
“Nut dispensers look like horses drinking water.”
When you read “horses drinking water” and look at this pic, you totally see it. But without that little cue, I’m not sure it would be immediately obvious to everyone. Funny how that works.
“Went on a hike and saw this rock that looks like a skull.”
When you’re hiking and see a rock shaped like a skull, it’s no big deal. You don’t need to turn back. It’s only when every rock looks like a skull that you should stop the hike.
“I am scared of wearing shoes!”
Every pair of conventional lace-up running shoes does this from time to time. It’s no big deal, really. It just means that some tortured soul has decided to inhabit your shoes for awhile. Nothing to worry about.
“Dropped my phone and the crack it made kind of looks like a hummingbird.”
Let’s celebrate not just the things that look exactly like other things, but the things that look like other things in an abstract way . I totally see the wings of this bird.
“I see a little silhouetto of a man…”
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!
Seriously though, this face silhouette looks just as downtrodden and depressed as I’d be if I realized I’d been reincarnated as a humble bath sponge.
“Found a piece of rock that looks like a steak.”
This is uncanny. It looks so much like a steak that you could almost convince somebody to bite into it. It would be hilarious, until they sent you their dental bill.
“Sad person sitting on a ledge.”
This is another pic on the list that kind of chills me to the bone. I can’t even understand how the contours of this bottle of soap are making that kind of shadow. It must be possessed.
“This water damage looks like a city skyline.”
If ocean levels keep rising and flooding keeps getting more severe, this door will eventually have several city skylines imprinted on it, each one higher than the last. I can’t wait for the future.
“Is it okay to eat this egg?”
It’s tough to know what to do here. Eating the egg would get rid of the spooky skeleton face, but on the other hand, it would also put that evil inside your body. Tough to say.
“This cloud looks like the sky is exploding.”
What would it look like if the sky just decided to explode one day? Until I saw this pic, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you. This one truly looks like the end of days.
“Hmmm…”
In real time, that lady would have been moving around, making it clear that she’s just a person with sunglasses on her head. But taken as a freeze frame, I can confirm that it does indeed look like a dog wearing shades.
