{"id":"pareidolia-things-with-faces","name":"Pareidolia","summary":"Pareidolia, sometimes called Things With Faces, is the psychological trick of seeing faces in inanimate objects, which grew into a photo genre through Flickr groups, subreddits, and dedicated blogs starting in the mid-2000s. Everyday objects like electrical outlets, houses, cheese graters, and clothes hangers got documented as accidental characters, and the format became one of the internet's longest-running photo memes.","tags":["pareidolia","things with faces","faces in objects","drunk octopus","seeing faces","r/pareidolia","faces in places","optical illusion faces"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":6,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-smiling-wooden-chair.webp","caption":"A wooden chair whose backrest cutout and screws form an unmistakable smiling face — a classic example of pareidolia.","width":604,"height":452,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-shoe-sole-ghost-faces.webp","caption":"The bottoms of a pair of shoes whose rubber reinforcements form spooky, wide-eyed faces.","width":500,"height":439,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-clown-face-house.webp","caption":"A house whose windows and a stuck red balloon perfectly align to form a clown-like face on the facade.","width":470,"height":448,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-drunk-octopus-coat-hook.webp","caption":"The iconic \"drunk octopus wants to fight you\" coat hook — a widely shared pareidolia image.","width":680,"height":510,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-sink-drain-eye.webp","caption":"Water swirling down a soapy drain forms an uncanny resemblance to a giant human eye.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/pareidolia-things-with-faces-sad-pink-suitcase.webp","caption":"A pink suitcase abandoned on a staircase whose handles and zippers form a distinctly sad-looking face.","width":1920,"height":1920,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/pareidolia-things-with-faces/history.md","related":["tebowing","lee-hotti-and-friends","eyebombing","funny-store-signs","cats-wearing-tights","hover-hand"],"popularityRank":3094,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}