There are pages dedicated to wholesome pictures. There are pages dedicated to funny pictures and memes. And then there are those who explore the world of cursed images. They’re for pictures that have something unsettling in them, but they’re still funny enough to get a chuckle or two out of you. So, today, we’re dedicating a post to the Cursed Memes Instagram page. A little bit mysterious, a tad funny, but 100% cursed – that’s what this page aims for. If you’re familiar with the concept, you’ll probably avoid these during mealtime or before sleep. But morbid curiosity will probably get the best of you, so scroll away and check out what people on the other side of the Internet are doing. Experts say that we respond more strongly to disgusting or gross stimuli than to something emotionally neutral. Some argue that it’s an evolutionary response: we avoid things that we’re scared of or that disgust us. That’s why it captures our attention: for safety reasons. “Any negative feeling has the potential to be enjoyable when it is stripped of the belief that what is happening is actually bad,” she writes. “Leaving behind physiological arousal that is, in itself, exhilarating or interesting.” When we look at cursed images, we know that none of the subjects in them are in any danger. More often than not, they’re manufactured for the Internet and other netizens to enjoy. This can mean two things together that just feel deeply wrong when they are together. Because of its tamed nature when compared to other gross things that exist on the Internet, she calls cursed pics ’normcore horror.’ Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
