Background Information
Pareidolia (from the Greek words para- which means “with”, or “alongside” but in this context it means something is faulty or wrong and eidolon which means “image”. So basically “faulty image”.) is an illusion involving a vague or obscure stimulus being interpreted as clear and definite.
Example
Do you see Vladimir Lenin on this shower curtain?
If you do, it’s pareidolia.
Famous examples of pareidolia.
- The Mars face
- Nun Bun
- Whenever someone says they’ve seen Jesus in anything
- The Rorschach inkblot test
Just to name a few.
Internet Usage
On the internet the “Stuff With Faces on It” meme is when you find objects that…look like they have a face on ’em and show them off. Happy chair is perhaps the most well known, and there are thousands of emotives and narrative pictures all over 4Chan, Youtube, and the majority of community websites.
Usually this meme is used to comment on posts, e.g. “Angry BBQ is angry at OP”
This is the meta-meme of several variations such as the OM NOM NOM meme which involves drawing facial features on inanimate objects.
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Meme Details
Origin
The crevices of your brain
Year
unknown
2 editors
Richie McNuggets
Researcher
Captain Blubber
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