Monday, January 3, 2011

I'm 12 Years Old and I Haven't Got a Clue


  Yesterday, we asked you to look at this image and tell us what you saw.

The vast majority of us saw a couple getting smoochy. 

Only the young and pure of heart saw nine dolphins. 

One precocious ten year-old saw "a lady shooting fire from her eyes".

Thankfully we don't have enough twelve year-old visitors to have got a meaningful vote, but the point of this exercise was to illustrate how our perceptions change with age and experience : particularly at puberty.

That's why we protect the innocent from exploitation.

The image was painted in 1987 by Sandro Del Prete. (There's more of his work here.)
If you're not already following, you really should visit Rorschach Redemption's blog.


No airline news today : time to give them a break. I haven't yet decided what the new sub-text is going to be.

I got my best search referral ever yesterday: someone from Pakistan searching for "Angela Merkel naked" - Eeeeuuuuuuw!
Posted by Suciô Sanchez at 14:15
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27 comments:

  1. stmJanuary 3, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    if i wrote a psychology textbook, i'd want these pictures on the cover.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I've always thought images like this are interesting. It's stupid to say that people are unpure when they recognize that there are two people embracing themselves instead of 9 dolphins or whatever. It's a natural process of human pattern recognition to look for the human form in abstract images, rather than something fantastical (to most of us) like dolphins.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Well I'll be.. I am corrupt after all:-)

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  4. lulJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    haha well done!

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  5. VaporJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    Yay, running bear!

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  6. The Game Store GuyJanuary 3, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    Bear. o_O

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  7. SkimboshJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I like the 'updated version' on the bottom. Is it bad if I got more aroused by the dolphins? Why don't I own any jugs? Is that last question sexual?

    I see my Pakistanian cousin never got around to curing himself of his Angela Merkel condition.
    Thanks for the props.

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  8. TsipiseJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    I like the woman. More than nine dolphins.

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  9. BartJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    still see a butterfly

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  10. Sharon DayJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    I know me. I would have been the precocious child.

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  11. Max EvelJanuary 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    I still see boobies .

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  12. tomi991January 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    hahahha, so great :D

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  13. Monster MadnessJanuary 3, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    I want to be young and pure of heart :(

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  14. Drew BriskiJanuary 3, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    I could have sworn it was just dust on a jug.

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  15. BrutJanuary 3, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    I'm 12 and what is this? I saw dolphins though.

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  16. anon408January 3, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    LOL! You have my follow :)

    http://anon408.blogspot.com

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  17. Das Auto!January 3, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    as your blog's only 9 year-old viewer and follower, i feel obligated to inform you that i saw electric eels huffing paint.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    I searched so hard on the prior post but could find no dolphins. Now that you've pointed them out they seem so obvious!

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  19. NatáliaJanuary 4, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    I remember discussing this in my cognitive psych. class and how interesting of a discussion it was!

    Psychology is awesome! :)

    Pedobear on the other hand, not so much but that last picture is funny! =P

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  20. MRanthropeJanuary 4, 2011 at 2:43 AM

    I missed the vote session, but DEFINITELY didn't see any dolphins.

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  21. The Angry LurkerJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:54 AM

    What dolphins???

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  22. Justsayin'January 4, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    This is great lol.

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  23. RatsRunThisTownJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    These are designed to make us look like perverts I swear!

    No one ever see's dolphins.
    Either way, I know I haven't been pure at heart for a loooong time!

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  24. Julie FergusonJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    I see the couple smooching and nothing more, tee hee!

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  25. A Beer for the ShowerJanuary 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    I'm guessing only the Furries were able to see Smokey the Bear getting his freak on?

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  26. SamJanuary 4, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    That bear looks happy :P

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  27. beyondhiphopJanuary 21, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    holy sob, where the bear come from, WIZARDAFSDFLASDL!

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