26 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (January 26, 2025)

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Jan 26, 2025 8:00 AM EST

Have you ever looked at something and thought, "Something is wrong, I just can't quite put my finger on it?" Perhaps you thought this while watching The Polar Express. The characters just look a little unsettling, though you couldn't fully articulate the reason. Maybe the sensation you were feeling could be explained by "The Uncanny Valley," a term used to describe the off-putting space between something looking real and human-like and something looking fake or inanimate. Mickey Mouse, for example, lands on the safe side of the uncanny valley because he looks nothing like a real human, so our brains can quickly categorize him as a cartoon.

But the train conductor in The Polar Express, on the other hand, looks a little too much like Tom Hanks the person, so we're caught in the middle between cartoon and real. It's a place best left avoided if you're in the business of making people feel good.

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On the other hand, though, sometimes something is so wrong that you enjoy it. You take pleasure in how badly somebody messed up. This is the bucket of content we find ourselves in today. These images are so wrong that they're right, and we get together every week to laugh about them. So let's get started.
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What the heck is a load thing?

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Should have thought of that

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Yummy

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So close!

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