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Liberal_in_LA

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1. spoiler
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:24 PM
Jan 2016

At first glance this looks like a 'disturbingly' graphic picture, but if you take a closer look you will see it is actually just a very awkward optical illusion.

The photo, which shows a bald man stooping down to give his baby a kiss, has attracted more than three million views on social media site Imgur and thousands of comments.

It initially prompted confusion for many viewers, who mistook the father's hairy shoulders, bald head and left ear for his bottom.

But many then took to social media to express their relief after realising it was actually just a tender family moment.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3400375/The-disturbing-photo-internet-talking.html#ixzz3xGvVXoYI

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spoiler Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #1
I definitely had to do a double take on this one. Renew Deal Jan 2016 #13
If he is trying to kiss the baby, then why is he trying to poop on it? AngryAmish Jan 2016 #20
I saw a man kissing his kid. drm604 Jan 2016 #29
I first saw a mass of hairy butt cheeks. Had to read article to see it was a man kissing baby Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #33
What's disturbing about a dude kissing his kid? Scootaloo Jan 2016 #2
(SPOILER ALERT) I see it LiberalElite Jan 2016 #3
it's a 3 butt cheek ass juxtaposed Jan 2016 #4
That's what I was trying to figure out 2naSalit Jan 2016 #8
Which means a dual exhaust! Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #22
That was actually a Monty Python sketch. A man claimed to have 3 butt cheeks, but refused to prove tblue37 Jan 2016 #31
I'm not sure why this would cause a big stir. Chemisse Jan 2016 #5
Because internet outrage TransitJohn Jan 2016 #12
I'm not even sure this qualifies as an optical illusion. eom whitefordmd Jan 2016 #6
I got it, but absolutely saw something else at first glance. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #7
I see a shirtless guy kissing a baby. johnp3907 Jan 2016 #9
A giant, malformed, heirloom tomato! immoderate Jan 2016 #10
a heirloom tomato Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #11
My first thought was "potato"... baldguy Jan 2016 #15
WHO TH' FUCK LETS BIB FORTUNA NEAR THEIR BABEHS?!? Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #14
I think I am beginning to understand how aome people rurallib Jan 2016 #16
I actually got it right away. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #17
To be fair, have you inspected the asscheeks of everyone you have met? Thor_MN Jan 2016 #25
No, but I have seen most of their noses. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #35
If Hieronymus Bosch had been a photographer... petronius Jan 2016 #18
!Bingo!. .very good. . . n/t annabanana Jan 2016 #19
that's one for Awkward Family Photos right there MisterP Jan 2016 #21
It does have a certain Rembrandt/Bosch quality. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #23
It is a bald headed guy kissing his kid...what am I supposed to see? Rex Jan 2016 #24
Potatoes Kalidurga Jan 2016 #26
Those are some hairy potatoes. Rex Jan 2016 #30
I've seen worse Kalidurga Jan 2016 #32
Me too, I still don't see anything 'bad'. Rex Jan 2016 #34
Omg. bunnies Jan 2016 #27
I don't see any optical illusion Sanity Claws Jan 2016 #28
The nose was the giveaway for me. displacedtexan Jan 2016 #36
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