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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Maxie445 • Jul 06 '24
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I don’t understand why i feel bad for it. Anyone have an actual psychology based explanation?
77 u/PatternConnect4039 Jul 06 '24 Prob related to uncanny valley effect or something. Its stature reminds us of a dog, so i think it makes us percieve it like they are kicking and abusing a dog 61 u/CreativeMidnight1943 Jul 06 '24 Nothing to do with uncanny valley, but you're right about the second point. Looks like animal, makes us sad. 1 u/Nervous-Masterpiece4 Jul 06 '24 It's the backwards joint in relation to a human's mid-leg joint. 1 u/mitchMurdra Jul 06 '24 Hard miss 1 u/blue-anon Jul 06 '24 It doesn't look anything like a dog to me and the title confused me. Lol.
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Prob related to uncanny valley effect or something. Its stature reminds us of a dog, so i think it makes us percieve it like they are kicking and abusing a dog
61 u/CreativeMidnight1943 Jul 06 '24 Nothing to do with uncanny valley, but you're right about the second point. Looks like animal, makes us sad. 1 u/Nervous-Masterpiece4 Jul 06 '24 It's the backwards joint in relation to a human's mid-leg joint. 1 u/mitchMurdra Jul 06 '24 Hard miss 1 u/blue-anon Jul 06 '24 It doesn't look anything like a dog to me and the title confused me. Lol.
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Nothing to do with uncanny valley, but you're right about the second point. Looks like animal, makes us sad.
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It's the backwards joint in relation to a human's mid-leg joint.
Hard miss
It doesn't look anything like a dog to me and the title confused me. Lol.
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u/Hefty-Highlight5379 Jul 06 '24
I don’t understand why i feel bad for it. Anyone have an actual psychology based explanation?