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Subtle
tardigrade
Hands
Fugazi
Put.
Any word, if you look at it for long enough.
"bed" looks like a bed.
I see it, and I cannot unsee it. Well done
Thanks, but I didn't invent that one.
Boob looks like boobs (top view B, front view oo, side view b)
All of them
thats right. letters are just arbitrary little squiggles, and if you look at any of them too long they lose the heuristic you associate with them and the fact that theyre just little squiggles becomes visible.
I dont think one word or another is more or less likely to cause this effect.
Squiggles
This is true, but anecdotally it happens quicker with some words than others.
Queue
weirder
Leaving a comment here on behalf of HIMYM: Bowl.
All of them?
Hyperbole
Gauge
Surf
Inflammable
Uninflammable
Tartlets
vacuum
Snail
Moist
Foot
The.
What.
Done and does
Western society.
The most educated generation of all time, somehow resemble cattle in their absolute meekness .