Can You Keep a Straight Face Through These Images?

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The thread explores participants' reactions to a series of humorous images intended to test their ability to maintain a straight face. The discussion includes personal anecdotes about their experiences with the images, varying degrees of success in not smiling, and reflections on humor and emotional responses.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants report failing to maintain a straight face, with many noting specific images that made them smile or laugh.
  • Others claim they successfully viewed all images without smiling, attributing their success to various factors such as eating while viewing or a determined mindset.
  • A few participants express skepticism about the humor in certain images, questioning why others find them funny.
  • Some participants mention feeling desensitized to similar images due to prior exposure.
  • There are discussions about the emotional impact of the images, with some participants reflecting on their personal feelings towards animals depicted in the images.
  • Several participants share their thoughts on the nature of humor and how it affects their reactions, including references to their own emotional states or experiences.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the effectiveness of the images in eliciting smiles. There are multiple competing views on what constitutes humor and varying personal reactions to the images.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their emotional responses, suggesting that personal circumstances may influence their reactions to the images.

Who May Find This Useful

Readers interested in humor, emotional reactions to visual stimuli, or those looking for light-hearted discussions may find this thread engaging.

  • #31
I was defenceless against the second one. That cat just looks so insanely happy! Although he looks photoshopped, somehow.

I'm still smiling, and it was 5 minutes ago. :)
 
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  • #32
None of the pics made me smile but these 2 posts did::smile:

mattmns said:
I got through them all, but I was eating while I viewed them.

Math Is Hard said:
I'm pretty hopeless at these kinds of tests. I start smiling before I've even seen the pictures - just because I know I'm not supposed to smile.
 
  • #33
I started to smile when I just read the title, then clicked and before I got to the first picture I started laughing.

Who ever made it without smiling must be really depressed.
 
  • #34
eax said:
I started to smile when I just read the title, then clicked and before I got to the first picture I started laughing.

Who ever made it without smiling must be really depressed.
Like me? I hate animals.
 
  • #35
I pa$$ed the test! (I didnt smile @ all thru them)

They were nice pics and usually i might have smiled/laughed,but i wanted to see if i could do it https://www.physicsforums.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
 
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  • #36
Janus said:
I must be an old sour puss, I got through the whole bunch without cracking a smile.

Same here...




Edit: Oh boy, I just noticed how old this thread is. :redface:
 
  • #37
I am glad this thread got bumped for us newer members. Picture 1 got me.

I guess I'm not as manly as I thought I was.
 
  • #38
Sure I can do it. If i frown hard on purpose and scroll really fast. : P
 
  • #39
I've seen them elsewhere about a hundred times so I'm pretty desensitized.
Here's another one for a surprise attack though.
1241072296472.jpg
 
  • #40
I didn't answer this the first time around (it might, in fact, have been before I joined PF). I don't like dogs, but #2 got me instantly.
Nice new pic, Stats.
 
  • #41
#2 :d
 
  • #42
None of those aminals made me smile. I did smile when I saw IvanSeeking's signature in his original post. How did he predict "I quit - Sarah Palin", in year 2005?
 
  • #43
jobyts said:
None of those aminals made me smile. I did smile when I saw IvanSeeking's signature in his original post. How did he predict "I quit - Sarah Palin", in year 2005?

I'm not sure but it was one of two things: Either I checked with an astrologer, or my current signature is what you see in all posts, no matter how old they are.
 
  • #44
Being on dial-up, I scrolled down not knowing there were pictures coming. No smiles until I got to ...
Sarah Palin is the most prominent and articulate voice for American conservatism.
:smile:
 
  • #45
jobyts said:
None of those aminals made me smile. I did smile when I saw IvanSeeking's signature in his original post. How did he predict "I quit - Sarah Palin", in year 2005?

:smile:

Okay, I laughed.

And yes, the initial pictures made me smile too.
 
  • #46
Danger said:
I didn't answer this the first time around (it might, in fact, have been before I joined PF). I don't like dogs, but #2 got me instantly.
Nice new pic, Stats.

Boy, am I embarrassed... :blushing:
I just read through the thread and realized that I did answer the first time around. I must be getting soft in my old age, because I made it all of the way through the first time, and only to #2 this time. Maybe it's because my effort to quit drinking is taking effect; I'm down from 25 to 15 beers a day. That seems to be having some peculiar psychological effects.
 
  • #47
I didnt smile throughout the original test, but honestly that new photo with the kitten and the yarn got me :)
 
  • #48
I didn't smile at any of them.
 
  • #49
I laughed at the first one, does that count as smiling?
 
  • #50
TheStatutoryApe said:
I've seen them elsewhere about a hundred times so I'm pretty desensitized.
Here's another one for a surprise attack though.
1241072296472.jpg

That one got a big AWWWWWWWWWW from me. It's Ember's fault...she's sensitized me to kitty pictures. :-p
 
  • #52
OK what is he doing, putting the shamrock into it?!? Lol...
 
  • #53
It's a Wii owners manual, in case you didn't catch that, and yeah... I don't know why that would make it in there... but it definitely gets a chuckle.
 
  • #54
cat.jpg



Not smiling, not smiling, not smiling!
 
  • #55
I lost it on the last one. :)
 
  • #56
I made it through without smiling, but the "Dangerous Smile" posted in one of the replies got me.
 
  • #57
I laughed/smiled at when I saw the first set of "..." Guess I had no hope of getting through it all. :P
 
  • #58
hypatia said:
I failed right from the start, I'm hopeless!

same here
 
  • #59
http://gobblegreen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/smile-kitten-large.jpg
 
  • #60
I find the word "smile" itself is somewhat provocative.

And the results of the test can depend on the initial mood of the subject.

Personnally, I started smiling at the many successive dots "..."
 

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