Comments on: The Insanely Creepy World of Mannequins http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/ Urban Culture, Alternative Art and Wonders of the World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: wwwsww http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/comment-page-1/#comment-86614 wwwsww Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:12:57 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=5967#comment-86614 wow wow

]]> By: Cool http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/comment-page-1/#comment-82361 Cool Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:56:38 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=5967#comment-82361 Just my rambling observation. The eeriness for me is their almost life-like appearance, embedded with a surreal facade that most humans couldn't mimic even if they wanted to, not to mention that it always appears as if they are looking right through you. Just my rambling observation. The eeriness for me is their almost life-like appearance, embedded with a surreal facade that most humans couldn’t mimic even if they wanted to, not to mention that it always appears as if they are looking right through you.

]]> By: Joan http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/comment-page-1/#comment-82316 Joan Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:59 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=5967#comment-82316 Wow. I actually have always had a fear of mannequins and this article has helped for me to put some context to it. I have never met anyone else who has this fear and people usually find the idea quite strange and funny. I have subdued the fear to the point to where I can handle images and being in the same room as one, but I still have an uncontrollable urge to run away when I am physically within about 20 feet of one. I am eager to find others who have the same fear because I've never met anyone who does. Wow. I actually have always had a fear of mannequins and this article has helped for me to put some context to it. I have never met anyone else who has this fear and people usually find the idea quite strange and funny. I have subdued the fear to the point to where I can handle images and being in the same room as one, but I still have an uncontrollable urge to run away when I am physically within about 20 feet of one. I am eager to find others who have the same fear because I’ve never met anyone who does.

]]> By: Rob http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/comment-page-1/#comment-81850 Rob Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:08:24 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=5967#comment-81850 Nice article. Jake and Dinos Chapman did some pretty freaky things with models and mannequins too: http://www.whitecube.com/artists/chapman/ix/ Nice article.

Jake and Dinos Chapman did some pretty freaky things with models and mannequins too:

http://www.whitecube.com/artists/chapman/ix/

]]> By: Stephanie http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/04/scary-creepy-mannequins/comment-page-1/#comment-81801 Stephanie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:03:19 +0000 http://weburbanist.com/?p=5967#comment-81801 Thank you for the article - fascinating reading, and errie images. erin_landry's picture is still making me shiver. I'm doing my PhD on the uncanny valley idea, and I blush to admit it, but your article was the first time I've come across the idea of pediophobia. (One excuse is that I'm looking at it from an experimental psychology point of view, and abnormal psych is lost to the mists of my undergraduate degree, sadly.) Thank you for the article – fascinating reading, and errie images. erin_landry’s picture is still making me shiver.

I’m doing my PhD on the uncanny valley idea, and I blush to admit it, but your article was the first time I’ve come across the idea of pediophobia. (One excuse is that I’m looking at it from an experimental psychology point of view, and abnormal psych is lost to the mists of my undergraduate degree, sadly.)

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