Disturbing ad... (Warning: Trypophobic image)

[stiligFox]

hey guys, just wanted to note I've been seeing these pop up over the last week or so. I thought maybe it was my cookies, but I've actually gotten a new device and wiped it clean, and am still seeing them. It doesn't bother me toooooo much but I definitely am very cautious about scrolling through the site now...


http://health-body.net/?ad=adname&placement=www.macrumors.com&kw=breaking news today

 

[arn]

Ill get it blocked

 

[stiligFox]

Ill get it blocked

Thanks arn!

 

[Beachguy]

I see that ad all over the place. It's far from being the only creepy ad I see.

 

[flashy-cat]

Why is it disturbing?

 

[dXTC]

I think it's disturbing to some because it vaguely resembles some sort of parasitic worm infestation viewers may have seen elsewhere on the 'Net. Other than that, it's one of those ubiquitous "One Weird Old Trick" ads.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Why is it disturbing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia

 

[flashy-cat]

You learn something new every day.

 

[chromite]

I just saw this today and it's deeply disturbing...

 

[Meister]

You learn something new every day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia

"The term was coined in 2005 ... It is not recognized in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or other scientific literature.[cal Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or other scientific literature."

You (like most people) have never heard of it because it's a 'condition' that was recently 'discovered'.

 

[mobilehaathi]

"The term was coined in 2005 ... It is not recognized in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or other scientific literature.[cal Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or other scientific literature."

You (like most people) have never heard of it because it's a 'condition' that was recently 'discovered'.

Yes, you've quoted from my link.

 

[Meister]

Yes, you've quoted from my link.

As an answer to @flashy-cat.

 

[jerwin]

It's a standard part of internet chum.

A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum

though, perhaps I should warn you that that article features plenty of examples.

Bottom Left: Deeply Psychological Body Thing: While on the surface this may scan as a Skin Thing, the regular pattern of indentations made in this woman’s legs by what appear to be frozen peas or stones are in fact designed to trigger feelings of mild discomfort/anxiety amongst sufferers of Trypophobia, a common sensitivity to regularly occurring patterns of holes in surfaces—a discomfort that perversely elicits curiosity, playing on our fixation with the frailties of our bodies and our ultimate fear of death.

 

[Meister]

It's a standard part of internet chum.

A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum

though, perhaps I should warn you that that article features plenty of examples.

In other words: click-bait ads.

I've always wondered who actually clicks on those images.

 

[Weaselboy]

You guys are triggering me!

 

[BittenApple]

Man all these years I thought that picture was marbles or stones pressed against the skin.

 

[jerwin]

Man all these years I thought that picture was marbles or stones pressed against the skin.

Why not continue to think that? Trypophobia is merely an internet meme, and in this case, it's being used to sell things you don't need.