If you’re happy to view content that’s absurd, bizarre, and unexplainable, you’ve come to the right place. Bored Panda has searched far and wide to find some of the most amusing yet confusing photos from the internet and compiled them into a list below. Enjoy scrolling through these entertaining photos, and be sure to upvote the ones that leave you asking lots of questions! #1 © Photo: jorishmctumbles/

The internet is an overwhelming place. You can find anything and everything there, which can be a blessing and a curse. If you want to pick up a new hobby or learn a new skill, YouTube’s got your back. If you want to bake a niche recipe, you won’t have any trouble finding it by searching the right combination of words. And it’s nearly impossible to bury your head in the sand when there are news headlines hitting you from all angles.  

But sometimes, you just want to see something unexpected. Because we’ve become so desensitized to everything online, it’s become rare to actually be shocked or surprised. That might be why so many people are drawn to these bizarre, absurd images. They’re certainly not what you expect to see, and they might get the wheels turning in your head as you wonder how in the world they came to be.

Someone at my local grocery store decided every single potato needed a price sticker

When it comes to why people can’t look away from cursed images, Emma Grey Ellis at Wired says it likely has something to do with the morbid curiosity that all humans have. When we see something disgusting, disturbing, upsetting, or downright confusing, we may turn away at first. But curiosity often gets the best of us, and we can’t help but keep watching to find out more about what we don’t understand. 

According to Colton Scrivner, a PhD student at the University of Chicago who studies humans’ interest in violence and creepiness, the desire to look at cursed images is similar to the desire to enter a haunted house. You may feel creeped out, but you want to go inside and investigate. “It’s a mixture of what’s comfortable and what’s uncertain,” Scrivner told Wired.  

While every absurd, cursed image is unique, Gabriel Conte wrote a piece detailing some of the most common aesthetics present in these photos. The first thing that stuck out to him was the types of cameras used to capture these images. He noted that many of these pics came about in recent years, as digital cameras and smartphones have made it much easier to snap and share these strange photos.  

Another feature that Conte noticed of many cursed images is that they have a “snapshot aesthetic.” By this, he means that they look like they were taken quickly, without the eye of a professional photographer. There weren’t 100 versions taken of the same pic; they were just quickly snapped and shared. They’re often not of the highest quality or something that would be considered aesthetically pleasing. But what they lack in beauty, they make up for in personality.