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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Competition from other hominids and genetic disease.

Or, more likely, just the Uncanny Valley not being that big of deal in general.

It's fun to meme about it but it's not like people are running screaming from the theater because the CGI was off, it just doesn't look right sometimes and our brain doesn't like it because it doesn't fit the patterns it's had reinforced over a lifetime.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don't run from the theater because you know it's not real. If one of those CGI characters showed up at your front door, you might run.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd think "wow that's an unfortunate medical condition and/or bad surgery."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My sister got bad plastic surgery. When I told her that, she seemed surprised.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

hmmm, uncanny