thats right. letters are just arbitrary little squiggles, and if you look at any of them too long they lose the heuristic you associate with them and the fact that theyre just little squiggles becomes visible.
I dont think one word or another is more or less likely to cause this effect.
"bed" looks like a bed.
I see it, and I cannot unsee it. Well done
Thanks, but I didn't invent that one.
Boob looks like boobs (top view B, front view oo, side view b)
All of them
thats right. letters are just arbitrary little squiggles, and if you look at any of them too long they lose the heuristic you associate with them and the fact that theyre just little squiggles becomes visible.
I dont think one word or another is more or less likely to cause this effect.
This is true, but anecdotally it happens quicker with some words than others.
Squiggles
Queue
weirder
Semantic satiation
Are we having fun yet?
Leaving a comment here on behalf of HIMYM: Bowl.
Hyperbole
Bananana
Put.
Subtle
tardigrade
Fugazi
Hands
All of them?
Roads.
Surf
Gauge
vacuum
Tartlets
Inflammable
Uninflammable
Any word, if you look at it for long enough.
The.
What.
Foot
Snail
Done and does
Western society.
The most educated generation of all time, somehow resemble cattle in their absolute meekness .
educated by what?
Educated, adj.