solaceon
asked:
What are the visual signifiers of a cursed image?? I wanna be able to identify them!
answered:
- timestamp
- use of flash
- red eyes
- glowing eyes (on pets)
- low res
- subject is looking directly into the camera
- subject is looking directly into the camera and not smiling
- everyone in the photo is looking directly into the camera and none of them are smiling
- picture looks like it was taken in someone’s aunt’s house
- the decor and fashion is always slighly dated in almost the exact same way
- picture taken outside at night on an empty road
- picture taken outside at night near a school
- picture taken outside at night, with everything not immediately in the foreground sinking into undifferentiated darkness
- light glinting off of someone’s glasses
- mirrors
- orbs
- if people assume it was taken in russia
- if it was actually taken by chris maggio