The Uncanny Valley Is Still Terrifying

[@rachelm4933]

1:40 That’s actually the famous mannequin from La Pascualita, a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico. There’s a rumor that the mannequin is actually the preserved corpse of the owner’s daughter, because of how uncanny she looks. She had been in the store window since 1930, but in 2024 she was removed

[@aphroflame]

ahh i just commented this! glad someone beat me to it

[@alexandermenzer7782]

Are we sure she was removed and didnt just leave?

[@alexandrahill9176]

Honestly her eyes look so eerily human compared to the rest of the mannequin body

[@sharkedforlife4075]

@@alexandrahill9176 Wouldn't they have had to replace her eyes with glass eyes though? It's the hands that get me

[@Polyeurythane]

⁠@@sharkedforlife4075to be honest if it was an actual corpse it would’ve rotted away already. Embalming doesn’t last forever and certainly not as long as people think it does, and I assume it would be a Herculean task to try and find someone to not only taxidermy a human but also keep the secret (though with how much fat and tissue humans have it would probably be impossible to make a human taxidermy without it rotting from the traces of fat attached to the skin)

[@bubbletractor]

11:38 this is from a podcast called the magnus archives, she (it?) ends up saying that she needs his skin for a ritual but he's horribly moisturized and she's gotta keep him alive for a while and supply him with lotion 💀 rude as hell if you're gonna kill me you get my unmoisturized corpse. It has a lot of thalassaphobia and uncanny valley episodes among others, you should check it out.

[@yuletide4452]

I'm so glad people in the comments are shedding light on The Magnus Archives. The best part about this podcast is that it covers nearly all types of fear, so there's gotta be at least one episode that will scare you. That and impeccable writing, it's actually incredible.

[@nathanstroud2223]

Is it weird that I still found myself being kind of attracted to that... entity? Oh lawd, she gonna moisturize me!

[@nathanstroud2223]

Killer android or not, that... entity is still quite easy on the eyes. I'd let her/it moisturize me.

[@figthegiant4065]

I was scrolling through the comments when I got to that video to see if anyone else recognised Nikola

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

@@yuletide4452 Yeah, another video introduced me to it, and I fell in love. It's so incredibly well written, and honestly I think I like it more than SCP.

[@kruksog]

11:30 audio clip is from "The Magnus Archives," a fantastic podcast for anyone who is into "creepy." Such a quality show that got almost no attention.

[@yuletide4452]

So true. Not enough people know about it, but it's so well-written and horrific, I am still taken aback by how long it took me to discover it.

[@cptsteele91]

It did nothing wrong

[@TayWoode]

Thanks I’ll look into it, sounds like what I like, I just hope it doesn’t get too ruined like they did with backrooms full of kids now adding stupid music and cartoon characters

[@OroTheEye]

I love tma sm! The fanart is so good, too, and Nikola is AWESOME

[@backshift6974]

The magnus protocol is eeeeeeeh but archives was so fire

[@naomiswisher6816]

2:18 ive been cackling at this for several minutes pls help

[@Nataviaa]

No Same LMFAOOOO “ *ALIEN* “ 😂😂

[@timogeerties3487]

That sound effect did it for me 😂

[@ElderShogun]

21:00 another extra that was in this commercial said that this extra had to be told many times that he was being too extra. Apparently he kept doing things like this and tryin to stand out

[@biljam972]

My theory is that Mark Zuckenberg has his own robot to represent him, so he doesn't have to personally go to public. That's why he is so weird looking. It's not him, it's his avatar robot.

[@SharkAttack-kz1dq]

12:58 Why is tom hanks there? you do know that most of the movie is just tom hanks talking to himself right? he played so many characters lol

[@mateogarcia3190]

The cyborg chick saying she can't have a soul: She's real with pre-recorded voice and only lining up a few syllables and she's lifting her eyebrows and doing a decent acting job.

[@lizzie333eee]

GREG!!! >:( polar express is my favorite Christmas movie I felt personally attacked fr lmfao it’s a beautiful movie 😭

[@emissaryzadnor]

The pointy dude looked like a WoW character

[@maddie-yt2qn]

15:59 is that oli london

[@trashpanda2218]

No lmao he’s actually Korean not a fake one like oli

[@michaelj1729]

as a freaking filipino we HATED those AI sports casters as we grew up loving real people on the courtside giving live reactions to the game. the backlash that it got was intense.

[@meanie5416]

12:47 and it definitely doesn’t make it any better that tom hanks voices like half the characters in it

[@adventurekitty101]

I doubt having Tom Hanks physically portraying and doing the motion capture for character that's like a 10 year old boy didn't help. A child's face moves differently to an adults. I guess Josh Hutcherson wasn't available to actually come in and performance capture Hero Boy. (He does voice Hero Boy though.)

[@catisyellen9877]

The two freaky guys in the suits that stare at you are how I see Jahova’s Witnesses. 😭

[@kittywashere9883]

1:58 I think it is his very light and unusually even skintone paired with darker eyes that makes him feel like a replica of silicone. Low contrast face in a way. I do not mean this in a bad way, i have just been thinking about why he always comes up in this kind of contexts. Plus his manerisms, as you said.

[@cjn0423]

I am so happy humor is not dead yet

[@ZacharyWrightSnep]

16:15 It’s Mirage from The Incredibles!

[@Lucia4377]

Not you thinking Bien is bean lmao

[@wyrmeleon2002]

He didn't, actually. Habichuelas Bien. Good beans

[@theKabbage]

I watch Polar Express every christmas, nostalgia is powerful and makes me blind to all the bad things that movie has. 10/10 for me. Hot Chocolate song goes hard

[@princembat]

afaik the one that was a normal girl but her head was TINY was a trend in some country i think?? idk its weird

[@adventurekitty101]

8:55 Remy was never the same after he accidently walked Linguini into a self locking freezer.

[@vulcanh254]

All this time I thought Uncanny Valley was an actual valley. 😂

[@-secretly-The_emeral_belf]

I was just about to be sad that I had just puked, but then I remembered I get to watch your video :) I still hope I don't choke and puke again tho-

[@weirdautumn5263]

Magnus archives reference at 11:05!!!

[@ActionYakPolice]

face to... welll. no face!

[@tripxez8478]

Thats that podcast right?

[@weirdautumn5263]

@@tripxez8478 yeah, it’s a really good horror podcast!

[@Saint_Dan132]

"the uncanny 👋✋🖐👋Vally 👋🖐👋" 🤣🤣another great video

[@tylershimek6167]

Your commentary is hilarious. Subbed.

[@issNizz]

2:30 I wonder what it was like when they would kiss, cuz usually if you opened your eyes whilst kissing someone, you'd be looking right into their eyes right in front of yours, but like, did the wife have to look inwards and JFK out you know? Thoughts chat?

[@bananafruit6060]

Did you jsut call the comments chat????

[@issNizz]

@@bananafruit6060 mhm

[@gregnunes459]

The answer is.. Don't fucking open your eyes when you're kissing someone, you creep. You deserve to be shamed for this. People that open their eyes to "check" what the other person is doing while kissing are the worst kind of people. What do you think they're doing or you're going to see? They're literally less than an inch away, currently preoccupied kissing you. It's just unfathomable to me why anyone would do this after the first time when they're a teenager or w/e and made to feel awkward for it. Since tone and intention is hard to read on the internet, just to clarify, I'm kind of being sarcastic or half-joking. I'm not actually outraged at a complete stranger for something so fucking stupid and ridiculous. But seriously, it is, in fact, a weird thing to do. Cool people don't do that. You are cool, aren't you?

[@MortusSweet]

Lmao EVERY TIME you play that musical sting I think you’re about to play After Dark by Mr Kitty with some aesthetic shots of Bladerunner 😂😂😂

[@sorensouthard927]

I feel like mark is the only person who is entirely uncanny without even trying to be, the rest aim at horror and he becomes horror despite trying his damnedest not to be.

[@dodoarsenalfc]

I feel uncanned

[@RazorSharpMC]

That TinTin movie was some weird stuff

[@ComixFan-os9yc]

So many chances not to watch these videos at night, but I still manage to do it regardless. Maybe its Greg's soothing eyes, something to think about.

[@Jolyne19]

I will not accept The Polar Express hate 😤

[@Biffting93]

I think the best thing about ‘this guy’ is that after seeing him on the posters and online you may actually see him in your dreams because the mind uses faces it has seen in real life for the faces in your dreams

[@bluchismoon]

19:57 I think he's meant to look like the doll Justin Timberlake from that NSYNC music video.

[@SUTAZZZ]

11:03 mrs delight ahhh face (Im scared shitless)

[@adrianaslund8605]

11:04 Hear me out. I think she's cute.

[@pandot9895]

Evaporated milk tastes good tho

[@mkv2718]

i feel like the mentos one is just a different camera angle of the actual commercial’s “star.” like, they had a wide shot for something, and then they changed angles and did the close up at the end, but for some reason the rest of the footage from the original angle got released…. like all the cameras were just filming the whole time or something

[@I-shiki]

8:38 That guy looks exactly like main monster from the series "From"

[@nate_d376]

0:43 that's Christopher Reeves, he played superman in 4 movies in the 80s.

[@angstydoodles1101]

When you said, "Go ahead, take a sip of that drink," I literally just started drinking my orange juice, and I almost choked.

[@TayWoode]

Zuckerberg always reminds me of Data from Star Trek

[@TheRottingAngel47]

The Superman head is giving me nightmare fuel ⛽

[@MRaven6]

You have a show called ''your face sounds familiar'' and even there they dont look as bad

[@Lejust24]

do a video about automotophibia

[@antonivsfortis]

11:44 id leave the light off for her 😫

[@droident6907]

question for the ladies: Be alone in a forest with nicholas cage or a bear

[@capt.rezzec300]

Dude just pulled up a picture of Jerma lol

[@Sid_The_Maggot]

Yoooo the Russian cheese guy!

[@ChadMahan-g2v]

that looks like a considerably younger version of big boss snake from 5: Phantom Pain

[@flightkidd123]

7:45 LMAO that’s super f’n creepy dude **UPDATE** 11:12 😂😂😂😂 YO WTFFFF IT TAKES ALOT FOR ME TO GET FREAKED OUT DUDE AND ITS DAYTIME IM ACTUALLY CRACKING TF UP WITH HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MAKES ME FEEL AND HOW RANDOM THIS WAS 😂

[@RainyArsenic]

I'm from philippines and first time seeing AI generated commercial girl and the guy seems pretty good, i didn't expect to be this so much kind of a real thing in our country

[@oliviascott526]

If you want uncanny go to makeup stores in East Asia, will give you nightmares

[@HerrScherzkeks]

If you never saw the AI gen picture of Nicholas Cage playing all the parts of a rock band, look that one up. Its picture of him as the drummer is uncanny valley creep at its best.

[@WhatBigClawsYouHave]

3:41 is Chloe's dialogue from Detroit: Become Human 😒 she's my favourite android.

[@earthlinglucy4847]

The second one is a famous bridal mannequin case that came from Mexico!

[@Sarahvsph]

One day, i found this channel out of no where, one year later, im mentally obsessed😔

[@knee_uhhhhhh]

“bien” means good in spanish not beans 😭 endearingly, that was hilarious

[@GregBroDudeMan]

I know 😭 It’s habichuelas bien, which means “good beans” My Spanish isn’t THAT bad lol 😅

[@knee_uhhhhhh]

@@GregBroDudeMan OH i totally misinterpreted that, that’s embarrassing for me bc that means i gotta brush up on my spanish 🥲 still gave me a good laugh though!

[@KenericTheGeneric]

Wait until you guys find out they been feeding us edited AI for a long time now and we are now just calling it out as badly made showings. And then when we find out some of most respected work was AI edited too.

[@SnafuOrganization]

Hard to find new ones that are still spottable, that is to say.

[@FerretTwister]

15:43 i wanted to take these types of pictures and turn them into a slideshow music video. The song i was thinking was TGIF by Katy Perry. There would be AI generated pics of shaq and Danny Devito getting messed up with wendigos and crap. Problem is i have no idea how to make those kinds of videos. Edit I figured out how to make the video. But no clue where to find all the pics. But we get there.

[@eddyd443]

1:18 hes called "The man from your dreams"

[@steventotten3932]

Bro if a fucking robot or whatever like the one at 4:35 ever looks me dead in the eyes and tells me it doesn't have a soul like that one did I'm swinging that was creepy asf lol

[@isaacgary6801]

You got pretty good spanish greg did you study or are you hispanic?

[@AnimeFridays]

Imagine if a bully bullies people by saying they look AI generated

[@bluchismoon]

5:39 you just got gnomed!

[@BenedictDaGreat]

Bro whats wrong with seeing nicholas cage in the woods lmao

[@jdphillips7539]

That movie wasn’t impressive even when it came out. At least not to folks used to video games.

[@pudznerath6532]

looks like one of those fake ads in video games.

[@rehaacikgoz]

oh my god 1:11 caught me off guard fr

[@davidlionheart2438]

When Greg has never seen Jacqueline Kennedy before............

[@jabbra1837]

Greg doesn't annoy me - unless he turned into a stairlift. Then he'd really drive me up the wall.

[@butterflyknivez]

nice

[@StarSailor1343]

Boooooo 👎

[@whackadoo]

lol

[@sergeant_cheese]

lol

[@antonywilliams5503]

@@jabbra1837 gosh golly no way 😱

[@capt.rezzec300]

Nicholas Cage looks so happy with the strange creature and the bug. Its like what youd find on ur phone camera roll after a degenerate night out

[@capt.rezzec300]

My good sir I feel honored for the like

[@БогданКрименюк]

Relatable?...

[@capt.rezzec300]

@user-ek2xg3ps5s man I wish I could relate, big bug friend would be cool

[@chandelure5925]

4:55 he looks like a normal sized and buff gnome

[@CardboardRaider]

That’s what I was thinking

[@personyoudonotknow]

it reminds me of that one video of the old guy in complete darkness being spray painted silver

[@lrogersgaming4373]

He’s just a gnome barbarian

[@TayWoode]

I was actually thinking he looks quite hot, just needs to tidy the beard up

[@sorensouthard927]

I think that he looks weird since has white hair, a beard, and is super buff but somehow he has like perfect skin also and childlike facial features, it's a total mishmash, not one I find uncanny though.

[@Tinnerz10]

19:50 That's a parody of Justin Timberlake from NSYNC's It's Gonna Be Me, where they're all made up like dolls. That whole video in hindsight is uncanny valley but 12 year old me LOVED IT -Old lady

[@Feelingfruity]

I always wondered why I hated seeing that when it came out. You unlocked a memory for me.

[@KieranH612]

Yup! That clip was from the Music Video Night episode, where the dancers paid homage to iconic music videos :) the guy in the makeup is Harry Jowsey, a reality show star that caused a LOT of drama with the fans bc he just. REALLY sucked at dancing, but people kept voting for him

[@LoraA81]

I came here to say the same thing. - Fellow Old Lady

[@sky_the_enby]

This will greatly effect the tour

[@BeautyKhaleesi]

Figured this as much cuz he has fake JT frosted hair. Its gonna be May

[@sacarymoviesamu]

3:20 It says "Change the face of the people closest to you with some beans very dominican and creamy"

[@isaacgary6801]

Lol change the face thats super creepy 😅

[@FlekyJeky]

GOD i love creamy beans

[@isaacgary6801]

@@FlekyJeky same^

[@kiddcavalierdjmcandlilgas5331]

"bien" means good or fine. right?

[@isaacgary6801]

@@kiddcavalierdjmcandlilgas5331 correct

[@pacificoslim]

4:48 since when did Dopey from the seven dwarfs get so ripped?

[@masonjohnson4310]

He's just going through his Himbo phase

[@Brambrew]

Himbo Santa

[@MortusSweet]

Support your local himbos, people

[@orionishi6737]

Would smash

[@Steve_V1066]

At that size, it's "Mr Dopey" to you...

[@Matthew-gl6ni]

I love Google translate because of how clunky it is "Change the Face of your people with some very Dominican and creamy beans"

[@Whookieee]

Somehow that makes it even creepier

[@mkv2718]

fuggin bean magicians

[@tonyattardo9350]

Aren’t beans “frijoles” en espanol?

[@PrincessMultiracial]

@@tonyattardo9350Not in DR lol. Just like tacos means high heels in DR

[@PrincessMultiracial]

That is the literal translate, they did it right lol, but it doesn’t have the same ring. “Change/Fix your face” is a catchphrase over there. Stemming from the notion of someone who looks unhappy or bored in a setting where they’re supposed to be presumably happy, like a party [ik this is gonna still sound creepy lol] “Tu gente” is another catchphrase type phrase which just means your family or people who you are very close with like your family. People congregate often, not just for holidays or occasions like here in the US. To the point where people’s doors are unlocked and you just find your neighbors inside your house lol, like family. This is whole thing is in reference to “habichuelas con dulce” which is a Dominican dish. Which is a creamy sweet bean dish. All of this probably still is creepy given the ad’s poor form lol, but it’s saying to use Carnation milk to make the dish so good it livens up the party.

[@m.kristofer]

The Uncanny Valley stares into your human soul because it wants to be human

[@eva1585]

Its trying to find what its lacking

[@subdeaconk]

Buff cheese guy is a gnome wearing a buff man suit

[@Selrisitai]

He's also using a filter. Notice how the wall behind him curves in. It's to make his waist smaller to give him a larger waist-to-hip ratio. As you can see, it looks _amazing,_ but unfortunately it's fake.

[@subdeaconk]

@@Selrisitai gnomish sorcery

[@lrogersgaming4373]

Gnomes are skilled illusionists

[@camronchlarson3767]

It INFURIATES me that greedy companies are already trying to give us shitty, half-baked, unsettling, AI generated content like those sports casters to save money and they ACTUALLY think it's an okay thing to do.

[@dianthis]

Agreed! There’s a commercial going around soliciting their AI spokes”people.” No please.

[@KenericTheGeneric]

Don't accept it. Everyone needs to speak up and take action against it.

[@sarahberkner]

It annoys me too but I saw that coming, because I noticed a lot of people either don't care about providing good quality content, or they think something looks fine that doesn't to most people because taste is subjective. I noticed a clearly AI generated ad on the Internet Explorer homepage aka MSN newsfeed a while ago. But a lot of people have trouble being able to tell that it's AI generated.

[@blackharvest13]

This two guys in the white shirts are just normal jehovah witnesses

[@БогданКрименюк]

Can confirm

[@Habanero_Chi]

Greg, what should I make my dog for dinner tonight?

[@nikkireigns]

Shake n bake

[@SebastianGibek]

A table

[@CodWalrus]

With salt

[@JamSparing]

Food

[@k0chum]

i choose the believe every one of these replies is from men named greg.

[@freddiemossberg7204]

@ 11:04 that audio is from The Magnus Archives podcast. Brilliant and creepy pod.

[@lucifherbivore100]

I came here to say this. It's sooo good.

[@gnsmovies8849]

Beat me too it! At first, I thought somebody was reading a transcription and re-creating the voice and then I heard Johnny’s voice and realized it was just a soundbite😂

[@immortal_jairo88]

She's beautiful 😍

[@figthegiant4065]

@@immortal_jairo88She can dance for you if you want

[@Nataviaa]

The Mark Zuckerberg Video Had Me So Dead When He Switched To The Other Scene 😂😂😂 He’s So Creepy Dude

[@RonaldMcDonald-nf9jj]

i think hes just autistic. i'd feel bad for him if he werent a super villain.

[@orionishi6737]

Sasquatch walk 👀🚶‍♂️

[@Nataviaa]

@@orionishi6737 Sasquatch Indeed

[@Nehauon]

I think it’s his eyes and lack of emotion

[@БогданКрименюк]

Connorsss isss dead Ssspider-Man There'sss only Lizard !

[@DiaryOfJane04]

It’s honestly, in my opinion, rare for something to be purely uncanny, a lot of the times the creep factor comes from filters and scary background noise tht makes it eerie, it’s difficult to find something that’s completely uncanny without any of the extra pizzazz that I’d normally added to it so I’m glad to see so many of these are actually uncanny and arent heavily edited but that might just be me

[@Muffinn_Cakes]

I like your profile picture

[@PorcupineTheOneandOnly]

5:50 the fact he didn't realize his hips were morphed and the fridge was moving with him, and bending with every move he made. it's the same as the guy with the unreal buffness, the chick with the tiny head, or the lady with crazy long legs.

[@rs-mt6kl]

Bruh I was chucking when he said "it's just some big buff dude" as the filter was glitching around his arms lmao

[@PorcupineTheOneandOnly]

@rs-mt6kl lmaooo. I was laughing at that too!

[@Sisren86]

Zuckerberg is like a weird failed attempt at a CG Spock/Vulcan.

[@TayWoode]

I always think Data from the next generation

[@Sisren86]

@@TayWoode Agreed! Data is more who I was thinking of at the time.

[@sarahberkner]

He looks like if Kirk and Spock had a kid.

[@local_waver]

5:34 that's one of the dwarfs from LOTR for sure

[@JB-cd8eb]

Big Bofur energy

[@ariwoodward]

i love these videos cuz u don't just read off a slideshow of pics you actually talk about what makes it uncanny, it's cool to think about what triggers the uncanny feeling for different people

[@timbomb374]

The guy with the cheese looks like the biggest gnome ive ever seen

[@nobodyplaylists]

uncanny valley

[@bread496]

uncanny valley

[@Sortaman]

If that's not Mr. Nobody. Love the music themes though! Pretty UNcanny at times.

[@Fluktuation]

To me, the most uncanny being in existence is Kenneth Copeland.

[@tinhead9260]

Love your content bro, idk if you do requests? but just wondering if you could do a reaction video on Glitches in the Matrix-caught on camera and/or Mandela Effect phenomenon examples.

[@rs-mt6kl]

Oohhh I love the doppelganger and transmutation stories!

[@ElderShogun]

I almost removed my like for the Polar Express slander

[@trogdortheburninator3621]

The cheese wheel dude looks like a super buff gnome

[@Grayfox541]

"Change the face of your people with some good Dominican and creamy beans". That's what the ad says. "Change the face" in the sense of "make a person who is sad happy"

[@ASSASSIN_BUG_77]

11:12 Yo guys, why is she attractive, tho?

[@CardboardRaider]

She has gym content, she’s buff as hell

[@idk.8408]

​@@CardboardRaider Oh hell nah ( what's her @)

[@CardboardRaider]

@@idk.8408 idk let me check rq

[@CardboardRaider]

@@idk.8408 can’t find it

[@idk.8408]

@@CardboardRaider 😔

[@stanleech666]

19:52 he looks like Toy Santa from the Tim Allen movie 💀