Why are things creepy? Vsauce Explains (thoughts + commentary)

Vsauce explains why some things are creepy & I'm convinced that people are creepier. My scattered thoughts & commentary on the subject plus 4 literary recommendations.
Original Video: • Why Are Things Creepy?
Literary Recommendations:
-Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: amzn.to/44iFgHL
- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: amzn.to/3DZ2pEB
-Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: amzn.to/3saRjtv
-The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories by Edgar Allen Poe: amzn.to/3YBxzeO
--Try Audible for Audiobooks: amzn.to/3QMwv2G
Resources:
-Urge to jump from high places: bigthink.com/health/study-exp...
High place phenomenon: bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.c...
-Why children are evil in movies: reelrundown.com/movies/evil_c...
-Vsauce, Is anything real?: • Is Anything Real?
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[@albers1]

I'm sorry but you have the best smile on KZbin. That's it.

[@Agent2090]

I think the reason children can be creepy quite easily is because our natural inclination is to see children as innocent. So when they have a dangerous air about them, that dichotomy triggers a "creepy" response. "That's not supposed to be like that" sort of feeling.

[@quailman]

I’ve always been afraid of heights due to the sudden urge to jump rather than the fear of falling. I believe this is often referred to as “the call of the void”. Happens often to people driving as well.

[@RaisiaFan1919]

"A picture of any Victorian child." I'm not sure why I laughed so hard at that. :)

[@alexandrorocca7142]

In Italian, terrificante means terrifying. I have no idea how "terrific" became a positive thing in English since in Latin, terrere means "to frighten". The German version is "Terrifizierend" and there's also nothing positive related to it. The word deterrent has the same Latin origin, deterre means "to frighten away" or "to discourage."

[@epicadventureturtle1363]

I think about this a lot because I watch horror quite often and sometimes wonder why some of the stuff is creepy or scary. Most of the things that the survey mentioned (pale skin, greasy hair, long limbs/fingers, bulging eyes, dirty etc.) and some things that you mentioned or that were shown in the video (teeth showing, small body frame) are features of a human corpse. A corpse is obviously a sign of nearby danger and would make us nervous, so I think thats why something like the grudge makes us so uneasy because she has a lot of these features.

[@nickhaas9185]

I get a jolt of energy and dopamine everytime my phone says you react to V-Sauce

[@robertmitchel2194]

The pattern you recognized that creepy things have a commonality of lacking in responsiveness to social cues was brilliant.

[@breadtoast1036]

H.P lovecraft once said fear of the unknown is the strongest kind of fear

[@patrickgonzalez3806]

I like vsauce's channel; I only have maybe 2 or 3 friends that are into that type of stuff, but I don't get to hear their opinions too much due to distance, so it's refreshing to hear opinions on it. Cool video, thanks!

[@isaacvincent8443]

One of the creepiest feelings I've ever felt. Was walking into my bedroom and being utterly certain that everything had been moved about one inch to the right.

[@TheGabrielPT]

most scary to me:

[@PatrickMersinger]

“What causes something to be creepy” then he stares into the camera giving people the creeps.

[@Kenster66]

I appreciate the way you let the audience enjoy the content of your videos without a lot of chatter and your personal opinions. Your commentary is spot on and enjoyed.

[@Agent-57]

My creepiest nightmare was on repeat for several days. It was a loop.

[@Polemark]

The way you described the bear in the window of the house on your block sounded pretty creepy. Then I saw the photo you took and I went "aww, that looks really cute" :)

[@CarlosRenfroe]

I can feel you on the loss of a sibling. I had to fly to Dubai to retrieve my only sister after a medical emergency so that I could let her pass in the States. We'd already lost both of our parents before age 30. This one was much harder. Your sibling often is the closest representation of yourself that you have. It wrecked me watching her die.

[@ettcha]

Lol, because I'm hardly ever around in the day, I think the kids around here have appointed me the creepy neighbour guy! Even had some of the adults going for a bit! One of my neighbours finally came across me as i left for work and she was so startled she dropped all her stuff and started screaming 😂

[@taidee]

I think the creepy feeling comes in when things are just a bit off what’s expected of them. Like with children, they are usually the ones needing to be protected, so somethings feels very wrong when they seem to be the ones threatening. Or they are in a wrong place at a wrong time, like a little girl in a nice clean white dress at night outside, if she showed up looking dirty she wouldn’t be as threatening because that aligns with being lost and looking for help. But her showing up in pristine condition suggests an intent which is at odds with the person of her age, whatever that intent maybe doesn’t seem it would be in your favour.

[@HowardMoon56]

I always found old grannies creepy, babushkas as we call them. There was this one who used to chase us for mocking her and she could run pretty quick for her age. Just the picture of an 80 year old lady running full sprint is giving me the creeps lol.