Oh My God, Why Are There Terrifying Little Faces In The Broccoli?
This picture is of a package of Cascadian Farms broccoli. Look carefully. Then try not to scream in horror.
Here's a close-up. They look so happy. And green. And decapitated.
WTF, BROCCOLI? [Bread & Honey] (Thanks, Ryan!)
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@MercuryPDX: I really hope the guy who did this sees that his work isn't going unappreciated. I think if your job is designing frozen vegetable bags this would be the highlight of your year.
You think that's scary?
My money has the devil in it! And look at my grilled cheese sandwich! Just LOOK at it!
An old advertising technique using subliminal images airbrushed into ads to induce you to buy a product. Supposedly it is based on Freudian theory, and appeals to the unconscious mind. It is true. It happens in ads all the time. Women's and men's magazines are loaded with these. If you look with a magnifying glass, you'll see them in the ice cubes in whiskey ads, etc. A book written many years ago called Subliminal Seduction by a fellow named Keyes, I think, elaborates on this in much detail. If you don't think this is a real advertising technique... think again.
@NikkiSweet: I definitely see 4, not sure about the 5th. The three in the inset, one directly above the rightmost face from the inset, and maaaybe another directly below. Are those the ones you see?
Exactly what I was thinking. Just their way of "signing" their artwork! It is still a little creepy!
@bklynrickel: Subliminal advertising doesn't work. The whole field is based on a hoax perpetrated in 1957. See:
[www.snopes.com]
@92BuickLeSabre: I happen to really like broccoli! Ditto brussels sprouts.
Funny anecdote- My younger brother *loved* brussels sprouts for years, having been mislead to believe that they were "green meatballs".
When he found out what they "really" were, he refused to touch them ever again.
Also- I refused to eat ketchup until I was 23. Demanded that my food be served without it, etc etc. After losing a bet I caved and had some on a burger. Turns out it's not that bad.
@Carencey: The 3 in the inset, the one below the inset and if you look just above the upside down broccoli to the right of the inset, there's another face.
I used to design packaging for a major supermarket label, as well as a long stint with an advertising company that had major food labels in their client list. We (the designers) did stuff like this all the time. Our pictures and our names, we would hide them in the packaging design. Its absolutely amazing that whomever saw this...actually saw it. I mean...seriously...it almost (yeah, almost) never gets noticed. Except that one time. Then youre fired.





















That is creepy.