40 Funny Times Objects Looked Like Other Things And Made People Do A Double Take

The internet has trained our brains to spot patterns, and sometimes it really rewards us with something strange, hilarious, or oddly perfect. Like when a potato chip looks like a seahorse, or a loaf of bread becomes the spitting image of a pug. These little visual glitches are everywhere, and once you start seeing them, you can’t stop.

This post is all about those moments of accidental optical illusions. The ones that make you pause, squint, and go: “Why is this mop staring at me like that?”


1. “The Reflection Off My Laundry Detergent Looks Like Saturn”

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2. “Dog Looks Like He’s Wearing Pants”

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3. “My Dog Kinda Looks Like An Oil Painting In This Photo”

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4. “Close-Up Of An Old Tree Stump That Looks Like Jungle-Like Mountains”

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5. “Sunset Looks Like The Apocalypse”

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6. “This Pencil’s Shavings Look Like A Flower”

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7. “The Sky Over Minnesota Reminds Me Of That Scene Of Interstellar When They’re On The Water Planet”

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8. “Chipped Paint On This Propane Tank Lid Resembles A Globe”

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9. The Most Delicious-Looking Plant

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10. “Like A Portal To Another Dimension”

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11. “This Window Looking Like A Painting”

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12. Good Intentions

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13. “Asperitas Clouds Look Like They Came From A Van Gogh Painting”

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14. “Sunset Looks Like A Fire”

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15. “My Car Resembles Toothless From ‘How To Train Your Dragon'”

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16. “Fungus That Perfectly Resembles Fire”

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18. “Photo I Took Of Florida Moonlight Looks Like A Hollywood Set Backdrop”

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19. “Snow Outside My Dorm Looked Like A Blanket”

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20. “The Shadow Of That Bike Looks Like A Xenomorph”

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21. “I Scraped Some Margarine For Some Toast This Morning And It Looks Like A Chameleon At Rest”

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22. “I Found This Salt Flake That Resembles Chichén Itzá”

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23. “This Lenticular Cloud That Resembles An Sr-71”

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24. “This Egg Yolk Looks Like A Person Emoji”

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25. “Sunset Made This Building Look Like It Was On Fire”

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26. “An Eagle Atop A Frondless Palm Resembles A Space Launch!”

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27. A Video You Can Eat

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28. “This Moth I Found In My Garden Has Evolved To Resemble A Piece Of Birch Wood”

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29. “This Cloud Looks Like The Pi Symbol”

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30. “I Grew A Beet That Looks Very Similar To A Heart”

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31. “Sunlight Pouring Through This Fountain In L’aquila, Italy, Makes It Look Like It’s Pouring Lava”

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32. “The Bubbles At The Bottom Of My Water Glass Look Like A Script Of Some Kind”

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33. “A Tree Next To My House Has A Perfect #5 In The Branches:”

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34. “A View From My Car Looks Similar To The View From The Airplane”

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35. “The Roots Of This Tree Look Like Smooth Stone”

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36. “My New Mandolin Slicer Slices Carrots So Thinly They Look Like Biological Specimens”

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37. “I Made Vodka Sauce That Resembles Jupiter”

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38. “This Is Not Mannequin Sitting Next To Me On This Flight. She Is Asleep And Snoring”

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39. “The Butter Stain On The Knife Resembles A Forest And A Single Tree”

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40. “This Tree Burnt In A Wildfire Years Ago Resembles A Topological Map”

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Nate Armbruster

Nate writes for Pleated-Jeans and enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.