To laugh at Percy isn’t fair

I wouldn't laugh at Percy, but I would wonder why he looks like a mannequin. See the uncanny valley effect.

Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan - Aug 1936

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 25, 2023
Category: Advertising | 1930s | Hair and Hairstyling

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Are you sure it isn't an early publicity photo of Liberace?

Posted by KDP on 02/25/23 at 09:02 AM

What scares me about the uncanny valley is it means that at some point in our evolutionary history, you had a better chance of survival if you avoided, things which looked human but weren't.

Posted by Phideaux on 02/25/23 at 01:36 PM

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