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Cursed Images are images that are captioned with the phrase «Cursed Image.» They are generally pictures or photographs that are seen as disturbing to the viewer, either due to the poor photo quality or content within the image that is abnormal or illogical. Images of this or similar nature are sometimes seen as the visual equivalent to CreepyPasta. They have inspired several popular social media accounts devoted to posting various cursed images. The opposite of cursed images are referred to as «blessed,» while images that are both cursed and blessed are referred to as «blursed.»
Origin
The idea of cursed images initially started on Tumblr, and the first account to publish exclusively cursed images was CursedImages. [3] On October 28th, 2015, they published their first post. The image, shown below, gained over 1,200 notes.
Spread
There have been several more Tumblr blogs dedicated to cursed images. [2] The idea of Cursed Images spread outside of Tumblr when the Twitter account devoted to posting such pictures launched in July of 2016. @cursedimages [1] uploaded its first post on July 29th and gained over 100,000 followers in four months before going dormant. The success of the Twitter account drew media attention from New York Magazine, [4] The New Yorker, [5] Gizmodo, [6] and more.
друг is the nickname of a cryptid featured in a cursed image of a Deathclaw from the Fallout video game series. The creature is named after the Russian word for “friend,” pronounced “droog” or “drook.”
Cursed Images of TikTok
In April 2020, TikTokers began sharing video edits of themselves or friends which include cursed images using the sound clip «Rhythm thief but cursed» by TikToker @.hacky. [7] On April 12th, Charli D’Amelio uploaded a variation that gained over four million likes in nine days (shown below, left). On April 15th, Addison Rae uploaded her own variation which received over 3.7 million likes in six days (shown below, center). Two days later, James Charles uploaded his version which accumulated over 3.2 million likes in four days (shown below, right).