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[–]Copterwaffle 498 points499 points ago

Oh my god, for some reason my brain did not process his face right and I seriously thought this was a picture of a horribly malformed dog with flaps of cheek hanging off and the face all melty-looking. Then my brain kicked back in and I stopped having a panic attack.

Cute dog, anyways.

[–]saltingthatsnail 129 points130 points ago

Same! I didn't know if it was r/aww or r/WTF

[–]oompaloompa_rg 16 points17 points ago

glad im not the only one lmaoo

[–]fogburner 2 points3 points ago

Funny. Why is the dog hiding their genitals? Happy Cake day oompalompa_rg.

[–]ShiningMyStroller 22 points23 points ago

I was hoping to have a control to see if somebody who wasn't high could tell me if it really looks scary. But Copterwaffle and saltingthatsnail probably won't be able to help me

[–]COto503 29 points30 points ago

Not high. Freaked the fuck out.

[–]uberguby 20 points21 points ago

Wtf is with this image that we all saw this?

[–]Combustible_lem0ns 7 points8 points ago

What has OP done??

[–]imgoingleft 2 points3 points ago

OP was 74 days ago, I've seen this before.

[–]ShiningMyStroller 4 points5 points ago

Facial recognition is one of the very interesting subroutines of consciousness IMO. We certainly have great ability to recognize many different people and emotions without much conscious effort on our part. To me this means we have some pretty badass algorithms running in the background. Some sort of spurious false positive in this case, try to pick out the features on the dog that accounted for what we saw. (imo somebody with photoshop could do something interesting but i am clearly not in a state)

edit i think i know why. In the thumbnail it looks like a rightside up dog with its tongue hanging out imo at first glance.

[–]gooddaysir 0 points1 point ago

My guess would be symmetry. The one large dark spot and single long ear hanging down are mistaken for something else at first. The mind expects to see certain things and fills in the blanks. With this picture, the subroutines' assumptions are wrong and we all got a momentary dose of WTF is that?!

[–]ExecutiveChimp 0 points1 point ago

Some sort of spurious false positive in this case

Our facial recognition circuits are designed to favour false positives as it is better for your brain to say "look out it's a lion! oh wait, it's just a tree" than it is to get eaten.

[–]DryGuyNo1 0 points1 point ago

Are you guys alright?

[–]Fazazzums 15 points16 points ago

Oh god same here.

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[–]Fazazzums 1 point2 points ago

What

[–]NancyPotwin 1 point2 points ago

I'm curious about the "sober and freaked the fuck out" to "high and freaked the fuck out" ratio.

I'll let my position be inferred.

[–]FuckTardedFaggot -3 points-2 points ago

I'LL INFER MY COCK TO YOUR ANUS HOLE

[–]Copterwaffle 0 points1 point ago

I wasn't even high!

[–]SGT_756 3 points4 points ago

It didn't help either that the picture loaded slowly.

[–]pekingnese_punk 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, it really freaked me out for a second. He's a super cute doggy when my brain checked itself. :)

[–]exnor 54 points55 points ago

That is exactly what I saw.

Seriously, most terrifying dog ever.

[–]hyperacti 5 points6 points ago

I was startled

[–]aiakos 17 points18 points ago

lol - at first I thought it was a dog with a sock puppet over its face.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

Friggin same. I only came to the comments thinking "whoa what if this dog WASNT photoshopped." Then once I read your comment I looked at it again and saw the normal dog.

[–]vladiamore 32 points33 points ago

I'm relieved to know that someone else had that same reaction!!

Absolutely adorable pup, that little look of confusion and curiosity :-)

[–]Cheveyo 10 points11 points ago

Yep, same reaction.

"What the holy fuck is wrong with its face?!?" 0_0 "Oh, I see its face now. Jesus christ, I was going to have nightmares about that."

[–]flyfrog 8 points9 points ago

How do you not have more karma for reading my mind?

[–]Catness_NeverClean 9 points10 points ago

I am SO glad that I looked at the comments. I would have honestly gone to bed and had nightmares of the dog I thought I just saw.

[–]hm100912 9 points10 points ago

i had to go back and look because i was pretty sure i was seeing what you just described omg

[–]wubcat 7 points8 points ago

YES! Same haha. It looks freakish to begin with, then I realised it was super cute.

[–]SRFG1595 6 points7 points ago

Same thing here but my brain didn't kick back in. I stared in horror at the photo for a good 5 minutes before going down and seeing your comment. Then I looked again and saw it. Scared the shit out of me. It looked like the Hulk rubbed the dog's face on sandpaper at first.

[–]ronjiner 17 points18 points ago

You are not alone, friend.

[–]faintdot 5 points6 points ago

I was almost offended at how deformed the dog looked, and its name. Blinked 5 times and went "awwwww"

[–]Kirbyoung 6 points7 points ago

Same with me, came here to post that. I started freaking out for a moment there.

[–]shysqueaker 7 points8 points ago

I don't know if I'm relieved or alarmed that my brain had the same reaction as many other redditors...

[–]MLP_Awareness 2 points3 points ago

We all saw it

[–]curtquarquesso 4 points5 points ago

YES. FREAKED ME THE $&@?! OUT.

Cute dog...

[–]baracudaboy 4 points5 points ago

I am so glad I am not the only one. I thought his face was like....not there. ;_;

[–]caritas01 5 points6 points ago

Bricks were shat.

[–]iCyber 5 points6 points ago

me 2 lol. i thoguht it was a chameleon at first withs toungue out and weird eyes ... -.-

[–]LooksDelicious 2 points3 points ago

I thought it was some kind of pokemon...

[–]wwwertdf 2 points3 points ago

Sigh, i guess i am not extraordinary

[–]andyXD 2 points3 points ago

from it was a WhatTheAwwww moment. :)

[–]Sahloknir74 2 points3 points ago

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one

[–]lohblah 2 points3 points ago

I thought the nose was an eye. And the black spot was a mouth/void.

[–]wiseclockcounter 1 point2 points ago

yea man, looking at the thumbnail i thought the dark spot was his nose, his eye and his actual nose were the eyes, and the pink ear was the tongue. looks like a cartoon.

[–]baodes 1 point2 points ago

Took me like three minutes to figure it out. Scumbag brain.

[–]fastjeff 1 point2 points ago

Yep, for a moment I thought I was looking at a dog version of those monster things in Devil's Advocate.

[–]Geikamir 1 point2 points ago

lol, that's exactly what I though too.

[–]Damaband41 1 point2 points ago

From the thumbnail I could have sworn it was a white iguana.

[–]ardent_omnivore 1 point2 points ago

apparently we are the only two people who thought it looked like an iguana... scary thing is that i thought it looked like an iguana still for another few seconds after clicking the picture. just stare anywhere between the iguana's "nose" and the blue/top eye.

[–]Damaband41 1 point2 points ago

Haha I'm glad I wasn't the only one that saw it

[–]hemetae 1 point2 points ago

I too thought it was malformed for a second.

[–]Air_whig 1 point2 points ago

I sat there thinking what the fuck. I literally thought that he was disfigured. He sits funny too!

[–]cygnusgame 1 point2 points ago

You're not alone...

[–]knighter50 1 point2 points ago

Same happened here. Oh god, I FINALLY got to laugh so hard I cried after almost a year when I went to the comments and realized it was just tilting its head! The Black eye was the nose!

[–]azzleflan 1 point2 points ago

It scared the absolute hell out of me. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

[–]Skaabaa 1 point2 points ago

Yep, me and 3 of my friends all saw this originaly

[–]jared030858 3 points4 points ago

Aren't boxers one of the few dogs that twist their heads when confused or something?

[–]kittylauncher 5 points6 points ago

I think most dogs do it. Especially puppies.

[–]akn429 1 point2 points ago

Me too! I was very creeped out o.o

[–]Indy1204 2 points3 points ago

I had to turn on the rotation lock and go clockwise to see this properly. Even after I put it back I still couldn't see it right. Two face...perhaps three!

[–]Sandyboots 1 point2 points ago

I did the exact same thing!

[–]kandowontu 1 point2 points ago

at a [6] all i saw was moosh. took a second too xD

[–]JakeSanchard 0 points1 point ago

I would love to see that image.

[–]pikachujesus 0 points1 point ago

First reaction: w...t...f... Few seconds later: oh its a puppy!

[–]Clairvoyanttruth 0 points1 point ago

I assume the dog was deformed and read your comment. I looked back saw the odd face and poof it was a "normal" dog.

[–]catwoman03 0 points1 point ago

Mine did too! Granted I'm half asleep at the moment but still.

[–]RottingAwesome 98 points99 points ago

[–]GTKnight 11 points12 points ago

RottingAwesome should get moar upvotes so people can see.

[–]hmcneil 1 point2 points ago

ShantRising is a big fat phony!

[–]InstantPrinceWhippit 2 points3 points ago

As the OP of the original post, I'm kind of flattered that it got reposted, kind of amused that it got more karma than my post, and kind of laughing my ass off that this poster pretended it's his dog. (It's not mine, either, just a nice find on Facebook.)

Also, Shitty_Watercolour made this, and more people need to see it: http://i.imgur.com/Qys6h.jpg

[–]skakruk -1 points0 points ago

Everybody downvote this faggot liar OP into oblivion. If there's a cancerous thing, is reposting but pretending it's your own picture. Fuck OP infinitely. Go ahead and take this off the frontpage of /r/aww.

I think we should ban people for doing that (And I'm not even karmanaut)

[–]awesomechemist 0 points1 point ago

Honestly, I'm a little relieved that the OP doesn't actually own a dog that he named "Derp"

[–]murm87 0 points1 point ago

Looks more like a boxer to me than a bulldog.

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 0 points1 point ago

I don't know dogs, but I do know the pictures from the links match the photo linked here.

[–]murm87 0 points1 point ago

This is true. How were you about to come up with 4 sources so quickly?

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 0 points1 point ago

Google Images has a feature where if you load the url of any given picture, it will run a search on it for matching photos.

[–]murm87 0 points1 point ago

Ah yes, I forgot about that feature of Google

[–]Rnmkr 67 points68 points ago

I've seen this pic before; around 1~2 months ago to be precise. And I want you to be really careful with your next answer:

Is this your dog?

Yup, you have defintely stolen this image from someone else to whore some karma.

"A man pays his debts.

A man owes three names.

The red God takes what is his.

And only death pays for life"

SHANTRISING.

.

.

.

Source: https://www.google.com.ar/search?num=100&hl=es&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbs=sbi:AMhZZitP8o00YCgl_1hVUASKTHtLPfDjU5j_10S3HC9AnDVifeldUGnwJZ36ZwsrA78LaO1VF8YOXoTT8ME8hwfE0HkMxRHIDiWaC8vK6n2m0U2pK0uwJkAEDx2AwrvZvE54xyOEimA9kb6WfSMJ9mDNJDAlnxgkovdnz0jq3HzT5G-j0hjt-3naXQTGAarHPnWKaFf-WSWYgTupQWrut2pJ-0Bwjgu0te7Na0bNg7qELEYDJkJC6oXLtBIEaqj_1IxlZUUjwd4rrxcbi5clEVVTEK74xhdxxpYmQVYKCN2ogWrQX9ZhwHQOpXVTNNie9MMgMLhG9-g2OtdtSkvKk3mhrnftreVzwYQ13DhgOGv0jXiZhwOxSv6z0DK9HVgOEIWx3MkKy37B-9rLJ0i1H9eVmR1ZHJF4s563IsZPw3Pn2-L_1tEkIkASB-4JTm6P25EdoHPToq1IYl7DAIwfVOhCwWKvXl-V0DDwL0AQZBA1gMIYu_10aHZwA1a7cu0hx7czHA8g_1CecjaA_1HIfsGu0TywbiSbJBsm5IMnlCFQ2i_1kczEd5xryYEjfjZ9JVt29Mzo2_1Q1NW-Oqa9J0XzvNhcKsEpKld6By2gjZ4pa6Be6-umTYhgMViSHMJ4VNCH0d7QW7ybdkSyar2VA55GcjGiURLPSMLZwQYIT7QNAKFp9411UWh4IRBuYTWILrDisp3RsL-McLoGvE7w9UEOxytLQsrrlMr-xGP7yi-wz1DgExvlsiBLTKqMDRH-l8axHtHRHJjwgUkO5b-yznIHJTNptYH5gCxcv2dmLS2SmD4cHAa-8OEEjKbfgwhD-w-_1nEBTj6gVdgOHL1rIG4yzSBpSH8ORWhrAZj98e6TJI5A7bAMz--c9O84-HXqdSpb8WbGNThnMCbgXIi8auciGvqb_1DgqfgWIG86RLEkb0-XWwbDQU5-5GbJSV0Tv2eTzqPnbiX2e8l4sAZbqP4JA-WSesvC_1-VmrzqAr-pOXQ-FVo4TTKialvu80xTW_1imOhUsooADhmwn25Wtt8eTGFcfY1ZY1T0_11ZkJgCbXuwDlOvBCqTwPiD_1Cj-3n-XerU2UaaOFxYdvUVaMFaE1BcrHnTgPxjh6-CPhDU6MBsdsYJEcYk53jz3oY2py9GrjS4htTcclTqs600RX_1-tOZ_1jPqtz8kAxLGIJItu59uomMQKb1alqn74YxW5ZbPdW72DD4Mu09S3edlBPd3k85h4VCEm2BH5z2Le0Y8DUvRpbnuU7GGB7kyz2DaA0Toyxna8-VwBw-FwkUJJZ3i3vjJjf5MApFFFXHsDh38fKrAnA&prmd=imvns&ei=2UHMT_CCNcaJ6AGdlFE&start=100&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=653

[–]merrell0 30 points31 points ago

holy fuck that link is MASSIVE

[–]skullturf 1 point2 points ago

...That's what she said?

[–]JafBot 0 points1 point ago

"That's what"
- She

[–]2phresh 11 points12 points ago

PITCHFORKS, PITCHFORKS!

GET YA PITCHFORKS HERE!

[–]GTKnight 5 points6 points ago

I know I have seen this picture before too. So, therefore I stand by your side Rnmkr. Should demand a picture from ShantRising proving it's real (but I highly doubt ShantRising will deliver).

[–]EricaLynn1 1 point2 points ago

Just coming here to post that too. Good on you.

[–]phobs 1 point2 points ago

Google's a snitch! Better not come around the ghetto...

[–]COto503 1 point2 points ago

A man shouldn't give a shit. S'all made up.

[–]rhllor 0 points1 point ago

So whose dog is it?

[–]ialsolovebees -1 points0 points ago

Downvoted for irrelevant ASoIaF reference, and absurdly long link text.

[–]pwnyoface 25 points26 points ago

repost

[–]Pontiflakes 8 points9 points ago

Note OP talking about the dog in the comments like it's his.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Did he delete all of his comments or something?

[–]GTKnight 0 points1 point ago

Yea he did

[–]therowdydog 7 points8 points ago

What the thumbnail looks like: http://i.imgur.com/aWWoc.jpg; or a really "special" Dug-lookalike.

[–]Cheveyo 0 points1 point ago

That's EXACTLY what I saw, only because the facial features didn't match anything I've ever seen in my life, it was horrifying.

[–]fumblor 6 points7 points ago

Well, that is enough Amnesia for me today.

[–]spexau 5 points6 points ago

Anyone else rotate their head?

[–]Akiba89 3 points4 points ago

of course! it would offend him if we didnt

[–]mc_4492 5 points6 points ago

For those of you that saw the image as it should be seen, but first saw some weird creature. Try to re-see that deformed dog. I am trying to but I just can't see that deformed dog anymore!

[–]Catness_NeverClean 2 points3 points ago

His nose is his right eye, his left eye is his nose. His left ear is the tongue, and he doesn't have a right ear.

[–]blindeatingspaghetti 2 points3 points ago

i grew up with boxers who always did the turned head thingie, so i never got a chance to see insane deformed dog. It's like i've lost my fun card. is this what being an adult feels like?

[–]Mariospeedwagen 0 points1 point ago

I was able to after about 10 seconds. Just stare at the black area of his right eye and tell yourself that's a huge snout.

[–]UlisesGirl 2 points3 points ago

Awww!! White boxer derp! Boxers derp so hard, but damn, they're wonderful dogs

[–]haiku_robot 6 points7 points ago

Awww!! White boxer derp! 
Boxers derp so hard, but damn, 
they're wonderful dogs 

[–]FakeGingerGF 2 points3 points ago

My dog sits the same way! I call it Penguine feet!

[–]SNAPPED_BONER 2 points3 points ago

I don't think he's saying hello to us. I think he's more confused as to what on earth you're holding.

[–]pass_the_butter 2 points3 points ago

I sprained my neck viewing this

[–]julie082509 2 points3 points ago

I love how the dog is sitting with his back legs together like that! haha.

[–]workaccount3 2 points3 points ago

Did anyone else turn their head to match his?

[–]PoisonIvvy 5 points6 points ago

I find the back paws to be the most adorable part.

[–]RainingSilently 3 points4 points ago

Hi Derp!

[–]WhatEvery1sThinking 2 points3 points ago

derp gets ridiculously overused these days

[–]vabunuc 3 points4 points ago

OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE..... Oh I see it now. Holy crap that just fucked with my head.

[–]Komshiya 1 point2 points ago

Do all Boxers have a egg shaped head?

[–]mudskipper27 2 points3 points ago

When they are puppies, they do. It settles into a dome eventually.

[–]Komshiya 1 point2 points ago

Oh ok, my friend's Boxer (Boxer/Pit/Husky mix actually) is about 10 months now and when he was a puppy he looked exactly like that. That's why I was asking.

[–]mudskipper27 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, mine had the same thing.

[–]thepony88 1 point2 points ago

gosh darnit...what makes these pups so darn adorable

[–]jaskmackey 1 point2 points ago

Oh thank god. Thumbnail did not compute.

[–]JuelzyT 1 point2 points ago

Jesus Christ he's curious as fuck!

[–]HynieSpanker 1 point2 points ago

Me- "Hi, Derp!"

[–]TFB82 1 point2 points ago

He's so cute. I want to bite his nose off.

[–]94CM 1 point2 points ago

You do not know how initially scared I was until I realized his face was sideways and not shot and ripped to shreds by a shotgun!

[–]KDIZZLL 1 point2 points ago

Awwwww...... puppy scuppy poopy woopy.

[–]mrnightowl 1 point2 points ago

I hate to break the love of this cute pup, but I'm sure he is saying "WTF is that thing in your hand human?"

edit: For those that ask "How do you know the pup is a he?" i answer back, it's obvious he is doing a hind leg pecker hold. Pfffft.. watch WWE

[–]faderskibet 1 point2 points ago

[–]TVXQueef 1 point2 points ago

Should be Derpette, you know because of those dog titties and what not.

[–]CheezeburgerTroll 1 point2 points ago

That took a while to see the normal dog

[–]murrray 1 point2 points ago

Derp says "Repost!"

[–]Process_Operator 1 point2 points ago

Ooooooh I wub hims!

[–]Milkacamel 1 point2 points ago

Too.... much.... cuteness! Can... not... get.... enough!

[–]deltahand 1 point2 points ago

Eeee! I love how Boxers always have those big ass feet they need to grow into.

[–]azaoua2 3 points4 points ago

I squealed on account of the cuteness.

[–]Teppums -1 points0 points ago

I wish I could give 2 up votes...

[–]Jman503 0 points1 point ago

I turned my head. Dont judge me!

[–]Almostheredudebro 0 points1 point ago

Ugly cone head

[–]ClownsInJumpsuits 0 points1 point ago

I seriously thought he was mutated.

[–]LuckySe7en 0 points1 point ago

Awww, such nice pink verbena flowers!

[–]bloopeeriod 0 points1 point ago

OVER THE TOP Does anyone know what animals are doing when they tilt their heads like this? I get that they are curious and considering something, trying to make sense of it. I think that they view the cameras' lens as a very strange kind of eyeball that they cant quite compute.

[–]ninjaman27 0 points1 point ago

took me awhile to figure out what that was

[–]Straight_To_ThePoint 0 points1 point ago

And it's funny because he referred to his dog as "Derp", which is the internet slang term for making an odd face, which is what his dog is doing. Hah. Hah. Hah. Humor.

[–]i_love_younicorns 0 points1 point ago

Cute dog, but I hate you if you actually named him Derp.

[–]LeTronique 0 points1 point ago

Looked like a Picasso at first

[–]coffedrank 0 points1 point ago

You didnt seriously name your dog "derp", did you?

[–]snormus 0 points1 point ago

from the thumbnail and title i thought it was those lizard things with derpy eyes.

[–]mgill355 0 points1 point ago

[–]sarahla 0 points1 point ago

I thought its ear was its jaw and its was just casually hanging off

[–]dlc35 0 points1 point ago

Dat head turn...

[–]SaltcrackerBill 0 points1 point ago

It reminds me of Theon Greyjoy

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Looks like an alien

[–]Toctsx 0 points1 point ago

Oh god, did you seriously name your dog Derp?

[–]FlyersKJM 0 points1 point ago

repost! GET HIM

[–]ProsithiusErvingMott 0 points1 point ago

He looks like he's not quite finished developing

[–]ericleeparker 0 points1 point ago

is that the exit dog from Bestgore.com ?

[–]shades_of_black 0 points1 point ago

nothin cuter than a baby white boxer

[–]r0xxer 0 points1 point ago

That's not your dog.

[–]Connorulz 0 points1 point ago

[–]Morgan4699 0 points1 point ago

This is seriously so cute!! My boxer does that to!

[–]OmEgah15 0 points1 point ago

He's almost as adorable as Fabio

[–]buff3r0v3rfl0w 0 points1 point ago

Hi, Derp!

[–]NoligIsPowr 0 points1 point ago

faggot

[–]Wholesaletrash -1 points0 points ago

I sometimes wonder if a pet will take on certain characteristics based on it's name. I think this photo is a step towards proving that it does indeed effect them.

[–]buzzkill_aldrin 2 points3 points ago

It might be evidence if OP actually owned the dog and named it Derp.

[–]MiniKold -1 points0 points ago

My reaction: ohbohobohjashbsjhfljhaglfdkgjhdfpuppydjlhjsaflgjashskldjshfjvhpuppypuppy

What breed? So freaking cute!

[–]Fuck_Off_Cancer 4 points5 points ago

Looks to be a boxer.

[–]HAMMER_HEAD_SHART -2 points-1 points ago

Possibly a boxador... Google it.

[–]Akiba89 -1 points0 points ago

:{

[–]onuskasm -2 points-1 points ago

He has a nipple tho

[–]Nintendope -2 points-1 points ago

Time to add Derp to my list of word filters