This Instagram Page Shares The Most Cursed Pics And Memes, And Here Are The 10 Spiciest Ones

There are pages dedicated to wholesome pictures. There are pages dedicated to funny pictures and memes. And then some explore the world of cursed images. They're for pictures that have something unsettling in them, but they're still funny enough to get a chuckle or two out of you.

So, today, we're dedicating a post to the Cursed Memes Instagram page. A little bit mysterious, a tad funny, but 100% cursed – that's what this page aims for. If you're familiar with the concept, you'll probably avoid these during mealtime or before sleep. But morbid curiosity will probably get the best of you, so scroll away and check out what people on the other side of the Internet are doing.

10 PHOTOS

#1 Remember Where You Parked The House

#2 Merry Christmas

#3 The Elements

Cursed images are not downright gross and scary. They only have a hint of the disturbing or the unsettling. To each their own, of course: some people love the movie Terrifier and its follow-up for the graphic and gross-out violence. Others are terrified (wink, wink) at the thought of seeing blood, even if on screen.

Experts say that we respond more strongly to disgusting or gross stimuli than to something emotionally neutral. Some argue that it's an evolutionary response: we avoid things that we're scared of or that disgust us. That's why it captures our attention: for safety reasons.

#4 He Do The Peek

#5 I Bring You A New Religion

#6 Hold On For Dear Life

But since cursed images aren't outright disgusting and scary, they're more of a "constrained risk." That's a term used to describe things like rollercoasters or spicy food. Things people can enjoy without actually being in physical danger. At least, that's what psychologist Nina Strohminger suggests.

"Any negative feeling has the potential to be enjoyable when it is stripped of the belief that what is happening is bad," she writes. "Leaving behind physiological arousal that is, in itself, exhilarating or interesting." When we look at cursed images, we know that none of the subjects in them are in any danger. More often than not, they're manufactured for the Internet and other netizens to enjoy.

#7 Sleep Tight Sweet Prince

#8 There Is No Gravity Anymore

#9 How To Skip Zoom Calls

The more interesting question is why we can't look away when we see a cursed image or want to see even more. The popularity of the infamous 50/50 subreddit in the 2010s can be one extreme example of our morbid curiosity. Cursed images are a tamer version of that. A creator of a cursed images page on Instagram explained the phenomena to Paper: "We love that tolerable forbidden zone, not too disgusting to turn around, but weird enough to keep us looking."

#10 You Have Been Detained