Is it just me, or does JojoBag's adorable kitten avatar, when viewed

[Vort]

with peripheral vision, look like a pig? I think it took me two weeks before I actually looked carefully at his avatar and realized it was a kitten. Maybe it really is just me, but try reading one of JojoBag's posts without ever looking directly at his avatar, and see if your impression of what is represented is a pig lying on its belly and looking at you.

 

[Sunday21]

I thought it was a pig until about a week ago!

[Jedi_Nephite]

It also took me a while before I finally realized that it was a kitten, and not a pig.

[Guest]

Whaaat?

 

Even with the labeling, I can't see where you see a pig.  Am I just the most unimaginative person on the planet?

[David13]

Maybe it is a pig.  What do I know.

dc

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

LOL, and here I thought it was just me. I see a pig every time and then remind myself it's a kitten at which time, I see the kitten...until next time.

[pam]

Whaaat?

 

Even with the labeling, I can't see where you see a pig.  Am I just the most unimaginative person on the planet?

 

I guess I'm there with you.  All I ever saw was a kitten.  I don't see a pig at all.

[Guest]

with peripheral vision, look like a pig? I think it took me two weeks before I actually looked carefully at his avatar and realized it was a kitten. Maybe it really is just me, but try reading one of JojoBag's posts without ever looking directly at his avatar, and see if your impression of what is represented is a pig lying on its belly and looking at you.

 

 

I never noticed until you provided this UNCANNY COMPARISON.  It's as if a mirror were held up to the kitten/pig.

 

 After all, they are both four-legged mammals

Both are used as a food source in many third world countries.  

They both provide a large litter of offspring per pregnancy.  

They both provide comfort to their owners (did anyone see Babe?).

They both are among the less effective but active diggers in nature.

Both have a mouth.

Both have two pointy ears.

Both provide a mess to their owners (look what the cat dragged in).

 

Of course, to see the similarity I had to squint my eyes until the images were so blurry, they were nothing more than a colored blob.  But beyond that...

 

Why did I never see the similarity before?!?

Edited December 10, 2015 by Guest

[pam]

Might I recommend a good optometrist to those who are seeing a pig?  

[Guest]

I guess I'm there with you.  All I ever saw was a kitten.  I don't see a pig at all.

 

I've squinted my eyes, crossed it like when you're looking at them 90's abstracts that have "hidden" pictures... did a quick glance over... did a side-glance while reading at text...

 

Nada.

 

I guess it's because I see a gold and white dress....

[Crypto]

Until now i've always just seen a kitten.

I finally managed to see what I think is what you see for the pig... All I have to say, is that would make for one ugly pig.

[David13]

I didn't see a pig but I think there should only be one cat avatar.

I vote to make him change the avatar.  I mean, after all, if a cat can be seen as a pig then I think it should be changed.

dc

[Colirio]

At least a month before I saw it as a kitten instead of thinking it was a pig...

[Jamie123]

If I half close my eyes I can just about see it as a pig - but only for a split second at a time. Almost immediately the kitten returns.

[mirkwood]

Kitten.  Some of you need to lay off the LSD.

[askandanswer]

 Clearly, Jojo's avatar is a shape shifter - it changes appearance depending on who is looking at it and how they look at it. Kudos to Pam's IT team for building a website that is able to handle the shape shifter file format. :}

[Rhoades]

I'm with you, Vort.

Before I actually looked at it directly (i.e. when it was only seen in the peripheral), I subconsciously thought it was a pig.

Now that you've directed my attention to the image and I've processed it for what it is (a kitten), I have a hard time getting the pig.

[Guest]

Folks, I'm starting to get a little worried.  Are any of you actually being serious that it looks like a pig?  I thought Vort was just joking.  But judging from the nature of the responses, I'm beginning to wonder.

[classylady]

I've only seen a kitten.  Even trying to look at it to see if I might see a pig, nope.  I see a kitten.

[AngelMarvel]

I just opened a post this morning fromJojoBag and for a split second, out of the corner of my eye... I saw the pig. But, when I looked it was the kitty. When I tried to see the pig again, I couldn't. Very weird.

[pam]

I am going to admit that for a split second this morning I saw a pig.

[Guest]

I am going to admit that for a split second this morning I saw a pig.

 

You've gone to the Dark Side???

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

Folks, I'm starting to get a little worried. Are any of you actually being serious that it looks like a pig? I thought Vort was just joking. But judging from the nature of the responses, I'm beginning to wonder.

Totally serious. I see the pig first, then the kitten EVERY time.

[Guest]

 Holy Cow!  Y'all have got to get some glasses.

Edited December 11, 2015 by Guest

[pam]

You've gone to the Dark Side???

 

Now when I try and see the pig all I see is a kitten.  I think all of this talk of the pig just controlled my mind for a second.  :)