THE OTHER UNCANNY VALLEY [FOOD]
I thought that things might need a little updating around here. So I wanted to post a graph that came to me after watching
this video.
The idea of the uncanny valley definitely applies to food. I ignored the entire “moving” line because it radically diverges from the “still” line with respect to food. Here you go:
the uncanny valley of food
How many people is she planning to feed with that? How many pounds of mac and cheese did she just make?! Wouldn’t a normal person pause before adding an ENTIRE jar of mayonnaise to something…wouldn’t they think “you know what? I’m about to add an ENTIRE jar of maonnaise to a dish…maybe not?” Am I being too harsh?
I definitely took a pause at that part of the video. It is a unit of measure I am totally unfamiliar with. A couple tablespoons of mayo, a cup even, but I have never dealt with mayo in units of jars.
I totally agree with you: this video shows a perfect “Uncanny Valley” effect applied to food. And what’s more: while the UV-effect involves your subconscious (instinctive) reaction (mine was: I just want to vomit right now, watching this), seeing such quantities and rationally thinking of a person eating all this (in less than a week) makes you really feel bad also at a fully conscious level -_-