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Rorschach's blots: what do you see?
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:09 PM
 
So all the Rorschach blots have been posted to wikipedia despite the psychologists' disdain. The more important issue is what do MacNN members see in the blots?

Once enough members have had the change to respond, someone can post the second blot.

Blot 1:


I see a humanoid creature with bat ears, hands stretched upwards and evil wings spread.
     
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:19 PM
 
A poorly drawn bat.
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:22 PM
 
I also see a crazy bat.

Either that or an x-ray of my pelvis.
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:26 PM
 
I think it's wearing some kind of belt with a scull buckle.
     
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:26 PM
 
A mutant burrito.

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Jul 28, 2009, 11:32 PM
 
I see two dogs with paws up on top of a fire hydrant. It's there.
     
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by adamfishercox View Post
I see two dogs with paws up on top of a fire hydrant. It's there.
Winged dogs with hawk heads and poodle tails, perhaps.
     
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:35 PM
 
No, they just have big ears.
     
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Jul 28, 2009, 11:43 PM
 
A rooster attacking it's reflection in a mirror
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:02 AM
 
two guys high-fiving.
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:08 AM
 
I find the lack of symmetry disturbing.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:14 AM
 
Big image slowing down thread. See forum rules for maximum sizes.
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:14 AM
 
I see sex.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:35 AM
 
I also see a bat. It's MAN-BAT!!!!!!

     
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Jul 29, 2009, 01:23 AM
 
A 2-winged insect shooting gas out of the 6 pores on its back.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 01:27 AM
 
Originally Posted by hyteckit View Post
Pubis
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Jul 29, 2009, 01:40 AM
 
a vagina with teeth
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 03:17 AM
 
the angel of death or Uriel to those who know.

I'm currently listening to War Pigs, how freaky is that?
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Jul 29, 2009, 05:06 AM
 
i see two nuns raped by mythical creatures from mesopotamia
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Jul 29, 2009, 09:30 AM
 
Alright, #2.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 10:06 AM
 
dog with head split open
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Jul 29, 2009, 10:08 AM
 
Rainbows and balloons.

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Jul 29, 2009, 10:11 AM
 
Popped cherry
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 10:13 AM
 
Originally Posted by hyteckit View Post
Either that or an x-ray of my pelvis.
Sounds about right.




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Jul 29, 2009, 10:24 AM
 
#2: Two nisser gathered around the Christmas porridge.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 10:37 AM
 
#2

Two pigs with bloody hooves worshipping a Mayan temple.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 10:39 AM
 
I see a bunch of useless crap.
Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
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Jul 29, 2009, 11:18 AM
 


I find it hard to believe that psychologists are bothered by these images being circulated to the public. It's only been, what 90 years since they were developed? I can't believe any professional would rely on them to inform a diagnosis in any substantial way. The fact that many are outraged at their publication casts even more doubt on the objective validity of those professions for me.

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Jul 29, 2009, 11:52 AM
 
#2:

Two lawn-gnomes playing patty cake.
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Jul 29, 2009, 12:14 PM
 
#2

Two polka-dot-patterned bears, in profile, kissing under a Chinese paper lantern.

Or

The image of a small, furry, four-legged mammal suckling at its mother's teat with the image reflected along a vertical plane.
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Jul 29, 2009, 02:33 PM
 
I see the Stay Puft™ Marshmallow Man
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Jul 29, 2009, 03:39 PM
 
So all the Rorschach blots have been posted to wikipedia despite the psychologists' disdain.
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
I find it hard to believe that psychologists are bothered by these images being circulated to the public. It's only been, what 90 years since they were developed? I can't believe any professional would rely on them to inform a diagnosis in any substantial way. The fact that many are outraged at their publication casts even more doubt on the objective validity of those professions for me.
Until this thread, I had believed Rorschach tests hadn't really been used in the last 35 years. It appears I was mistaken.

Anyways, this is what I see.

     
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Jul 29, 2009, 04:47 PM
 
#1 Badly carved pumpkin
#2 Two people kicking the shite out of a third
45/47
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 06:39 PM
 
Originally Posted by ApertureValue View Post
#2:

Two lawn-gnomes playing patty cake.
Get outta my head!
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 07:39 PM
 
#2

Looks like a abstract painting I did with imprints of my hand and fingers.

or

Two Roasted Peking Ducks

Yummy!

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Jul 29, 2009, 08:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by Cold Warrior View Post
Blot 1:
Obvious:

     
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Jul 29, 2009, 08:10 PM
 
I see an abattoir of retarded children.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 08:49 PM
 
That's a confusing line. Does this abattoir exist for the purpose of killing retarded children, or did the retarded children wander into this abattoir because they are retarded?
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 09:06 PM
 
#1: a sacrum seen from the anterior direction (much like Eug mentioned)

#2: a partial "Green Man" mask.

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Jul 29, 2009, 09:45 PM
 


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Jul 29, 2009, 10:21 PM
 
1) Mothra

2) Linda Lovelace
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Mothman Prophecies

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Jul 29, 2009, 11:25 PM
 
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Alright, #2.
A pretty butterfly.
     
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Jul 29, 2009, 11:46 PM
 
Two Chinese ladies playing patty cake.
"Everything's so clear to me now: I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it.
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Originally Posted by Eug View Post


Wow. That's actually sort of creepy.
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Originally Posted by ApertureValue View Post
Wow. That's actually sort of creepy.
Why? I never thought of Dumbo as creepy. Flying elephants are cute!
     
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Originally Posted by Eug View Post
Why? I never thought of Dumbo as creepy. Flying elephants are cute!
No, I guess I didn't mean Dumbo, per se, but the fact that the Rorschach looks a LOT like that picture of Dumbo.
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Get outta my head!
I know, right?!
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Originally Posted by ApertureValue View Post
No, I guess I didn't mean Dumbo, per se, but the fact that the Rorschach looks a LOT like that picture of Dumbo.
Well, to be fair, I made the picture to look like the Rorschach test.

I thought it looked like two elephants on a bell, so I just grabbed a Dumbo pic and a pic of the Liberty Bell and put them together.
     
 
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