Tears for fears: The Curse of the Crying Boy
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Natasha Francois reveals how a mass-produced portrait of a tearful tot blazed a trail across the British Isles – and the tabloids fanned the flames.  On September 4, 1985, Britain’s leading t…
  • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    The most irrational thing to me about this whole situation is why the fuck do so many people like creepy pictures of crying children

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, like holy shit do these people come home and relax to a picture of a crying child?

      “It was a tough days work, but at least this boy is still crying!”

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Probably a lot of different possibilities, frankly.

      • Unhappy childhood, so there’s a sense of familiarity.
      • Reminds them of a child or childhood friend they lost.
      • Maybe they work with kids, and it reminds them of what the kids’ lives would be like without them and similar support systems.
      • Maybe it just moves them in the artistic sense.
      • etc…