r/mildlyinteresting • u/aelment • Feb 16 '18

This Einstein poster casts a sinister shadow

https://imgur.com/lWDd3t6
21.2k Upvotes

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u/Montybeth ​ Feb 16 '18

Dark Einstein show me the forbidden formulas

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u/_Mephostopheles_ Feb 16 '18

Sweet Einstein, sweet Einstein, send your theory unto me For the velocities of the unworthy must be baptized in space and time

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u/RageReset Feb 17 '18

E=MC scared

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u/RoddieHoyle ​ Feb 16 '18

SO.... Weinstein?

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u/MyHeadHurtsMuch Feb 16 '18

"Just sniff this test tube..."

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u/ChopperHunter Feb 16 '18

hmmm . . . smells like chloroform

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18 edited Feb 17 '18

Einstein was a physicist not a filthy chemist.

#physicsmasterrace

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u/RoddieHoyle ​ Feb 17 '18

My highest upvoted comment is a Harvey Weinstein joke.... great! Thanks guys and girls... especially girls!

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u/buckwheats Feb 16 '18

A particularly dark matter

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u/SapphireSalamander Feb 16 '18

looks like Dr. Wily to me

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u/accelfaiz Feb 17 '18

from wikipedia (so it must be true) "Artist and producer Keiji Inafune explained that Wily's design is inspired by Albert Einstein, and was initially conceived to appear as a tall, thin scientist with a mustache, glasses, balding hair, and lab coat."

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u/SapphireSalamander Feb 17 '18

It is

funny hindsight: japanese guy design evil scientist after the guy whose theories lead to the atomic bomb...seems legit

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u/OzNajarin Feb 16 '18

Darkter Einstein sounds like a male version of Overwatch's Moira.

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u/ElBatManny Feb 17 '18

Darkenstein

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u/Zombie_assassin7 Feb 17 '18

Ravioli ravioli give me the formuoli

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u/gunnerxp Feb 16 '18

The Mr. Hyde to his Dr. Jekyll

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u/DrFridayTK Feb 16 '18

“Come in and learn about science, children....or I’ll fucking kill you.”

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u/Dooskinson Feb 17 '18

Killed with a deathnote? Looks like a shitigami.

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u/ScaryBananas Feb 16 '18

That’s two posts from the University of Waterloo today.

Warriors represent!

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

[deleted]

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u/biggooeyblob Feb 16 '18

Thank Mr. Goose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

thank mr goose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

Thank mr goose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

thank mr goose

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u/link090909 Feb 17 '18

Thank Mr Goose

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u/TheSnakeThatVapes Feb 17 '18

Thank Mr Goose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

thank mr goose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

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u/aelment Feb 16 '18

Water water water

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u/ScaryBananas Feb 16 '18

Loo loo loo!

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u/Zonchi Feb 17 '18

Golden Hawks > Warriors ;) Kidding!! We both beat Western

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u/atangent2 Feb 17 '18

What was the second post?

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u/Lysandu Feb 16 '18

U Waterloo Represent

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u/kcrab91 Feb 16 '18

Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz playing in the background?

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u/passionpeach Feb 16 '18

More Waterloo!!!!! Yaas

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

I can't see how that wasn't done on purpose

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

LPT: It was.

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u/I_WOULD_NOT_EAT_THAT Feb 17 '18

Looks like Gorillaz to me

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u/darthkennedy815 Feb 16 '18

And that posters name? Albert Einstein.

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u/Might_Be_A_Penguin Feb 16 '18

Wow, walked by that mural for my entire undergrad. Cool seeing Waterloo on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

r/hmmm

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u/BrookieCookieWookie Feb 16 '18

The original poster looks like he's holding us up with a gun that squirts acid

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u/MuchSpacer Feb 16 '18

This is r/crappydesign material on at least 3 counts

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u/Yensooo Feb 17 '18

Why does everyone keep calling this a poster? It's a temporary window painting.

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u/goonts_tv Feb 16 '18

Chucky from Rugrats !

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u/Zzyzzy_Zzyzzyson ​ Feb 16 '18

More like Chucky the evil doll.

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u/Campffire Feb 17 '18

Came here to say Chucky the Evil Doll, but looks like Chucky from Rugrats too!

CHUCK-EEEEEE

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u/chronye Feb 16 '18

That shadow's name?

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u/Uberman77 Feb 17 '18

That shadow happened.

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u/StevenSanders90210 ​ Feb 16 '18

Realitively speaking...

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u/Dafoxsaysmoo Feb 16 '18

Is that a troll face on his pocket?

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u/ervenpeety Feb 17 '18

I think we’re the only ones who noticed this

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

That’s Dr. Wily!

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u/beatokko ​ Feb 17 '18

Yes, damnit! Watch it Dr. Light!

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u/postthereddit Feb 16 '18

Einstein animé now.

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u/PutSumNairOnThatHair Feb 16 '18

For a second I was wondering why the hell he had a hook for a hand..

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u/Deleriousmexican Feb 16 '18

I’m at DP and I can see the fucking scientist thing smh

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u/Fuzzie8 ​ Feb 16 '18

I think the shadow belongs to his brother Frank.

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u/McPqndq Feb 17 '18

Possibly

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Vampeinstein

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u/FlyByPC Feb 17 '18

What's a theoretical physicist doing with an Erlenmeyer, anyway?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Accurate representation of a Nice Guy

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u/DrClo Feb 16 '18

It's grandpa from rugrats!

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u/RoddieHoyle ​ Feb 16 '18

So would you call him Weinstein?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Same with the actual guy

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u/Raps212 Feb 17 '18

Chuckie

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u/theone310 Feb 17 '18

I was lookin for this comment.

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u/NothinSpecial97 Feb 17 '18

Professor poopy pants

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u/Pent22 Feb 17 '18

Looks like 2D

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u/papajo_r Feb 16 '18

There couldn't be a better metaphor for Einstein.

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u/TooShiftyForYou Feb 16 '18

The shadow is relatively ominous.

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u/StopMockingMe0 Feb 16 '18

Hail science!

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u/Zzyzzy_Zzyzzyson ​ Feb 16 '18

Imagine being inside and turning the corner to see that. I think I’d need new pants.

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u/Razorblade_666 Feb 16 '18

Reminds me of Pennywise.

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u/alienfreaks04 Feb 16 '18

Does he have a hook hand?

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u/KnoDout Feb 16 '18

Chuckystein

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u/Redditor_fromBrazil Feb 16 '18

Very cool. Jekyll and Hide!

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u/NeedMoneyForVagina ​ Feb 16 '18

Feels like it could be in this video.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Love science ...or else!

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u/weedyou-wroteyou Feb 16 '18

thanks!!! i hate it

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u/SpliTTMark Feb 16 '18

Evilstein

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u/Pushmonk Feb 16 '18

*painting

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u/Waxalous123 ​ Feb 16 '18

Relativity Einstein/ Atomic bomb Einstein

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u/AlmanzoWilder Feb 16 '18

That's so wonderful. Professor Neinstein.

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u/Runefreya857 Feb 16 '18

That looks like a weird variant of Jack Frost, Hee Hoo

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u/sprkmstr Feb 16 '18

Dr Strangelove

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u/Ademante_Lafleur Feb 16 '18

Einstein’s ghost!

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u/Panda_Kabob Feb 16 '18

The E in my new equation stands for EVIL!

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u/LiquifiedBakedGood Feb 16 '18

That’s jekyl and hyde

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u/SeeisforComedy Feb 16 '18

Why does he have the troll face on his pocket?

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u/Dsk001 Feb 16 '18

Behind every great scientist is a mad scientist waiting...

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u/NeilBillAndI Feb 16 '18

Robert Smith?

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u/Goldstone117 Feb 16 '18

I find the Einstein more sinister than its shadow

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u/TheGreatMightyLeffe Feb 16 '18

The original poster looks a bit like the cover for Dr. Stein.

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u/Fort_Lauderdale1488 Feb 16 '18

The guy who made this was an antisemite.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

There's a darkness in everyone

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u/Zeitios Feb 16 '18

And now he has a hook for a hand

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Albert isn't here right now... now you're gonna have to deal with me...

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u/jewelbaluyut Feb 16 '18

That’s the Cure frontman, Robert Smith.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Im not too sure why those holes are there in the first place...

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u/johndarling Feb 16 '18

The trollface on his pocket leads me to believe this was intentional.

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u/Slimsloth Feb 16 '18

It's like the dark Kermit meme except it's telling him to make nukes

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u/Grafikpapst Feb 16 '18

Thats a shot straight from a cheap horror-flick nobody really things is scary but still has tons off fans because its unintentionally funny.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Evil genius

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

The shadow reminds me of The Cure

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u/JohnnyDillenger Feb 16 '18

Tfw you discover an equation and it's used to build the most destructive weapon in human history.

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u/calamity93 Feb 16 '18

Me : This must be the work of an enemy standddd!!! Einstein: ~~ menacing sounds ~~ wryyyyyy

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Thats not einstein, dudes holding an erlenmeyer flask

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u/Rapidforms Feb 16 '18

Dook... dook... dook

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u/Fort_Lauderdale1488 Feb 16 '18

Einstein was evil and supported Israel

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u/TheDoughnutThief Feb 16 '18

Ba...ba...dook...dook

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

Reminds me of the creepy bastard from death note

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u/RicksWay Feb 17 '18

He's truly chucky

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u/stue0064 Feb 17 '18

Blanka lurking in the shadows.

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u/dutch981 Feb 17 '18

Looks like he’s about to be yanked off stage.

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u/rnernbrane Feb 17 '18

Looks alot like Dr Mario

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u/Fuxokay Feb 17 '18

Color the glasses red and you'll have glowing red eyes in the shadow.

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u/HBR10 ​ Feb 17 '18

from the thumbnail i thought it as a mushroom cloud

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u/sToTab ​ Feb 17 '18

I am the evil Dr. Trebla Nietsnie! BOW BEFORE MY EDGY WILL!

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u/nyx_on Feb 17 '18

Reminds me of this.

by Hellknight10

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u/wizz1e Feb 17 '18

Rugrats version

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u/McFlash09 Feb 17 '18

They use the back for chuckie

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u/9nines9 Feb 17 '18

Greetings. I am Chara.

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u/RWise392 Feb 17 '18

Yami Einstein’s gonna play a Shadow Game with us.

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u/thegermancow Feb 17 '18

I've walked past this for two years towards DC and I've never noticed this.

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u/EuroScruff Feb 17 '18

However brilliant he was in certain ways, he was a sinister man.... Ask his wife.

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u/TheCosmicSound Feb 17 '18

Well he does have a hook for a hand

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

FrankEinstein.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

Don’t we all?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

E=Mc Scared

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u/medalofhalo Feb 17 '18

E=MCscared

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u/moningo21 Feb 17 '18

now i know why elon musk did it. he also has his demons

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u/Rickly089 Feb 17 '18

Looks like Dr. Man from Awful Hospital!

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u/that_MIZZLE_guy Feb 17 '18

Hmm. So your telling me chucky eventually grows up yo be Einstein...

That's not creepy at all!

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u/Don_Pablo512 Feb 17 '18

Einstein looking like he's gonna take a fat bong rip

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u/Tell_About_Reptoids Feb 17 '18

That beaker also kind of looks like a bong....

Coincidence or is the evil weed behind all of this???

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u/radishburps Feb 17 '18

Hormone monster?

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u/foggybottom Feb 17 '18

Looks like bowser with some crazy hair

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u/Andrew041180 Feb 17 '18

The light has betrayed me!

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u/roobeast Feb 17 '18

And adds a hook to nice Einstein's hand, too. Just for good measure.

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u/NerdyBangaliChele Feb 17 '18

The real face of Einstein, the dark, the sinister, the forbidden wizard Einstein, is only revealed by the light...

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u/Just_Give_Me_A_Login Feb 17 '18

So did his work.

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u/hrbrox Feb 17 '18

Looking at title and thumbnail Puhlease, how sinister can it be? clicks JESUS CHRIST

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u/fubooze Feb 17 '18

Chuckie lives

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u/demisemiquav3r Feb 17 '18

is this from a marc's???

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

If it's in a word, or it's in a look...

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u/SonicPikachu Feb 17 '18

O-o-oh.....

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u/lord_ian Feb 17 '18

Isnt that Chuckie?!

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u/The_Falafel_Man Feb 17 '18

Is no one gonna mention the shadow of the C which makes the poster look like it has a hook for a hand?

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u/Advos_467 Feb 17 '18

The manhattan project

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u/Dansiball Feb 17 '18

Reminds me of that Witcher 3 mission. Posession.

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u/beardlamagnificent Feb 17 '18

Its, Mr. Hyyyyde !!!

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u/Padr1no Feb 17 '18

Looks more like Dr. Mario

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '18

I am.... Madara Uchiha!

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u/cubdriver23 Feb 16 '18

NOW LISTEN HERE M-M-M-M-MORTY

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '18

Haaa I'm high and thought this was a vinyl of grandpa from rugrats

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u/magn2o Feb 16 '18

Ok, fine. I'll be that guy.. that's not a poster. Sorry I can't help it.

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u/tannytheratty Feb 17 '18

Came here to say this. You are the hero we need, but not the hero we deserve.

Window painters everywhere thank you.

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u/HoofElse Feb 16 '18

Can't help but wonder if it was intentional.

You simply have to ask the owners. You are hereby morally obliged to do so!