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    The Uncanny is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange.
    Because the uncanny is familiar, yet strange, it often creates [cognitive dissonance] within the experiencing subject due to the paradoxical nature of being attracted to, yet repulsed by an object at the same time. This cognitive dissonance often leads to an outright rejection of the object, as one would rather reject than rationalize.

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      feeling strange,unable to press on why

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        Freud specifically relates an aspect of the Uncanny derived from German etymology. By contrasting the German adjective unheimlich with its base word heimlich (concealed, hidden, in secret), he proposes that social taboo often yields an aura not only of pious reverence but even moreso of horror and even disgust, as the taboo state of an item gives rise to the commonplace assumption that that which is hidden from public eye (cf. the eye or sight metaphor) must be a dangerous threat and even an abomination - especially if the concealed item is obviously or presumingly sexual in nature. Basically, the Uncanny is what unconsciously reminds us of our own Id, our forbidden and thus repressed impulses perceived as a threatening force by our super-ego ridden with oedipal guilt as it fears symbolic castration by punishment for deviating from societal norms. Thus, the items and individuals that we project our own repressed impulses upon become a most uncanny threat to us, uncanny monsters and freaks akin to fairy-tale folk-devils, and subsequently often become scapegoats we blame for all sorts of perceived miseries, calamities, and maladies.

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          (adjective). describes anything having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary
          the experience doesnt necessarily have to be a negative one. it can be positive, eye-opening and therapeutic.

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            its like cool, wierd, funky, whoaaa,amazing, killer,ill all rolled into one :D

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              Having the qualities that not, of a can.

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                [Uncanny]The Greatest none CrackWhore who ever walked the streets Biggest hoe Pimping Player EVER!
                Ownz #harro and hunts Hoes on IRCD SHout Out 2 ALL CRACKWHORES!!!!!

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                  [Uncanny]The Greatest none CrackWhore who ever walked the streets Biggest hoe Pimping Player EVER!
                  Ownz #harro and hunts Hoes on IRCD SHout Out 2 ALL CRACKWHORES!!!!!

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                    Uncanny is a person who steals money by spamming

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                      Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

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