It's creepy because his face sits right in the middle of the Uncanny Valley. Maybe because his skin looks like wax or maybe because he's too perfectly average.
But whatever the reason, it's a good picture. Nobody is that ridiculously average, so you can tell right away that something's off.
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It's creepy because his face sits right in the middle of the Uncanny Valley. Maybe because his skin looks like wax or maybe because he's too perfectly average.
But whatever the reason, it's a good picture. Nobody is that ridiculously average, so you can tell right away that something's off.
Edited by RedViking
He's staring into my soul with those average eyes...
AGH! Make it go away!
I'm curious about where the guys is 'average' for. I'm thinking it has to be Europe or the 'white' Commonwealth, on account of the skin and eyes.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain
^Hm no, if anything, average for the Western world (well, Europe and the Americas). I'm from a south american country and every day I walk by plenty of people to whom this guy resembles a little. Hell, he looks a little bit like me too.
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I vote we change the page-image to this because, well, it's the world's ridiculously average face and not just that of the USA.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362709/Typical-human-face-28-year-old-Chinese-man.html
That seems like a suggestion for Image Picking.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Er.... yes? I don't know how that works, but that sounds about right. ^_^
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain
Is this trope entirely about average guys in fiction can still get chicks? Because 3/4 of the description is devoted towards that.
It seems like the Ridiculously Average Guy is often used for plot exposition. Especially when the exceptional characters are brooding types who speak with their actions, the Ridiculously Average Guy fills in the gaps by stating the obvious.