A toaster. A cloud. A parking meter. The inanimate world is staring back.
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Humans spot faces everywhere. A pair of cupboard handles might look annoyed, a knot in wood might appear surprised, and a plug socket might stare back. The Department calls this its most cooperative branch of fieldwork.
Look around your own home or another place you are allowed to be. Focus on ordinary arrangements of two marks and a curve or line. Choose the funniest face-like object you can describe without involving anyone else's identity.
Example report: “The kettle has a tiny face and seems offended that I've made tea again.”
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · NOT A COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONSeeing familiar patterns in unrelated shapes is often called pareidolia. A good case celebrates the accidental resemblance without claiming the object is alive.
Don't climb, reach into electrical fixtures, or enter restricted spaces to improve the angle. Simply look at what is already in front of you.
File a concise text report under a pseudonym. Don't include private details or images of strangers. New agents' first reports go through moderator review.
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