[rlmorel]

I always love looking at those kinds of photos, but I the people who write the preface for them are just weird.

On this one she wrote things like:

• Some historical photos can't be explained. (And then she explains them)

• The more we look at them, the more disturbing and unexplainable they become. (Disturbing? Unexplainable?)

• There's something so eerie about these beautiful photos, and it only takes a closer look to unveil the truth. (Eerie? Interesting, but not eerie.)

• Our ancestors had done an excellent job at hiding the hard-to-swallow past from us. ("hard to swallow past"?)

• We've collected a rare collection of the most chilling historical photos ever that will send shivers down your spine. (Not chilling, and hey don't send shivers down the spine unless an overweight Elvis on a motorcycle with a stripper on the back is chilling!)

• Please beware that some of the images in this gallery are for mature audiences only. (LOL, there is that Elvis photo again.)

• Are you ready to take a deep dive into these bone-chilling photos from the past? (Thank goodness my bones are resistant to chilling!)

Like I said, I love these silly things and am a sucker for them, but the commentary is bizarre to me.

[Fester Chugabrew]

www.shorpy.com is a great place to peruse interesting old photos without the click bait and annoying commentary.

[b4me]

my guess - the writer is trying to use english but it’s not their first language? or they used some sort of translator to get their wording?

they can use words but many times don’t understand their meanings (especially a few words together) so the end result is awkward or misleading or incomplete. As you said, just weird.

[wardaddy]

Young people overuse adjectives

Cringeworthy is a favorite word of any pasty ink covered hipster lass and her fag boyfriend

[wardaddy]

This one also has actor steve McQueen pics confused with black British filmmaker steve McQueen bio

Who knew papillon was half Grenada. And half Trinidadian

Lol

Coulda fooled me

McQueen sure exuded Midwest roots to me