# Ever dream this man? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717 "2010-04-29T05:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/41 "2010-04-30T19:48:30Z")
Autolycus, according to Go Daddy domain search this site is owned by one “Andrea Natella,” reportedly a marketing sociologist. A google of her name took me to [404 | Eurozine](http://www.eurozine.com/author/natella.html) where she has an article entitled, “The Origins of the Subversive use of the Hoax in Italy.” Link appears to be broken. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/42 "2010-04-30T20:03:18Z")
What, Me Worry? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/43 "2010-04-30T20:08:59Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > Autolycus, according to Go Daddy domain search this site is owned by one “Andrea Natella,” reportedly a marketing sociologist. > > A google of her name took me to [404 | Eurozine](http://www.eurozine.com/author/natella.html) where she has an article entitled, “The Origins of the Subversive use of the Hoax in Italy.” > > Link appears to be broken. The cached version links to the article in French. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/44 "2010-04-30T20:13:18Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Almost all of my dreams [that I remember] tend to be peopled by people I know or have met several times - which is why I hold with the theory that dreams are the way the brain sorts through my experiences. Funnily enough, almost all of mine aren’t. I tend to dream of people that I don’t recognise. Should I hold the opposite view: that dreams aren’t sorting through memories? > [@Wakinyan](#): > > I’m quite interested in dreams and have been writing down my dreams since 1992; it’s about 1400 dreams now Impressive. I got to about 800 but have been slacking of late. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > For some reason I find that picture very disturbing. Like, I opened that page and my skin crawled and something in my reptile brain was screaming SOMETHING IS AMISS HERE. Is there some sort of visual trick they’re using to make the image disturbing? Why am I having that reaction, and does anyone else? Interesting, I found it creepy too. Partly because I expected it to be an animated gif and that it was about to do something scary. But mostly it was the same reaction I get to photofits on Crimewatch. Must be something “uncanny” about the proportions on these things. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/45 "2010-04-30T20:14:23Z")
I’m not gonna look at it because then I will start dreaming about him. Now that I think about it, I really don’t seem to dream about faces much. Mostly just the feeling of being in places and the feeling that people are around, but not specifics of their appearance. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/46 "2010-04-30T20:35:47Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > For some reason I find that picture very disturbing. Like, I opened that page and my skin crawled and something in my reptile brain was screaming SOMETHING IS AMISS HERE. Is there some sort of visual trick they’re using to make the image disturbing? Why am I having that reaction, and does anyone else? It’s because it’s from software designed to make a face that looks like a police composite. Check this website out: > **[FlashFace App – Digitale Phantombildzeichner für iOS & Android](https://www.flashface.info)** > > FlashFace – die mobile App für digitale Phantomzeichnungen auf iOS und Android. The hairstyle is #10, and the mouth is #9. Have fun! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/47 "2010-04-30T20:59:39Z")
Also, eyebrows: #30, nose #36, jaw #19, head #6, eyes #22. I made a pretty good likeness but I can’t screensave it. I saved to to the website under “pravnik” as author and “My This Guy” as name. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/48 "2010-04-30T21:31:20Z")
Nope. He looks like a patient of mine, though. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/49 "2010-04-30T23:29:39Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > For some reason I find that picture very disturbing. Like, I opened that page and my skin crawled and something in my reptile brain was screaming SOMETHING IS AMISS HERE. Is there some sort of visual trick they’re using to make the image disturbing? Why am I having that reaction, and does anyone else? I thought the creepiness was part of the reason people would wind up dreaming about him. I also have never dreamed this man, as, while I do dream faces, unlike in real life, they don’t stand out. The only reason I recognize people in my dreams is because I already know who they are. To the point where, when I wake up, I realize the person I saw didn’t look a think like the real person. Hope that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/50 "2010-05-01T06:52:41Z")
So, I understand all the research done on the domain name, but if this is gorilla marketing, what the heck is the webmaster selling or advertising? ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/51 "2010-05-01T15:59:00Z")
I chased this all around the web the other day, caught up in the mystery. Did find a reference to formica tables. Can’t find a confirmation. Also ran into a discussion of whether guerrilla marketing works, considering how obscure the reference can be. It does raise the question. Incidently, Andrea is an Andre. And not a very nice human being I think. Said something about effing the market to conquer it. Ugh. A commercial rapist! Clever, annoying little rascal, Mr. Eyebrows is. ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/52 "2010-05-01T17:34:52Z")
Here is a direct link to a French translation of Andrea Natella’s paper on the origins of the subversive use of the hoax: [http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-07-31-natella-fr.html](http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-07-31-natella-fr.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/53 "2010-05-01T22:46:16Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > So, I understand all the research done on the domain name, but if this is gorilla marketing, what the heck is the webmaster selling or advertising? According to the hoax link, they are selling _images of the dream man_. On shirts and coffee mugs. Which is…brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/54 "2010-05-01T22:59:28Z")
**Autolycus** , you know I love you, but please stop saying “gorilla marketing.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/55 "2010-05-02T04:19:21Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > **Autolycus** , you know I love you, but please stop saying “gorilla marketing.” I know what it’s supposed to be, but I still like my way better. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/56 "2010-05-02T04:21:20Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I know what it’s supposed to be, but I still like my way better. Would a tasty banana help change your mind? I live in the States, so you wouldn’t even have to peel it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/57 "2010-05-03T20:01:13Z")
Nope, isn’t he one of the Chippendale dancers? hh ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717/58 "2010-05-03T20:15:27Z")
I would have looked just like Thisman had I sexually matured at the age of ten. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-dream-this-man/537717.md?page=2)