Trypophobes hate the new iPhone 11

The internet has declared the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro to be trypophobia triggers.

Dude my Trypophobia is kicking. I’m shaking🙈 pic.twitter.com/KIH3vYOBd6

— SinB✨ (@Hwang_SinBYAH) September 10, 2019

The trypophobia Reddit channel r/trypophobia has deemed the iPhone 11 Pro "bad."

IPhone bad from r/terriblefacebookmemes

The reactions have been visceral.

I am convinced I suffer from Trypophobia. When I saw the iPhone 11 Pro I felt sick 😭😱

— NALINI (@MsTelemaque) September 11, 2019

iPhone 11 is not for people with Trypophobia ... aka me *Shudders* #iPhone11Pro

— Naa Solih (@NaaSolih) September 11, 2019

Like, nauseating.

I actually cannot deal with all these memes of the new future iPhones having so many back cameras its so uncomfortable to see 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 proper activating the trypophobia I have suppressed within me

— Z🌼 (@txyyxzx) September 11, 2019

every time i come across a picture of the new iphone i feel sick.... who thought that was a good idea bro. trypophobia hitting the roof

— lins ☾ namjooning 🦀 (@gcfkookmin) September 11, 2019

The iPhone 11 Pro is effectively freaking out trypophobes.

That new iPhone 11 Plus Max Pro Ultra is really scary#iPhone11Pro #iPhone #iPhone11 #trypophobia pic.twitter.com/DhT8lUJOfZ

— 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓵 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 (@qu3ai) September 11, 2019

The three cameras of the iPhone 11 Pro seem to be a worse trigger than the two cameras of the iPhone 11.

people using the iphone 11R as publicity material for the new iphone because the other models look scary (and gross) #trypophobia 🤮😬 https://t.co/BrvShPoII8

— chin (@ramosernestine) September 11, 2019

Though, the five cameras on the Nokia 9 seem like they could be an even worse trigger ...

iPhone 11 pro max : trypophobia
Nokia 9 : Am I joke to you? pic.twitter.com/a8OAazouht

— Myat Ko Ko (@MyatKKo) September 11, 2019

... and the Xbox One S ...

All these folk talking about the iPhone 11 and #trypophobia haven’t seen the Xbox One S, have they? 😂 pic.twitter.com/4CSmI5qLyh

— 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scots Gamer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@MultiplatGamer) September 10, 2019

... and the Apple Mac Pro too.

Whoever designed the new Apple Mac Pro clearly does not have trypophobia. #WWDC19 pic.twitter.com/djS9p6fnrz

— Shawn Ahmed (@uncultured) June 3, 2019

So, what is trypophobia?

The iPhone 11 leaks triggers my trypophobia. 🙈 #ApppleLaunchingEvent pic.twitter.com/3VclNSZAYt

— donbosconovitch (@donbosconovitch) September 10, 2019

Trypophobia is a fear of clustered holes, like this:

my pancake is killing me 😣😖 #trypophobia pic.twitter.com/NxSCFXU7AN

— i r f a n i s r y (@irfanisry) September 9, 2019

The first scientific study of trypophobia was conducted in 2013.

The study titled "Fear of Holes," by Geoff G. Cole and Arnold J. Wilkins, found that up to 15% of people (18% of females and 11% of males) become viscerally upset after looking at images of clustered holes or bumps.

"Trypophobia is more akin to disgust than to fear," Wilkins told Business Insider in 2015. "The disgust is probably an overgeneralisation of a reaction to possible contaminants."

"The disgust arises from clusters of objects, and these objects are not necessarily holes, despite the name trypophobia," Wilkins continued.

Sources: Sage, Business Insider

Trypophobes can be physically affected by seeing images of clustered holes.

The same study featured a quote from a trypophobe describing a triggering episode:

"[I] can't really face small, irregularly or asymmetrically placed holes, they make me like, throw up in my mouth, cry a little bit, and shake all over, deeply."

Sources: Sage, Business Insider

Clustered hole patterns appear in nature.

This strawberry's seeds started sprouting while it was still on the plant from r/mildlyinteresting

Trypophobia might be an evolutionary warning sign to protect us from things that might harm us, like poisonous animals with hole-cluster patterns.

"There may be an ancient evolutionary part of the brain telling people that they are looking at a poisonous animal," Cole said in a 2013 press release.

"The disgust we feel may well give us an evolutionary advantage, even if we don't know it consciously, because it sends people with trypophobia running as far as possible from the holey-looking thing," Jennifer Welsh wrote for Business Insider in 2015.

Sources: Sage, Business Insider

Trypophobes hate the new iPhone 11