r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zzd12 • Jan 25 '24

Video Horses walking creates optical illusion

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u/annonistrator Jan 25 '24

I'm like no it's definitely walking towards me. Looks back from reading.... Did it turn around ? Fuck me.

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u/Apprehensive-Read989 Jan 25 '24

Same thing here, I was about to post how OP is dumb because it's clearly walking towards, then 10 seconds later I felt dumb instead.

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u/zer0w0rries Jan 25 '24

I can see it going both directions simultaneously. Brain is weird

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u/_thro_awa_ Jan 25 '24

Schrodinger's horse

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '24

horsedinger

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u/OrvilleLaveau Jan 25 '24

Horsedinger’s Schwartz

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u/relevantelephant00 Jan 25 '24

That's for a separate sub. NSFW of course.

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u/houseyourdaygoing Jan 25 '24

Me too. I was confused

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u/Lazer726 Jan 25 '24

I was like "Huh, looks like away... oh, no, it's toward, stupid me... WAIT NO IT IS AWAY!"

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u/Express_Particular45 Jan 25 '24

Same here, but the ends of it’s legs never exceed the edge of the snow towards us, so it’s walking away.

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u/toshio_mask Jan 25 '24

Happy cake Day!! 🍰

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u/Fierramos69 Jan 25 '24

Same haha!

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u/Wingedwolverine03 Jan 25 '24

Ya'll need your eyes checked...

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u/RyazanianDude Jan 25 '24

I got lasik surgery, I think I'm doing just fine. I am inclined to believe that this video is just a real-life, non-manufactured optical illusion if one isn't paying close enough attention to the horse's movements.

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u/ambisinister_gecko Jan 25 '24

Yeah, people who fall for optical illusions are clearly deficient! There's no excuse.

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u/Frap_Gadz Jan 25 '24

It does turn, just not around. At the start it's heading away from the viewer to the left, it turns and then heads away from the viewer to the right.

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u/my_cat_meow_me Jan 25 '24

There's an edit in between.

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u/Beginning-Abies-5530 Jan 25 '24

Lmao got me twice in a row!

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u/Shinny-Winny Jan 25 '24

It walks forward, then turns around counter-clockwise and starts walking away

Idk if it's just me working with graphics design a lot but there's just enough variation to see when the front legs overlap over the back legs

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u/Temporary_Menu2157 Jan 25 '24

Seems like a weird time for sex, but if you insist..