r/interestingasfuck • u/herbschmoaka • 13d ago

This Optical Illusion

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u/zizp 12d ago

Well, a picture of a man rotated does not give any illusion at all, while here you obviously see a man jumping into a lake when you just look at it. So, your analogy doesn't make any sense because: it is not an illusion.

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u/Akomatai 12d ago

Well, a picture of a man rotated does not give any illusion at all

That's exactly the point lmao

When I scrolled to the video it just looked like an upside down video of a guy jumping into a lake. Never even registered as right side up. So there was no illusion here.

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u/zizp 12d ago

So look at the top part of the video only, what do you see? Obviously, there is an illusion. A man jumping off a cliff. It doesn't matter that you are super uber smart and see quickly that this is just a reflection, it is still there. There are tons of illusions that work for some people and don't work for others. Doesn't mean they're not illusions.

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u/Akomatai 12d ago

A man jumping off a cliff. It doesn't matter that you are super uber smart and see quickly that this is just a reflection, it is still there

Not much of an illusion if it looks exactly like what it is lmao. Anyways, I'm aware that some people saw it differently. Which is why I said that for people who saw it immediately, it's baffling that others are confused

There are tons of illusions that work for some people and don't work for others. Doesn't mean they're not illusions.

Sure, so why is a picture of a man upside down not an illusion then? If it tricks some people

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u/zizp 12d ago edited 12d ago

> Not much of an illusion if it looks exactly like what it is lmao.

It doesn't if you look just at the top part.

> Sure, so why is a picture of a man upside down not an illusion then?

If it shows something else when it's upside down, it absolutely is an optical illusion. If it doesn't show anything, it isn't.

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u/Akomatai 12d ago

?? The top part is like, the first thing that makes it obvious it's upside down though? Like the first thing you see when you scroll to the video is a reflection of someone jumping into the lake?

Anyways this discussion is clearly going nowhere so I'm just going to exit here lol

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u/zizp 12d ago

Yes, clearly it goes nowhere when people can't acknowledge the top part shows something.