Optical Illusions

The Boss of God · Sep 6, 2008

This has been pestering me for a while.

OwL · Sep 6, 2008

Googled the picture's file name.

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_feb2005/HowCanThisBeTrueAnswer.htm

Look closely at the hypotenuses; the above one is slightly (very) "fatter" from that side than the other. All those fragments of area make a hole square. Bleh, just look at the link, I suck explaining. xD

Very good one, though.

0RLY · Sep 6, 2008

Pretty impressive. Needs moar pics.

The Boss of God · Sep 6, 2008

0RLy said:
Pretty impressive. Needs moar pics.

This was done in real life (not by me of course).

manhunter098 · Sep 7, 2008

I'm a censor-dodging idiot.

The Boss of God · Sep 7, 2008

I've never understood a single mind f***..

slave1 · Sep 7, 2008

how are you suposted to see anything it is just a bunch of lines.

Grunt · Sep 7, 2008

The i guess it got you.

digitalmaster287 · Sep 7, 2008

Yeah, that first one isn't a triangle, it has four sides. Look at the slopes of the two triangles that make up the hypotenuse. The first one has a slope of 3/8 and the second has a slope of 2/5.

BlueSilver · Sep 7, 2008

I don't like the dice. It feels weird to look at. Like it looks like two sides are on the ground, but the other side is going straight up. Yet they all are connected.

Lixivium · Sep 7, 2008

I've always liked those real-life pictures of the Penrose triangle and Escher boxes:

GreenKirby · Sep 7, 2008

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Could you believe that nothing is moving in that picture

http://www.roflmachine.com/fun/mind****2.jpg

(By the way, replace the four asteriks with the F word to view the picture)

Roihu · Sep 7, 2008

The Boss of God said:
This was done in real life (not by me of course).

It hurts my head...

mimic_king · Sep 7, 2008

The Boss of God said:
This was done in real life (not by me of course).

Glue does the trick

Here are some more:

Are the rows straight?

Look at it for some time and look at something else. The dots will turn green!

There are words within this (it helps to look at it from far away, but that's no fun)

And for the coolest one:

Look at the picture without moving your eyes for 10-15 seconds and then look at a wall and blink a few times

Professor Pro · Sep 7, 2008

This one is weird and it hurts my eyes.

mimic_king · Sep 7, 2008

Not much of an illusion, but it works.

The Boss of God · Sep 7, 2008

Professor Pro, how is that an illusion?

M. C. Escher

Hobobloke · Sep 8, 2008

i love optical illusions

Peeze · Sep 8, 2008

mimic_king said:
And for the coolest one:

Look at the picture without moving your eyes for 10-15 seconds and then look at a wall and blink a few times

Is that jesus?

The Boss of God · Sep 8, 2008

Peeze said:
Is that jesus?

If you follow the directions correctly, yes it is.

Rusty Shacklefurd · Sep 8, 2008

mimic_king said:
Look at it for some time and look at something else. The dots will turn green!

The real trick with that one is that when you stare at the center long enough the pink dots will eventually completely disappear. You have to really focus on it and make sure you don't let your eyes wander.

XACE-K · Sep 8, 2008

Rusty Shacklefurd said:
The real trick with that one is that when you stare at the center long enough the pink dots will eventually completely disappear. You have to really focus on it and make sure you don't let your eyes wander.

I just tried that and you're right.

The Boss of God said:

O_o Freaky.

flame013191 · Sep 8, 2008

These are really weird.....cool though! O_O I love optical illusions

Amide · Sep 8, 2008

The Jesus one is seriously creeping me out.

Cyndi · Sep 16, 2008

The pink dots one just freaked me out. They disappeared! I thought I was starting a migraine at first O_o;;

Crimson King · Sep 16, 2008

This is weird. It's pretending to be a human with the fake smile:

Kinzer · Sep 16, 2008

mimic_king said:
There are words within this (it helps to look at it from far away, but that's no fun)

The sad thing is, I even looked at it from far away and I STILL can't read what it says.

Edit: Wait, so just because I couldn't get it at first means I'll never have sex?

I feel stupid now.

Further Edit: Okay, now that I freaking look at it, it's the other way around.

Yeah, I should do something about that, eh?

chaos_Leader · Sep 16, 2008

The trick with those pictures that look like they're moving: is that the movement of your eyes make all those lines that are so close appear to shift. If you focus on a single point and don't let your eyes wander at all, it will stop. Its hard since the false movements of the image really entices your eye to look at it, and hence continue the illusion's effect, really neat though.

Crimson King · Sep 16, 2008

Ok, ok, this one is better:

What do you see? Now, walk about 15 feet away. NOW, what do you see?

Smash_Gigas · Sep 16, 2008

Crimson King said:
Ok, ok, this one is better:

What do you see? Now, walk about 15 feet away. NOW, what do you see?

rofl The things people come up with.... Unbelieveable.

Crimson King · Sep 16, 2008

I have no idea how that one works. It makes no sense to me at all - not even a gif or anything.

Bowser King · Sep 16, 2008

Crimson King said:
Ok, ok, this one is better:

What do you see? Now, walk about 15 feet away. NOW, what do you see?

mimic_king said:
Look at the picture without moving your eyes for 10-15 seconds and then look at a wall and blink a few times

These are seriously creepy O_o

Kinzer · Sep 16, 2008

Crimson King said:
Ok, ok, this one is better:

What do you see? Now, walk about 15 feet away. NOW, what do you see?

Please tell me I'm suppose to see a woman.

Omis · Sep 16, 2008

Kinzer said:
Please tell me I'm suppose to see a woman.

Yes you are. I think this is caused by how the eyes when they see something form a distance tend to focus on the big picture rather that focus on little things. Also the strategic blurring is part of it.

Crimson King · Sep 16, 2008

Haha. Up close, you'll see Albert Einstein. When you get a good 10 feet away: Marilyn Monroe.

Autydragoon · Sep 20, 2008

GoldShadow · Sep 20, 2008

Crimson King said:
Ok, ok, this one is better:

What do you see? Now, walk about 15 feet away. NOW, what do you see?

Wow, that is the weirdest thing I've seen in a long time. Definitely showing this one to friends!

Karptroopa · Sep 21, 2008

The Boss of God said:

My head hurts. Is it sitting, or is it standing?
I feel exhausted looking at that.

popsofctown · Sep 22, 2008

that dice one either involves photoshop or subtle bending. Or perhap the dice are even gutted and glued together to make that. Objects can't actually have such an orientation, the dice picture is no different from M C Escher... when something is being painted, you can cheat

. never ascending stairs are funnest to me. stairs > ladders. The marilyn monroe/ albert einstein thing was trippy and awesome.

~N9NE~ · Sep 23, 2008

I once was looking at optical illusions online, and was looking at the classic spinning things when suddenly a friggin rat from hell popped up on the screen.

Put me off optical illusions for a while lol.

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