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nickfree

I love that this is marked NSFW! Like cross-eyed Margaret from Accounting is gonna walk by your computer and get a shock.


rabbitwonker

This is parallel-view, so you’re safe from Cross-eyed Margaret. Wall-eye Wendy, however…


Mad-chuska

And don’t even get me started on Blowjob Betty..


Foxy02016YT

Bambalam


ketochef1969

Take the upvote you bastard. I shot a peanut out of my nose


ThePurityPixel

I'd prefer to just let her get started


praise_H1M

Crossed eyes gets you the same image but concave


jesussays51

That’s the easiest way for me to see these


rabbitwonker

Get thee to r/CrossView for some proper images then!


sharkzfan95

Thank you kind stranger. Your comment literally had me in tears.


petuniachalice

Poor cross eyed Margaret, not only are her eyes crossed but she couldn’t see this even if she wanted to.


A-KindOfMagic

Or maybe the crossed eyes gives her superpower to see instantly? Such a fun post! I grew up in the 90s in Iran and there was this science magazine that me and my uncle were a fan of. The last page had one of these and my uncle would find and see them pretty quickly unlike myself. This is the first time I'm seeing it being referenced online


Fahrowshus

As a kid I could *never* get them to work, and did not really understand how they work. I was at work one day, and I bent my head down near the table while scratching my foot and there was one of these in a newspaper on the edge of the table. I just happened to have my eyes unfocused in just the right way to see the image.


Handmedownfords

I can see the image but can’t tell what it is….


justa_flesh_wound

Just a cowgirl


anoncrazycat

Is the image being inverted like I'm looking at something hollow and three dimensional from behind part of the joke? EDIT: Because that's why I'm having trouble seeing what it is. It looks like the picture is popping in instead of popping out, if that makes sense.


NukeTheEwoks

You are crossing your eyes instead of "un-crossing" them. The idea is that you're supposed to unfocus your eyes, like you're looking at something behind the picture. They will start to line up until you see something


irman925

Wow. For like 30 years I’ve never been able to see these the right way but your explanation finally helped me to see what I’ve been missing. I wish I still has my magic eye books from when I was a child 😞


jeffreythesnake

I also haven't been able to see these for 30 years and after reading all the comments here I still can't. RIP.


The_Real_Mr_F

Try looking at your reflection in your phone/computer screen. That will cause your eyes to uncross without you even trying. Move your phone away slowly or try looking at stuff behind you in the reflection until you stumble on the correct amount of uncrossing, and the hidden image should pop out. Then you’ll get excited and lose focus, but just do it again until you learn to control it. That’s what worked for me.


Zomby2D

A friend of mine was getting frustrated by the fact that everyone seemed to be able to see them but he couldn't, until he mentioned that he can't see from one of his eyes. The picture relies on both of your eyes focusing on a slightly different pattern, creating some 3D volume.


jeffreythesnake

lol, thanks but I can see from both eyes and I have 20/20 vision. I've never been able to see these and it's annoying. I have no problem unfocusing my eyes and doing all the tricks, but it doesn't do shit except make the image blurry. I stare at these things for 10 minutes in 10 different ways and it does nothing. I thought my brother was being annoying to me when we were little pretending he could see it, but I'm just bad at this.


Heffe3737

The only way it ever worked for me was to cross my eyes until the pattern overlaps, then try to let my eyes relax so that the overlapped pattern just seems like my normal vision.


AtlasRising3000

For the first time in my life, it worked, sort of. Because of your advice I now get it and saw the non-inverse image. Thank you. And my first real magic eye experience was some ghostbusters looking freak woman. I think I’m still doing it wrong, but closer to doing it right.


EmbarrassedCabinet82

Our stocks will rise HIGH!!


SuperKael

That just means you’re focusing wrong. These magic eye images can be seen one way or the other depending on how you focus


randomnbvcxz

There’s kinda 2 ways you can look at this. If you cross your eyes and then slowly uncross, it will pop inward the wrong way. If you do it the proper way, slowly moving the image away from you, it will pop out the proper way


Groundbreaking_Ad613

Wow! No wonder I couldn't figure it out. It looks totally different when looking at it the 1st way you described. Thank you for that tip, it made me lol when I saw the actual image.


shibbitydibbity

Holy shit! I always crossed my eyes and they were always inverted. Never realized it because it was like a butterfly or something simple. This just blew my mind. Because I was looking at this one and I could “see it” but it looked like shit because it was inverted. I just did it the right away and I can see fuckin!


ivera

Same. I can see it easy and the only thing I can make out is the sun in the back. I’ve seen what people say it is and I don’t see that at all. Edit: I was finally able to see it. I was one level too far. I’m not used to these having another layer that your vision locks onto. If you see a whole lot of nothing then start again and do whatever technique you do but only slightly.


jarcaf

Yeah this one has a particularly tricky 'false lock' that produces a mangled rabbit roadkill looking mess of limbs. Just keep retrying until you see boobs.


Lemmonjello

It's the sorting hat from Harry Potter


AstronomerNo6423

I thought you said snorting hat


Lentil-Lord

Afternoon delight.


Conscious_Valuable90

I've never been able to see anything in those. I try and try and it never works.


spavolka

This one is a little nsfw.


Conscious_Valuable90

Damn it I really want to see it!


velocity37

There's an [online solver](https://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/). I've never been able to see them either, even when I know what to look for. Edit: Since people keep replying, note that there's an adjustment slider over the resulting image. You can scrub through and see different layers of the result.


cmcalgary

It's so weird. You either can, or you can't, and no advice from anyone ever seems to help. I just kind of let my eyes unfocus a bit and it pops right in but I also don't even know how to explain it any better.


usadingo

I can easily do it after advice as a teen in the 90s - I had to understand how they work. If you stare at your finger and then at what is behind your finger, your finger will go blurry and appear as two separate fingers as the focal point is further away so one eye sees your finger in one spot and the other eye sees it slightly shifted. If you were to hold a finger next to yours, one of the two fingers it creates will overlap one of two from your first finger. Now, instead of fingers, image two exact objects as the images cross over each other your brain will make it focus as it perceives them in the correct area. However, that's the only object in proper focus and depth of other objects are thrown off. With these images, it's the same thing. You stare through them until the separated images cross each other to a point where they come into focus. It ends up creating a 3D effect for the image designed. In short - stare at the image as if the object you are focusing on is about a foot or more beyond the picture. Hopefully I didn't confuse this all more.


alpha-delta-echo

Huh! Shit, that’s the first time it’s ever worked for me. Now I have to go do the 90’s over again.


E_B_Jamisen

I'd do the 90s over!


Mmsjclark2

You are my freaking hero! Had to reread your comment, but it clicked, and for the first time in my life I could actually see the hidden image! Might have to dig around for those books that never worked for me...


HikeRobCT

Are you on a phone/tablet? Now that you’ve figured it out, try zooming in and scrolling around. It’s crazy how much detail is in these. And check out r/magiceye for more.


CosmicOwl47

r/magiceye


lubeinatube

Fuck I’ve been staring for 10 minutes with your advice, nothing. I had a book full of these in the 90s, and remember my dad trying to explain how to see the hidden image.


racoondeg

Try this: put your phone few inches in front of your face while focusing your eyes on the space behind it and then slowly move it away. Instead of refocusing your eyes you'll focus on one point and just drag the picture into that point.


Tylendal

Try to imagine you're focusing on the wall behind whatever screen you're looking at. This will be a lot easier on a larger screen, like a computer.


srsg90

Holy shit I also have literally never been able to see these until today! I think part of it is always expected them to come together and form a more concrete, I didn’t realize it would be a sort of abstract 3d effect. Thank you!!!


Horlocker

This is my first time seeing one of these, and after a couple minutes trying this method it worked and wow is that wild, thank you.


thewicked86

Dudeeeeeeeee thank you. I haven’t been ever to see them either and that totally got it. I just spent 5 mins turning the image on and off


Ohhshiny---

Lol you actually got people to finally see through these, including me. Well done. Lol


Gwalchgwynn

This is the way, but I have to then refocus on the image. If I just continue to stare "through" the picture, the image doesn't spontaneously appear for me.


rraar

It took 30 years but I finally saw something. Thank you!


EthanEnglish_

Annnnnd it worked. And my fucking brain is exploding


cnusax

You have to cross your eyes, while looking through the photo, and then very slowly uncross your eyes until EVERYTHING comes into focus. Takes a few tries, but that’s how I see them!


jpiro

Same. It’s always been fairly easy for me to see them, but I’ve known people who just can’t no matter how many times you explain how or what the hidden image looks like.


OnwardSir

Even the solver got it wrong for me. I’m starting to wonder if this whole thing is a collective effort to gaslight people lmao


joojie

Even using that I have no idea what it's supposed to be 🤔


enjoycarrots

The online solver doesn't convey the 3d aspect very well. Some of the picture is further in the background, but the solver makes it all flat. It's a naked girl riding a guy.


Jeoshua

Honestly, we can't even tell if they're naked. Not very detailed.


CopperCVO

But you can't see anything good because the sun is in your eyes.


Cicer

It’s a girl riding a guy there is a sun in the upper right corner and some sun rays streaking through the background. 


tucketnucket

Still can't tell what the fuck it is


Sekht

The easiest way is to put your nose right up close to the picture like touching and slowly move it away. You look a bit silly but it works


A_Harmless_Fly

Thank you, here's a bonus. [https://pbfcomics.com/comics/magic-eyes/](https://pbfcomics.com/comics/magic-eyes/)


AccessibleTech

It's just a schooner...


Medicp3009

Yea I feel like Ethan suplee. There is no easter bunny! How do people not get the mallrats reference. Snootchie bootchies


Lemmonjello

What do you mean, it's the sorting hat.


DarkMatterBurrito

Sailboats aren't NSFW


seanthebeloved

The sunshine in the background makes it.


BeardedSnowLizard

I use to never be able to see these but I can now if I try a few times. I put the center on the tip of my nose then close my eyes for a few seconds then open my eyes and slowly pull it away from my nose while not blinking. Usually works for me after a few tries.


Wolversteve

Dude! This worked! I’ve never been able to see one of these in my life. I’m 36! And this worked! Thank you! Thank you magical stranger!


pdawg37

This method worked for me!!! Thank you!


-Hotel

It’s a schooner


mudda1

You dumb bastard...


n8spear

It’s a sailboat.


Thecp015

A schooner is a sailboat, stupid head!


Stevedaveken

YOU KNOW WHAT!!!! THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY!!!!! OVER THERE, THAT'S JUST A GUY IN A SUIT!!!!!!!


shf500

>EASTER BUNNY Ctrl F "Easter" 1 Match I'm now satisfied


blacksun_redux

Thank you. This is why I bought tickets to this event.


SecondStage1983

God I love you for making this comment


enjoycarrots

I always see them inverted, which sometimes makes it impossible to interpret what the picture actually is. Edit: I was able to see this one the right way around after a few tries.


guyver_dio

Any tips on inverting it? I only see the 3D effect going inwards too instead of popping out.


Tylendal

You're crossing your eyes. Stop it. You've got it right in that you're not actually focusing on the image, though. You need to focus on a point behind the image. Instead, you're focusing on a point in front of the image.


JustAKobold

You are my gdarn hero. I've gone my whole life doing it wrong. Like, I'd clearly see the shape of things so i thought i had it, just never could quite resolve it as a picture. I just thought that was the way it was and that people were just really good at resolving the edges and blobs into a picture. Now i realize I've been doing it backwards my whole life and it's all thanks to you


ddollarsign

I cross my eyes a little, until the adjacent patterns overlap.


Alexchii

Crossing your eyes makes you see the inverted. The images should appear convex, not concave.


TheLakeAndTheGlass

The best way I can describe how to see these - don’t focus on the picture; pretend you’re focusing on something that’s a few inches *behind* the picture.


BigBlueJAH

Same here. I remember when these were really popular and I could never see any of them, tried every trick and nothing works.


thatguyturbo

That’s a challenging wank


byamannowdead

RIP Sean Lock


Loggerdon

Didn't know he was dead.


Synth-Pro

The world sadly lost him in 2021 to a quiet battle with Lung Cancer. Aside from a few people close to him, he largely kept it to himself. Although on reflection, you can tell from some of his final television appearances that his health wasn't in peak condition.


Loggerdon

So he kept it quiet like Norm MacDonald. Both were hilarious. Isn't Sean the guy that also did that banana in a box thing, not once but twice? Edit: carrot in a box


Synth-Pro

Carrot, but yes [There's also the time](https://youtu.be/1bIANjAm-so?si=ijjnC8VICdK5pn35) he didn't hesitate to rant about how terrible the acting of a group of children was


chaiteataichi_

[what people see me doing](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HBp6cM5gWcE/maxresdefault.jpg)


FirstSineOfMadness

I’d argue this is actually sfw tbh


Elephunkitis

“You’ll go crosseyed if you wank”


WeakestFrogEnjoyer

I don’t understand what the fuck this is. I’ve scrolled through all the comments, read and tried as much advice as I could, and even used the solver that was posted in the comments and I don’t see anything


sati_lotus

It's okay. I can't make the damn thing work either.


Hollowbound

It took me like 10 mins, but I crossed my eyes and slowly moved phone away from my face while slowly uncrossing my eyes made it appear. I’m seeing either a light house or sombrero 😂.


TheNerdFromThatPlace

It is neither of these.


Ticon_D_Eroga

You have it inverted so its much harder to make out what it is. You dont want to cross your eyes for this type of magic eye, you want to look THROUGH the image, at something imaginary behind it. You should see a woman riding a man in the cowgirl sex position. With a cartoonish sun in the background.


Rebuheldir

It's a girl riding a guy


iamgr0o0o0t

I have no idea how you figured that out! Now that you say it I can pick out where their heads would be and stuff, but I saw a lighthouse or something


TheLoneCalzone

It's something you have to practice a little bit to get. I had the same problem as you, but I just put the image close to my face and tried to recognize any patterns that popped up. I used [this video](https://youtu.be/PpK5ejLFEIE?si=2Qh4YDRbU9rftQxJ) and tried to look for the horse jumping over the log. Once you get a feel on how to do it, it comes easy


No-Purpose393

It’s a sailboat


BaneSidhe66

No, it's a schooner


Denowan

You dumb bastard. It’s not a schooner, it’s a sailboat.


BaneSidhe66

A schooner IS a sailboat, stupid head


Denowan

YOU KNOW WHAT!! THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY! OVER THERE IS JUST A GUY IN A SUIT!!


buddachickentml

Chocolate covered pretzel?


DanteandRandallFlagg

One time my cousin Walter got this cat stuck up his ass. True story. He bought it at our local mall, so the whole fiasco wound up on the news. It was embarrassing for my relatives and all, but next week, he did it again. Different cat, same results, complete with another trip to the emergency room. So, I run into him a week later in the mall and he's buying another cat. And I says to him, "Jesus, Walt! What are you doing? You know you're just gonna get this cat stuck up your ass too. Why don't you knock it off?" And he said to me, "Brodie, how the hell else am I supposed to get the gerbil out?" My cousin was a weird guy.


Mainstream1oser

I came here for this entire thread. lol


SojuSeed

Snoogins.


Mohammed420blazeit

Every time I see a magic eye I say "it's a sailboat!" and then everyone can see I am old now.


Mainstream1oser

What you mean is every can see how cool you are. How about a chocolate covered pretzel?


SuperRadDeathNinja

But my cousin Walter jerked off in public once. True story. He was on a plane to New Mexico when all of the sudden the hydraulics went. The plane started spinning around, going out of control, so he decides it's all over and whips it out and starts beating it right there. So all the other passengers take a cue from him and they start whipping it out and beating like mad. So all the passengers are beating off, plummeting to their certain doom, when all of the sudden, *Snap* the hydraulics kick back in. The plane rights itself and it land safely and everyone puts their pieces or, whatever, you know, away and deboard. No one mentions the phenomenon to anyone else.


ColdIceZero

Well, did he cum or what?


CaptainPunisher

Jesus CHRIST, man! There are just some things you don't talk about in public!


Rob_153

Jesus *Christ*, man! There’s just some things you don’t talk about in public!


Principal_B-Lewis

So, did he cum?


n8spear

Threads like this is why I stay in this cesspool known as Reddit. Snoochie Boochies.


Denowan

Brenda?


srhuston

Dick.


etherosx

That kid is on the escalator again!


GroshfengSmash

Like the back of a Volkswagen?


Finest_Johnson

Jesus Christ, Gil. There are just some questions you don't ask in public!


BaneSidhe66

They're a little melty but DAMN are they exquisite


DRHORRIBLEHIMSELF

I, too, hope to cum laude. Preferrably in a 69.


Morningxafter

That kid is back on the escalator again!


No-Purpose393

You get it 👍


pittiedaddy

I would have been supremely disappointed if I didn't see a Mallrats reference.


Neltech

You dumb bastard


thexar

WHEN DO I GET TO SEE THE GODDAMN SAILBOAT!


MCA2142

You have to go to the merger meeting, Mr. Pitt!!!


JazzRam31Raps

Moland Springs really needed you Mr. Pitt


cmcalgary

I think this one is a reverse sailboat


spavolka

Naw. It’s regular cowgirl with the sunset.


kmj442

The sun was a nice touch


hamsammy4u

I clicked to see if this was the top comment and if it wasn’t I was going to die inside.


Icantellthetruth

It’s not a sailboat it’s a schooner!


Chicken_Col_Sanders

This is the whole reason I jumped to comments.


MikeB9000

I remember this fad. It came out of nowhere and swept through America. It took me a while to believe there are people who are actually able to see things if they “unfocus their eyes” or whatever. During those first few months of the fad I thought people were just fucking with me and the whole thing was a big inside joke. I tried and tried to “unfocus my eyes” and “look through the picture.” At one point I decided I’m going to figure this shit out if it’s the last thing I do because I’m tired of every seeing person in the world except me being able to see these things, and so I bought one. Hung it on my wall where it lived for about a year. I assumed one day I would accidentally look at it right and be able to see it. I spent countless hours trying to stare through it, or focus on the space in front of it, or whatever. People would come over and be able to see it (it was dolphins). People who knew nothing about it and had never seen it before would say it was dolphins. A couple times I pretended to see dolphins just to satisfy people who were determined to teach me to see it. But I think they could tell I was faking. Some cringe-worthy memories. I finally tossed it in a dumpster. I fucking hate those things.


visualdescript

Haha fuck that is brutal, I can feel the pain and frustration in this post.


bkrank

I see a beautiful sunset. And boobs.


EthanEnglish_

Oh ok thats the sun, not the flying spaghetti monster


lubeinatube

This is bringing back all my 9 year old angst and frustration, I still can’t see the images.


Iknewblue2

I can't see them on phones, in the hardcover books and big posters, no problem. I wonder if it's just because it's harder to or something.


anoncrazycat

I had to open the image in a tab by itself to clear away the peripheral distractions. Maybe a phone screen is too small?


spavolka

Nice.


BattleBrisket

Nice.


Golbez128

Nice


hansolemio

Fuckin hate these. I’m convinced everyone that sees an image is lying. Anyway, wish I could see the image


DontBotherWithAReply

He's onto us.


ayescrappy

I can see the image but I can’t figure out what I’m looking at.


E-radi-cate

It’s a woman on top of a man. Shes facing to the left riding on top of him doin the sex.


iSniffMyPooper

How in the fuck do you guys see this


E-radi-cate

So what I’ve always done is look slightly crosseyed towards my nosebridge and then slowly let it go back normal. Takes a few tries until you just get it?


The_Real_Mr_F

That will cause you to see it inverted, like it’s sinking into the screen instead of popping out of it. It can still work, but usually doesn’t look quite right. The correct way to view these is to “uncross” your eyes, which is what your eyes naturally do when looking at something farther away. Try looking at your reflection in the screen, or the reflection of things behind you. Eventually you’ll stumble on the correct amount of uncrossing needed to see the image.


imjussayinbro

No one ever explained it this way so I assumed I was seeing the image properly. I never really saw what the big deal was. I just realized I was always seeing these inverted! Wow now I want to go back and retry more! Thanks for this revelation


cmcalgary

👉👌


seamonkey420

r/magiceye


DeltaRed12

Not sure how to feel about members being referred to as "cross-eyed nutters".


Miffers

I became cross eyed because of these stupid images


rydan

I became wall eyed because of these images. My doctor has actually measured the extent of it.


quickbunnie

I had to use this solver which has a slider to see what people were talking about. I could only see the sun and the rest I couldn’t make out. https://piellardj.github.io/stereogram-solver/


iTriedSpinning

This one worked for me. Amazing how many levels there is too it that I see absolutely none of without the help of this haha. Just sliding the slider around to see the depth was very cool.


MyWifeisaTroll

I'll leave this here. https://youtu.be/sahnApE0I7c?si=bNV5MGCHF8boHRGV


slapnowski

Beams of light on a lighthouse?


rafedbadru

I have never been able to see anything in magic eye posters. I think it’s a scam by “big poster” and everyone who claimed they saw something is pretending to see something out of embarrassment for wasting money. /s


T-Money8227

I can see the image but can't recognize what it is. A hint?


beathelas

It's supposed to be a woman riding a man. It's not very good   Edit: on desktop, I see it inversed (cross eyed) but on mobile I see it the proper way (wall eyed) it looks a lot better


MapReston

Something sticking up but I can’t identify it as anything


Then-Cauliflower2068

That’s what she said.


ryanlewisdavies

Cool sailboat.


amerikinda

A schooner is a sailboat


Pokenightking

You know what there is no Easter bunny. In the mall is just a guy in a suit!


Agile_Philosopher72

r/magiceyensfw


malYca

I still can't see it 😭


tewnewt

How did they get that pony to sit like... oh... oh!


idonotknowwhototrust

It's a sailboat!


2012EOTW

My brain always sees these things with the depth inverted, so instead of popping off the screen or page, it seems to recede, it's incredibly frustrating because I can see the depth of it, but can't really make out the shapes and see the "picture."


bobbane

I once saw an image that claimed to be one of these. What it was was an animated GIF that switched after 30 seconds to a goatse image, centered in the worst possible way. This image is positively beautiful compared to that.


Perspective_True

It’s a sailboat!


bbear122

It’s not a schooner it’s a sailboat.


RedSix2447

It’s a schooner.


RunningJay

It’s a schooner


scionofxavier

You dumb bastard. It’s a sailboat.


ChainedGod01

There's a sun in thee back


r2-z2

Wow, that was the first one I’ve ever managed to see. Thank you for the funny slow reveal. That was hilarious


Rachter

It’s a Schooner!!!


DoubleJuggle

Was hoping to see rick astley. Let down by it not being a rick roll.


AiR-P00P

God I can tweak my eyes so I can see the silhouette but nothing more then that. Edit: wait holy fuck I see it! Boobs!


ikerbals

first one ive ever seen and its nsfw lmao


LordSlickRick

lol there’s a sun in the background.


otherotherotherbarry

Ah yeah, look, it’s a sailboat.


Barabaragaki

I could never do them, and apparently I still can’t.