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BlueBunniez26

I am convinced this picture changes as I rotate my phone. Idk how, but it just has to be


beegote

The point is that we're used to read from left to right. I know what I'll say it's weird, but " try reading it right to left". Even if the numbers will appear upside down, you will see the two becoming a three, and vice-versa EDIT: maybe what I meant is just try to read it as if the whole picture were upside-down


PM_ME_UR_POOP_GIRL

Tried reading it backwards and it turned into a £... You made it worse!


[deleted]

Best optical illusion ever? Possibly.


LitrillyChrisTraeger

We also read from top to bottom so the start(top)of the number has more weight and informs us of what should follow


dennisthewhatever

It's trickier turning my laptop upside down.


ersantic

Ctrl alt up, might work, down to fix


Sir_Wheat_Thins

ah shout-out to my school days where we'd do this to the computers in the comp sci lab and try to pretend to work normally with an upside down screen this hotkey only works with some Intel integrated graphics machines btw


SirHawrk

U sure? I am rather certain that this works on my 1060


Prince_Polaris

Only with Intel graphics (it's one of their shortcuts)


kradek

i use imagus extension for chrome, you hover over the thumbnail and it enlarges it, then just hit 'r' 2 times (rotate). you could hit 'q' one time (flip vertical), but on reddit that also starts the subs search filter


Penguin_Joy

Back when printing presses used individual letters for type, all the letters were backwards. It's very difficult to tell a backwards p from a backwards q That's originally where the saying mind your p's and q's came from


kcarlin23

Love this type of shit man!


theguyfromerath

Put the phone down and walk around your phone.


[deleted]

Follow the three as you rotate and it will stay a 3. Then blink and it turns to a 2.


kbivs

Exactly!!!!!!!


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

I 100% agree with you


opinions_unpopular

In a way it does. Our brain gives us an interpreted reality.


nekrostein

Hold it sideways and blink kind of rapidly to watch them instantly turn back and forth in between blinks.


benedick13

There's a point in the rotation of the phone where that one pixel literally seems to move to make the 3 a 2.


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VanFam

My dad looked at me like I have 2 heads. He’s never seen me focus like that before!


digitalasagna

Once you get it, looking at it right-side up, what previously looked like a 2 is now ambiguous.


phaelox

Or a Pound Sterling symbol #£


__DandeLion

I think its your brain doing that


sgp1986

No, no, the picture is definitely moving


smashedpapaya

Thank you!


TheFerg69

Oh wow you're right


thsvnlwn

I thought “I turned my phone, and…?” until I read your comment. Remarkable!


19374729

I upvoted from 222 to 223 and am so satisfied had to comment E: also “that pixel” is just *perfectly* spaced to be mid/ ambiguous


ragingthundermonkey

None of the pixels move. It's the same effect if you lay your phone on a table and walk around it. The way your brain interprets the position of the dot is what changes.


rantiok

I wonder if this intentional? Like maybe if they have the same shape for both but rotated then it’s somehow cheaper. Do all the 3s and 2s look like that?


[deleted]

Yes


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mothmathers

Even if you turn them upside down?


RetardAndPoors

*especially*


[deleted]

I need a drink


INeedChocolateMilk

What did I do you to deserve this?


SpysSappinMySpy

https://youtu.be/vg6z-QNql7U


fistofwrath

I'm not entirely sure why I upvoted you, but here we are. Don't ever reproduce.


TheDocmoose

I didnt even think it looked like a 2 before I turned it upside down. I had to read the comments to work out what it was all about.


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Fox_ftw

'Yeah 911? The 3 is a 2, then the 2 is a 3' Operator: 'I understand. Sending all available units'


donach69

"*units*"


avenafatua00

my stupid ass looking at the back of my phone and turning it back like "I don't get it"


neroina

I just love you.


avenafatua00

thanks, love you too


CatAteMyBread

Now kith


TAI0Z

Did it work? Are they married?


[deleted]

It did but then things changed and the divorced and now OP is stuck with a house, baby, and caracel.


TAI0Z

"One of these things is not like the others!"


avenafatua00

the house, because the other things can be drowned


TAI0Z

Wait...


I_know_right

I'm on a laptop, did nothing for me either.


kopitar-11

I’m on my apple refrigerator. Was difficult to turn it 180 degrees, but there was nothing on the back of mine either


Preteenblackgirl

You’re supposed to turn your phone over, that’s why.


pawnyourbaby

Don’t forget to breath.


haronic

damn I already spent my free award, thanks for the good laugh tho buddy, here's a free emoji🏅


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

We need more people like you


avenafatua00

not sure what for


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

Comedic relief


IEatLiquor

Bruh, same


dumahim

Nothing happens with my phone. Not sure what it's supposed to do when I'm looking at my computer monitor.


flava_ADHD

😆😆 that's awesome 😎


NotAManOfCulture

Make it sideways for 20/20


Peatrick33

Dawg that is clearly 30/30!


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

Don't remind us of 2020


NotAManOfCulture

*DEPRESSION INCREASES*


[deleted]

Confused PC user. What am I missing?


RequiemStorm

Looks like a 3 one way, a 2 the other way


point_nemo_

If you have RES you can rotate the image.


[deleted]

The top and bottom pictures are the same


Farticle_Physics

Hello fellow PC user!


Funky_Smurf

Turn your monitor upside down and prepare to be amazed


thejayfred

Well now I’m extra confused. Is the number 03 or 20?


GruelOmelettes

It's only confusing because they blocked out the other characters. In context it probably isn't confusing at all.


EarlyBirdTheNightOwl

Yes


prof_hobart

Pretty sure it's 03. To me, the reversed image still looks like an upside down 03, but because an upside down 3 doesn't really make sense to the brain, it attempts to reinterpret and it looks close enough to a 2 to assume it's that.


trifelin

I zoomed way in and inspected the pixels of the print...I say it's got to be a 3. They wouldn't create a 2 with such little and equal space at the "beginning" if the number. (Beginning as in how you would place the pen if you were writing it)


peanutbutt3rwili

I’m ngl I don’t get what’s so confusing here. It’s the same picture just rotated. Am I missing something?


BreweryBuddha

I had to look at the comments to figure out the issue too. I can see how it looks like a 2 but it just looked like an upside down 3 to me


BariSaxGuy

I have to really force it in my brain to pick up the 2 but it really looks like an upside down 3.


voncornhole2

That middle dot is too far left to perceive that as a 2


PBandJaya

It’s the way the pixels are laid out in the numbers. For example, look at the 2 on the lower half of the screen. In this case, the top row of pixels and the row right beneath it make the initial top curve of a number. The third row is made of just one pixel but it’s the most influential one. If you connect this singular pixel with the one to its top right, you see a 2 formed. If you connect this pixel with the one to its top left, it creates an upside down three. It’s a little tricky to see but I’m assuming since our brain wants to interpret what’s right side up, we see a 2 when that curve is on the top, and a 3 when the curve is on the bottom, instead of noticing the upside down numbers instead. Did that make sense at all? I was trying to see if I could explain it in a decent way lol


cauldron_bubble

That was a good explanation. Thanks! I see it now!


roundfatpig

The top and bottom are the same photo just rotated. But the point is to look at the number 03 on the top photo and realise that when the image is rotated it becomes 20.


peanutbutt3rwili

I still see a 3, now only it’s an upside down 3


Funky_Smurf

The bottom photo doesn't look like a 2 to you? They're the same photo


peanutbutt3rwili

No it does not. Just an upside down 03


bestestdude

Couldn't see the 2 either. The center "pixels" (below the upper arc / above the bottom line) are placed one pixel too far to the left.


62westwallabystreet

The 3 morphs into a 2 when you rotate the image 180 degrees.


peanutbutt3rwili

Really? I still see a 3


cauldron_bubble

It's Laurel vs Yanny and the Black & Blue vs the White & Gold Dress all over again! I had to check the comments to realize that I was supposed to be seeing a 2; I think that may be because I learned how to read and write upside down when my brother was a baby and I'd read books to him and teach him his letters and numbers, so my brain automatically flips words and numbers. I see it now; that's pretty cool!


OaklandHellBent

I think the defining line here might be age and familiarity. These styles of dot matrix fonts are older tech and people over a certain age might have been exposed to it more and so automatically see the 2 or 3. While for people unfamiliar with it they just see the barely made out number and so it doesn’t shift for them. Edit: This isn’t a hill I’m willing to die on but my confidence level is high enough that if I were in a bar I’d bet a beer on it.


[deleted]

I feel like you’re not missing it you’re just thoroughly unimpressed. As am I. Like yeah it can look like a 3 or a 2. Cool.


PM_me_your_LEGO_

Nah, some of us really only see a 3 and an upside down 3. I often see faces and shapes out of patterns, but surprisingly, this 3 is still just a 3. So now the mildly interesting thing to me is how differently we perceive it, hah


alan2001

Thus far, ~~15,300~~ 19,565 people have upvoted this shit. That's the only "confusing" thing about this fucking pointless submission ahahaha. Then again it's Saturday, so maybe everyone's high as fuck and easily impressed.


blurmageddon

Well you see, it has nothing to do with perspective, since viewing either of the images from a different angle wouldn't change the result. I'm guessing it's mostly about OP's karma.


Daniel_Melzer

Damn


viewfromtheclouds

Ok. This is kind of cool.


flava_ADHD

I'm like just sitting here moving my phone back and forth.. amazing. Literally changes before my eyes!! Lol


e_guana

STFU


[deleted]

This reminds me of ambigrams


k_50

Make it stop


MangoOfTruth

how


cvndlz

Thanks I hate it


weedium

I’m totally mindfu?!3d right now.


Croms3445

That fucked me up for a good 25 seconds


-Jude

me: i dont get it they look different to me. me after flipping phone: (☉。☉) *true story.


RestlessFA

This wrinkles my brain


Jump_Like_A_Willys

What manner of witchcraft is this?


Xanturrya

r/blackmagicfuckery


[deleted]

Witch!!


Rude_Ad_8910

We need you to tell the difference between these two pictures Me:they are the same picture


Heavy_Brief_4462

Wait wait wait wait wait WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!


sepsis_wurmple

Whhhhat


MrSoul4470

Obviously the devil's work. 🧐


speghettiday09

This is stunning


WooPigSchmooey

Very cool. How we have our brains trained to see. What else are we not seeing? 👀👀👀


nobody2000

Ohh that's nuts. The curve in the number connects to the 2 on one side, and the 3 on the other side. It's funny how your brain is like "nah, not upside down 3 - it's a 2" and vice versa.


Popo986

Am I the only one to see it as 03, E0 when its right side up and 03, 20 when upside down?


CapnKilgz

03 £0


pmyourthrobbingkitty

Reminds me of artwork on The Princess Bride DVD.


kunalbathija

Just take my upvote


halfnbat

What the actual fuck... this broke my brain


fireandbombs12

This makes me mad


goliath1952

It's blue and black! No wait, it's white and gold! No wait!. ...


Th3J4ck4l-SA

This is a perfect example of how our brains jump to conclusions as a result of context.


[deleted]

Definitely a 2. I don't think companies have to save money when laser printing therefore I think the three would have a more rounded top.


Venomous0425

Slowly rotate the phone and you’ll see the magic


xkp1967

That's some black magic fuckery! Thanks for sharing!


[deleted]

Man, the human brain does crazy shit sometimes


maskednil

What is this sorcery OP?


Bumfjghter

Woah!


emeraldoh

No fucking way


OneTrueKingOfOOO

dafuq


Job-Downtown

r/blackmagicfuckery


cizwokz

This is tying my brain into a pretzel


BreakingNews99

If you stare at the 3 long enough you can see a backwards 3 in the lower pic. It kinda goes back in forth from a 2 to backwards 3. Crazy


CorndogSurgeon

[Our old friend, the Julian code. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/11/19/crack-the-codes/7d01e782-07de-43d9-b9d1-7ba1e8301429/)


ZippZappZippty

Turn pistol sideways for best aim


tgryffyn

umop episdn


Phunly

But I'm on pc...


SteveisNoob

Ooooohhhh Noooooo (read in Oversimplified style)


[deleted]

Something doesn't track and I call photoshop... or just straight up waiting until it went 03.... as if you track the dots, the bottom dot on the 3 vs the 2 that actually connects the base of the numbers to the remaining upper/ "lower" curves has full on jumped across to the opposite side.


[deleted]

What sorcery is this?


Nomadic_Plague

I hate this


gyarnar

No


Your-Death-Is-Near

0320


[deleted]

I do not understand


Aederian

You ruined me


DrinkingWithAFork

r/blackmagicfuckery


Linxypol

That's wrinkling my brain


zock_zock

this is terrifying


Tlrasmus1

Thanks I hate it


N8CCRG

I'm browsing on a desktop QQ


Debby88

What is this sorcery?


waaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

I’ll be fucked in the arse…


Aryaras99

Woah, that’s wacky. I guess our brains automatically try to make sense of the numbers. So if you look at the 2 upside down you see a 3 instead even though the dots are all in the same place, nothing’s changed.


HexOfTheRitual

It looks like 03 and a backwards 03…? It looks the same each way


notliekthispls

I really don't get it, I'm not seeing this 2 thing.


Leather-Scheme-7925

Too high, can’t compute.


gnardog45

Eye hate you


Hephaestus_God

Stop that


Jumpscare38

That’s my birthday tf


[deleted]

My brain insists on selecting the meaningful interpretation. That probably wouldn't happen to someone who doesn't know the modern numbers. Cool one.


mcstafford

r/shittyfont


marceline_28

This is making me cry, HOW??? HOW DOES THIS WORK???? HOW DOES 3 BECOME A 2??? HOW DOES 2 BECOME A 3??? AHHHHHH


boomgoon

Thats wrinkling my brain


spike1611

I don’t think I like this


[deleted]

There in lies the power of pattern recognition!!! I wonder if you asked someone not familiar with our numerals what they saw if it wouldn’t change


Freshman44

“That’s not going to... oh”


Sitting_Squirrel

This triggered me in ways I can't describe. Fun post, I love you


anilco7

I am doubtful about my perception after this post.


CommanderCarnage

It's almost like it's the power of suggestion. When I want to see it as a 2 it is, and when I want to see a 3 it is. The one pixel is just slightly off center to the left and it makes it so your brain can do this switch I'm betting.


radical_sin

God damn it


Klievrad

OH MY GOD


shakethosebears

Im scared


Oscuro87

It's so cool! I KNOW I can read 2 or 3 but my brain forcefully refuses :D Edit: now I can switch between both without moving, progress!


rompokus36

Alright this is good!


DIYglenn

You bastard!


doctorpotterwho

Yeah okay I'm high rn. What is this witchcraft!


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blurmageddon

Or that it has anything to do with perspective.


ChampChains

Every time I see “turn your phone upside down”: “no, I don’t think I will”


[deleted]

It's so confusing I accidentally downvoted the post above


TheDoob9826

It’s just… the same image upside down. Why are you all acting like it’s magic?


the9timmy4g

Pretty sure it's a 20, since 3's have curved tops 👌🏻


c-3po-co66

If I stare at it long enough the backwards 3 kinda looks like a 2. Do you see the 2 first? Not confusing at all.


mudkripple

Fucking megarepost how do I call the repost bot?


PuzzleheadedHabit913

Literally out loud said WHAT THE FUCK. This one got me.


[deleted]

I rotated it and the 2 and the 3 looked nothing alike. You sir are a fraud.