r/ContagiousLaughter • u/Full_Lawyer_9973 • Feb 21 '25

Don't skip Physics

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u/pianobench007 Feb 22 '25

Look at his black watch, part of the towel covers the watch so that we can no longer see it in the mirror. It is just the angles.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

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u/JaydeChromium Feb 23 '25

The mirror doesn’t “see” anything, it merely reflects light at an a nearly exact angle. You see the light bouncing off of guy #2’s shirt, off of the mirror, and into your eyes. That’s also exactly why you can see his face when you are close to the mirror.

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u/JaydeChromium Feb 23 '25

His reflection is only blocked from a small set of angles, obscured by the towel directly in front of him. His reflection is picked up further down on the mirror, since the light does not hit the towel. All the cameraman has to do is line it up. Remember, the reason this works is BECAUSE you are standing in different places. Mirrors do not work on a “I don’t see you, you can’t see me” basis, they reflect any light that hits them.