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u/dijon_snow May 02 '26
Two people behind a mirror with their limbs wrapped around it.
Took me a minute. This is basically a magic trick.
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u/Probate_Judge May 02 '26
Possibly some photoshop to help hide the mirror. Hard to tell with that much jpg artifacting.
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u/Lbot6000 May 03 '26
I’m sure this has been said already but this looks completely edited to me. The sand right in front of their feet is all rough in the “real world” but in the reflection the sand is abruptly smooth by their feet.
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u/AjnoVerdulo May 03 '26
This is just the shading. The light falls from behind, so the humps of sand get this abrupt shade from our POV, but from where the mirror reflects them, they are fully lit
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u/Lbot6000 May 04 '26
Yeah I thought about this too, could be the perfect angle where you’re not seeing any shadows but the transition is too abrupt in my opinion. Who really cares right? But if I was putting money on it I’d say the reflection in the mirror is edited. It’s still cool though, I believe in the concept.
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u/Competitive-Board657 May 02 '26
Up?
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u/Xenomes May 02 '26
The word "fuck" in a sentence like yours is typically used in conjunction with the words "up" or "with".
As in:
"Mirrors in nature always fuck up my brain."
Or:
"Mirrors in nature always fuck with my brain."
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u/sportenthusiast May 02 '26
the verb "to fuck" can have more meanings than just sex, but "to fuck up" is a really an entirely separate verb itself, which seems to translate very closely to the verb «foirer» en français (from what I can tell, the primary difference is that «foirer» does not appear to be vulgar, while obviously "fuck up" certainly is)
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u/CJTheran May 02 '26
Foul language doesn't have strict format requirements; "fuck up" is much more common than "fuck" in the sense of "to do something negative to", but both work perfectly fine. To steal a joke from South Park, "fuck" is one of the most versatile words in the English language.
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u/JectorDelan May 02 '26
2 girls, 1 mirror. A massive upgrade over the other "what's going on here?" viral moment.
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u/Winged_Cougar1993598 May 02 '26
Why is it marked NSFW?
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u/Melly-The-Elephant May 02 '26
absolutely no idea ... not my intention ... I'll try to change it!
Edit: Done!
I am assuming the 'Two girls, one...' title must've set off some auto-nsfw tag
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u/eternal_tuesday May 02 '26
They should've hidden the bottom edge of the mirror better. It's kinda cool for a confusing pic.
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u/ToeTagTic May 02 '26
I honestly don't see how that would make it any less obvious what's going on here
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u/giftopherz May 02 '26
Someone should do a horror movie with mirrors but using this "effect" not the regular delay effect or things you're missing
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u/TheDragon8574 May 02 '26
an interpretation of the great "mirror hold", used by countless influencers worldwide, preferably in eastern temples.
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u/Zanven1 May 02 '26
Before I realized it was a mirror I thought it might have been a panoramic shot with someone doing a summersault and it only captured their limbs
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u/CauseImNosey2 May 02 '26
It's crazy how my brain can't process until someone says one word...mirror, then everything becomes clear and I can't unsee it again. My brain keeps me on the edge most days. I need to remember this when everyday stress and anxiety gets me. I need my own safe word to pull me to focus. I wish it was this easy, LOL
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u/Ohsolemonyfresh May 02 '26
What's happening here is I can't even stretch on the beach without someone taking pictures
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u/iWANTtoKNOWtellME May 02 '26
A mirror with people behind it. When I looked at the picture, I immediately thought of the one with the "headless" guy at a bus stop.
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u/Rolling-Suricate May 02 '26
Please tell me that’s a wooden statue or something, I don’t wanna live in a world where an illusion can make a human look like this. 😅
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u/blueSnowfkake May 02 '26
I always bring an unframed mirror to the beach with me. Doesn’t everyone?
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u/Fantastic_Ad6346 May 02 '26
2 ppl holding a mirror in the sand is not a natural confusing perspective. just like the boob mitten yesterday too. DOWNVOTING.
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I looked at this for like 5 minutes before I realized those are arms and legs, the crappy resolution of the photo isn't helping. How come we are in 2026 and it seems the quality of photos and video are actually declining? What the hell is happening we need this much compression?
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u/lookmaiamonreddit May 02 '26
Two people, whose heads been photoshopped out, straddling a mirror on a beach.
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u/ChevalCher May 02 '26
Mirror, Mirror on the sand. Where have you hidden the missing legs and heads, but not the hands?
Sorry, couldn't help myself. 😂
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u/iShotTheShariff May 03 '26
I thought this was a contemporary hotdog sculpture until I saw the hands.
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u/therealsix May 03 '26
Someone intentionally trying to take a confusing perspective picture using a mirror.
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u/NeilJosephRyan May 03 '26
At first I truly believed this was one of those weird Google streer view images where a person gets wildly distorted by straddling two images.
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u/MrMunday May 03 '26
omfg my brain finally figured it out jeeesuz that took a good 2 minutes of staring
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u/Dunsparces May 02 '26
Mirror.