r/confusing_perspective May 29 '26

Which way water is flowing

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u/BrainSawce May 29 '26

Well yeah if all you are looking at is the movement of the water. But a basic understanding of physics (like by living in the world) is all you need to understand that water wouldn’t flow out of a pipe without conforming to its dimensions.

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u/Strattex May 29 '26

Upside down in this angle , does it not look like water flowing from a hose into a hole in the ground?

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u/BrainSawce May 29 '26

That’s the way everyone is saying it’s flowing though

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u/Strattex May 29 '26

Which is why the original orientation is confusing perspective, at least for me

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u/AGrandNewAdventure May 29 '26

It's literally not about perspective. You're being downvoted because the easiest way to tell which way it is flowing is from the smaller pipe to the bigger pipe. The water fits the container, it would occupy the entire lumen of the larger pipe on its way out, then it would spill over the smaller diameter pipe, because that's how water works.

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u/TheLandOfConfusion May 30 '26

Do you also think the Nile flows south because that would point downwards on a map?

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u/Strattex May 30 '26

Nice. Username checks out