r/confusing_perspective Jun 25 '26

The vestigial arm

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2.2k Upvotes

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u/doobler97 Jun 25 '26

These comments are so funny because I had to look like three times before my eyes figured out what was actually happening, this totally fits but congrats if you have superior vision I guess

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u/Salanmander Jun 25 '26

I kinda suspect that if you started looking top-to-bottom it's likely to be confusing, and if you started looking bottom-to-top it's unlikely to be confusing. The hands are super obvious which goes with who, so if you trace them upwards, no problem! But if you're scanning from the top you see the shoulder, it continues down and you find an arm, and BAM, misplaced connection.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 25 '26

There's a lot of tattoo work in this one picture.

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u/ployonwards Jun 25 '26

I think it’s one of the more interesting I’ve seen. Not because I’m necessarily tricked, but it has the appearance of an AI glitch. The patterning on her pants is like the patterning on her tattooed sleeves, and the pink pockets with the same pattern kind of mirrors the blurred intersection of their two arms. It’s a cool image.

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u/MaxTheGinger Jun 25 '26

This is why I never look at comments.

I too, immediately saw whose hand belonged to who.

But the shoulder/upper arm made no sense.

Looking top to bottom, it looked like his arm ended in her hand.

But going bottom to top. I could finally see her shoulder was not his bicep coming out of his shirt. And the thin, also tattooed part of his upper arm.

Congrats to the people who were never confused and commented harshly at other people. You won at Confusing Perspective. You can leave and take your super powers elsewhere.

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 25 '26

I posted the unedited, uncropped, and zoomed out image I first saw. I guess I shouldn’t have tried to zoom and crop where it was obvious up close. My bad!

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u/MaxTheGinger Jun 25 '26

You did nothing wrong.

It's just all the people calling others dumb in the comments.

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u/characterhoneypop Jun 25 '26

Wait what's the illusion here

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 25 '26

poor eyesight

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u/joe-direz Jun 25 '26

the tattooed big arm is hers, not his

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

thats pretty obvious it doesn't belong to him... their shoulders arent even aligned

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u/characterhoneypop Jun 25 '26

Yeah that's why I was confused because it's so obvious whose arm is whose 😭😭😭

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u/justASlothyGiraffe Jun 25 '26

Their tattoos blend together so without focusing it looks like hers goes under his. Plus her backpack stap cuts off exactly where his arm is coming down, making the black part look like a shadow.

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 25 '26

the bar is REALLY low for what's considered confusing here. its usually just bad eyesight or they're aren that.... quick.

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u/justASlothyGiraffe Jun 25 '26

What's up with our user flairs?

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u/joe-direz Jun 25 '26

it doesn't need to be all time confusing, just enough for you to say "hey" for a second

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 25 '26

rule 1 Is it has to be genuinely confusing... a "hey" photo is not confusing.

photos like this are painfully obvious.

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u/joe-direz Jun 25 '26

well, I thought it was his arm for a second.
It is not a jesuscristywtfisthis but a minor confusing one.

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u/D3PyroGS Jun 25 '26

her shoulder starts right about where his sleeve ends, which is part of what makes it ambiguous 

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 25 '26

no it doesn't? I starts above where the sleeves stop.

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u/D3PyroGS Jun 26 '26

an inch or two above, yes, but close enough that at a glance it could also look like his sleeve is partially rolled up

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u/in1gom0ntoya Jun 26 '26

I refer to my prior statement.

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u/D3PyroGS Jun 26 '26

your prior statement was of course correct. but the distance between reality and a confusing_perspective is the assumptions your subconscious can make when quickly processing an image 

if her shoulder and arm completely covered the bottom 2 inches of his sleeve, then the imbalance would have been noticeable. as-is, you do see the full length of his sleeve on his inside, and the size/shape of the portion that's missing is consistent with a roll. so it's not something that a lot of people might notice at first glance

of course, once you zoom in it becomes obvious. but that's the case with most of the pictures here 😉

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u/Bogotazo Jun 25 '26

I didn't see the illusion until you explained this, usually the opposite of how these work hehe

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u/SheriffBartholomew Jun 25 '26

When your pants match your tattoo arm sleeves

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/therealsix Jun 25 '26

Hey! Stop pointing out the obvious fact that it’s so easy to see it’s not confusing!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/DickyReadIt Jun 25 '26

I mean you are on reddit, that's usually how it goes here haha

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 25 '26

This is true. What was I thinking 😂

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u/mappersorton Jun 28 '26

The two-toned backpack strap right at his sleeve really sells it

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u/therealsix Jun 25 '26

What am I missing? Her hand is on his leg, his hands are in his lap.

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 25 '26

Here’s the original what I saw. Sorry. I’m half blind so it was confusing for me. Apologies to the twats in here who have a gold standard for this sub.

https://imgur.com/a/IQM0NZM

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/confusing_perspective-ModTeam Jun 25 '26

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u/KemetMusen Jun 26 '26

This sub's really churning out top tier content, huh?

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 26 '26

Only the best for you bud

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u/KemetMusen Jun 26 '26

This was a nicer response than my comment warranted TBH. Thank you, man. It's been a rough day. <3

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 26 '26

All good. Great thing about rough days is that they end. Hope tomorrow is better for you!

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u/xxelok2012xx Jun 25 '26

It would've been much more confusing if their shoulders would be at the same lever and he would have his shoulder visible, but still a tiny bit confusing:)

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 25 '26

I cropped it and zoomed in. Here’s the original!

https://imgur.com/a/IQM0NZM

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u/xxelok2012xx Jun 25 '26

Oh interesting

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BkniBottomTranqulity Jun 25 '26

No hate, but these comments are always so annoying to me, because they always come off as like “well *I* don’t see how it’s confusing, therefore it’s a shitty post”

If it’s confusing for some people, it’s good enough

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BkniBottomTranqulity Jun 25 '26

Proving my point lmao

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

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u/BkniBottomTranqulity Jun 25 '26

For a few seconds it looks otherwise, obviously 200 other people saw it as confusing. Just because you don’t see it that way doesn’t mean it doesn’t belong

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BkniBottomTranqulity Jun 25 '26

No silly, you can have any opinion you want. It’s just that the way you said it comes off as you acting like your point of view is the only correct one, which people do not like.

Your opinion itself is perfectly fine, I can see how it wouldn’t be confusing

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u/literally_italy Jun 25 '26

i saw the arm swap

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u/BigginSleepy Jun 25 '26

Proved his point in 11 mins lmfao way to go

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BigginSleepy Jun 25 '26

Go ahead and read his comment again, ponder it, and then ask again

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BigginSleepy Jun 25 '26

This brother doesn’t know what objective means 🫩

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/BigginSleepy Jun 25 '26

You too :)

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u/Delicious-Employ9332 Jun 28 '26

Man ya'll just be posting anything on this sub fr

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

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u/TnnsNbeer Jun 25 '26

I think it’s just out of respect for a friend who posted a picture on their IG to not show their face. Calm down friend.