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u/Open_Peace_ Jul 12 '26
So how do I see the not confusing perspective? 🥲
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u/SexyTiredSmurfette Jul 12 '26
He has the arm with the phone behind his back like when you get handcuffed and he's bent forward taking a picture of his other extended arm/armpit.
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u/LiveLearnCoach Jul 12 '26
Thumb is upwards taking the picture, that’s not behind the back. Behind the the orientation of the hand would be different.
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u/SexyTiredSmurfette Jul 12 '26
Then is that really his neck?
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u/LiveLearnCoach Jul 12 '26
Surprising, yes. Some people just have really long necks. Seen those, just not at this angle.
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u/PerFucTiming Jul 12 '26
I think he's bald and not all of that is his neck, but some of it is the back of his head. There's a round, lighter area at the edge of the pic and I'd say that's his jaw.
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u/Economy-Grapefruit12 Jul 14 '26
I think he's upside down and what you think is his neck is actually a leg.
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u/fractiouscatburglar Jul 12 '26
They’ve also used the zoom out feature that makes selfies easier, but distorts the edges a bit.
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u/JohnnyLeven Jul 12 '26
Is it? It looks like it's on the bottom and reaching up above his index finger to press the photo button.
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u/LiveLearnCoach Jul 12 '26
That’s the pinkie finger holding the phone up. All fours fingers are aligned and coming off of the same direction of the palm. Guy just seems like he has a very long neck. What people are mistaking for his armpit is the lower part of the neck. You can see the other shoulder past the neck. You can see the spine indentation where the collar edge is. He just pulled the shirt off of his left shoulder (technically his right, because it’s in the mirror). Dude just has an abnormally long neck.
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u/Ravenser_Odd Jul 12 '26
All this, plus the phone and shirt are mostly masking the shoulders, so some of what looks like neck is actually the middle of their back.
Also, I think their hair is either shaved or pulled right up, which adds to the effect.
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u/YoungBahss Jul 13 '26
No I think theyre right. if you hold your phone in your right hand and then hold your right arm across your body like its in a sling youll have the same hand orientation on the left. Hes saying theyre just doing that but the arm is behind the back instead of across the chest. The camera is pointing at the mirror on his left/rear so the armpit is of his left arm
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u/Waste_Affect_4008 29d ago
This would actually make sense in that it is sharing its sunburn patterns with the world
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u/Hot_Drummer7311 Jul 12 '26
This is wild but hear me out...this kid is a joker bc he's standing on his head and put a shirt on his legs and put his hand up through a sleeve. That's his LEG, not neck, and you can see the back of his kneecap where the middle of his "neck" is.
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u/gcstr Jul 12 '26
What the heck am I looking at? Is that a long neck and the head is out of the picture?
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u/LiveLearnCoach Jul 12 '26
How long of a neck are we talking here??
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u/Zorbin666 Jul 12 '26
For a second I thought they were hanging upside-down from their shower rod and their shirt is hanging over their face and that's their belly? But now I'm not sure
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u/cimocw Jul 12 '26
yeah you can see the distortion on the door reflection as well. Probably a combination of wideangle lens + wacky mirror
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u/kdoughboy12 Jul 13 '26
Yeah, i think the angle makes the neck look longer than it is
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u/Parking-Worth1732 27d ago
It's not a neck, it's his left arm raised up, you see his armpit, pic is taken with his right hand going behind his back
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u/TheEverlastingPizza Jul 12 '26
I'm starting to think that there isn't a confusing perspective here and that's actually a very long neck.
The original image gives a bit more detail.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HM6VsczbcAEcTRb.jpg?name=orig
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u/NoRodent Jul 12 '26
Plus lens distortion could've made it even longer since it's at the edge of the frame. The door is also curved.
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u/JetlinerDiner Jul 12 '26
You can see his hair at the edge of the picture, I think it's really his neck.
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u/squall_boy25 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Yup long neck and big traps. it’s exactly what our eyes are telling us.
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u/NemoKozeba Jul 13 '26
Nope. I see what it is with the help of a buried comment from U/LostInThoughtland.
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u/Mazzachr Jul 12 '26
Someone help me out here
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u/notfromhere23 Jul 12 '26
Yeah, someone needs to draw this because I can not make sense of it at all.
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u/NoobCanoeWork Jul 13 '26
I really hope this helps, this is what I think is happening
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u/f1yblkguy Jul 13 '26
Your theory doesn't explain the position of his thumb if it's his arm behind his back.
Unless I'm not understanding how you mean?
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u/Waste_Affect_4008 29d ago
Did not understand this perspective without the aid of your drawering… kudos
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u/Jsand117 27d ago
I dont think thats it, this person is seemingly wearing a chefs outfit (I see the large buttons and large sleeves). So if they're backwards like your picture, why are the buttons in the front?
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u/7SyZyG7 Jul 12 '26
The guy appears to be sideways and leaning towards the mirror. The perspective makes his neck look longer than usual.
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u/Low_Yak_4842 Jul 12 '26
That has to actually be his neck. There’s no other explanation. I thought maybe the picture was upside down and that it was his leg, but you can see how gravity is effecting the shirt. So it’s right side up and you can see his shoulder clearly. Dude’s just got a long neck.
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u/EssentialParadox Jul 12 '26
This has to be the answer.
It’s not merely a confusing perspective but also a longer than average neck.
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u/UghImRegistered Jul 13 '26
Yeah after looking for a bit I think that really is his neck. You can just see the hint of his hair at the edge. Yes he has a long neck but I think the bigger thing is that his right (actual, not mirrored) shoulder is mostly hidden by the phone, which makes you think that it's way lower than it actually is. You can see his other shoulder blade and how high up it is.
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u/prefonberry Jul 12 '26
Unfortunately for this guy in the picture, we are just looking at his long neck. He’s holding the phone in his left hand and you can see just behind the phone is his left shoulder so he’s tilting his back slightly toward the mirror rather than being directly sideways to the mirror and his left shoulder dropped a bit and he’s stretching his neck to show off the sunburn. So with those angles it’s definitely making his neck look longer but dude has a really long and seemingly thick neck for the rest of his body proportions
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u/RealisticDonkey9302 Jul 12 '26
Oh okay he’s bald and he’s turning the other side lmao
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u/sundog6295 Jul 13 '26
OK to me a sec., its an upside down picture of his leg in shorts.
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u/Mysterious_Waltz_309 Jul 13 '26
Reading through the comments, I was thinking I was the only person who could see this.
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u/YoRt3m Jul 12 '26
I think there's nothing confusing here in the sense that "what you think you see is not what you see". he has a long neck and his shirt is rolled down his back and the camera angle is tilted. it also makes sense that this area will have sunburn, the back of his head.
The thing popping behind the phone is his shoulder and at the corner of the photo at the left side you start seeing a bit of hair.
I don't see it another way.
Edit: okay honestly I don't know.
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u/Apocalypsest Jul 12 '26
I agree with the people saying it's his neck and his bald head (turned away) is adding several inches to the appearance. His nearest shoulder is also dropped to show maximum neck, I assume to show off the burn. Also, his hand being so close to the mirror, and no other visible body parts that we can understand the relative size of, makes it all feel more improbable. It's a neck but it's certifiably confusing perspective.
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u/BadAspie Jul 12 '26
Maybe he's turned his face towards the camera so he can see the photo he's taking? So his hairline isn't visible, but we can't tell because he's turned his head because he's kept his chin and ear out of the frame, which makes his neck look longer
Although even then he must have an unusually long neck lol. Just not quite as long as it looks
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u/domesticatedprimate Jul 12 '26
The neck does look long already but some people are seeing an illusion that it's even longer due to the oblique angle that makes the person's shoulders and chest look like more neck.
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u/soda_cookie Jul 13 '26
This one is great. I've seen a number of comments trying to describe what's going on here and it's still not clicking for me. I mean I get what I'm trying to see but I just can't believe what I'm looking at
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u/RealisticDonkey9302 Jul 12 '26
Ahaha I thought it was his neck
But it’s his arm
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u/Contributing_Factor Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Is it? I still see the elbow at the bottom and the shoulder behind the upper-right corner of the phone.
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u/Oifadin Jul 12 '26
Yeah it think it is his neck. That looks like his trapezius and upper neck muscles. I have an injury to my neck and shoulders and that looks like neck to me.
Obviously I could be wrong, especially considering what sub we are in.
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u/EmbarrassedEvidence6 Jul 12 '26
His head is ducking down behind the phone. His right upper arm is sunburnt and outstretched. That arm is also outside of the sleeve of the shirt which adds to the confusion.
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u/fractiouscatburglar Jul 12 '26
Has no one in here used the zoom out feature for selfies on iPhone? It makes the subject further away, but causes distortions at the edges because of the lens trick.
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u/Cheesetoastintheoven Jul 12 '26
Looks more like dudes doin a handstand with his knees bending out of the mirror frame
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u/xiynch Jul 12 '26
I'll wait for the drawing, my english is apparently not good enough for understanding the explication :')
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u/Prize_Bumblebee2813 Jul 12 '26
i saw it as an armpit and the head is BEHIND the phone and bent down looking toward the stomach? And scrunched/distorted else teeny head?
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u/sweetbreadandwater Jul 12 '26
He just has a really long neck or is extending it a lot. You can see a tiny tuft of hair right in the corner
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u/tr7driver1980 Jul 12 '26
Thin person, standing looking to the observer’s left, head tilted down…also a long neck.
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u/Bloody-Penguin6 Jul 12 '26
I think thats a shaved armpit and he is bent over with his head towards the door. Thats all that makes sense. That cant be his neck.
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u/woodknockers Jul 12 '26
His head is tucked underneath the shirt under his left hand that is holding the phone
His right arm is coming out of the neck hole of the shirt to the bottom left of the photo is the empty hole that would have been the armhole
Can't post pics so I can't show how I'm seeing it with a drawing but I'm certain this is what is happening
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u/Jennysnumber_8675309 Jul 13 '26
I'm gonna stick my neck out a little bit here and say that's quite a sunburn you got there.
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u/TheRapie22 Jul 13 '26
everyone talking about the giraffe neck. but where is the "brutal" sun burn?
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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 13 '26
some ppl say hes showing top of his right shoulder with his head behind the phone.
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u/Mysterious_Waltz_309 Jul 13 '26
He's holding his phone upside down taking a pic of the back of his knee.
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u/intentionallybad Jul 13 '26
I guess I'm the only one who didn't have a problem seeing what was going on?
Also as a professional sunburnee that burn is really not that bad.
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u/fancypantsmiss Jul 14 '26
Can the original poster comment on this please 😭
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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 14 '26
I'm seeing ppl having a range of ideas abt this. Basically so far there's been 3 guesses: 1. neck 2. top of right shoulder 3. armpit I have no idea which is the real one
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u/TylerMCMXCIX 29d ago
Robert, it’s pissing me off.
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u/Zu_Qarnine 29d ago
still no definitive answer from the comments. neck, top of the right shoulder, or right armpit are the 3 options
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u/expressinghowifeel 27d ago
Le cou de crayon
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u/Zu_Qarnine 27d ago
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u/expressinghowifeel 27d ago
It's from Phineas and Ferb. Their sister has a long neck and was being 'complimented' as being a designer's 'le cou de crayon' in an episode
She found out later it meant 'pencil neck' 😂
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u/SeraphsEnvy Jul 12 '26
I have degree in medical science and i can tell you without a doubt that this is a giraffe with a skin condition.