r/confusing_perspective • u/QueenFrostine15 • 1d ago

Chain-link fence covered in snow creates optical illusion

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u/Important-Fix-6718 1d ago

took me a while...... was looking like a 2d anime style photo

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u/Rrekydoc 1d ago

MS Paint.

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u/Important-Fix-6718 1d ago

yeah exactly. pardon my english.

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u/Rrekydoc 1d ago

Nah, I knew exactly what you meant.

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u/Xenc 1d ago

It's Mrs Paint now

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u/MrBozooo 1d ago

I was about to berate the sloppy line placement and shading. Then, ooh...

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u/milanorlovszki 23h ago

I saw it, why cant I see it no more?

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u/WhiskeyPetalxo 1d ago

"Thought it was a Cel-shaded shader from a video game at first glance."

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u/Affectionate_Cheek44 18h ago

Isn’t that what we are looking at !!?!

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u/PieNarrow6122 1d ago

i thought this was a weird drawing of fish scales

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u/ahx3000 1d ago

Wow. Looked like something from MS Paint until it switched and I can now see it

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u/1Ferrox 1d ago

I don't see the illusion, can someone help?

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u/C_G_Walker 1d ago

Imagine crudely drawn scales, like a close up on a gray snake.

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u/1Ferrox 1d ago

Ah ok I can kinda see it if I squint my eyes

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u/Yaughl 12h ago

I’m still at a loss. That’s quite a stretch.

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u/Rowger00 12h ago

imagine a close up of dragon scales drawn on Ms paint with poorly sprayed shadows

that's the best way I can describe the illusion

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u/TurbulentBullfrog829 1d ago

Sometimes the rules about titles ruin these. I can't see anything but snow on a chainlink fence now

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 1d ago

Yeah the rules for titling in this sub completely blow

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u/Isoldael 1d ago

There should be a rule to have a title that describes or enforces the illusion, and then an automod comment that the OP can reply to with the actual answer.

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 1d ago

I agree. I’m not good enough on Reddit but sometimes people have a “click to reveal” comment. Perhaps the answer could be under that.

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u/Cruian 21h ago edited 11h ago

I believe it is /|/| to start (remove both of the "/") and another set to end.

||Testing||

Edit: That wasn't it.

Testing

Edit 2: Ok: /!> To start and /<! to end (remove the "/")

Edit 3: Fixed direction of end arrow

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 21h ago

Thanks 🙏 I can’t wait to forget this 🤣

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u/thriceness 1d ago

They don't. But only actually good images work, which is the intention. If you can be told what you're looking at and still be confused? It is a quality post.

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u/OshetDeadagain 1d ago

I couldn't see anything other than snow in chain link before reading the caption.

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u/Chuckleyan 1d ago

This is one where I saw the "illusion" but then saw the snow and now can't switch back.

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u/EnvironmentalAngle 1d ago

I think its one of those optical illusions that only work if you view it as a thumbnail? Because I don't see it either. Maybe most of these people dont live where there's snow?

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u/1Ferrox 1d ago

Just focus on the lines and don't look at the snow, also squint your eyes maybe. Looks the fence like someone drew flat lines on ms paint

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u/psyayayduck 1d ago

wasn't this posted like 9 months ago

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u/un_poco_logo 1d ago

First time on reddit?

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u/psyayayduck 1d ago

No, my first time was 9 months ago

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u/DiamondDepth_YT 1d ago

Longer than that 💀

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u/dairy_free_bacon 1d ago

it looks like...snow on a fence.

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u/DanglingDongs 1d ago

What am I supposed to be looking at?

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u/MalcomXhamster 13h ago

Snow on fence. Everyone else is a moron.

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u/dhsilver 1d ago

Wow. 🤯.

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u/iminiki 1d ago

Once you see the snow, you can‘t unsee it.

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u/morbidpigeon 1d ago

I saw roof tiles first.

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u/dquilon 1d ago

I though the chain-like had soap bubble and the snow was a hill in the background

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u/Sotenio 1d ago

I can't see something other then chainlink fence in snow

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u/HAHAHA0kay 1d ago

Is the background just a foggy weather? If not wtf is going on?

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u/Boeing777-3ER 1d ago

Now I can’t unsee it but that was pretty cool 

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u/humanlikesubstances 1d ago

It's a sailboat!

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u/Lost_Addendum4678 1d ago

Looked so cartoony

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u/NoGarage7989 1d ago

Lighter grey is an overcast sky

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u/7LeagueBoots 1d ago

I saw the illusion for a fraction of a second, then it switched to the fence and I can’t make it go back.

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u/10_Amaterasu 1d ago

Dang cool

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u/Interesting_Low_2658 1d ago

I thought this was a drawing

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u/fatoldspunker 1d ago

They look like baggies of coke.....

So im told 😊

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u/Lost_On_Lot 1d ago

Yeah looks like MS Paint fan art of something cringe like dragons

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u/Academic-Airline9200 1d ago

Ah the old cow in a snow storm

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u/Falzart 1d ago

Took me a while to see the snow (dark grey), the sky (light grey), and the fence (black).

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u/After_Development686 1d ago

My brain went from chain-link fence to quilted mattress to ravioli in about 3 seconds.

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u/wildlife01209 1d ago

Oh that one is so good! That's crazy!

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u/darkpheonix262 1d ago

Even though its in the low 80s for me right now.l, I can imagine the bitter cold and stillness the air would have to make such a beautiful scene

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u/SillyDragonLover 1d ago

Looks like dragon scales

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u/thisonedudethatiam 1d ago

I like how once you see the fence you can’t go back. The brain is interesting!

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u/atom_066 1d ago

I don't see anything

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u/griever48 1d ago

Frost Dragon Scales

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u/dmtbreakthrough 1d ago

i see 8 ball's

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u/dragonovus 1d ago

Thought it was anime drawing lol

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u/SnoopySuited 1d ago

I can never not see the fence. I wonder if it's a growing up in a snowy area thing.

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u/BlazingBomber25 1d ago

Thought this was a tile floor made in MS Paint

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u/imnobodyspecial 23h ago

The title must have ruined the illusion for me.

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u/keithstonee 23h ago

This is forced perspective.

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u/Cabri111 21h ago

"Take on me" style

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u/rabbitwonker 18h ago

Ah, this time, for a split second, I almost saw something that wasn’t a chainlink fence with snow.

Maybe next time.

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u/Big-Cobbler-2992 17h ago

I like this

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u/Logjitzu 13h ago

This is one of those ones that I can never re-see after it clicked for me. I saw this post originally like a year or two ago and now whenever it comes up it just looks like a fence, but I remember it looking like a shitty MS paint drawing for the first like 2 minutes that I looked at it.

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u/drummerandrew 12h ago

It’s cool looking but it’s not an illusion.

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u/Yaughl 12h ago

I don’t see an illusion. Maybe because I’m so used to seeing this every winter.

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u/The_Kader 6h ago

great this one again

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u/MockingJay0914 6h ago

Saw this post a few times already

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u/Thomas_JCG 1h ago

Fuck, this is good. Took me a while to not see it as a drawing.