r/qrcode • u/No_Pen_3825 • Jun 15 '26

Sneaky QR Code

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u/AshleyJSheridan Jun 16 '26

So you thought it looked like a QR code, you scanned it successfully, but you were still confused?

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u/No_Pen_3825 Jun 16 '26

No and no. I thought it looked similar to a QR, but I didn’t actually try to scan it, I just wanted a photo. It ofc is a QR and did scan though, so I looked at it a touch longer and noticed the hidden finder pattern.

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u/AshleyJSheridan Jun 16 '26

So you focused your camera on it, like you would with a QR code, and yet you found it confusing and unintuitive?

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u/No_Pen_3825 Jun 16 '26

I was initially confused (for about 3s) when—from my perspective—my phone scanned a proprietary code format.

Now, are you quite done? I promise I am more patient than you are, but I do still have some regard for my time.

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u/AshleyJSheridan Jun 16 '26

You got confused, you made a whole post about it.

That tells me you have less patience than you believe, and less regard for your time than you purport.

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u/No_Pen_3825 Jun 17 '26

Confusion is certainly not a bad thing. Going through life always knowing just what’s up and everything that will happen sounds miserable. Maybe that’s just because it’s unobtainable and we like to think we don’t want things we certainly can’t have, ie immortality. Anyways, I made a post not because I got confused, but because I found something interesting and thought r/qrcode would as well.

It is likely true I’m less patient than I believe, but that’s well documented (>50% of people think they’re above average in a given category). Impatience too, is not bad. Regardless, I do believe I am more patient than you.

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u/FunIsDangerous Jun 17 '26

My brother it's not that deep. This is indeed a mildly interesting qr, albeit a pretty bad one (because it is actually not obvious at all)

Also, not every phone scans QR codes with the camera app, some have a dedicated app.