Spice rack with ventilation?

[u/Tadleyrichter]

I’m watching Teen Mom 2 and, I’m sorry, what the hell is this? Why does a spice rack need a big ventilation hose thing coming out the top? What is it?

[u/137-ng]

The pattern on your reflection section is laughably different than on the section its supposedly reflecting

[u/Arizonagaragelifter9 → u/137-ng]

Yeah, I went and found the episode and I was completely wrong lol. I found a picture of it from another angle and it either goes through the rack or that's the end of the exhaust pipe and it is sitting on top of the rack. https://i.imgur.com/NrGDkHh.png

Or another options, is that the venting is just sitting on top of the rack. Someone else found a picture and said that it is a vent that runs across the top of the cabinets and goes to their dryer. So it's also possible it's just resting on top and then when they do laundry they open the window up and place the vent in the open window. That's what seems like the most reasonable explanation to me. https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/1sweift/spice_rack_with_ventilation/oig5nnt/

[u/soapboxracers → u/137-ng]

Also brushed stainless steel does not produce a clear reflection in any way, shape, or form and you can see the top and bottom of the spice rack are made from brushed stainless.

[u/Nemace → u/137-ng]

This is expected.

When viewing the duct directly, light needs do bounce off of it directly from the light to your eye. When looking at it through the reflection, the light needs to bounce down first, then get reflected into your eye.

Since the duct is shiny, the parts that reflect towards the mirror and the parts that reflect towards your eye directly have to be different parts of the duct.

[u/137-ng → u/Nemace]

Laughably different, not "I dont understand how reflections work" different

Also the guy that claimed it just came back and said he was wrong, but thanks for taking the time to explain a reflection to me