Comments on: Optical illusions

By: Peter Yard

Peter Yard — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:41:00 +0000

I thought at first it was an in-joke. Then I started to think, “no I think they actually believe this.” There then followed a mind spinning few moments where I wasn’t sure if I was part of a joke or peer pressure was creating a reality. Either way I thought … “stuff it” … so I barged in. Yeah, totally shameless.

By: Bret Martin

Bret Martin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:04:00 +0000

I can’t decide whether you missed the joke or if you are making a meta-joke to troll people to tell you you missed it.

By: Scratcheee

Scratcheee — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:06:00 +0000

Actually, the real version of the chessboard illusion is my all time favorite. I have cut out a square and moved it back and forth, and dang if it doesn’t match them both.

The board on this site is broken though.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Some Fanny Craddock recipes make me think that was her plan all along.

By: Sparg Otyebat

Sparg Otyebat — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:00 +0000

Must be one of those Illinois Suckers!

By: Petzl

Petzl — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000

I think the site should be called Optical Illusion Illusions.

At first I thought the Checkerbox illusion was discordant because: here was a real illusion. No, however. If you color-sample it, he’s doctored it so they actually are different shades (!)

By: Ant

Ant — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000

Mighty Optical Illusions is a good one too!

By: Peter Yard

Peter Yard — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:24:00 +0000

Hmm. Is this a gullibility test? Because there’s nothing wrong with many of the things shown. The cube is just a regular box shape. The stairs are not paradoxical. Nah. These are not as advertised. Clever trick though.

By: mennucc

mennucc — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:43:00 +0000

this humor is so dry that I cannot laugh while drinking

By: wrybread

wrybread — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:02:00 +0000

The website itself is an optical illusion.

By: Rose M. Welch

Rose M. Welch — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:35:00 +0000

I also saw turtles, all the way down.

By: Ryan Esposto

Ryan Esposto — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:57:00 +0000

Nothing but turtles for me.

By: chaoskittenii

chaoskittenii — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:43:00 +0000

Ah, the visual puzzle equivalent of the single entendre.

By: magicdragonfly

magicdragonfly — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:35:00 +0000

Weird. No sharks for me. All I could see was pandas. Five of them. Did anyone else see them?

By: zachstronaut

zachstronaut — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:11:00 +0000

The web is a truly magical place. I love that some human took the time to do this.

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:58:00 +0000

I see it now. It’s the most beautiful shark in the galaxy.

By: Samuel Slaton

Samuel Slaton — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:51:00 +0000

Haha – this is wonderfully cruel.

By: m m

m m — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:46:00 +0000

enlightening

By: microcars

microcars — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000

but the other end has only TWO rectangular bars!
You can’t explain that.

By: MaxEmerika

MaxEmerika — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Do you give up on everything after only five minutes? You just need to try harder.

By: Glen Able

Glen Able — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:31:00 +0000

That staircase is completely mad – you could go round and round it forever and never get to either the top or the bottom of your house!

By: jimtron

jimtron — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:26:00 +0000

What–you’re crazy! I’ve been studying that for hours, and I can say with complete certainty that there are TWO prongs. Check again.

By: jimtron

jimtron — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000

It took me five hours, but was well worth it. Though we should warn people–it’s very, very, very subtle.

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:16:00 +0000

My eyes are broken after that five minute stare, pretty sure it gave me a cataract. Still no shark…

By: jeligula

jeligula — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:05:00 +0000

That was absolutely hilarious.

By: bob d

bob d — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:05:00 +0000

It looks like a swan to me.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:59:00 +0000

I’ve considered doing a similiar site for recpies, but concluded that it was just too mean.

By: Cepphus Grylle

Cepphus Grylle — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000

It is very cool how the “devil’s tuning fork” at first looks like it has 2 prongs but when you look at it really closely and cross your eyes just so, you see it actually only has two prongs.

It is amazing how the mind works, just making them round cylinders at one end and rectangular bars at the other tricks your mind into believing that there really are two prongs when in fact it has at least, no more than two.

By: Teller

Teller — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:09:00 +0000

I get a similar vibe from art gallery remarks.

By: N M

N M — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

I seriously stared at it for like 3 minutes, trying not to blink, even though I examined the devils tuning fork beforehand and decided something was off… Sudden realization was achieved at minute 4.