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IRL (In Real Life) => Enigmas of the Mystical => Topic started by: JasonPratt on November 18, 2018, 03:35:12 PM

Title: Do you need a nap? um... test with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! :D
Post by: JasonPratt on November 18, 2018, 03:35:12 PM
If the image isn't moving, you're in good shape for driving etc.

The more the image moves (the central column rotating leftward, anything else rotating rightward), the more exhausted you are.

(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/5972/lZ5GdD.jpg)


This isn't a gif, by the way. It's a single jpg.
Title: Re: Do you need a nap? um... test with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! :D
Post by: Gusington on November 18, 2018, 03:44:32 PM
According to the pic and directions, I'm dead.
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Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2018, 03:56:50 PM
If I look at the central column, it moves very little, but if I look to the left, it moves quite a bit.

Title: Re: Do you need a nap? um... test with this ONE WEIRD TRICK! :D
Post by: Gusington on November 18, 2018, 04:25:42 PM
That means you drive on the wrong side of the road.
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Post by: Steelgrave on November 18, 2018, 04:43:44 PM
Quote from: Gusington on November 18, 2018, 04:25:42 PM
That means you drive on the wrong side of the road.

What Gus said!   :2funny: :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2018, 04:44:27 PM
^Damn! Well, that explains a lot.

Cheers, Gus - where would I be without you................... ::)
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Post by: Gusington on November 18, 2018, 05:07:54 PM
On the wrong side of the road!
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Post by: bob48 on November 18, 2018, 05:11:42 PM
...But, if I just close my left eye, its all good!
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Post by: Staggerwing on November 18, 2018, 05:13:07 PM
When I look at it without moving my eyes it stands still but when I move my gaze it moves slightly. Where did you find the image? I'd be interested in reading whatever article went with it.
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 18, 2018, 11:45:00 PM
What does it mean if you see Chuck Norris dressed like a Nun riding a camel? And eating a Stromboli. Chuck Norris I mean, not the camel.  :o
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Post by: bob48 on November 19, 2018, 08:31:09 AM
It means that you should stop eating those wild mushrooms you found growing on your lawn.
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Post by: Gusington on November 19, 2018, 08:54:43 AM
Or eat more.
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Post by: DoctorQuest on November 19, 2018, 12:27:02 PM
What does it mean if I can't see it at all?
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Post by: Sir Slash on November 19, 2018, 12:52:47 PM
Put your glasses on. Or somebody else's on if that doesn't work.
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Post by: JasonPratt on November 19, 2018, 12:55:13 PM
Or the link's busted. ;)

One of my friends posted the jpg on Facebook a few days ago, and we've been having some fun with it. It was generated by a Ukranian graphic artist named Yurii Perepadia, aka "Guten Tag Vector". Here's a link to his optical illusions on Shutterfly: (https://www.shutterstock.com/g/YuriiPerepadia/sets/12847947?fbclid=IwAR1hayILx8nDoS9cvzBItwqh677wzQ4ng6oK5s5UAvQm-3vfP0X-rKs0M_Y)
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Post by: Staggerwing on November 19, 2018, 12:58:43 PM
I'm more interested in the 'too tired to drive' tie-in. What's their explanation? Tiredness leads to slight nystagmus?
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Post by: JasonPratt on November 19, 2018, 01:25:45 PM
I've been in situations where my mind and thus eyes were so fatigued that, at night, my eyes were dangerously wandering all over the windshield and dashboard. The optical illusion forces eye-drift, which tests how well we're able to focus attention at the moment.