I don’t know how to comment when I see this. I want to talk about how this works, but most people know how this works. So I don’t know why its a thing. Its funny though.
This particular version is more about the characters depicted (Denji and Power from Chainsaw Man), who are famous for being endearingly stupid.
The more earnest versions you tend to see on TikTok are mostly posted by, or at least targeted at, actual kids who don't yet understand how vision works. Nobody on Lemmy is under the age of 30.
Greetings fellow
kidsadults.I'm way under the age of 30
I'm 24, I can't believe you'd accuse me of such a thing.
I'm only 24 but I'm on Kbin I guess so you got me there
Haha ill do you one better I am 22.
I'm 15 lol
24 yo here!
I didn’t realize the lemmy demographic and how I’m very much not it
Hey I'm less than 25 :)
21yo here : )
40s here.
Hey, I'm 27 😡
Insert feel old gif
I would like to hear an actual explanation. I don’t know shit about light physics but my attempt to explain it is that the trajectory of the light is such that it reflects off of the egg into your eyes and that it is this trajectory that is reflected in the mirror.
I mean, yeah, basically. It's really not very complicated.
My wife was having a brain fart once and knew there was a logical reason but couldn't figure it out atm. So I drew a diagram top down geometry class style. Set her straight just like that. It's just the light bouncing at an angle so that you can see what is on the front of the paper.
Because reality uses Raytracing instead of Screen-space reflections!
This is a hilarious and true answer to the question.
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There was some stupid trend of tiktok of people being confused by it
Beware of adding a double slit to the paper and aiming the laser between the slits, weird things might happen.
That’s a great idea!
Funny comic,
but wow that compression looks awful.Here's the source: https://twitter.com/giganticbuddha/status/1652009277429563393?s=20
And here's the follow up comic: https://twitter.com/giganticbuddha/status/1654184641555832834
Found the artists danbooru for anyone who doesn't want to use twitter
I would want to see that but I don't want to give twitter my data
Fuck elon and fuck spez
Poor Aki
Kon those idiots
Thank you! Updated the post 👌
I wonder if nitter is working again, going to try it~~https://farside.link/nitter/giganticbuddha/status/1652009277429563393?s=20~~
~~https://farside.link/nitter/giganticbuddha/status/1654184641555832834~~
No it's not working unfortunately
That 100kb limit really gets to some of these memes
People can be so stupid
I thought this whole "object behind paper against a mirror" thing was just a meme at first because the result is very intuitive and not at all shocking... But then I guess people genuinely didn't get it? People really can be so stupid.
It isn't just a meme ?
Having met people, I have to agree.
I take this as permission rather than a statement of fact.
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I like the Action Lab guy going through the explanation for this https://youtu.be/ezUmSO_OAxY
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Thank your for posting this instead of just being condescending about it being stupid question like most of the people on this thread
Why do they have sharpened teeth? That's a little creepy
They're from an anime, Chainsaw Man. Haven't watched idk why they have sharp teeth, but my best guess is that it's an anime where they use their OP chainsaw teeth to make a killing in the lumber industry, that's definitely what it's about.
They have sharp teeth to show they are demons, I thought. The main dude doesn't have sharp.teeth until he is made into a demon when his little chainsaw dog replaced his heart.
Others have pointed out there is inconsistencies with this, though. I just figured they were oversights in production and the sharp teeth are still intended to represent when the character is demonic.
I watched the anime, your guess is right.
Its an optional illusion. Nothing exists and we are but the stuff of dreams.
If the illusion is optional, how do I toggle it off?
It's optional for the people on the other side of the mirror only
Just close your eyes. Illusions don't work if you can't see them
I love Power.
She's the best. Chainsaw Man is great for many reasons, but the powerful women with agency is one of the best. Especially for a shonen manga.
I am angleless...
Magnets
Lights a funny thing, innit?
That's a cool trick. I didn't know about it, but it also didn't surprise me. I did test it to confirm first, though.
The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
This essentially means "if you can see it, it can see you". The mirror doesn't "know" anything. The light from the object is bouncing off of your eyes and hitting the mirror, which reflects it back at you.
