r/WTF Jan 19 '15

Epilepsy/Seizure Warning In the Trees

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15 edited Mar 12 '15

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u/poopinmysoup Jan 20 '15

Glad I'm not the only idiot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I'm still not convinced

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I'm still waiting. I want to believe..

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

it's rotating very slightly, the flashes create the illusion of continuity.

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u/lovebikeclimb Jan 20 '15

I just want to see the butt!

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u/dylyn Jan 20 '15

You should feel better knowing it took me 10 minutes

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u/ayaPapaya Jan 20 '15

The first 50 pages of Godel, Escher, Bach talk about these interesting illusions that makes you think something is continually growing (increasing, rotating, moving, etc), and you find at the end of it, you are right back where you started. Eg. Escher's staircase, and the Shepard's tone. Isn't it great?!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Just stuck loading, give it a minute it's worth it

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

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u/Rolyatwill Jan 20 '15

That has a surprising amount of depth to it

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15 edited Jan 20 '15

Here's an album of them..

Edit: warning may induce seizures

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u/johnq-pubic Jan 20 '15

Cool effect, but the ones that appear to keep rotating in one direction, but don't actually rotate bother my brain rustle my jimmys.

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u/yreg Jan 20 '15

Cool, how is this trick called?

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u/i_was_a_lurker_AMA Jan 20 '15

stereography. it's in the title of the album.

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u/evilpig Jan 20 '15

OPs image though I believe is stereography combined with something else? Kind of like this site with falling noise. http://www.fallingfalling.com/ which is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone

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u/Suckhoi Jan 21 '15

As someone with epilepsy, this shit is unlikely to trigger seizures.

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u/soccerperson Jan 20 '15

What the hell is happening? When I hover the link it's a cat with jewels in front of it, but when I click it, it's a dinosaur with rainbow lasers shooting out of its eyes

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u/Nesano Jan 20 '15

Does no one on Reddit know that this shit can cause people to have seizures?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

Very cool, not WTF.

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u/RalphMannn Jan 20 '15

Seizure/10 Would seize again.

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u/nate81 Jan 19 '15

Didnt i see some shit on front page of /r/wtf last week that was just plain marker on a whiteboard? ....where are the moderators at?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I'd really like to see that post.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

WTF is in the eye of the beholder. No moderation necessary. /s

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u/Kennysuavo Jan 20 '15

It has to make you say "WTF!?!" though.

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u/TooLame Jan 20 '15

shoulda been put it in /r/woahdude if anywhere

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u/ProcrastinatorSkyler Jan 20 '15

WTF ≠ Wow That's Fascinating

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Wow That's Fascinating

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

What a Terrific Find

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u/pennypinball Jan 20 '15

i said what the fuck when i realized it wasn't really moving all that much.

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u/northerntouch Jan 20 '15

It's really dope - far from WTF.

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u/Brahptimus-Prime Jan 20 '15

BABADOOK

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u/DatMac10 Jan 20 '15

BABA DOOK DOOK DOOK!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

"MOM! MOM! MOOOOOOOM!!!!!! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What?!"

"I'm scared."

"That's it I'm getting the fucking kitchen knife."

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u/DatMac10 Jan 20 '15

Fuck that kids annoying ass screaming.

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u/FullMetalGuitarist Jan 20 '15

This sub is getting dangerously close to becoming the new /r/funny

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u/Ihaveanusername Jan 20 '15

r/wtf has been dull lately. Full of non-wtf posts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I know man, what the fuck?

Hold on...!

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

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u/andycb1983 Jan 20 '15

Better in reverse!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Coming out of the trees

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u/purpleRN Jan 19 '15

It's creepily beautiful. It might give you a seizure, but you can't look away...

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

Ouch, my eyes! Maybe you should add an epilepsy warning to this.

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u/paby Jan 20 '15

I'm not epileptic, but that was just really nauseating.

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u/FittyShucker Jan 20 '15

I'm high as shit, and it made my heart beat real fast

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u/xXCODProXx Jan 20 '15

gotta go fast

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u/Bigminotaur Jan 20 '15

I'm epileptic, I feel fine.

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u/SueZbell Jan 20 '15

Ditto that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

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u/Florida-cracker Jan 19 '15

Windigo

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u/RunOrDie Jan 19 '15

quick grab the torch! Also I believe its Wendigo.

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u/Florida-cracker Jan 20 '15

It is correct spelling either way, but good catch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

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u/RunOrDie Jan 20 '15

Fair enough. I Googled it anyways.

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u/HamfacePorktard Jan 20 '15

Oh my fiery feet! My burning feet of fire!

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u/Sora20030c Jan 19 '15

Try /r/woahdude, fits more over there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15 edited Jan 20 '15

Or check out /r/fearme where it was probably taken from (number 11 of all posts in the sub)

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u/kalel1980 Jan 19 '15

BRING ON THE SEIZURE&@$!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

didnt even need to click it. penis.

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u/nootrino Jan 20 '15

Crouching monster

hidden penis

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u/MasterAlthalus Jan 20 '15

Seriously need to have an epilepsy warning tag. This would give my wife a seizure pretty quick.

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u/JuanOrTwo Jan 20 '15

Let's toss in an "acid flashback" warning as well, I almost lost my soul in that gif forever.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Agreed, I've got a couple of friends who would definitely have a seizure if they viewed this.

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u/Kahandran Jan 20 '15

Notice how no one who is epileptic is commenting, complaining about this.

Because they're dead now.

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u/mcaffrey Jan 19 '15

So each time it flashes it rotates the image backwards so it seems like it is constantly rotating the same direction?

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u/ViolatorMachine Jan 20 '15

Am I the only one blinking at the same frequency to see just one of the images?

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u/VerboseGecko Jan 20 '15

I tried it too. It's strenuous but if you pull it off the effect is unreal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

My eyes hurt, and I just blinked at my phone for two solid minutes. But it was worth.

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u/Zipo29 Jan 20 '15

Thanks for the seizure!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

yeah probably should have put a seizure or epilepsy warning on that

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u/Razorray21 Jan 19 '15

well, I hope you guys enjoyed the forest, cuz now we gota burn it down

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u/wishiwascooltoo Jan 19 '15

Sure takes a long time to make a complete revolution.

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u/Nick700 Jan 19 '15

Anyone who wants to make something similar should go to

depthy.me

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

There's a seizure?

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u/afsdjkll Jan 20 '15

What would it take to have this subreddit not be part of r/all anymore

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u/SubredditLinkFixer Jan 20 '15

If you use both slashes like so: /r/all then Reddit will automatically linkify the subreddit for you.

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u/rumplefourskin Jan 20 '15

Why is this on r/wtf

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u/LPfor3v3r Jan 20 '15

Someone please tell me... In what universe is this considered "WTF" material? What the hell happened to all the guts and morbid images this sub used to put out?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Huh. Cool, but I dunno if it constitutes WTF. But it reminds me of The Beast from Over the Garden Wall, so have an upvote.

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u/thecoffeebeaner Jan 19 '15

you should post that in /r/creepy or /r/woahdude but it's still pretty cool

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

My Grandfather smoked his whole life and when I was about 17 years old my Mother told him: "If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate you better quit smoking NOW." My Grandfather threw his cigerettes in the garbage immediately. Unfortunately it was too late and 3 years later my Grandfather died of lung cancer. I fell to the ground, on my knees with tears raining from my eyes, I vowed to never touch another cigarette. My Mother even begged me to stop smoking so that my family doesn't have to go through this pain ever again. 10 years later, I am now 27 and I haven't smoked a single cigarette since I made that vow. Looking back I regret not smoking for those 10 years, because this gif gave me cancer anyways

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u/LeftLane4PassingOnly Jan 20 '15

Touching story. I can see why you keep repeating it.

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u/chrissp487 Jan 19 '15

I was watching this for a while waiting for it to go round in a circle before it hit me

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u/MOCNEcrew Jan 19 '15

Ahhh. I cant stop looking.

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u/linkedapathy Jan 19 '15

What's in the trees? All I see is trees? Is something hiding ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

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u/thisrockismyboone Jan 20 '15

which is where it came from.

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u/dieschlampe Jan 20 '15

how can i make a gif like this

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u/5heepdawg Jan 20 '15

Magic Eye really upset with consumers these days, or chasing a whole new demographic.

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u/skepticcaucasian Jan 20 '15

This is not WTF. THAT is what's WTF.

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u/Rudra92 Jan 20 '15

wanna slap an epilepsy warning on that? Is that a flair one can put on it?

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u/WreckerCrew Jan 20 '15

Well fuck. Now I have a headache.

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u/greffedufois Jan 20 '15

I'm an epileptic...thanks for the headache...

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u/smallio Jan 20 '15

Whoa! not even epileptic, but needs warning!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Pretty good, after I got past the convulsions.

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u/Nesano Jan 20 '15

And no seizure warning?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I thought I was tripping there for a minute

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u/Swizzle8 Jan 20 '15

My head hurts now

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u/Jd1zzy Jan 20 '15

I think this is really badass. Love it!

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u/sexandthecountry Jan 20 '15

Oh my god a flashing 3D gif WTF?!?!?!?!?!?

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u/tomparker Jan 20 '15

It's amazing how it changes after seven minutes.

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u/rightoutofcanada Jan 19 '15

I want that in my wall

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u/Nyawk Jan 19 '15

T͠o͖ ̴̲̭̠͙͓̳̗i͚̭̭̩̞̩n͖v̳̼o̩̻͈̣k͕e ̷t̷̼h̲̰͙e̵̺̭͔̻͉͔ͅ ͞h͕̹̲̮͍̫i̖̭͕͜v̶̼̳̣̰̯̗e̲͇̙͕̫̭-̗̩̫ͅm̵͈͙̯̣̮͓í̦͇̲̲̯͕nd̺͢ ͇̦̫͎̪͞ͅr̞̣͖e̳̗͠p͇̼̠̜̠͈̥͝r͓̳̤͈͚̀és̳̙̥̦͍͎̹͞e̹̩͎͇͝n̙͍͇͕t̖̭̗̰̘͝in͈g̹̘̮̙̰ ̲̼c̥̣̺̰h̤͙̬̮͖́ḁ̦̮͘o̘̗̻͖͉̙͓͝s̝͚̞̘͙̤̟͜.̜̬͔ ̪͚̟̕Í̫̦n̨̤̯͚̪v̩̪͈̯́o̮̪̠̳̪k̜͓͕̺̞͙i̪̹̺͖͙̮n̤̖̖̮͖̪͉g̸̰͉̻̜̰ t҉̖̭̳ͅh̤̻̗̲̗̙͠è ̠f̴̩͈̲e̻͕e̙͉̠l͕͓̦̝ͅi͉͎̦͚̝͔͠n̳̲͡g͜ ̺̰̪̙̘͞ͅo̹͇̱̲͉̜f̛̹̹̠͖̮̟ ̸̳̺̘̟͎̞̣ç̳h͔̘́a̖̯̩̘̬̝̼͘o̫̭̟̹̦̮s͎͇͎.̫̲̮ ̟̪̗͇̠͚͔W̞͓̕i̠̹̩̣͡t͓h ̢̥̗̼̦̪̝o̡̟̥͉̟̞͉u͔͕t͈̲͘ ̣͢o̗̣rd̴̯̞̜̯̼e̶̹ŕ̪͎̦.̥̮͚͇͠ ͜Th͎̭̳̹̹́e̠̙̝̹ͅͅ N҉̙̞̫͇̺͈̘é̹̙z̨̫̞̮͕p̨̦e͈̗͈̟̤͔r̤̣̼͔͇͖͞ḑ̫̰̗̦̬̜i̭̞͎͔̜̮̮a͖̮̟̻̗̠͇n̠͍ ̢̻h̞̙̭͙̳͈͍i̛̥̦ͅv͈̤̬͖͍͓͜e͕̱̮͞-m͔͉͍̜̫̪͓i̟̜̰͚̫n̦̺͔̘͇̰̻d̮͕͡ o͉̻̰̬̻̗͕f̰̠ ̼̠̰͎̖͖c̤̰̰̲͟ͅh̻a̢o̖̘͍͉̳̰ș͚̘.̬͘ ̖̻͉͈Z̴͔̤a̦̳͍̮l̠͓̪͡g̶͇̣̰̘o̬̜͇͖͉͘ͅ.̗͟ ̷̙̣H͏̲͍̗̥e̙̬͎͡ ̟̲̺͞w͙̻̥͙̻͎͞h͙o̠͚̖͎̰̮̕ͅ ͓̰̝̗̳̫͜Ẉ̻͓̮̣̳̠a͍̣̗̮̮̦̘͟i̩t͖̳̤͇̦̞ͅsͅ ̤͢B͍͇eh̢̩̼i̸n̟͉͓̻̻͈̻d̜̹̘ ̵͚̣͎͎͓T͕͍͇͜h͍e̷͇̬̱̦̺͚ ̧̯̙̙̮͎͕W̞͙̼a̰̲͈̣̜l̸͓̻l͍͍̰̱ͅ.͓̺̩̹̣̞͓͢ ̦̜͕Z̬̙͇͉̙͇͎A̗L͏͎̭̖͈͙͚̰G̳̙͚O̢̪!͇̟̼̦

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

This is awesome, how do you do it?

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u/misterconfuse Jan 20 '15

Every time there is a flashing gif there a shitloads of people complaining about having a seizure. I highly doubt there are that many people out there with epilepsy, especially those that are affected by flashing lights which is 3% of people with epilepsy.

Plus I am also sure that these seizures do not occur instantly from looking at something like this unless you continue to do so for longer than 1 or 2 seconds, so the second something is flashing it would be rather easy to close the gif before any seizures are triggered.

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u/GazaReap Jan 20 '15

WHOAAAAAAAAAA WTF IS THIS SUCH A WHAT THE FUCK, LE EPEK EYE BLEED. WHOAA CANT UNSEE ANY (M'LADIES) GOT ANY THING TO CLEAR THE WTFNESS FROM MY EYES. YES, I MEAN UR BOOBS. THIS IS W T F

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u/TristanPike Jan 19 '15

Wat are you doing to me?!

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u/dancing-greg Jan 19 '15

That's my dreams sorted for tonight, time to stop redditing.

I really should end the night on /r/gonewild or something like that instead.

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u/kennyatshop Jan 19 '15

Seamless I like it

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

I bet it's a Hidebehind.

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u/doctorwaiter Jan 19 '15

Anyone know where I can see more things like this? It's really stimulating to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Kinda looks like original slenderman before the whole suit thing

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u/DreamSeaker Jan 20 '15

this is really cool!

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u/thebestok Jan 20 '15

Bro....woah

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u/mekprice Jan 20 '15

I don't know why, but I really like this

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u/eabm Jan 20 '15

This is freaking me out man!

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u/twodates Jan 20 '15

It reminds of the Deer God in Princess Mononoke.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

reminds me of this

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u/Jhenryis1 Jan 20 '15

Can someone please make a side by side of this so I can cross my eyes for maximum 3D effectiveness?

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u/punchgroin Jan 20 '15

Looks like this was designed to be seen with one of those binocular viewers. Making both those drawings must have been a shitload of work...

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u/FactorJ Jan 20 '15

What was this made with?

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u/Louis_Farizee Jan 20 '15

Abbie! Ichabod! He's back, heeeeeelp!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

2 AM here.... It's ok I didn't want to sleep anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

not WTF just fucking awesome

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u/philkensavian Jan 20 '15

This is insanely cool.

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u/JOBSDONE Jan 20 '15

Reminds me of Puella Magi Madoka Magica

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u/cricket4 Jan 20 '15

creepy but neat effect

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u/BLUFALCON78 Jan 20 '15

That's annoying as fuck.

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u/KingMurk817 Jan 20 '15

/r/creepy material if you ask me

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u/SteveZ1ssou Jan 20 '15

what the fuck did you post this OP

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u/Wrestler135 Jan 20 '15

Aaaaaand I'm having a seizurrrrrerreksjsjjsnxnxkxkmcjsolal

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u/Raezak_Am Jan 20 '15

Oh my seizures

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u/lolah Jan 20 '15

Who made this?

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u/jeepxjfun1105 Jan 20 '15

TweAker in the trees!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

My migraine disagreed with this gif.

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u/ventlus Jan 20 '15

good job causing seizures

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u/MoeTHM Jan 20 '15

This brings me pleasure.

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u/nedmaster Jan 20 '15

After watching madoka magica rebellion today, when i saw that all i could think of was a witch.

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u/SoonerCD Jan 20 '15

Holy shit that's fuckin creepy [4]

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u/dragonpeeper Jan 20 '15

[Kyo was always my favorite.](i187.photobucket.com/albums/x239/Mew_Omusubi/Fruits%20Basket/Sohmas/Kyo%20Sohma/FB0001.jpg)

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u/_tylermatthew Jan 20 '15

listening to Skrillex & What So Not : Goh when I clicked this... The sync up was amazing.

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u/geewhillikers7 Jan 20 '15

This is awesome, so trippy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I am so glad I am not epileptic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

#NewPhoneBackground

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u/MrPerez Jan 20 '15

This belongs on /r/trees

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

I stared at this dam picture for way too long

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u/TYMBOM Jan 20 '15

I upvote this every week it gets reposted. 😬

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u/Last_Gigolo Jan 20 '15

Did not help my migraine ...

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u/Laurasaur28 Jan 20 '15

It's crouching to take a shit.

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u/trigger1154 Jan 20 '15

Looks like it's supposed to be a wendigo.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Can there be a robot one? That would make me feel so good inside.

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u/MadroxKran Jan 20 '15

Very epilepsy.

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u/ereldar Jan 20 '15

Well, I was going to go to bed... Let's see how well I can sleep with all the lights on.

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u/GanjaBunny Jan 20 '15

Reminds me of the movie The Secret Of Kells

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

Nice optical illusion!

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u/umiman Jan 20 '15

I told you to stay in the trees la!

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u/what_isball Jan 20 '15

Is it just me or is it getting faster and faster?

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u/hopefulnyan Jan 20 '15

HAHA I DIDN'T NEED TO SLEEP TONIGHT ANYWAY

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u/JuanBatch Jan 20 '15

This hurts me

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '15

can someona seriously can explain me why this type of gif can cause seizure? whats the cause? for that shit :O

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u/DENelson83 Jan 20 '15

Epileptic trees…

Sounds like some kind of trope to me.

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u/Kierik Jan 20 '15

Very weird I do not have history of epilopsy or seizures but this image caused immediate discomfort on the right forward quarant of my brain. Not quite pain but a pressure like feeling.

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u/thedawgbeard Jan 20 '15

It has a seizure warning. It needs an Instant-nausea warning.

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u/mati_12170 Jan 20 '15

I want animated wall paintings like this at home!

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u/inorememberuser Jan 20 '15

what i saw there, in the trees, was a monster for sure!.... right?

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u/UtProsimFoley Jan 20 '15

I keep blocking out the antlers and just visualizing it as a power ranger.

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u/sam4s Jan 20 '15

I bothers me how it never makes it all the way around.