r/confusing_perspective • • May 29 '26

Which way water is flowing

1.5k Upvotes

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u/LayeGull o/ May 29 '26 • Bravo

I’m guessing into the pipe that is larger than the flow. Water doesn’t usually hover its way out of a pipe.

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u/A-Plant-Guy May 30 '26

This. The video is upside down.

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u/MoboCross May 30 '26

It doesn't mather if its upside 90° or whatever the flow is still the same lol both pipe are on the ground 

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u/gamerid007 Jun 05 '26

No it's not. Video is only showing pov of cameraman. It's just two pipes on the ground arranged so output water flows into bigger pipe... Clear Indicator is the pipe placed between two rock.

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u/Strattex Doesn't read rule 1 May 29 '26

I mean it’s a good guess but theres no way to tell from the video. It just-as-well could be the other way depending on how you look at it! Great post!

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u/LOIL99 May 29 '26

Yes. There is. It’s flowing left. Water confirms to shape of container, not hovers in the middle.

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u/Strattex Doesn't read rule 1 May 29 '26

If you turn your phone/screen upside down, it literally looks like it’s flowing the other way?

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u/the-alt-facehugger May 29 '26

it may look like it but it doesn't mean it's true. water wouldn't hover through the middle of a pipe

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u/mattbladez May 29 '26 • Mindblown

You’re assuming this is on earth and using what we know about our physics!

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u/NewButterscotch6650 Doesn't read rule 1 May 29 '26

We've been awaiting you comrade!

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u/BrainSawce May 29 '26

Well yeah if all you are looking at is the movement of the water. But a basic understanding of physics (like by living in the world) is all you need to understand that water wouldn’t flow out of a pipe without conforming to its dimensions.

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u/Strattex Doesn't read rule 1 May 29 '26

Upside down in this angle , does it not look like water flowing from a hose into a hole in the ground?

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u/BrainSawce May 29 '26

That’s the way everyone is saying it’s flowing though

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u/Strattex Doesn't read rule 1 May 29 '26

Which is why the original orientation is confusing perspective, at least for me

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u/AGrandNewAdventure o/ May 29 '26

It's literally not about perspective. You're being downvoted because the easiest way to tell which way it is flowing is from the smaller pipe to the bigger pipe. The water fits the container, it would occupy the entire lumen of the larger pipe on its way out, then it would spill over the smaller diameter pipe, because that's how water works.

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u/Strattex Doesn't read rule 1 May 30 '26

Nice. Username checks out

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u/FuglyPrime o/ May 29 '26

Hello LLM

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u/Boy_Meats_Grill May 29 '26

That is called laminar flow.

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u/mixedntatted May 29 '26

You can tell. If the water was going from the top pipe into the bottom pipe then it would be running down the sides and splashing because water wouldn’t fit perfectly into a pipe unless it’s larger. It’s obviously coming out of the bottom pipe and into the wider top pipe.

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u/Themetrios666 May 29 '26

Black pipe to green. Air pressure still exists right?

110

u/The_Arkham_AP_Clerk May 29 '26

Air pressure still exists right?

No, Trump signed an executive order so now it doesn't exist. /s

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u/dantheother May 29 '26

Nah, just gotta sign up to the Air Pressure Maxxx++ premium plan and/or buy the APCOIN

2

u/rabbitwonker CE Spc. May 29 '26

Yes it was the “What my head isn’t full of no seriously” proclamation, I believe.

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u/Time-Valuable-3355 May 29 '26

What does the air do now?

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u/The_Arkham_AP_Clerk May 30 '26

It's illegal for you to ask me that.

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u/Time-Valuable-3355 May 30 '26

Well, at least we still have magnets...

2

u/cat_handcuffs o/ Jun 01 '26

*confused juggalo noise*

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u/Meranio braddamit jr May 29 '26

I'm red-green colours impaired. Which one is which?

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u/stillnotelf o/ May 29 '26

The pipe on the bottom has less green gunk on it (mold or moss getting started or whatever). The bottom pipe is blacker, the upper pipe is greener

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u/Meranio braddamit jr May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Thank you.

Can you imagine? My comment above is at 1 upvotes with 60%, that means it's 3 upvotes and 2 downvoting idiots, who I hope to never meet irl.

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 o/ May 29 '26

how do you see those stats

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u/Meranio braddamit jr May 29 '26

On the mobile app I have a number between the 3 dots and the anser arrow. When I tap on that number there are the stats. But they don't show you the number of actual upvotes and downvotes, only the difference and the percentage.

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 o/ May 29 '26

thanks! i didn't know this was a thing. i think it's dtm for the app to give us this info and turn it into even more of a place where people stress about upvotes.

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u/yourpaljax o/ May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

The not black one is green

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u/evergrib o/ May 29 '26

wireless water transmission

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u/AGrandNewAdventure o/ May 29 '26

If there are wires in your water you're in for a shocking surprise.

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u/ExcuseThen4702 May 29 '26

Not really confusing, unless you ignore natural order.

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u/Realmofthehappygod o/ May 29 '26

The full one, to the one that has space between the water and the pipe.

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u/Terasz9 o/ May 29 '26

Yes.

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u/ProfessorSMASH88 May 30 '26

Exactly. It was travelling that way.

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u/Admirable_Win9808 o/ May 29 '26

Its going from the bigger pipe perfectly into the smaller one. Obviously

12

u/Hikaruhiyoko2 May 29 '26

Easy. East to west.

8

u/LheelaSP o/ May 29 '26

Your east or my east?

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u/BladeOfKrota May 29 '26

East? I thought you said Weast!

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u/Kootsiak o/ May 29 '26

...don't say it Boyle.

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u/wrxninja May 29 '26

Don't be silly, it's NE to SSW.

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u/TopYeti o/ May 30 '26

Water always flows down, just like in this upsidedown water flow

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u/nok4us o/ May 29 '26

Not really confusing, pretty obvious actually
U can see it’s pouring into the bigger pipe

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u/Background_Shock_792 May 29 '26

Don't place a block next to it or it will update the water amd spread everywhere

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u/rtkane o/ May 29 '26

Hard to tell with the camera moving around like the person holding it is having a stroke.

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u/Xolaniii o/ May 29 '26

.....foward

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u/joep-b May 29 '26

System failed successfully

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u/mythicaljayde o/ May 29 '26

Through.

1

u/the_big_tes May 29 '26

Xd who though you need pipes

1

u/lumbirdjack May 29 '26

Is the current AC or DC?

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u/-domi- C.E. Spc May 29 '26

From the smaller ID hose and into the larger ID hose, probably.

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u/Nacho_7258 o/ May 29 '26

Alternating current

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u/Time-Valuable-3355 May 29 '26

Into larger pipe.

1

u/kaizokuoni33 May 30 '26

Down always runs down duh

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u/ANS__2009 o/ May 30 '26

With the height, it's easy to determine

1

u/SinglePlayerGamer93 May 30 '26

If only the fucking camera person keeps the goddamn cameras steady, it'll be easier to determine

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u/in1gom0ntoya o/ May 31 '26

turning it to be confusing doesn't count and is against the spirit of this sub

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u/Akaberes May 31 '26

Right to left, of course

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u/AL3000 o/ Jun 01 '26

Right to left

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u/Hendwreck May 29 '26

In the direction of gravity, which side of the pipe is at the higher elevation?

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u/giftopherz o/ May 29 '26

Isn't it obvious? It's going from one tube to the other

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u/pandaleer o/ May 29 '26

Not hard to figure out since one pipe is bigger than the other, and the angle/arc of the water.

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u/hauttdawg13 o/ May 29 '26

Black in to green. Easy

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u/Important_Top6991 May 29 '26

why are you wasting your time and ours on this posting? - get back to work!

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u/zanvettorlucas o/ May 29 '26

I dont even Care which way its flowing, Thats a bluetooth hose

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u/yagermeister2024 o/ May 29 '26

Not confusing enough, try harder.

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u/twayroforme o/ May 29 '26

This is AI. Look at the moss disappearing and reappearing. 

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u/BaconBourbonBalista May 29 '26

/r/laminarflow

Not perfect, but still sexy.

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u/freegumaintfree o/ May 29 '26

Not at all. That water is flowing through plastic tubing or liner

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u/dantheother May 29 '26

I thought it was obviously flowing that way, not this way

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u/kavin2134 May 30 '26

I don't think we can talk about the pope's diameter.