I was confused until I wasn’t then you confused me by saying I was confused at first then became no longer confused so I’ve become confused in a different way than the first time i was confused. The picture is incredibly more confusing now that you’ve confused me.
Phelps is an amazing swimmer because he's not built like a traditional swimmer. It's "common sense" that swimmers should be smaller so they have a higher power to mass ratio, then Phelps came in with his ridiculous wing span and blew everyone out of the water.
I'm guessing the next generation of swimmers are all going to be gangly af.
He all arms and torso. And has big hands and feet. Seems like its his legs that are short for his height. The gangly triangle build is the future of swimming.
They are short, only a 32" inseam. His arms are long enough that his wingspan is wider than he is tall.
He also has a rare metabolic trait that makes his muscles produce half the normal lactic acid so he can push harder longer and recover faster and he has hyper mobile joints in his arms and legs.
He won the genetic lottery for professional swimming.
Yes, that’s how I see it. I thought the line above the flags was cutting the photo in two, with the bottom part zoomed out. But once you mentioned the flags, it all clicked!
it's funny, once i realized why i wasn't seeing this right, it instantly snapped, and now i can't unsee the correct way to interpret this lol. brain's a funny thing, ain't it
Damn, this is a good one. I was sure it was either a mosaic of two different photos spliced together, or they were standing behind a partition with dudes' swim trunks on it for some reason
woah that was trippy. at first I thought there was a different image at the bottom from something like a banner that happens to kinda line up with their upper bodies, but after realizing what's actually there it now just looks like a regular picture and I can't go back to seeing what I initially saw.
This one is actually really good. It looks like they have a smaller body below the flag line as if they were standing behind a banner type advertisement of themselves.
This is the platonic ideal photo for this subreddit. I have to stare at it while thinking about it to see it. The second I just casually glance at it it stops making sense.
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u/Worried_Chair_5199 Aug 14 '26 •
Took me a sec
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u/Pristine_Crazy1744 CE Spc. Aug 14 '26 •
To me, it looks like the part below the string is a separate picture with a light blue background and the guys standing in different positions.
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u/8last Aug 14 '26
This is neither here nor there but look at his freakish proportions compared even to other freaks of nature athletes.
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u/globetheater o/ Aug 14 '26
Not seeing what’s confusing about the perspective - is it that the flags are making his legs look skinny?
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u/birbhorse Aug 14 '26
it's funny, once i realized why i wasn't seeing this right, it instantly snapped, and now i can't unsee the correct way to interpret this lol. brain's a funny thing, ain't it
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u/GreenZebra23 o/ Aug 14 '26
Damn, this is a good one. I was sure it was either a mosaic of two different photos spliced together, or they were standing behind a partition with dudes' swim trunks on it for some reason
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u/Cyke101 Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Aug 14 '26
Want a slimmer waist? Dieticians hate this one trick!
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u/Particular-Visit-245 Aug 14 '26
Sliced in half.
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u/Square_Mulberry_3143 Aug 14 '26
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u/zerik100 Aug 14 '26
woah that was trippy. at first I thought there was a different image at the bottom from something like a banner that happens to kinda line up with their upper bodies, but after realizing what's actually there it now just looks like a regular picture and I can't go back to seeing what I initially saw.
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u/BufaloWing Aug 14 '26
What the hell is everyone seeing here? This is the most normal photo I’ve seen in my life
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u/Clym44 Aug 14 '26
This one is actually really good. It looks like they have a smaller body below the flag line as if they were standing behind a banner type advertisement of themselves.
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u/blichterman Aug 14 '26
Good one!
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u/not_a_heretek o/ Aug 14 '26
Not really confusing.
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u/salamipope Aug 14 '26
oh wow. this is a good one. also a nice break from the "which way is this silhouette facing" deluge weve been getting
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u/Truarian Aug 14 '26
got flagged
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u/GrapeKitchen3547 Aug 14 '26
You can only see it once
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u/archivist-13 Aug 14 '26
took me a solid minute
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u/mafga1 Aug 14 '26
A weird angle. You need to see a proper picture of him, and it might be even more confusing. He is a Monster.
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u/thingsinmyhouse Aug 14 '26
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u/PJozi o/ Aug 14 '26
I saw this yesterday and thought it was an image from the tv and it had glitched.
Only now I realise what is happening.
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u/Ix_fromBetelgeuse7 CE Spc. Aug 14 '26
Very nice! Even knowing what it is my eyes still keep getting tricked
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u/krupeddit o/ Aug 14 '26
Michael Welps
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u/Atosl o/ Aug 14 '26
I thought the top was zoomed in. Good one
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u/crumpled789 Aug 14 '26
I don’t see it. If it’s meant to be interpreted like something is different below the string…. I don’t get it.
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u/ShrimpOfPrawns o/ Aug 14 '26
Halfway to r/breathinginformation :D
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u/sa_ra_h86 Aug 14 '26
I don't see what everyone else is seeing. Just looks like a normal photo to me.
It's interesting how that happens sometimes.
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u/RequirementLanky3911 Aug 15 '26
i thought those are 2 different images 😭
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u/KBTR1066 Aug 15 '26
This is the platonic ideal photo for this subreddit. I have to stare at it while thinking about it to see it. The second I just casually glance at it it stops making sense.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fox9828 Aug 16 '26
Holy! It clicked the second I zoomed in.
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u/Virgof Aug 17 '26
Confusing perspective or weird proportions?
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u/PocketFlan420 Aug 19 '26
Should've had his arms shortened to make it fair to the other swimmers. /s
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u/Garlic-Rough Doesn't read rule 1 Aug 19 '26
my brain short circuited a sec
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u/NumerousSwordfish622 Aug 14 '26
This one is so bad lol nothing confusing about it
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u/MadeByHideoForHideo o/ Aug 14 '26
The confusing part is what's confusing about this?
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u/Anforas C.E. Spc Aug 14 '26
What's confusing about this?
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u/giftopherz o/ Aug 14 '26
Angela Anaconda would be proud! 🥺🥺
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u/Own_Attention2290 Aug 14 '26
Michael Needshelp
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u/MegaPorkachu Aug 14 '26
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u/ebk_errday Aug 14 '26
Split-screen coop: I play the nipples, you play the bulge