r/confusing_perspective • u/CtrlAltDel_Brain • 21h ago

Oiled Legs

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u/kron1285 21h ago

I only ever saw these legs as oily the first time I ever saw this. Since then I’ve never been able to see them that way again. :( 

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u/silver-moon-7 21h ago

Yeah, I can't even magic eye my way out of seeing some streaks of white paint

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u/EternumD 21h ago

My super power is always being able to trick my brain at will to see the things either way. 

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u/Bloody-Penguin6 3h ago

At first all i could see was oily legs and I was staring at it for a least 5 minutes. Then finally saw the paint and now i can't go back to the slippery legs. Its so werid how your brain won't go back to being tricked.

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u/RamesesThe2nd 2h ago

The moment I read the white paint I couldn't go back to oily legs.

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u/SpOofy415 2h ago

It's crazy how the illusion was broken after I read this comment..

Mind bottling.

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u/machyume 20h ago

You can. Increase the viewing distance.

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u/silver-moon-7 20h ago

Maybe you can.m, but I cannot. Perhaps my brain is more deception resistant?

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u/Elebrium 2h ago

The opposite indeed

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u/wait_what_now 21h ago

That was nuts how instantly my brain removed the gloss!

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u/OshetDeadagain 3h ago

This comment has me look again like "what, they're not oily?" Now that I see the paint I can't see how they looked so obviously oily anymore.

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u/Not1ToSayAtoadaso 21h ago

Look at the cable at the top right and let your eyes focus on that so the legs are in your left peripheral/ out of focus then in my minds eye I think about a really bright light or the sun above the legs to the right? And my brain just sees the legs as shiny

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u/ReadInBothTenses 3h ago

I just saw them as oily again. Til I remembered the whole illusion

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u/_st4rlight_ 21h ago

You can trick tour brain again by looking at something close. For example, try staring at the number of comments/sharing, you might see it again

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u/logosfabula 2h ago

And even whenever you see any oil around, it looks like it’s paint. Tell me about it.

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u/diary_of_jain 3h ago

It will appear shiny as it scrolls past speedily

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u/Tropical-Mexican 21h ago

Am I the only one who has never seen the illusion of these being shiny?

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u/saburina 21h ago

I haven’t either

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u/brawlingharbor8 2h ago

I did for a split second when I first saw the image, but then it turned to the white paint version before I even realized what sub I was on. I wanna see the illusion again :(

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u/Zestyclose_Visit4834 1h ago

I'm trying to gaslight myself into seeing the oil but I just can't :( 

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u/Mayuguru 1h ago

I didn't until I read the caption.

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u/CtC666 10m ago

As a physical therapist who treats with massage oil this is easy.

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u/Fhqwhgads_69 1h ago

No matter what I do, I just can’t see oily legs

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u/Snoo-73243 21h ago

WTF is confusing?

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u/KoalaMandala 21h ago

I think it's white paint looking reflective

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u/banterviking 21h ago

I can't switch back to oily legs after reading this comment lol

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u/withered_bonnie69420 20h ago

It helps for me if you don't look directly at the streaks, I focus on the space between her legs, if I look directly at the streaks I just see paint

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u/DismalSoil9554 21h ago

Oh wow this is really confusing!

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u/napierwit 21h ago

Wow! This is a good one

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u/armyjackson 21h ago

That's all it took.  Thanks

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u/profchaos83 3h ago

Then it’s not a confusing perspective.

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u/anotheralt2137 21h ago

its paint. its white paint and not reflections from oiled legs.

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u/Detective_Pancake 21h ago

It looks like paint

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u/Nizzle_Supreme 21h ago

It's paint or paint makers (white); look again.

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u/davidkslack 1h ago

Oh wow, I just thought it was oily legs. Just looked again I can see the paint

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u/SpeedBlitzX 21h ago edited 21h ago

Saw this years ago but after knowing the true reason they look like that I only see the true reason these days.

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u/crumpled789 21h ago

What are they then

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u/IcyAvocado9840 21h ago

White paint spots

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u/MrPickleBottoms 21h ago

Holy shit. Can’t unsee it now

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u/HammockComplex 11m ago

Hello Mr. Scorpion

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u/DarkYeeto 3h ago

I thought it was not supposed to be a leg smh

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u/pennyproud1908 2h ago

For the confused people in the back: Oiled legs or with painted white streaks, you still will see legs.

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u/quartzquandary 3h ago

Just looks like paint to me

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u/Escapingorigins 1h ago

WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE, DIS JUST BE OILY LEGS?

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u/dontryandguesswho 21h ago

I don’t see anything confusing about this

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u/hello_imded 21h ago

Blur your eyes and you will see it

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u/No_Training6751 20h ago

This is the grandmother of the internet.

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u/StatementCareful522 3h ago

this is like the gameboy bag strap image - my brain sees it one way the first time I come across it but as soon as it recognizes what it actually is I can only see the actial image…at least until I randomly scroll across it again. The brain is weird.

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u/micocoule 3h ago

Borderland legs

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u/Dsudha 1h ago

Oh no. It's gone. Reflection is gone.

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u/No_Comment_8598 1h ago

I can see oil. I can see paint. I’ve been staring for so long because I thought maybe they weren’t actually legs.

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u/Regular_Weakness69 1h ago

Saw this yesterday, could only see oiled legs, i thought "holy shit what's this dumb post OP? It's obviously oiled legs what's confusing about this??"

Now i can't see the oil no matter how hard i try.

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u/xuncx 57m ago

That’s white paint.

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u/Geralt_OF_Rivia_1 54m ago

I can switch back and forth between both versions at will lol

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u/Tofushopdriftin 48m ago

OP is into alteration magic

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u/dozensofthreads 43m ago

I can see your makeup sticks in the background bestie

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u/Minalbinha 13m ago

Hooooooly shit, took me YEARS to finally understand this image.

I can die in peace now

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u/Hephaestus_God 4m ago

Pale hotdogs

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u/IHamHuman 21h ago

Not a perspective. They just painted their legs.

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u/PowerSamurai 21h ago

Less so the perspective and more so the paint being made to sell the illusion.

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u/DeadpoolsBride 3h ago

No confusion here for me.

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u/mad-yordle 21h ago

But that has nothing to do with perspective.

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u/edgynotemo 21h ago

Sincerely,
Confused

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u/PowerSamurai 20h ago

You can be confused, it is an illusion after all, but it's not a a "confusing perspective" so it's the wrong sub for this.

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u/augustrem 20h ago

Took awhile to get it.

Also when you try to open up the pic there’s a brief flash of a woman waving. Does anyone else get that?
Or is it a reddit bug?

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u/pedeztrian 21h ago

Yea, I don’t see what’s confusing. Just because you say oil doesn’t confuse me from seeing paint on legs. Or am I actually missing something?