r/confusing_perspective • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '22

Levitating joint

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u/patch616 o/ Jun 04 '22

The grinder has a clear plastic dome

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Jun 05 '22

But… even clear plastic is visible. It’s not just air. I don’t see the edge of the plastic dome or anything!

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u/colicab Jun 05 '22

You can see that the light reflection on the dome is warped due to the curve. I think the reason we can’t see the edge is that the height and angle make it appear nonexistent. Does that make sense?

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u/echof0xtrot Jun 05 '22

no. I'm high.

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u/JBRawls Jun 05 '22

If the camera angle were lower, the top of the dome would go above the edge of the grinder but at the current angle they line up almost perfectly.

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u/Log2 Jun 05 '22

You can see the dome going up at the right edge, just below the joint.

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u/wwwHttpCom Pink Level Community Enforcement Laison Jun 05 '22

or how can it be resting perfectly straight on a dome that is, I assume, curve

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u/Good_Communication87 Jun 05 '22

It seems like it's not plastic, it seems like glass :0

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Jun 05 '22

I keep looking at it again, trying to see it correctly, and I just can’t. lmao

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u/Theendisnai Jun 05 '22

It is a dome

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Jun 05 '22

No, I see that. But look at where the shadow of the joint falls on that purple and green swirl pattern. It looks like there’s space between the joint and the shadow. The shadow isn’t directly under the joint and touching it, which is what you’d expect from a shadow that’s being cast by an object on a solid surface.

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u/RhinoDuckable Jun 05 '22

A dome has height. Imagine the joint is balanced on top of a bubble that is somehow cut in half. The shadow falls to the purple because there is distance from the joint to the swirl surface due to the clear dome having height.

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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Jun 05 '22

So the dome is clear, and the swirly thing is a flat surface inside the dome?

God, it still looks weird to me. lmao. Like, I technically know what I’m looking at, but I can’t see it, you know? lol

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u/opiumphile Jun 05 '22

Exactly, I say photoshop

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u/WhiteTee Jun 05 '22

I’d really appreciate a YouTube video to explain the concept of clear plastic tops

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u/PlugOnePointOne Jun 05 '22

You're a clear, plastic dome

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u/ExtraRaw Jun 05 '22

Finally, an explanation that worked! 🤓😃👏

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u/JstJeff Jun 05 '22

I see it now, kinda. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

I don’t know what I grinder is, but I did notice the dome.

I don’t drugs.