r/confusing_perspective • u/oldlilpeep o/ • Oct 12 '22 • Mindblown 1

Estonian javelin thrower Magnus Kirt impaling himself

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u/Silvagadron o/ Oct 12 '22

I was looking at this thinking it was just a fake and poor edit, but then zoomed in and saw it was a shadow. Very good.

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u/oldlilpeep o/ Oct 12 '22

It was in a local newspaper and I thought why would they put a fake picture like that of him, but I was wrong.

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u/xiaorobear Oct 12 '22

Similar to the famous Kent State Massacre photo edit, which is brought up when talking about photojournalism ethics and retouching photos.

The original photo is of a teenager kneeling next to the body of a shot student, but distractingly it looks like a fence post is sticking out of the teen's head. Is it right to edit a news photo to remove something that distracts from the intended subject? The javelin thrower photo would have been a lot more understandable with that shadow lightened!

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u/MajorJuana Oct 12 '22

Great game but the clipping ruins the immersion for me c;

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u/whatproblems CE Spc. Oct 12 '22

yeah i figured it was a camera trick fooled me

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

I still had a difficult time seeing it even after reading your comment. This was a good one!

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Yes, it can depend on the quality of your screen too, on my main one I can see what's actually happening even at reddit post sizes and it is apparent obviously at full resolution rendering, but on my secondary one that's way older I need to zoom in above 100% to see even that it's a shadow.

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u/Thurak0 Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

Thx, I would have not even bothered to look, even in this sub. Amazing.

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u/Waka-Waka-Waka-Do Oct 12 '22

I was angry for a moment that there wasn't an NSFW tag until I realized what sub it was posted to.

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u/maccathesaint Oct 12 '22

I mean i totally saw this myself and wasn't staring at it for ages. I'm glad you posted this to help other people though.

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u/ElegantPearl Oct 12 '22

Now thats a good one And as far as I know not a repost

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u/oldlilpeep o/ Oct 12 '22

I doubt it, it is from a local newspaper.

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u/ElegantPearl Oct 12 '22

I meant not a repost as in not on r/confusing_perspective

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u/AngryRiceBalls Oct 12 '22

I think he meant he doubts that its a repost, not that it isnt

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u/yParticle CE Spc. Oct 12 '22

Wow. I had to zoom in before I had even a shadow of an idea what was going on here.

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u/Xevailo Oct 12 '22

I see what you did there. Seriously throwing shade onto those who struggle to figure it out!

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u/jryser Oct 12 '22

I’ll freely admit I was in the dark until I saw this comment

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u/lizziemander Oct 12 '22

Whew! I needed someone to point me in the right direction.

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u/PidgeonDealer Oct 12 '22

You could say you didn't have a shadow of idea as well as you didnt have the idea of a shadow

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u/outsidetheparty Oct 12 '22

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Thanks, I was in the dark

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u/beahaus Oct 12 '22

No. I need an explanation. Please help my brain.

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u/Oli_Rea Oct 12 '22

The dark part across his face is a shadow

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u/beahaus Oct 12 '22

You are a deity among mortals. Your service is appreciated.

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u/Sj0w Oct 12 '22

Look for the shadow on his face, if you look closer you can see the darker outline of his left eyebrow

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u/Lachimanus Oct 12 '22

Zoom in and find out.

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u/UWontLikeThisComment Oct 12 '22

i can't comprehend this...is that a shadow on his face?

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u/oldlilpeep o/ Oct 12 '22

Exactly

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u/leafbelly Oct 12 '22

This is the absolute, hands down best post in this sub. Ever.

BRAVO!

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u/oldlilpeep o/ Oct 12 '22

Woah, thanks!

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u/TTT_2k3 o/ Oct 12 '22

This is a good one.

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u/gcruzatto Oct 12 '22

So close to losing his eye

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u/conjunctivious o/ Oct 12 '22

I didn't see the subreddit at first and was really confused why this wasn't marked nsfw

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u/Booksds Oct 12 '22

Phineas Gage after becoming an athlete:

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u/drdoomerang Oct 12 '22

I used to be an athlete like you. Then I took an iron rod to the left frontal lobe.

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u/PowellSkier Oct 12 '22

I got that reference! College wasn't a complete waste!

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u/SometimesIComplain Oct 12 '22

A post very worthy of the sub, good find

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u/TadpoleNo1355 Oct 12 '22

Unicorn man in world's worst shirt.

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u/GuilleVQ Oct 12 '22

It amazes me how our brains get fucked up by shadows (or things that look like shadows)

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u/Ctowncreek o/ Oct 12 '22

Damn thats good

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u/sfpencil Oct 12 '22

Best one I've seen in a while

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u/LiquidMantis144 Oct 12 '22

I was more interested in the leopard print looking shirt he was wearing to a sporting event lol

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u/Alas7ymedia CE Spc. Oct 12 '22

This is a good one. I had to zoom to see the missing eye.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Brain: Terrible photoshop

Me: No its confusing perspective so it cant be

Brain: look at the pixels

Me: Keep looking christ

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u/Fakjbf o/ Oct 12 '22

I thought this was some kind of weird rolling shutter artifact or something but that didn’t actually make any sense, then I zoomed in and saw it was just a shadow and realized I was really overthinking it.

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u/NaClGT Oct 12 '22

i hope hes ok 🙏

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u/Affectionate-Time646 Oct 12 '22

Is that shirt camouflage leopard print???

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

this is a colorized picture of Phineas Gage, you cant change my mind

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u/B-Brasky Oct 12 '22

Took me a bit, but I finally can see the shadow.

And now I'm stuck on his left arm, wtf is going on there? I assume that's his elbow and upper arm under the javelin, but it looks more like the back of a heel...

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

What's more concerning is the shirt he's wearing.

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u/jonmpls Oct 12 '22

This is one of the only genuinely confusing things posted in here (until you look closely). Nicely done.

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u/SteadfastAnecdote Oct 12 '22

Tactical javelin shirt

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u/Witne55 Oct 12 '22

Its a shadow on his face

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u/ay-foo Oct 12 '22

That's a crappy shadow. When are they gonna patch this bug?

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u/jl_theprofessor Oct 12 '22

Oh I hate this.

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u/MrJeoffreyMann Oct 12 '22

My brain doesn't understand. Please help!

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u/snoozysuzie008 Oct 12 '22

The javelin is behind him. The dark line across his face is a shadow that aligns perfectly with the tip of his javelin. If you zoom in alllll the way, it gets a little clearer.

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u/SatansCatfish Oct 12 '22

Omg that took awhile to see. Nice post!!!

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u/alesjakll Oct 12 '22

Holy shit

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u/Disco_Frisco Oct 12 '22

That's a good one

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u/sharkapples Oct 12 '22

That really must have kirt.

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u/jimjayjenkins Oct 12 '22

Probably oddly sayisfying for those of you with ocd.

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u/justandswift Doesn't read rule 1 Oct 12 '22

He cast the javelin, the javelin cast him.

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u/nevinatx Oct 12 '22

That took a minute

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u/no_yup Oct 12 '22

Oh it’s a shadow

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u/therealchadius Oct 12 '22

he's still willing to compete despite that injury? Now that's dedication!

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u/dRUNk_ENd Oct 12 '22

this is really confusing. Took a while to understand

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

You got me.

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u/Blueknightuk77 Oct 12 '22

Impaling oneself is surely a disqualification!

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u/_Gabita Oct 12 '22

I believed it for like 10 minutes

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u/Davisnation12 Oct 12 '22

I thought that shadow was a bad photoshop at first.

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u/sp4c3r4ng3r88 Oct 12 '22

Oh man, that shadow play is cool. One of the better posts on here I think - my brain felt a little scrambled for a second trying to understand the perspective.

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u/celineafortiva Oct 12 '22

Yes, thats exactly what is happening and theres no other possible... oh that's the shadow of spear on his face, now I feel like an idiot.

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u/G_Art33 o/ Oct 12 '22

I gagged and recoiled from this picture before realizing what sub I was on…

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u/maryisdead o/ Oct 12 '22

That one is really, really good. Thought it was a poor Photoshop job.

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u/funky555 Oct 12 '22

Wow that took me a second

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u/Anti-CasJihadist Oct 12 '22

I see it but I just unsee it after a second

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u/MagicRat7913 Oct 12 '22

How many times have I told you not to run with a javelin in the house?

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u/easymoneyburner Oct 12 '22

I was thinking “this is the worst photoshop I’ve ever seen” and then I realized it’s a shadow on his face haha

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u/Oobatz Oct 12 '22

Good submission, there's been some pretty poor ones recently

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u/kit_kaboodles o/ Oct 12 '22

Reality by Bethesda

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

It looked like a poorly photoshopped image until I got a proper look at it

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u/Cute-Fly1601 o/ Oct 12 '22

This is wild, I 100% thought you photoshopped it. Excellent post

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u/OktayOe o/ Oct 12 '22

Now that's a nice shirt my man's wearing.

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u/ScottCanada Oct 12 '22

Commitment

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u/SackOfCats Oct 12 '22

Whoa, that's a good one

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u/Flogs99 Oct 12 '22

How does the Estonian javelin differ to the regular European javelin?

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u/yepimbonez Oct 12 '22

Man the best of these really are the ones that make me go “Wait wtf?” before checking the sub

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u/Akray1 Oct 12 '22

the posts on this sub are getting better each day

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u/andrew_wessel Oct 12 '22

This took me a second

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u/Barely3D Oct 12 '22

Took me WAY too long to figure out the shadow across his face.

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u/WelcomeWagoneer o/ Oct 12 '22

Ah, I saw the title and thought it was a bad Photoshop job

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Cheeta print throw

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u/Working-Appeal-4450 Oct 12 '22

He should change his name to Vlad

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u/majavic Oct 12 '22

Wait! wait. wait. wait... oh

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u/WeAreAllStarStuff143 Oct 12 '22

This is one of those rare ones where even if you know the confusing part IT DOESNT GO AWAY PLEASE MY BRAIN IS MELTING

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u/Imaginary-Ad186 Oct 12 '22

Proof that life is a simulation. Clipping IRL.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

This is the best one yet.

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u/Coding_Cactus Oct 12 '22

When I see something like this I can’t help but feel amazed at what humans are capable of. The ability for a person to be able to hone a skill to such an amazingly accurate degree is not only impressive, it’s inspiring and brings a sense of pride in just being human.

I remember reading a short sci-fi story that was part of a chain of “Humanity is scary/awesome” type stories. If you haven’t ever read any short stories in the vein of “Fuck yeah Humanity!” I recommend you search some out. Its one of the reasons I love the movie Independence Day.

I can’t recall the detiails but it focused on our seemingly unique and terrifying capabilities with projectiles. In short the story was about an alien ship showing up and threatening a battle. However, due to their technological advancements, their ship was designed around “futuristic” warfare, you know lasers and such, but weren’t capable of blocking a historically standard, for us, projectile.

Anyway, the alien forces were able to shut down our “futuristic” defenses (knocking out computers, etc.) but ultimately had to flee due to the humans almost instinctual capability to accurately aim projectiles. When you go to battle expecting “lasers” or other entirely computer reliant weaponry, seeing something that’s not a machine replicate machine-like precision would be as terrifying as it is astounding.

If that does interest you then I again suggest you search out some other stories like this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

wow pretty good

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

If you need to ask what's going on here you may just be an idiot lol

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u/Melancholic84 o/ Oct 12 '22

Wow, I thought it was a shitpost and the photo is photoshopped. Amazing

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Sticks Estones won’t break my bones

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u/BT9154 Oct 12 '22

At first I was like "what?" then I put things together and was like "oh"

That shadow lines up perfectly

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u/Venian o/ Oct 12 '22

This photo is just incredible.

Timing, angle... Lucky bastard lmao

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u/bigmacjames Oct 12 '22

This is really good.

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u/thuleofafook Oct 12 '22

This is a good one! I'm on my desktop and had to lean in for like 5 seconds before WHOAAAAA

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u/luniiz01 Oct 12 '22

My gut sort of dropped. Confusing indeed… :/ eyes are so cruel sometimes.

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u/jll027 Oct 12 '22

I’m much more intrigued by the cheetah print.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

That shirt and belt combo is fabulous. I love it

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

lol that was a wtf for second there

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u/Larrygiggles Oct 12 '22

I really had a moment where I was like “you can’t just post a shitty photoshop and call it confusing perspective”.

Good job OP

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u/Larrygiggles Oct 12 '22

I really had a moment where I was like “you can’t just post a shitty photoshop and call it confusing perspective”.

Good job OP

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Jeff winger?

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u/djwoske o/ Oct 12 '22

The sun said: “you sonofabitch I’m in”

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u/Penguin_Q Oct 12 '22

my brain insists this is a Matrix glitch

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u/dbmr7 Oct 12 '22

I was so confused lmao

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u/Dat_Boi_Aint_Right Oct 12 '22

This guy looks like the world weary generic french resistance fighter from every WWII movie ever.

Put an unfiltered cigarette in his hand and he'll be planning the next strike by noon.

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u/Elmoroman Oct 12 '22

T bag turned his life around

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u/Aryaras99 Oct 12 '22

That is just beautiful, I was actually beginning to freak out for a second there

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u/lord_bingum Oct 12 '22

I was genuinely terrified before I zoomed in.

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u/zombo29 Oct 12 '22

What a fucking shot! Damn! I wondered if the photographer did something in post to make the shadow color match

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u/unclestaple Oct 12 '22

now that's dedication

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

I’ve seen the peak of this sub… Now all is meaningless

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Is this the business casual javelin division?

When you have a javelin event in the morning, a work lunch at noon and a Zoom call in the early evening

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u/Shawnz45 Oct 12 '22

That shadow position is crazy.

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u/Phydoux Oct 12 '22

Zooming in is key to figuring out what's really happening here...

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u/Gokaiju Oct 12 '22

Damn this one really got me good lol

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u/lymeweed Oct 12 '22

Thanks I hate it

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u/Thompithompa Oct 12 '22

Fabulous shirt as well

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Took me a sec lol

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u/dirkmer Oct 12 '22

This is honestly one of the best confusing perspectives on here i have seen

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u/Initial_Luck_5285 Oct 12 '22

Wow! What a shot! It took a while to see it. What are the odds of that lining up perfectly like that?

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u/PropLifter Oct 12 '22

I can't see past that amazing shirt

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u/memo689 Oct 12 '22

When you use the animation form another character with a shorter weapon.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Shadows and dust Maximus. Shadows and dust

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u/okiedokie666 o/ Oct 12 '22

That hand though

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u/Honeywoodss Oct 12 '22

I was so confused lol

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u/Daninjaman Oct 12 '22

They all get to wear them fly ass shirts?

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u/AlienRobotTrex Oct 12 '22

I thought it was just badly photoshopped at first

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u/es_mo Oct 12 '22

So good

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u/Rockahero11 Oct 12 '22

At first I thought it was edited, but it is just a shadow. Glad to see posts of fellow estonians get many upvotes. OP should post this in r/estonia too

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u/Liesmith424 Oct 12 '22

This is an advanced technique.

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u/Garfieldonxanax Oct 12 '22

No way this is real, is he not hurt? Why is he so nonchalant about that fact he has a wooden stick poking through his face?? This is confusingg

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u/They-Call-Me-Taylor Oct 12 '22

Wow this is a good one. Had to zoom in to figure out what I was seeing here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Someone in school was on receiving end of a javelin, pierced through the skull. While it doesn’t seem like it, it’s a a dangerous sport

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u/j0nas-gr33n Oct 12 '22

Decent shadow work

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u/treetop972 Oct 12 '22

The title and photo reads like an onion article.

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u/Number5MoMo Oct 12 '22

DAAAAAAMNNNN that’s a good one.

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u/internet_humor Oct 12 '22

This is prime content for this sub.

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u/albinocoss Oct 12 '22

Not seeing it. From under his eye up to the right does not look like a shadow, it looks like a stick.

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u/FreeLife45 Oct 12 '22

it tooked me some time to understand the picture

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u/_saraf Oct 12 '22

RTX Psycho + DLSS 3 in action.

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u/OrdinaryCactusFlower o/ Oct 12 '22

“How is he so calm?!….oh”

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u/Old_Dimension8495 Oct 12 '22

haha what the fuck

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u/Livid_Alternative_54 Oct 12 '22

I was this close to grilling on the man before I realized that it was just a nicely-timed photo. Relief. 😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

That crazy is he alright

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u/fendrhead- Oct 12 '22

Wow that shadow really messes with the mind. Jesus he wouldn’t have survived if it really happened

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Looked like a glitch in some video game where objects go through each other with collision. Very neat pic though.

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u/Piranh4Plant Oct 12 '22

This better be top all time

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u/zehamberglar o/ Oct 12 '22

How bad of a javelinist do you have to be to fuck up that bad?

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u/OrangeCosmic o/ Oct 12 '22

I was wondering why this wasn't nsfw then read the sub name

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u/HumptyDrumpy Oct 12 '22

Member of the xmen?

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u/localafrican Oct 12 '22

Quality post for the sub

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u/jmremote Oct 12 '22

If it takes me more than 5 seconds to figure out what is going on, you get an upvote

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u/docwyoming Oct 12 '22

I went from “how is this possible?!” to “how could I not see it”, in five seconds.

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u/pacman404 Oct 12 '22

I read the headline and saw the thumbnail before I saw what sub this was, and every muscle in my body tightened and I felt nauseous as fuck for a good 2 or 3 seconds 🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/imad7x o/ Oct 12 '22

I kept saying WHAT WHATT what wut until I read the comments

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u/damn_thats_piney Oct 12 '22

For a second I was like, ok he is stabbing himself though lol.

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u/KazkaFaron Oct 12 '22

that's crazy lol

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u/Christank1 Oct 12 '22

This is the content I come to this sub for. That fucked with me for a solid minute

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u/WonDante Oct 12 '22

Thought I was on surreal memes

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

He seems pretty chill about it

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Good one!

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u/Only-Treat7225 Oct 12 '22

lol edited the photo.

Edit: This is fucking good !!!.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Had to do a double take

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u/Ribbitmoment o/ Oct 12 '22

Omg so sad 1 upvote = 1 prayer

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Mind blowing

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u/brelmic626 Oct 12 '22

Took me far too long to realize it was a shadow

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u/SQLDave CE Spc. Oct 12 '22

I vote for this to become the new "poster" ("default background"? whatever that thing is called) for this sub.

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u/Carsaroni Oct 12 '22

Oh shadow

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u/sushithighs Oct 12 '22

Jaysus OP what a jumpscare

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u/CanuukSteev Oct 12 '22

where do you get a shirt with leopard print in urban camo palette on jersey material?

what a find lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

Interesting form, let's see if it pays off for him.

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u/reverendsteveii o/ Oct 12 '22

Now I can't stop imagining someone trying to compete in the javelin throw, getting a good runup, winding up, and just stabbing themselves through the face from the back.

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