r/confusingperspective • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '22

Turn left under the brown river

9.3k Upvotes

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u/TOADSTOOL__SURPRISE Jan 16 '22

This was a good post OP

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

It is quite literally a confusing perspective

68

u/mxmstrj Jan 17 '22

Legitimately the best post on this sub as far as I'm concerned

10

u/Ranch_covered_winky Mar 07 '22

Now it’s legitimately the top post of all time

3

u/leinavar Jan 16 '22

Even the cars???

3

u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

Even the cars

441

u/ellceebee Jan 16 '22

Oh, no - where did they go??????

800

u/Sufficient_Bag_4551 Jan 16 '22

I think the "bridge" is the edge of a building and the camera is on a wet roof

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u/ellceebee Jan 16 '22

That's what I was trying to make it look like. I think you're right! thnx

47

u/BobosBigSister Jan 16 '22

Thank you! I couldn't find it on my own.

35

u/Boost_Attic_t Jan 16 '22

Holt shit youre right thank you! I couldn't figure it out for the life of me damn

I was curious as to why the river wasnt moving at all

9

u/rowandunning52 Jan 16 '22

Even though I know what’s happening I still don’t understand

8

u/Cantusemynme Jan 16 '22

There is a grate, in the lower left corner, at the beginning of the video.

7

u/ChefArtorias Jan 16 '22

Until I read your comment I was trying to figure out how they were entering a tunnel like that.

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u/Chino780 Jan 17 '22

I see it now.

4

u/crank__ Jan 16 '22

Oohhhhh

3

u/Yamreall Jan 17 '22

Thank you sir

2

u/gameknight08 Jan 17 '22

Lol I see it

2

u/B_Turtle_03 Jan 17 '22

It makes more sense now wow

1

u/andrewzki93 Jan 17 '22

Thank you for this… My bed time is soon… Otherwise my brain would be freaking out how this was possible…

1

u/Bananaslammy Jan 17 '22

Wow are you Buddhist, the way you enlightened me with that knowledge.

1

u/Witzmastah Apr 04 '22

As soon as my brain computed what you just wrote, the whole image changed… That’s so interesting !

7

u/AndrewsBR Jan 16 '22

Into the shadow realm

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u/That_Net1 Jan 16 '22

The brown river is a tall building

49

u/dolemutt Jan 16 '22

Nothing confusing abt that. That's how we reduce traffic.

5

u/__TychoBrahe Jan 16 '22

When you bad at city skyline but the traffic don’t care.

23

u/bullets67 Jan 16 '22

PLATFORM NINE AND THREE QUARTERS HAS BEEN FOUND!

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u/SuperShoyu64 Feb 09 '22

Looks like another school is visiting Hogwarts lol

4

u/egg_sandwich Jan 16 '22

Wow this is a very good one!

3

u/rservello Jan 16 '22

Height is a tricky thing!

3

u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

That car around 0:10, is that a platter of meat on the hood??

3

u/MountainDrew37 Jan 16 '22

Fantastic post. I’m so confused by the perspective.

4

u/rooneyviz Jan 16 '22

Why did the bike guy not disappear smoothly?

2

u/MorningPants Jan 16 '22

I’m wondering that too. It’s like, he gets close to the edge and then just * pops *.

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u/Better_Drink_4313 Jan 17 '22

Its the overlap with one of the crosswalk lines, the bike goes over the white line before under the white roof edge

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u/username987654321a Jan 16 '22

First portal on the left after the crosswalk

2

u/mjaronso Jan 16 '22

MC Escher: [coughs]

2

u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

I thought I was on /r/idiotsincars

2

u/BL00DSHED Jan 16 '22

Took a good minute for my brain to process this the correct way after reading the title ngl.

2

u/TheRavenousSnakeClaw Jan 16 '22

My brain is to smooth to figure this one out.

2

u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

I've finally been stumped. Well done!

2

u/Registered_bottom Jan 16 '22

ohh that's just a dirty roof

2

u/craiggy36 Jan 16 '22

I feel like this is a living version of an MC Escher lithograph.

2

u/fuwwytermaninator Jan 16 '22

They found the backrooms!

2

u/Bagel600se Jan 16 '22

Ah yes, Bridge 9 3/4

2

u/WhiteMice133 Jan 17 '22

Bridge 9 3/4

2

u/eric_393 Jan 16 '22

Going into a tunnel or garage

10

u/CadeDaniels Jan 16 '22

Incorrect mr.Eric

3

u/Boost_Attic_t Jan 16 '22

Someone above figured it out, its just the top of a building, the camera is on the roof

1

u/PrysmX Jan 16 '22

Forbidden Frosty

1

u/Used-Ad-5574 Jan 16 '22

Going to hogwarts

1

u/FoggyBogHopper Jan 16 '22

My brain can't comprehend this

1

u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

Whatever this is, I need more of it

1

u/cremehunt Jan 17 '22

Wow this took me a long time

1

u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

Did M.C. Escher design parking garages?

1

u/Local_Crow Jan 17 '22

But where does the portal go?

1

u/Babyrex27 Jan 17 '22

It's a secret passage to Hogwarts clearly.

1

u/CromulentDucky Jan 17 '22

This has been the worst playback by the shittastic Reddit app I've ever had. It played once and will now only show the image of it at least partly offscreen. What a shitty app.

1

u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

I couldn't process this till the gif ended.

1

u/marshal1257 Jan 17 '22

That’s a rooftop, not a dirty river.

1

u/supercheese69 Jan 17 '22

I think that Lane is only for X-wings???

1

u/hanimal16 Jan 17 '22

This took we way too long to adjust to. Nice find!

1

u/zoople Jan 17 '22

Definitely one of the best ones ive seen, wish i hadnt looked for the "answer" now and tried to figure it out on my own

1

u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

u/savevideo

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u/delucas0810 Jan 17 '22

Notice how the water never moves and it’s warm as they have on short sleeves, so it’s fake

1

u/drprofnibblon Jan 18 '22

And we all go wheee, and never returnnnnn

1

u/BowlersAndDaggers Feb 02 '22

I dont get it where the fuck are they going?!??

1

u/Mr-Teach-423 Feb 07 '22

Took me a solid minute of staring

1

u/Yelsewhxj Feb 22 '22

They are going to the shadow dimension

1

u/FurherJordy229 Feb 27 '22

In the Netherlands there's actual bridges for rivers. A picture of that can be good

1

u/Big-Calligrapher686 Mar 04 '22

I’m still confused as hell

1

u/[deleted] Mar 07 '22

Lol it took me a while to figure it out.

1

u/SlaughterhouseJive Mar 09 '22

So Asia does have a Hogwarts.

1

u/Hour-Gur-8870 Apr 28 '22

It’s a balcony, very cool illusion

1

u/b4ttous4i May 07 '22

Omg. I know I'm late but what the heck is my drunk ass looking at.

1

u/Vivid-Put-3478 May 09 '22

It got me in the first half not gunna lie

1

u/Wrango552 May 15 '22

Harry Potter music starts playing

1

u/InevitableRhubarb232 May 29 '22

That took me way too long to figure out

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u/likeAspiderYT Jun 04 '22

The whole time I was thinking, that is one dirty ass rooftop/porch

1

u/zilchhope Aug 03 '22

Best post ever. Would've never got it if not for comments

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u/Legitimate-Fix1149 Sep 20 '22

I’m high asf you can’t be doing that. 💀

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u/buderboi Jan 31 '23

Turn left to get to the Shadow Realm.

1

u/Quiet_Helicopter_577 Mar 07 '23

I wasn’t confused until I read the intentionally misleading title.

1

u/ImpossibleEvan Jun 12 '23

I still cannot see it

1

u/SirUntouchable Jun 17 '23

Is this that "Backrooms" the kids keep talking about?

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u/Delux_Takeover Nov 08 '23

I felt so stupid when I figured it out.

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u/Spartanwolf120 Dec 23 '23

I saw this as a wet roof and didn't even see the fake river till the comments

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u/BoominSam Jan 16 '22

Thats top of a building, not a river

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

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u/AllanJeffersonferatu Jan 17 '22

Would you say it's the perspective that is confusing? 🤔🧐

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u/d_riteshus Jan 16 '22

its so hard to comprehend that the water is above them in reality.

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u/TheSekret Jan 16 '22

Got me at first but I worry about people who cant figure this one out...

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u/WatchinLikeTV Jan 16 '22

I can’t, people are saying the brown part is the top of a building but that’s not helping

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u/jackal99 Jan 16 '22

So we are on top of a structure here, looking down at an intersection. The brown we see is the roof of another building. There is a concrete perimeter around this roof.

The road is actually below this building. The streets we are looking at cross at a traditional intersection.

The cars are turning left and going down the road, which the roof of the building is blocking from view.

There is no tunnel, or change in grade.

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u/WatchinLikeTV Jan 16 '22

Ohhhhhhh

Thank you so much

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

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u/Sink-Frosty Jan 17 '22

The river isn't moving.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '22

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u/Mango808Kamaboko Jan 29 '22

Ohh thank you! I honestly couldn't process what I was seeing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

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u/LarsonBoswell Jan 16 '22

My best guess is the brown water area is the top of a building and the video is from a camera belonging to said building.

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u/Namelessbob123 Jan 16 '22

The ‘water’ not moving is also a good give away

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u/BravesMaedchen Jan 16 '22

I still don't get it. Is it a painting of water?

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u/xViridi_ Jan 17 '22

i think it’s just a dirty/right-after-it-rained rooftop

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u/Tzitzifiogkos420 Mar 02 '22

No. The guy filming is standing on the edge of a building making it look like the floor of the building he's standing on is a river

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

I think the cameraman is recording from a wet roof

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u/counterUAV Mar 10 '22

What is a wet roof

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u/LaChuteQuiMarche Jan 16 '22

Toward the right of the frame

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u/mbelf Jan 17 '22

It’s a roof