I don’t know how to comment when I see this. I want to talk about how this works, but most people know how this works. So I don’t know why its a thing. Its funny though.
This particular version is more about the characters depicted (Denji and Power from Chainsaw Man), who are famous for being endearingly stupid.
The more earnest versions you tend to see on TikTok are mostly posted by, or at least targeted at, actual kids who don't yet understand how vision works. Nobody on Lemmy is under the age of 30.
I would like to hear an actual explanation. I don’t know shit about light physics but my attempt to explain it is that the trajectory of the light is such that it reflects off of the egg into your eyes and that it is this trajectory that is reflected in the mirror.
My wife was having a brain fart once and knew there was a logical reason but couldn't figure it out atm. So I drew a diagram top down geometry class style. Set her straight just like that. It's just the light bouncing at an angle so that you can see what is on the front of the paper.
I thought this whole "object behind paper against a mirror" thing was just a meme at first because the result is very intuitive and not at all shocking... But then I guess people genuinely didn't get it? People really can be so stupid.
They're from an anime, Chainsaw Man. Haven't watched idk why they have sharp teeth, but my best guess is that it's an anime where they use their OP chainsaw teeth to make a killing in the lumber industry, that's definitely what it's about.
They have sharp teeth to show they are demons, I thought. The main dude doesn't have sharp.teeth until he is made into a demon when his little chainsaw dog replaced his heart.
Others have pointed out there is inconsistencies with this, though. I just figured they were oversights in production and the sharp teeth are still intended to represent when the character is demonic.
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papajohn@lemmy.ca · 111 pts · 2y
I don’t know how to comment when I see this. I want to talk about how this works, but most people know how this works. So I don’t know why its a thing. Its funny though.
dreadgoat@kbin.social · 132 pts · 2y
This particular version is more about the characters depicted (Denji and Power from Chainsaw Man), who are famous for being endearingly stupid.
The more earnest versions you tend to see on TikTok are mostly posted by, or at least targeted at, actual kids who don't yet understand how vision works. Nobody on Lemmy is under the age of 30.
8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee · 86 pts · 2y
nobody on Lemmy is under the age of 30
My brother in Christ why did this turn into a personal attack?! 😂
Ichipurka@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
I’m 23 =)
DarkMatter_contract@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
25
Venat0r@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
You must be wise beyond your years. 😂
myrrh@iusearchlinux.fyi · 10 pts · 2y
19 gang
TheKrzyk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I’m 2E! Do I really need to wait 2 years to use it?
pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
Man if you're hexadecimal years old then go right ahead, use it now.
SwampYankee@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
He's been okay to use it for 16 years.
Nexz@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
16 is wrong, as that would be 10. 2E = 46
SteveXVII@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y
18
bmovement@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ichipurka@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
what did you Jusuis fdickow say
Osku@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
I am 29 ;)
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 29 pts · 2y
Sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
Veraxus@kbin.social · 15 pts · 2y
Me too!
I've been 29 for over a decade.
Broccoli@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Begone, thot
Moob@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Checkmate mathematicians.
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Ah to be young again
wallmenis@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
JimmyDean@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 2y
Although I might feel 30 sometimes, I'll have you know I'm a ripe 28 & ¾
MickeySwitcherooney@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
I'm also 28 and three quarters. Weird.
koorool@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y
Wow, we already have enough for an average lemmy community.
DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
Greetings fellow
kidsadults.original_ish_name@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
I'm way under the age of 30
Melonenbaum@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 2y
My age has been overestimated but never by 13 year.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 8 pts · 2y
Get out of here you literal baby!
atocci@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
I'm only 24 but I'm on Kbin I guess so you got me there
Zetta@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
I'm 24, I can't believe you'd accuse me of such a thing.
AeroRake@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Haha ill do you one better I am 22.
duckywastaken@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
SwampYankee@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 2y
You're over 30 in spirit. Welcome to the club, here's some ibuprofen.
duckywastaken@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Number358@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
wetnoodle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
24 yo here!
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I... I'm under 30. 🥹
Holzkohlen@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Same here... barely
HamBrick@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I didn’t realize the lemmy demographic and how I’m very much not it
Fissionami@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Hey I'm less than 25 :)
maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
40s here.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Insert feel old gif
wallmenis@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
21yo here : )
MrMagnesium12@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
x4740N@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Me who's reading this at the age of 21
KingJalopy@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Hello past!
Mana@lemmygrad.ml · 12 pts · 2y
I would like to hear an actual explanation. I don’t know shit about light physics but my attempt to explain it is that the trajectory of the light is such that it reflects off of the egg into your eyes and that it is this trajectory that is reflected in the mirror.
fristislurper@feddit.nl · 18 pts · 2y
I mean, yeah, basically. It's really not very complicated.
Ghost33313@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
My wife was having a brain fart once and knew there was a logical reason but couldn't figure it out atm. So I drew a diagram top down geometry class style. Set her straight just like that. It's just the light bouncing at an angle so that you can see what is on the front of the paper.
Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml · 90 pts · 2y
Because reality uses Raytracing instead of Screen-space reflections!
Tilgare@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
This is a hilarious and true answer to the question.
skyler@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
Funny comic,
but wow that compression looks awful.Here's the source: https://twitter.com/giganticbuddha/status/1652009277429563393?s=20
And here's the follow up comic: https://twitter.com/giganticbuddha/status/1654184641555832834
x4740N@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Found the artists danbooru for anyone who doesn't want to use twitter
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/6263391?q=giganticbuddha
https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts?tags=giganticbuddha
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Thank you so much for this. I really hate giving that website views. Nobody should be using Twitter in 2023.
postmeridiem@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
It also loads like absolute shit
secret301@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Thank
mindbleach@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Direct image link one.
Direct image link two.
x4740N@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I would want to see that but I don't want to give twitter my data
Fuck elon and fuck spez
Steveanonymous@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Poor Aki
Kon those idiots
Fissionami@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you! Updated the post 👌
NotSpez@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
That 100kb limit really gets to some of these memes
x4740N@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
I wonder if nitter is working again, going to try ithttps://farside.link/nitter/giganticbuddha/status/1652009277429563393?s=20https://farside.link/nitter/giganticbuddha/status/1654184641555832834No it's not working unfortunately
Kalkaline@programming.dev · 41 pts · 2y
morrowind@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 2y
There was some stupid trend of tiktok of people being confused by it
geeraff@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 2y
I see this as many people are curious of why this happens which leads to the eagerness to learn about optics, and I wouldn't call that stupid.
This is exactly the type of experiment that engages students and ingrains the phenomenon to their memory.
morrowind@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 2y
It wasn't an experiment. The creators just feign stupidity to generate engagement. I wouldn't mind if they used it to teach how optics or light work .
jarfil@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Beware of adding a double slit to the paper and aiming the laser between the slits, weird things might happen.
Mana@lemmygrad.ml · 4 pts · 2y
That’s a great idea!
albertsy2@lemm.ee · 32 pts · 2y
People can be so stupid
Tilgare@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
I thought this whole "object behind paper against a mirror" thing was just a meme at first because the result is very intuitive and not at all shocking... But then I guess people genuinely didn't get it? People really can be so stupid.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
It isn't just a meme ?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Having met people, I have to agree.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I take this as permission rather than a statement of fact.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
Why do they have sharpened teeth? That's a little creepy
Denvil@lemmy.one · 34 pts · 2y
They're from an anime, Chainsaw Man. Haven't watched idk why they have sharp teeth, but my best guess is that it's an anime where they use their OP chainsaw teeth to make a killing in the lumber industry, that's definitely what it's about.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 4 pts · 2y
They have sharp teeth to show they are demons, I thought. The main dude doesn't have sharp.teeth until he is made into a demon when his little chainsaw dog replaced his heart.
Others have pointed out there is inconsistencies with this, though. I just figured they were oversights in production and the sharp teeth are still intended to represent when the character is demonic.
SchmallChild@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
I watched the anime, your guess is right.
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 2y
I like the Action Lab guy going through the explanation for this https://youtu.be/ezUmSO_OAxY
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dumpsterlid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Thank your for posting this instead of just being condescending about it being stupid question like most of the people on this thread
db2@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 2y
victron@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y
I love Power.
lyam23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
She's the best. Chainsaw Man is great for many reasons, but the powerful women with agency is one of the best. Especially for a shonen manga.
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Lights a funny thing, innit?
EherVielleicht@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y
I am angleless...
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
That's a cool trick. I didn't know about it, but it also didn't surprise me. I did test it to confirm first, though.
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y