/r/confusing_perspective

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Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera.


The comment that started it all.


1. Posts on this subreddit must display confusing perspectives only.

This subreddit, /r/confusing_perspective, is for the sharing and discussion of photographs or videos taken from confusing perspectives. If your submission is a meme, a cartoon, a sketch, or otherwise modified or designed to deceive the viewer, it will be removed.

2. Titles must be accurate and descriptive.

Titles must accurately and descriptively explain what the submission is of. Submissions with low-effort, misleading, or factually incorrect titles will be removed. For reference, other users should be able to reasonably decide whether or not they wish to see a submission, based on its title.

3. Search for reposts before submitting a post.

A repost is when you submit the same or almost identical content within a given time frame. On this subreddit, we do not allow any reposts within 120 days, or reposts within 1 year of submissions where the original has more than 10,000 upvotes. You can use KarmaDecay, Google Reverse Image Search, and Reddit's built-in search function to find previous instances of your post.

4. No low-effort posts.

Screenshots of other Reddit posts and very low-quality images that are hard to decipher may not be posted. This includes pictures such as https://i.redd.it/yyzedbe8qen41.png which have a title embedded inside the image.

5. No pareidolia.

Pareidolia is a word that means "things that look like other things". Most commonly are objects that look like faces, although other things apply. for examples, head over to r/Pareidolia. Sometimes pareidolia is allowed if it directly involves forced perspective (see rule 1); but don't flood the sub with cookie monster blankets please.

6. Be civil.

Hate of any kind including racism, hatred of religion, etc towards anyone (OP, people in pictures, and people in comments) will not be tolerated and result in a ban (the length of which will be decided by the mod who bans the user). This applies to posts and comments. Political discussions/posts are not allowed here. They usually turn into a flamewar and we will lock all political threads. If a meta post about a political issue needs to be made, the mods will handle that.

No creepy compliments


If you have any questions about the subreddit, its rules, or would like further clarification on the removal of one of your posts, feel free to message the moderators.

/r/confusing_perspective

2,025,990 Subscribers

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Floating lake

2 Comments
2024/12/02
19:31 UTC

908

Not a sexy lady selling a dresser, just a very confused southern gentleman.

75 Comments
2024/12/02
17:50 UTC

69

This car is bush league

5 Comments
2024/12/02
16:33 UTC

133

Cyclops dog

8 Comments
2024/12/02
16:32 UTC

606

Man cut in half

9 Comments
2024/12/02
15:44 UTC

0

Is the top left apple the same size as the others?

Can’t figure this out because the top left apple seems to have a more top down perspective, is the top left apple small normally or small due to perspective?

4 Comments
2024/12/02
12:32 UTC

582

Where is she looking?

7 Comments
2024/12/02
12:29 UTC

4,903

Disappearing trailer

139 Comments
2024/12/02
12:15 UTC

0

What exactly are you doing with that tank, sergeant?

Doesn’t need a huge amount of explanation. From the BBC website.

7 Comments
2024/12/02
10:45 UTC

0

I thought I had a hole in my sock at first glance

4 Comments
2024/12/02
08:24 UTC

0

(Not mine) Potato in a bubble?

5 Comments
2024/12/02
05:32 UTC

0

Gitty Up

14 Comments
2024/12/02
00:46 UTC

0

Photoshopped/ toy car

3 Comments
2024/12/01
23:03 UTC

11

She missin feets

but not actually tho

2 Comments
2024/12/01
19:58 UTC

444

My cat

14 Comments
2024/12/01
18:15 UTC

1,762

Sailing the high seas

20 Comments
2024/12/01
16:47 UTC

0

This makes my head ache

5 Comments
2024/12/01
16:44 UTC

0

2d building

2 Comments
2024/12/01
14:45 UTC

9

Headless Doggo

15 Comments
2024/12/01
14:10 UTC

0

One spoon or 2??

7 Comments
2024/12/01
12:48 UTC

0

At first glance, he has strips of rubber over his shoulder

Had to double take this one today when I came across it on an apparel sites Black Friday sales! Wondered why they had embellished their model with odd rubber strips. That was until I realise the light and colour as they met his shorts were tricking my eyes.

4 Comments
2024/12/01
12:02 UTC

4,703

Centaur lady

29 Comments
2024/12/01
11:45 UTC

143

That's the strongest traffic cone I've ever seen.

4 Comments
2024/12/01
08:12 UTC

1,078

Cloud Tree

Off-center & skinny trunk lends to this looking like a Cloud Tree

9 Comments
2024/12/01
07:06 UTC

0

I keep thinking that my cat looks like he has a massive shoulder in this pic

1 Comment
2024/12/01
06:18 UTC

160

Doggo!

4 Comments
2024/12/01
06:10 UTC

132

I was very confused by this fighter jet

35 Comments
2024/12/01
05:50 UTC

6,402

This is one picture.

It’s more of a first glance, but it trips me out everytime I look at it.

53 Comments
2024/12/01
05:21 UTC

42

Mirror selfie

3 Comments
2024/12/01
00:24 UTC

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