As any user of the internet will attest to, the world wide web is a strange place. At any one point, it has been obsessed with memes, gifs and of course, celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, and the rest of her extended family.
However, there are some things that you can find on the internet that are just so bizarre, and so unexplainable that it leaves Twitter, Instagram andFacebook collectively scratching their heads. I mean, just think back to the colour changing dress of 2015; everyone and their mother were caught up in the frenzy, when someone uploaded an image of a dress which people either saw as black and blue or white and gold.
But now, I've got something even more perplexing for you, well 16 things to be exact. Just try and figure out what is going on in these pictures, because I really don't have any explanations for you...
1. Desperate times call for desperate measures
2. Just, what?
3. Well, this looks like a handy contraption
4. This is not how you do it
5. A different kind of buffet?
6. Something's not right here
7. I have no words
8. An interesting combination
9. What a setup
10. Something fishy is going on here
11. This takes water sports to the next level
12. I guess free delivery was included in this person's order
13. This looks like too much effort
14. Oh dear
15. Don't do it!
16. There are too many things going on here
Now, I don't know about you, but I don't have the foggiest clue as to what is going on in any of those pictures. But regardless, it sure perked up my morning trying to get to grips with it all.
Optical illusions are one of the world's most mind-boggling things ever and we just can't seem to get enough.
From the iconic blue-gold dress fiasco, all the way down to Yanny and Laurel, the internet seems to be obsessed with debating trivial coincidences and bizarre phenomenons. And this latest optical illusion has stirred up quite a heated discussion online as people try to ascertain how many girls are in this one particular photo.
The image was taken by Swiss photographer Tiziana Vergari and originally shared on Instagram back in 2016 as part of a weekend hashtag project.
But soon after, it started garnering attention because people couldn't quite figure out how Vergari managed to capture such an amazingly confusing shot.
Guesses flooded in with numbers ranging from two, all the way to 14 - I mean, they can't both possibly be right, can they?
The photograph was later shared to Reddit too, and again, social media users took a stab at trying to figure it out.
Credit: Instagram
Credit: Instagram
Credit: Instagram
Credit: Instagram
Credit: Instagram
I thought it could be two sets of twins facing each other with a mirror reflecting the image, which would mean that there were four girls, right? Well, I, along with thousands of other hopeful guessers, was wrong.
In the end, it was confirmed by the artist himself, that there were only two girls in the picture, both being his daughters. It was said that the lighting and mirrors gave the image a depth that made it seem like there could possibly be more girls than there were.
As per Simplemost, the viral post went on to be nominated for Instagram Photo of the Year before actually winning the honor.
"There are over 600 million Instagram users, and the number of images posted to the app is almost endless, so narrowing them down is no small feat," read a description for the panel that selects the winner. "But our nominees for the Instagram Photo of the Year are those indelible images that you can’t forget once you see them, tapping into the spirit of a moment in a way others do not.
"They are, simply, the best."
So it's no wonder Vergari's confusing but interesting snapshot managed to snatch the award - considering all the havoc it caused on the platform.
In the age of social media, all of us probably have old embarrassing posts and photos lurking somewhere in the deep dark web. It might be an old picture hanging around on a long-forgotten MySpace account, or remnants of some argument you had with someone on a public Facebook post, or simply just a poorly-thought-out tweet that you sent out and forgot to delete half a decade ago.
And that's bad enough for us regular Joes who don't really use social media for anything other than keeping in touch with friends and occasionally uploading a picture of our dinner to Instagram - so just imagine how bad it is for celebrities who update us all on their lives every three minutes.
The reality star and prolific 'grammer updates her Insta daily, sometimes with nice, family-friendly pictures of herself and her family, and other times with X-rated snaps of herself in lingerie (or sometimes even less). And, considering she's amassed over one hundred million followers, it seems that a lot of people are big fans of what she has to offer.
But, considering she has more than 4,000 posts under her name, Kim K is bound to have some cringe-worthy posts and prize mistakes amongst the mix. And that's just her account - think of how many pictures she's in on her sisters' pages, or her mom's.
In fact, it was one recent post on Kris Jenner's Instagram that had Kim freaking out.
At first glance (and aside from those terrible chairs), the photo seems to be a rather sweet snapshot of the Kardashian/Jenner family in the late nineties. But Kim didn't quite see it that way.
As soon as the picture went up, dozens of Kardashian fans jumped into the comments section to point out teenage Kim's pencil-thin eyebrows.
"Even Kim K went through the eyebrow phase," wrote one fan.
"Oh girl, those brows," wrote another. "It's ok though it's a throwback."
But other people pointed out how normal the trend was: "We all did thin eyebrows in the 90's. It's not that serious."
Even with the comforting words of a few fans, however, Kim still had a minor freakout over her former, slimmer-eyebrowed self.
And if that wasn't embarrassing enough for the mother-of-three, Kim's nineties no-no was then commented on by none other than Katy Perry.
But let's be real here for a second - Kim needs to chill out over this. First of all, most people were more concerned with the fact that Kylie Jenner is pretty much as young as her own daughter in this snap, and - secondly - she's done far worse things than waxed her eyebrows a little too thin.
And it's not as if Kim hasn't been posting her own throwbacks, either. This shot of her and Khloe from 1994 is absolute gold:
There have been some incredible optical illusions over the years, illustrated or otherwise, that have stumped the best of us. Our brains tend to take shortcuts to make sense of an image - while not always taking the correct route to visualising something.
However, you don't need to slave over artwork for hours on end to create an image that messes with people's minds. You could just get lucky with a photo and post it on the internet, as these Reddit users did in the thread subreddit 'confusing_perspective'..
1. Is that baby slenderman?
2. Three legs?
3. Living rug
4. Naked rider
5. This took me way too long to figure out
6. Who's that looking at me?
7. Twice the doggo
8. Taking her out for a spin
9. The mystery loop
10. Monster pooch
11. A chair designed to mess with you
Who needs any elaborate optical illusions now when you can just browse Reddit for the weirdest photos out there, from strange perspectives to perfectly-timed shots. I know that number 5 really freaked me out before my brain figured out exactly what was happening there.
Apple has explained a bizarre image that circulated online that appeared to show a "glitch in the matrix" as a woman tried on her wedding dress.
In case you missed it, writer and comedian Tessa Coates recently shared a wedding dress photo that has sparked internet bewilderment and left many scratching their heads.
Tessa took to Instagram to reveal the perplexing photo, capturing a moment in a bridal shop that defies reality.
While trying on her wedding dress, Tessa found herself standing between two mirrors, creating an astonishing visual effect.
In the photograph, Tessa's hands appear in three different positions simultaneously between the mirrors and her actual location, creating a baffling optical illusion. In her caption, she clarified: "This is a real photo, not photoshopped, not a panorama, not a Live Photo. If you can't see the problem, please keep looking, and then you won't be able to unsee it."
Tessa described her experience as a "glitch in the Matrix" and admitted that it nearly made her feel physically ill and wanting to vomit in the street.
The image's surreal nature left many social media users divided between congratulating her on her engagement and jokingly advising her to flee.
"This is so weird I can’t stop zooming in trying to find a glitch," one person commented.
Another asked: "3 different dimensions?! What is going on?!???"
As the viral image continued to baffle the internet, Tessa provided a follow-up on her Instagram Stories to unravel the mystery.
The comedian explained that she had visited the bridal shop solo, sharing some photos with her sister, who noticed the uncanny difference between the three versions of Tessa. The eerie picture left the comedian in shock, and she even fell to her hands and knees in horror.
Intrigued by this peculiar phenomenon, Tessa sought answers from an Apple employee at her local Apple Store, but this just added to the stress.
"As I'm waiting on the ground floor, I show the guys in the blue shirts (who aren't the Geniuses), I show them the picture and I really thought the moment I showed any of the people in the shop, they'd be like, 'Ah yeah, weird but I know what this is.' Instead they lost their minds," she recalled on her Instagram story.
After a queue of 20 people eagerly crowded around to see the photo, an employee called Roger came to the rescue.
Tessa revealed it all in her Instagram story. Credit: Tessa Coates/Instagram Stories
"[I] finally get upstairs to the Geniuses and it takes three Geniuses, and each Genius is more scared than the last," Tessa went on. "Finally Roger is found, and Roger comes up from the basement and he's obviously the Grand High Wizard.
"He looked at it and he's like: 'Okay... I've never seen it this bad or this scary, but what happens is an iPhone is not a camera - it is a computer. So, when an iPhone takes a photo, it takes a series of burst images very quickly even though it's not a live photo, it's not a pano, it's not a burst.'"
Further describing what Roger said, she went on: "'It takes a series of images from left to right, and what it's done, in the exact moment that it crossed behind your back, you raised your arms in that half a split second.
"Then it's created a completely different image on the other side. It's made an AI decision to stitch those two photos together.'"
He also described it as a "one in a million chance".
Everyone can calm down now because Roger has come to the rescue.
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Photoshop. Whether you love it or hate it, you can't deny that it has revolutionized the world of photography. However, there is one guy, James Fridman, who likes to have fun with photoshop. He accepts people's photoshop requests and does exactly what they ask for, or at least, he gets it roughly in the ballpark of what they asked for...
[post_page_title]#1 That Ugly Creature[/post_page_title]
Cats are so cute. They're adorable. They're so soft and fluffy, and when they're kittens it's even better. So I don't understand why someone would refer to them as an "ugly creature." Yet this woman did. She reached out to James, asking him to remove the kitten in the background claiming that it "spoiled" her picture. James's response couldn't have been any better. It's exactly what she deserved for being so mean and narcissistic over a little innocent kitten.
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[post_page_title]#2 Take Her Out[/post_page_title]
Someone from this group of friends wanted this girl removed from the picture for whatever reason. Something tells me that she was either a rando from that night's party, or she is a former friend and things ended dramatically. Either way, someone asked James if he could "take her out." In a hilarious twist, the photoshop wizard concocted a picture that shows the two of them out on a date. Very funny.
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[post_page_title]#3 Self Esteem Boost[/post_page_title]
This one is actually quite sweet. A girl reached out to him to basically erase her natural beauty and make her look more like a Kardashian. James gave her a nice reminder that she is pretty as she is by refusing to alter her photo and telling her that she doesn't need to look like the Kardashians as she's beautiful just being who she is.
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[post_page_title]#4 Coming to America[/post_page_title]
Sometimes we would like to be somewhere else, but unfortunately, we just can't make that journey for whatever reason. Photoshop is the next best thing because if you really want to, you can make it look to your social media following that you're out there living your best life. When James got a request from Andrei to transport him from a Russian beach to an American one, James went ahead and had a little fun with the location. I mean, Walmart, that's pretty American, right?
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[post_page_title]#5 Man Boobs[/post_page_title]
This is another one of my favorites because James gets even with a guy who deserves it. This dude reached out to him, asking James to enhance his girlfriend's chest. As if that wasn't bad enough, the guy refers to her chest as an "ironing board." There is nothing wrong with having small breasts. Well, James taught this guy that lesson by enhancing the "ironing board," however that happened to be the guy's own flat chest rather than his girlfriend's small chest. Touché!
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[post_page_title]#6 Bushy Brows[/post_page_title]
Ah, it's been a while since we've had a good George W. Bush meme. Can we dial it back to George W. Bush at Trump's inauguration? That was gold. Well, the next best thing is this: all three Bushmen on top of a woman's eyebrows because she asked James for more "bushy" brows. Well played James, well played.
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[post_page_title]#7 Directionally Challenged[/post_page_title]
You know the saying, "be careful what you wish for." Well, this young man learned that lesson if he hadn't already, because James taught it to him. He wanted to be "behind a tank" as he put it. Most likely he meant in front of, just James did as he asked, and taught him a valuable lesson - mostly in the difference between in front of and behind.
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[post_page_title]#8 Space Odyssey[/post_page_title]
She got what she asked for, but at a price, as James decided to also add in a Jew as a way of poking fun at her terrible spelling. That is embarrassing enough. Now I am thankful that I spent time in class actually paying attention on how to properly spell things. I would hate to have this kind of embarrassment to follow my writing.
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[post_page_title]#9 Spell Check[/post_page_title]
Much like the one before, here is another perfect example of why you should invest some time in learning proper spelling and grammar skills. While this woman wanted an angel, she, in fact, got an angle. At least she got the wings as she asked.
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[post_page_title]#10 Responsibilities[/post_page_title]
This guy asked for drama, and that is what he got. And it's actually a very true-to-life picture in terms of nothing will ever be more terrifying or dramatic than responsibilities. This young man may hate the photoshop job now, but as he gets older he will see that James was right. It's a cathartic photo actually.
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[post_page_title]#11 Bye Felipe[/post_page_title]
Sometimes, you might think you're being specific in what you want, but in actuality, you're not explaining it as well as you think you are. It happens all the time. Case and point, this guy thought he was going to get a background of Miami beach and hot women, but because he didn't explain it so well, he just got cut out. But at least it provided us with a laugh or two.
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[post_page_title]#12 Baby Face[/post_page_title]
This one is a bit more James just having fun messing around. Instead of removing the facial hair from this man's picture, he just gave him a babyface. But the babyface is like, really babyface as in pure baby. In a way it makes sense since most guys when they shave off a beard or mustache they get an immediate babyface. Don't think the wife is too happy with the outcome though.
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[post_page_title]#13 Daddy Issues[/post_page_title]
This woman wanted James to make her father look the other way because if not it was awkward. But honestly, I don't know why she just didn't ask him to be removed from the picture full stop. And James, in typical jokester form, ended up giving her what she wanted just not in the way that she would have wanted.
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[post_page_title]#14 Violet Beauregarde[/post_page_title]
This woman wanted a bigger butt in order to look more like a part of the Kardashian clan. What she ended up getting was a picture that looked more like Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She even had the purplish outfit to match. So instead of a Kardashian booty, she was made to look more like a blueberry...and we can't stop laughing.
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[post_page_title]#15 Trump Style[/post_page_title]
Oh, this one is too funny. This man from India asked to be made to look like an American celebrity...and he used the fatal words "blond hair." Cue James having loads of fun with this look. Poor Arijit now looks like the love child of Donald Trump and one of those "bad hombres" that he constantly talks about in his xenophobic rants.
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[post_page_title]#16 Legs for Days[/post_page_title]
This woman thought her legs looked short in the picture. To the rest of us, I'm sure her legs look fine. She probably now thinks so too since James took the liberty to stretch her out like Gumby in her picture. We doubt she'll be asking for any more photoshopped appendages any time soon. And again, we can't stop laughing. This is just one great fail.
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[post_page_title]#17 No Pranks[/post_page_title]
This woman actually explicitly says in her request not to pull any pranks. But there is always a loophole. She made the mistake of asking for "the real Kylie look." Clearly, she's not that big of a Kardashian fan as she thinks, or else she'd know that the "real" Kylie look is something from before all the plastic surgery...and it's got some very thin lips.
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[post_page_title]#18 No Bums[/post_page_title]
A rather odd request, but James delivered. He cut her bum out as requested. Now, I do have a follow-up question. Does anyone know if this woman got the other half (no pun intended) of her request with the bum picture enclosed by a nice border? Can someone follow up on this for me because I really need to know?
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[post_page_title]#19 Abs[/post_page_title]
Everyone likes to look more fit than they actually are in pictures. But sometimes, it's just not possible to achieve this with clothes in the way. I mean, where are the abs supposed to go? This kid asked for abs. He's wearing a shirt. Already, not the brightest request but James still delivered. And he gave him abs - sort of. They're more like Hawaiian rolls. But hey, women love Hawaiian rolls so he should be happy?
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[post_page_title]#20 Tuition Fees[/post_page_title]
Another odd request to say the least. Most people want to look happy in their pictures, not sad. Yet this young gentleman decided that he had to look sad in his picture. When he reached out to James, the photoshop master had a very logical point that he got across - no one can be sad for no reason. And he was also nice enough to include a reason: tuition fees. Yeah, those will make you cry every time.
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[post_page_title]#21 There You Go, Buddy[/post_page_title]
Not a whole lot to say on this one. Mostly, because I can't stop laughing. I don't know why I find it so funny, but I do. I seriously just burst out laughing when I looked at this. Maybe because the guy asked to be placed somewhere sexy like a pool, and instead got a very tiny pool in his bathtub. James's response of "there you go buddy" just made it that much funnier.
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