19 Optical Illusions That Will Hurt Your Brain
There’s nothing like taking your brain to the circus to experience an array of logic-defying optical illusions. The best part about certain optical illusions is that the more that you stare at them to try and make sense out of what you’re seeing, the worse that they actually get. One should never feel bad about not being able to crack the code of a particularly tricky optical illusion. And these optical illusions are certainly set at a max level difficulty.
1. “These aren’t spirals.”
“Impressive, have to trace them out to see that they’re not spirals.” – u/nydan
“Dude, good find.” – u/lll
2. “This is one photo.”
“That’s brilliant.” – u/dando_calrisian
“Took a sec. Very cool shot.” – u/coolnerdd_
3. “Need to make this illusion myself, as soon as possible.”
“Magic eye.” – u/houdinis_ghost
“This is the first one that has ever worked for me.” – u/Sirsagely
4. “What.”
“This made me uncomfortable.” – u/velocijoey23
“Not okay. This is such a weird effect.” – u/Fire9Ball
5. “Yes, this fascinated me.”
“So uplifting.” – u/dark6888
“This is cool, but it tests the bounds for being an optical illusion.” – u/TheEmpire
6. “Look normally, and then hold at arms length.”
“This is really good.” – u/jadds1874
“I hugely regret looking at this.” – u/LivermoreP1
7. “An oldie, but a goodie.”
“That’s terrifying.” – u/CeruleanRuin
“No way.” – u/pensuad
8. “Just your average chromostereopic illusion.”
“How do some people not see it though.” – u/LeviathonMt
“The blue looks like it pops out for me.” – u/chillpill_23
9. “So simple, yet so cool optical illusion.”
“More art but neat.” – u/dafones
“Wow, took me multiple steps to realize what I’m looking at.” – u/Feztopia
10. “Wholesome pic turned into an illusion.”
“It took me way longer than I’d like to admit to realize that was a dog and not his face.” – u/MonarchofLight
11. “Someone just tell me what I’m seeing.”
“Open steps, no backings.” – u/Lost_Minds_Think
“Bottom of a staircase that a cat is peeking through.” – u/Forsake-Income-2148
12. “So many mysterious shapes.”
“All I see is rectangles, I feel like I’m missing something.” – u/Last05
“I have to force myself to see the circles.” – u/Topspinlob
13. “Laughing jester face.”
“Well. The deep seas just got even scarier.” – u/KudosoftheFroodn
“Robot devil.” – u/Pope_A
14. “Excuse me.”
The real question is why did this dude feel compelled to wear those shorts. No one is ever going to know but we can just speculate for now.
15. “One of the world’s oldest optical illusions.”
“This is located in the town of Darasuram, near Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India.” – u/PranaliKatwankar
16. “Just can’t wrap my head around how this works out.”
“Ball isn’t moving for me, but purple funnel is moving like crazy.” – u/Aerolithe_Lion
“I don’t see anything moving.” – u/BeedleFromZelda
17. “Someone explain this optical illusion though.”
“I think it’s that the lines look parallel even though they aren’t.” – u/deleted
“Maybe you’re meant to cross your eyes so that they overlap.” – u/Equilibriatorrr
18. “Towel or hair is the real question.”
“I cannot see the towel.” – u/j-raine
“Nope. Solid cursed image.” – u/anonymousseee
19. “Someone figure out what’s going on here.”
“Triangular building with a wind tunnel for stability.” – u/Oferial
“A triangular prism shaped building.” – u/deleted
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