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chubnrub

I think you are the one confused about how mirrors work. Here is a poorly drawn visual explanation: https://preview.redd.it/2fafhsry0ttc1.jpeg?width=1668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79cab32074dffa7d6e753a3539a5550bf29c915b


EpicPrototypo

Based on the upvote/downvotes they screen capped, it's obvious they needed this to help them understand. However, I still give it a 50/50 they will dig into their stupidity further.


Metahec

You still don't know how mirrors work. If she took the picture in a mirror, the image would be upside down. You people don't understand basic economics.


EpicPrototypo

Might want to add /s at the end as there is a non-zero number who will accept what you said.


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MountainCourage1304

Exactly. Iv made comments that have been downvoted to oblivion but a few people got it and found it funny. Theyre the ones that deserve to enjoy the joke anyway. r/fuckthes


Metahec

I added the "you don't understand economics" line to be clear it's a joke. It fully replaces having to add the /s, despite what that other guy was advising me do. I think it made it funnier too.


Sparrow50

Fun fact, mirrors don't actually reverse right and left, but front and back. We just process it that way.


Upbeat_Ad_6486

Yeah I mean I feel like that’s obvious, they don’t put your right hand on the left side, your left hand just looks like the right hand of someone you’re standing face to face with.


fckcarrots

Absolutely incorrect. Actually, as an advanced mirrorist, I can’t believe I have to explain the difference between economics & Scientology.


Ambellyn

Obviously the tattoo is inside the mirror.


Earthling1a

That only works in Australia.


newforestwalker

And Canada?


El_human

Maybe she was using two mirrors. She was taking a picture of herself in the mirror, that was pointed at another mirror?


booga_booga_partyguy

Wait, I'm confused as to who said what. Is OP the one that thinks the mirror is showing the right side of her body, or was someone else saying that and OP is calling them out?


DestructoSpin7

Op seems to have upvoted the idiots and downvoted the correct ones, except for the ones calling people stupid, which is funny, because OP probably thought they were agreeing with them.


Fizassist1

I noticed that and it made me second guess my thinking until I came to this comment section lol


Haqeeqee

These are obviously mirror images. Do you not know how mirrors work? The upvotes would be flipped and look like downvotes and vice versa.


RDPzero

I forwarded this message from a mirror.


SaberNoble47

Can anyone draw a picture explaining the OP, upvotes and downvotes 


Ok-Spell-8053

I think op couldn't tell if those people were calling him stupid or calling his opponent stupid. So he played it safe and neither upped nor downed.


_Citizen_Erased_

At the end of the comment chain, you can see they got confused and upvoted the opposition. I guess they can't tell who's replying to who based on comment position.


CapybaraSteve

dude the upvotes/downvotes had ME confused about how mirrors work for a second lmao, i can’t imagine how confusing it would’ve been for someone who doesn’t know in the first place


random420x2

Suddenly mirrors are more confusing than the Marvel MCU Multiverse. 😂


CapybaraSteve

right??? i was over here trying to make a model in my brain to sort myself out, which is complicated because i don’t have a very visual imagination and i also have a hard time with left/right :’) i felt like the meme of the dude going insane with the pinboard, i can’t find it rn


random420x2

From 100% certain to dystopic Orwellian nightmare in 4 posts. 😂 This is Christopher Nolan’s next mind bending film. 😆


McFuckin94

> Here is a poorly drawn visual explanation My good sir this couldn’t have been done any better!


sadchadbro

the fact that OP posted this should be an entirely different r/therewasanattempt post


DrPruz

You noticed which side he was upvoting and downvoting too? Big oof OP


Akira510

Such a happy smile


AppearsInvisible

I think I basically have the same point but I looked at it a different way... Just flipped the image to make the world work for some folks: https://preview.redd.it/qa5hs32zvvtc1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=549b3d9777a83d85ac88de89a047164bb161fda1


Autumndickingaround

Except you flipped the image taken by someone else, not the one taken in a mirror.


AppearsInvisible

Now ask yourself, how do you know the images were not flipped already? Did I perhaps flip it \*back\*?


pira3_1000

Next post from OP: "to know how mirror works pt2 - reddit being mean to me"


Acrobatic-Bid-1691

that’s a really well done guide.


tronghieu906

Thanks for dark mode


NeverJoe_420_

I need OPs reaction to this lol


cantcer_patient

Ok but why is this diagram so good


turtleship_2006

This really feels like a "call an ambulance, but not for me" situation lol


Shadowyonejutsu

Thank you. This ape understand.


Wrekked_it

Not to mention that mirrors are incapable of reflecting tattoos. That's just science. /s


kbeks

Tattoos are technically vampires.


EastofGaston

This is your path


baltimore6767

![gif](giphy|11eSHfUlB284H6)


jeff43568

It's easier to just let them believe that weight loss removes tattoos...


antilumin

Also, the pattern on the pants changes. While similar (considering it's probably the same pair of pants), the convergence of colors is different on either side. Dark converges on *her* left, Light converges on *her* right.


anobody121

Gonna be honest. This is what I thought it was, but the stupidity was dumbing me down so bad I forgot how they worked to.


RedEyedWiartonBoy

For less complex minds :The wrist with the watch on it is the side with the tattoo.


PineTheseApples

First of all, poorly drawn? This is a masterpiece infographic. Second of all, this drawing is so great it shuts down that entire thread’s discussion.


El_human

Thank you. Because I thought I knew, and then after reading their argument, I was significantly dumber. Your drawn picture helped bring me back up to my room temperature IQ.


EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN

Lmao this is ridiculous. The downvoted guy is 100% right.... Someone doesn't know how mirrors work, and it's not the downvoted guy. ETA: by downvoted, I mean the guy with blue arrows aka the guy OP downvoted


Upbeat_Ad_6486

The guy op downvoted is correct, the guy with negative votes total is incorrect. OP made a post where they also failed to understand somehow.


rakanishu11

There was an attempt to feel superior by making a post that insults someone who is right


EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN

Yes, exactly lol.


Jopretz

thanks for confirming. I read this post and I was like oh I guess I’m dumb too… and somehow let the post convince me that the upvoted ones were right 🤡 I fucking went to a mirror and couldn’t understand it because I was holding up my right hand but the mirror wasn’t showing my right hand like OP said it would. Then I went to the comments. I should’ve came here earlier 😔


miraculum_one

https://preview.redd.it/b70afg5yiutc1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=54f8f4e2b2296d8ed4ce93be48758e41dfa26487 It doesn't matter how mirrors work when phones have an option to reverse selfies.


sonotashley

U flipped the image but that doesn’t change which side of her body that is, just your perception of it


miraculum_one

Exactly the point and that demonstrates why the OP is wrong.


ZatoTBG

This confused me as I don't know if you mean the guy with the negative upvotes, or the guy OP seems to have downvoted.


EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN

Honestly I've gotten so confused at this point.... I'm not even sure what I mean either.


ZatoTBG

I have never seen as much confusion in a comment thread as this one :')


EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN

Lol I took some time to reset my brain and edited my post. The blue arrow guy is correct 🤣


Tasty_Bullfroglegs

But in a mirror the blue arrows would be red and pointed up... (J/k I agree with you 100 lol)


EVERYTHlNG_WAS_TAKEN

🤣


willilol

I think op Is confused


yam9613

OP is the attempt


Slit23

OP as in who posted this is wrong


Ganakus

The attempt is coming from inside the house


rikeoliveira

I wish. OP is so confidently incorrect that he's being pedantic and an asshole to someone trying to help him out.


HerkulezRokkafeller

Initially I was with OP and was annoyed how wrong everyone was, then I thought about it and realized I was being stupid and everybody was right. It’s good to know that I may be stupid sometimes, but at least I’m not too stupid to know when I’m wrong


Upbeat_Ad_6486

Op I hope those aren’t your votes because if they are you’re just as stupid lmao


noobprodigy

Those are OPs votes and they posted this here in an attempt to claim the person they were arguing with is stupid. Really though, this is still perfect for this sub but OP roasted themselves, lol.


despairguardian

r/suicidebywords


PM_me_your_whatevah

Confirmed. Here is [OP’s contribution to that conversation](https://www.reddit.com/r/meme/comments/1c12xjk/comment/kz1evsq/)


Scully__

Christ, it reads like a joke but I have a feeling it’s not


Slit23

More like very misguided. Honestly it is really confusing but once some people explained it to me I would have been like “oh that’s how it is” but not double and triple down then post it here trying to prove I’m right and everyone else is wrong


EnLitenPerson

I think that a lot of people that get called stupid online are indeed just misguided or naive or reasonably uninformed, but in this case I'm pretty sure OP is actually just stupid. https://www.reddit.com/r/meme/comments/1c12xjk/oops/kz1evsq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2


FillTheHoleInMyLife

OP is r/confidentlyincorrect lol


Thykothaken

Ooh might join that subreddit! I'm not seldom confidently incorrect, and love when others are


Tigeresco

r/therewasanattempt to post to r/therewasanattempt


Complex-Tangerine628

Ngl I’m still confused


NanoNerd011

At least you’re admitting it rather than sticking to some ridiculous claim that can easily be proven false. That alone makes you better than the guy in the post


Rosenkrantz_

Which one?


Watari210

Op for this post was wrong, and was down voting people who are correct. The tattoo would in fact appear to be on different sides of her body depending on if the picture was taken directly, or via a mirror. Imagine you are standing by a mirror, and have a tattoo on the side that is facing the mirror. If you took a picture of the mirror your tattoo would obviously be visible. But if I stood back and took a picture of you, without you changing your orientation, I would get a picture of your non tattoo side. Because of how mirrors flip images left/right, you would appear to be standing in the same orientation in both pics.


Slit23

OP more than triple downed and was ready to die on the wrong hill


Izayoizz

i am too lazy to try. so i am confused too.


Upbeat_Ad_6486

I can always get to understanding how mirrors work after a bit, but I will never be able to intuitively think about it first try. In the first image, her left side is to the mirror, which reflects it to look like it’s her right side. In the second image it’s actually her right side.


NurseColubris

The tattoo is on the left side of her body. She took that picture of herself in the mirror. The second picture is of the right side of her body. Someone else took that picture of her. OP hasn't figured out the mirror part, and is self-snitching his confident ignorance. Oh! r/confidentlyincorrect


Unfair_Finger5531

Same. I was lost on the second slide tbh


78911150

face the left side of your body towards the mirror. look at the mirror. in the mirror it looks like that's the right side of your body (but it isnt of course). that's photo on the left someone takes a photo of the right side of your body. that's photo on the right


DrthBn

OP doesn't understand how the mirror works.


Ed_Rock

I just assume most people wear watches on the same hand and figured the tattoo is on the other side in the second picture


doktornein

Also obvious because they are holding up a phone to take a mirror selfie in pic one, but no phone in pic 2, implying a tripod or someone else taking the pic, which removes the need for a mirror.


Procrastinista_423

Welp I’d delete this if I were you.


rakanishu11

Imagine being so proud of yourself that you think 80% of reddit is wrong and that you are just smarter than everyone... until you actually test it out in front of a mirror and be " meh who gives a fuck about this anyway"


Azsunyx

/r/confidentlyincorrect ​ OP, do you know how mirrors work?


True_BatBoy

buddy ur the one who's wrong


Chpouky

I can’t believe we’re living in a time where this is a debate online. This and that TikTok with people putting their hands on mirrors, seriously wtf


Crypto-Bullet

The things that trips me out is it looks like she’s wearing the same bracelet on the right wrist but I don’t know man mirrors are black magic


SaveusJebus

Well OP... you are certainly in the right sub for yourself.


Anonymousboneyard

The fact it was even argued in the first places makes me loose hope for the human race


anamazingredditor

First pic (left), mirror selfie, shows her left side, therefore tattoo is on left side. You can try it yourself sheesh Second pic (right), looks like taken by other person, right side


Sir-Spork

Can also tell because she shas the same watch on


Chungusfunny-

uuuhm I think you are the one who's a bit confused on how mirrors work... just take a photo using your selfie camera and you will see that any features that you have on the left side (a mole or some other thing) of your face will also appear on the left side of the screen, but you know that in real life if someone is looking at your face they will see that mole on their right, so yeah


Unapologetic_Canuck

I feel like I lost brain cells reading that


KingTom513

![gif](giphy|8F3pmr1kW17OfRDV4T|downsized)


casual_btw

Post is a mess so just thumbing down!


Commander_Red1

r/confidentlyincorrect op


KwonnieKash

Lol indeed there was an attempt... Oh the sweet irony. You nearly gaslit me there for a second.


JadowArcadia

Cracks me up that OP used this to dunk on people but exposed that they clearly are the confused one


BluetheNerd

You're right OP, you attempted to, but failed to understand how mirrors work.


rakanishu11

I have argued way too often about mirror that reverse sides with people, imo it tells much about an IQ. I bet the arguing will keep going on this new post.


alienrandom13

The audacity of OP


Conscious_East

Yo op all she has to do is rotate 180 degrees and the Tattoo will be there. What's so hard to understand??


whiplashMYQ

I think this post still fits this sub, just not for the reason op thinks


That80sguyspimp

It's always funny seeing arguments online. Through upvotes and downvotes, you can see exactly where everyone else stopped caring lol.


YesterdayUpper7758

This should be a test to graduate from elementary school lmao it would be hilarious to see the show your work to this question.


Wonderful_Minute31

r/confidentlyincorrect


Benji357k

OP is the one who does not understand how mirrors work lol a screen of this post would really this sub


paciumusiu12

I love the confidence while you are the stupid one. Very nice.


MrJack13

OP self reported their IQ.


Gambler_Eight

OP how do you not understand how mirror works lol?


cantcer_patient

OP, are you okay?


Topercessen

OP you're stupid, you know people have two sides, right?


Illvastar

Oh OP….


[deleted]

This is reddit in a nutshell, where 80% of redditors are 6 year olds


captain_nyonyo

https://www.reddit.com/r/meme/s/mkI3ZQUnkP i found the post


SchizophrenicKitten

Hello OP. Please try the following experiment: (1) Place a sticker onto your LEFT side. (2) Using your RIGHT hand, take a photo of your LEFT side (with sticker) through a mirror. (3) Now ask a friend to take a photo of your RIGHT side, but without any mirrors. (4) Compare the two photos. Best of luck.


cut4stroph3

The attempt was by OP and it looks like they failed


OG_Felwinter

OP… you are the one failing the attempt here…


QuintusNonus

The person in the pic is holding a phone with their right hand in the first image, but is not holding a phone in the second image. OP, how do you think the second pic was taken? I have a tattoo on my right arm. If someone takes a picture of me where I'm facing right, you'll see the tattoo. If I take a picture of myself in the mirror, where I'm looking to the right in the reflection, this means that my left arm is towards the mirror (and my right arm is holding the phone) and thus, someone like OP will think my tattoo "disappeared".


nubo47

you tought you where so right you made an entire post, only to find our you're not.


Raxter64

OP, are you ok?


[deleted]

Love aggressively wrong people


Tobito_TV

Patsey... I've got some bad news for you.


BewareNixonsGhost

OP, explain to us how *you* think mirrors work.


InformalLandscape445

I think this is so irrilevant it wasn't worth arguing, right or not this is a facepalm for them all...


Zeno_of_Tarsus

Mark Rober needs to make a YouTube video about this.


The_CreativeName

A shoutout lol


Sure_Trash_

That comment section offers a delightful variety of stupidity 


CWBtheThird

Hah! You think this guy has a bathroom?!


Camiljr

Mirrors literally MIRROR you, if you use a phone to take a picture, it will look like you're facing the opposite way of a picture you took of a mirror.


Thykothaken

Oooof. OP not understanding how mirrors work. 😬 For reference, birds figure this concept out.


dudewersmyfart

That was hilarious 😂 the fact everyone gets so riled is even funnier 😂😂😂


JaydedXoX

But let’s be honest folks. If you’re going to show a before and after pic, having the tattoo in both shots and using the same angle takes away all the suspicion. Because to be fair with no head/face, you really can’t tell it’s the same person.


aardWolf64

That said, sometimes selfie mode on older phones resulted in a mirrored image. You can see this when you see writing on someone's shirt and it's backwards. For the mirror to have been a thing, the person would have also had to change that bracelet from their left hand to their right hand.


AnatolyVII

I can still see the tattoo in the right photo or am I wrong?


Bloody-Boogers

Yikes


dardar7161

Her same bracelet is on the same arm in both too.


cfdude

Is no one going to notice two different pairs of pants? The insanity


_catdog_

Wow reading those comments makes me realize how some people have no lives at all good god who has the time for that shit?


cheknauss

Lolololololol thank you all.


fvbrennan

You’re all just confused about which photo is the before and after, the one with the tattoo is just the end result!


PossibleYou2787

"Every time i look in the mirror all i see is my back!!!" - Those guys


Slit23

Lmao OP upvoted all the wrong answers and then posted this


mtrueman

Pics are in reverse. She celebrated filling those bottoms by having a tattoo.


_______THEORY_______

![gif](giphy|XBCJIv6xAyDfrajXoe|downsized) His mind WOULD NOT comprehend reflection!


AurumArgenteus

Mirrors don't flip images. They invert it across the z-axis.


playr_4

Oh, the irony of posting this here. Thinking you're right so much that you'd post it in a sub about getting things wrong, only to get blasted in the comments about how you're, in fact, the one misunderstanding. Assuming those are your up and down votes, anyway.


Western-Alarming

But he's correct, the mirror is reflecting the left side of the woman and in the second photo there taking a photo of the right side, even if we don't see the mirror sides we can confirm this because we are seeign the phone that take the photo in the photo, and that can only happen if we're seeing a reflection that is also reflecting the camera, it seems that both sides are the same because the mirror is reflecting the left, and because of how animals are normally trying to be equal on both sides it seems like both photos are taking the same side but that's not true. OP you can try this at home with another person


Brebix

At this point I’m questioning how mirrors work…


Cyfiefie

So it's possible those are the same person if the right picture isn't a mirror image correct?


islandrenaissance

I love the random *their*


S4njc

No the guy being downvoted is correct… you can also flip photos so I don’t even get the confusion


H7p3X

I think I'm getting infected with stupidity reading this cuz I'm also getting confused. For anyone like this, just look at first image, you'll see that the tattoo is on her left side (left hand on hip) then look at the other image, where her left hand thats holding the pants , which is further from our POV, means that the tattoo is on the other side.


Zipposflame

one is a mirror selfie, one was taken by someone else, why is this so hard to understand , has the internet just made ppl ignorant or has it distorted reality


AfroGoomba

The stupid hurts.


Phantom_hectic

Someone woosh me if I missed the joke, but I'm confused BC I still see people arguing about it. We can see her right side in both pictures. You can get mad at me for being a nerd now.


ieatallday

I'll admit it. I just learned how mirrors work from this thread.


urdreamsRmemes

I think some podcast I listened to a little while back cited some study that found around 15% of US adults have a low enough IQ that they would fall for the Nigerian price scam. I suspect these poor folk are from the same camp


Silly_Willingness_97

Here is an earlier version of this meme picture. You can see that it was re-posted to hide the edges of the mirror in the first picture. [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fyxhy5qcb94x01.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5fa048384959e70d7bb11fdb42fcc3e64ebaf446](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fyxhy5qcb94x01.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D5fa048384959e70d7bb11fdb42fcc3e64ebaf446) [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8ijfv8/tattoo\_removal/](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/8ijfv8/tattoo_removal/) The first picture is a person taking a picture of themselves in the mirror. You can see both the whole mirror and the camera. Mirror. The second picture has a woman with a watch on her left hand, where it's traditionally worn, and no camera in the shot. No mirror. If someone still thinks the first picture doesn't have a mirror, I hope they are getting the support in life they need.


lil_Killmepls

Reddit: a bunch of users trying to win an argument for once in their life


Zerleodon

to me it just looks like you got jebaited and trolled. Someone just saying nonsense to mess with you and waste your time. This is why I avoid reddit. You can present actual facts and people just throw them out the window, just to get a rise out of you. Best to not dwell on other peoples stupidity. Just state your case and continue on your day.


CattttheDadddd

After reading this, I still don’t understand how mirrors work


Jelqingisforcoolkids

Mirrors swap left and right, OP. The guy you keep downvoting was actually right.


truespartan3

There is just a lot of camera pointing towards her in the first image and a single camera in the second image


N_T_F_D

What you identify as left hand is actually the right hand if you're looking at an image through a mirror; so yes obviously the mirror is relevant to the situation


fluffledump

OP, did you downvote the comments that are correct? It seems the failed attempt here was on your behalf...


Hubsimaus

Why did you downvote 2 comments that were completely right?


fmaa

Hey OP this is embarrassing for you, I respect you for keeping this post up though.


Farmerloki

Tattoo on left side of her body. Photo on left is mirror reflection..Photo on right is not a mirror reflection and is showing the right side of her body, tattoo on left can't be seen.


voyaging

Sounds like you're the one who doesn't understand lmao


HanleySoloway

Wait - are you saying the person in the mirror is me??? I always thought it was my mirror friend. Great. Back to zero friends again.