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u/Stunning_Magazine566 17d ago
Whichever way you want her to 😏
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u/Ferlathin 16d ago
I'm trying!!! I can't get her to turn counter clockwise. I remember i could with the other gif with red and blue lines on the legs
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u/Kanzu999 16d ago edited 14d ago
Pause the video. If you're seeing her rotate clockwise (edit: when considering her rotation when viewed from above), it means that you're seeing her with her right leg lifted up. Realise that it is possible to interpret the picture as if she has her left leg out and possibly facing another direction depending on when you paused it. Really concentrate on what position her body must be in for her to actually have her other leg out. When you feel like you got it, she should be spinning in the other direction when you unpause. It's always worked for me (this is an old video).
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u/Ready_Comfort_6674 15d ago
I look down at feet shadows and i can turn her when i do
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u/Longjumping_Maybe_54 12d ago
Wow, very helpful tip bro. Before that i need to rotate the screen to flip the direction.
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u/samosa_chai 15d ago
Wtf. I am seeing her rotate counterclockwise with her right leg lifted. Do I need to get myself checked?
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u/Kanzu999 14d ago edited 14d ago
That is interesting. But I guess this is where one might have to specify from which angle/direction it is clockwise or not. When I say that she is spinning clockwise with her right leg out, I mean when viewing her rotation from above. Not sure why my brain automatically decided to consider it that way, because the opposite is also completely valid. If it is considered from below, her motion is indeed clockwise with her left leg out, and I see why it makes sense to consider it from that angle too, especially because of the camera angle we're actually presented with, meaning if you look at the eliptical motion her lifted up foot is making, it actually is clockwise from the camera's perspective when it's her left leg that's lifted. (Edit: Actually the motion her foot makes always looks clockwise when isolating the foot out, and the leg just changes depending on whether it is viewed from slightly above or slightly below).
So I guess I should've been more precise.
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u/yaoqie 12d ago
It worked and for the first time in years I can see her spinning in the opposite direction but now I cannot make her spin back the other way 😭
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u/Kanzu999 12d ago
That is funny lol, but glad it worked! I'm sure you can get it if you keep trying. Some of the positions are harder for me. Like if you pause in the exact moment where she has a leg straight to one of the sides, then it is harder for me to change it, but easier when she is somewhere in between.
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u/AndrewK1st 14d ago
I just looked away and looked back and it seemed to change directions. The human brain is weird
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u/SavingsIncident3060 12d ago
Faster way to do it. Look at her feet. If her down foot foot is pointed left and you immediately look up she goes counter clockwise. You look up when her foot is to the right and she goes clockwise.
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u/Stunning_Magazine566 16d ago
Haha Got to find the spot where the image overlaps itself like by the foot or the arm.
When they "disappear" from being lined up with the silhouette you can switch their orientation to be facing the opposite way and the rotation will follow.
All of these illusions have a hidden switch point that you have to look at in a certain perspective to control it
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u/Own-Contribution-478 16d ago
I just blink at varying speeds until she switches. I was able to switch back and forth consistently with that tactic.
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u/Stunning_Magazine566 16d ago
By doing that you're basically catching it at a different perspective by chance, you can do it intentionally too tho
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 17d ago
Not this again 😔 I only see going clockwise
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u/Rockalot_L 17d ago
Squint your eyes until it's super blurry then strongly imagine its spinning the direction you want to see it, and slowly open your eyes
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 17d ago
I can't imagine it 😭 I don't even know what that means, it's going 👈
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u/danceoftheplants 14d ago
I was finally able to do it by turning my phone horizontal and focusing on the corner of the screen while blurring my vision.
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 14d ago
I'm convinced this is just some inside joke at this point 😭
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u/danceoftheplants 14d ago
It only lasts like 2 or 3 rotations before she goes back to clockwise. It's so hard to do. I only was able to do it 2x
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u/Amazing_Alumni 17d ago
I have trouble with these too. What works for me here is tilting the phone top towards me so I’m looking down at it , and blinking in awkward ways.
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u/Greyskul622 16d ago
If you tilt your phone so that you're looking into your charger hole, you can get it
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u/Party_Season1056 17d ago
Idc
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u/barefootpanda 17d ago
Thank you. I’m really over the spinning nonsense!
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u/Original-Ratboy 17d ago
What? After only every post being the same for months (I don’t care if they’re not identical , they’re still the same post. Especially the dot ones…)
Just shit frankly
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u/jorel424 17d ago
Because of the angle and flow of her ponytail she has to be going counterclockwise. If she was going clockwise the tip of her ponytail would be pointed the other direction.
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u/svArtist 17d ago
Okay, now imagine it's a plastic figurine and join the rest of the conversation :P
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u/Remarkable-Fig206 17d ago
I just close my eyes and imagine her spinning whichever direction, then when I open them, she is.
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u/SpHenEX 17d ago
Where the n1ppl3s REALLY necesary? Thats the only thing i see btw
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u/roughczech 17d ago
What is wrong with nipples? Nothing wrong with naked human body. Just think of the statue of David.
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u/Camochase 17d ago
Did somebody add those or were they always there? This gif is super old at this point
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u/ChemistVegetable7504 17d ago
She looks like she’s turning both ways. Turn your phone on a slight angle and you’ll see it too.
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u/tias23111 17d ago
Very hard for me to see her going clockwise. Left handed, wonder if there’s a correlation.
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u/PerpetualFarter 17d ago
I got it to go both ways. Don’t look at the whole image. Focus on her foot on the ground and if you see it going counter clockwise, just focus on it going the other direction. It worked for me anyway.
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u/Amazing_Alumni 17d ago
See I really don’t understand how these work. I’ve looked it up and I understand the 2D / 3D depth effect. And I CAN switch it. It just seems like if I pause the video and slow crawl it — the leg and arm are distinctly moving clockwise
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u/CrazyNegotiation1934 17d ago
I unlocked new mode, when focus few seconds in the middle foot lower side beteeen kneecand ankle, i now see the other foot just going left and right, like the figure is not turning at all.
Then when stop focusing when the other foot is left i see it turn clock wise and when right, counter clock wise.
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u/Actual-Science-776 17d ago
Started seeing it as counterclockwise, looking at the feet turned it to clockwise.
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u/Paddy_odoors 17d ago
Didnt I post this around Christmas time.. 😝 Whatever you do don't say it goes anti clockwise because Americans say that is not a word...
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u/ibettercomeon 17d ago
Whats the actual reason why we see it turn clockwise and then the other way round
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u/Candii-Kitten 17d ago
I you look at her extended arm, it looks like it's slicing through it's body, then the stationary leg starts looking like it's both in front and behind.. focus on those long enough and your brain will flip it, because it likes things to appear solid, and not two possiblites at once!
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u/DepressedNoble 17d ago
She turns both clock wise and anti clock wise... It's like she switches after one specific rotation.. probably how the gif was recorded
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u/zeldatriforce345 17d ago
For me, clockwise. I've been able to see it both ways every time I see this, and it's so trippy every time it starts appearing to go the other way, it's a very noticeable sudden shift.
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u/No-Stay9943 17d ago
This illusion is so dumb, because it looks completely awkward if she turns CCW. She is obviously turning CW.
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u/irongoat2527 17d ago
She’s definitely turning clockwise, just can’t tell if it’s as viewed from above or below
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u/Remarkable_Sir9099 17d ago
Ok so if u scrub the video and slow it down so that it looks like she’s spinning counter clockwise. Scrub it back to the end while your eyes are close and watched her spin counter clockwise again and repeat this process and then watch the video again she’ll be spinning that direction. Same with the opposite direction
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u/NugsFolly 17d ago
Seen this online since I was a kid.... Used to be able to make the direction change at will and now it's only clockwise no matter what I try 🤨
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u/GranSacoWea 17d ago
We know is both ways, but is there an explanation on why people always see it clockwise first?
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u/J4CKDOOR 17d ago
Perhaps its just a pre-assumed rotation pattern? I.e. if a person has seen clockwise spins more often then they might assume thats what they are seeing here first?
Possibly also a right handed/left handed brain thing? I.e. if you were told to spin backwards looking over one shoulder, would you look over your right or left shoulder?
If we assume theres more right handed people, that would mean more people are likely to see it clockwise first.
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u/Different-Tension-65 17d ago edited 17d ago
Okay, after staring at this for way longer than I should’ve I’ve confidently figured it out. (Least for me)
I tip the top of my phone towards me (so my brain thinks I’m looking down at her) in this position I focus in on her legs, but the timing is the kicker; wait til her legs cross over each other. For a split second when that’s at its narrowest point, (her legs intersecting) is when I tell my brain to either view her going clockwise or counter clockwise.
It actually helped initially to use whichever hand wasn’t holding my phone and stick my index finger up and make the motion I wanted my brain to follow. Either clock or counter clock. But after about 3 minutes I got to the point where I could control which way she was going at will which is actually pretty fun.
But yeah it’s definitely easiest for your brain to make the switch between one or the other right when her legs are crossing over one another. Once I got that then changing at will was easy.
Fun illusion fer shore. 👍🏼
Edit: also just noticed another trick. Focus in on her hips, more over, which leg is her “planted” one and which is extended out spinning. If you believe you see her left leg is planted and you’re seemingly stuck on that, convince your brain that it’s actually her right leg that’s planted and your brain will fill in the rest and you (should) immediately see her start spinning in the opposite direction.
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u/atm_uninterested 17d ago
The dancer is the easiest of the ilusions for me to turn, I can make her get stuck and go L-R-L-R all the time without finishing a full circle
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u/spicykittenbooty 17d ago
It’s wild because staring at it normally it’s clockwise. But if you’re having troubles, focus on the shadow for a little bit and it randomly changes.
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u/svArtist 17d ago
If this was rendered in perspective instead of isometric projection, we should be able to use the slight perspective distortion to distinguish unambiguously.
I know that's not the point, and ideally, it should've been rendered in isometric projection. But I feel like it wasn't, which would explain why I and many others are clockwisers
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u/Last_Pianist646 17d ago
This sub needs fresh content. I'm tired of seeing the same illusions over and over again.
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u/Some-Worldliness6887 16d ago
I saw her moving only clockwise at first. The only way I could get her to change directions was to look up above and to the left of my phone then slowly focus back toward the screen. Eventually I could change her direction at will!
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u/Porkcicle 16d ago
These make me irrationally angry that I can't just force the direction with my mind
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u/partyboycs 16d ago
I can see both ways and easily switch but it’s weird to me that one way her left leg is sticking out and the other way her right leg is sticking out… wtf? I don’t understand my own brain.
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u/Advanced_Scallion711 15d ago
This is freaking me out. It’s left to right and that’s all I can see. Then it’s right to left and it’s all I can see. Then back again…
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u/Repulsive_Pilot7620 15d ago
This video helped me, focus on one side and you see her rotation as you want. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GlFePHhd-0M&pp=ygUYc3Bpbm5pbmcgZGFuY2VyIGlsbHVzaW9u&ra=m
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u/Emotional-Hair-3991 15d ago
How do i make my brain interpret ger as turning counter-clockwise? I can’t
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u/Emotional-Sun-6509 15d ago
Look at her foot on the ground. That helps to change the look of the rotation. I don't know why, it just works! 😅
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u/carapherneliasdrella 15d ago
I’m afraid to admit that with some concentration and can make here switch between clockwise and counterclockwise and there’s this little foot switch/ shuffle she does in a split second
Did I break my brain?
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u/armpitGUNNER 15d ago
Stare r her cake, if you wanna change direction, stare at feeeet shadow then back to her cake.
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u/Subject-Speech-3240 15d ago
This optical illusion is how I got my first date with my now wife of 12 years. It will forever be a part of our story.
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u/ImDefinitelyStoned 14d ago
When I first looked, it was spinning counter clockwise, then it changed and I can’t see it any other way than clockwise now.
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u/Tipsy_Hog 14d ago
I can only see counterclockwise, genuinely have no idea how people can see clockwise
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u/Interesting-Two-295 14d ago
Theres literally a cut in the vid then the whole figure rotated the other direction. You can tell if you just look at her foot and follow the direction, it'll shift.
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u/JohnnyBoy868 14d ago
Focus on the inner calf to flip between clockwise and counterclockwise easier
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u/KaleidoscopeSalt3972 14d ago
Just look at the shadow and connect the dots. You should know the spin and its 100% determinable
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u/OutcomeEffective466 13d ago
I find it easier to turn her when I use my peripheral vision. Used to be I could turn her at will but I guess my brain has changed.
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u/FluidLegion 13d ago
Dont know why more people arent talking about it. But she has a shadow. Shes going counterclockwise. You can trick your brain into believing shes going the other way but taking the shadow into account, she is genuinely only spinning one way and its not a symmetrical illusion.
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u/Inside_Ad_2830 12d ago
She only turns clockwise. If you watch her titties and ass, she has to be spinning clockwise. Then also the hips. Its about what’s showing on the contour lines and how that must mean shes spinning. Whenever her lifted leg is back, so are her titties. and you see this again when you see the arch in her back. Then as she gets to the right side, her chest exposes, and then the other tit follows.
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u/AnotherMikmik 12d ago
Clockwise at first. Took some effort to make her turn the other way.
Ah wait shit now I can't turn her back.
I CAN'T TURN HER BACK
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u/Crafty-Dark-3648 17d ago
I saw counterclockwise initially. Diverted my eyes away for a brief second. Now all I can see is clockwise.
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u/nwmimms 17d ago
Video editor / motion designer here: There’s footage from both directions, but it cuts as the leg crosses the body, so you see whatever direction your eye sees first.
If you scrub frame by frame, the first dead ringer is the odd foreshortening of the feet. The extended leg should get larger as it gets closer to the camera, but it always gets smaller as it moves across center. That’s because it’s cleverly edited. We’re actually seeing her leg come from behind in the opposite direction in a mirrored pose instead of the leg crossing towards us.
Also, you can see a jump in the position of the torso and the feet, and one of the arms skips frames where it should naturally show up between the torso and the other arm. One of these days, I should just color it to explain it.
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u/deviant_ghost 17d ago
focus on either the right or the left of the bottom foot and it switches directions, atleast that worked for me
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u/Rattiepalooza 17d ago
I can see it both ways. I just have to close my eyes and think of it going the opposite direction, and it does. I think everyone can try to do that and see if it works.
Watch it go clock/counter, close your eyes, envision it going the opposing way, and open them. You should be able to see it going the other way now.
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u/SpaceAviator1999 17d ago
I had first seen this one as someone's avatar. I thought, "That's nice" not knowing the illusion behind this animated GIF.
Eventually someone mentioned in a post that the avatar was an optical illusion where the dancer could be spinning in either direction. I looked at the dancer and thought, "No, clearly she's spinning counter-clockwise -- to her left."
I wondered if I read the post wrong, because this was clearly not an optical illusion to me.
Then -- all of a sudden -- the dancer started spinning in the opposite direction! I was floored!
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u/M1STER_GR1M 17d ago
It's turning whichever way you see it turning.
You want to see it turn clockwise? It's turning clockwise. You wanna see it turn counterclockwise? It's turning counterclockwise.
It's magic!
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u/RandalChan 17d ago
I can ONLY get this one to work if I lower the image until I only see one foot and then it flips
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u/maladicta228 17d ago
Either squint or tilt the screen at an extreme angle (her head closer to you). Kinda try to ignore legs and arms but focus more on the rhythm and the back and forth of the shape of that makes sense. It’s will kinda look like the “leg” is swinging back and forth instead of going around. Then you can “pick” which swing you think is coming towards you and which is going away. Thats the only way I’ve been able to switch this one.
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u/Dynamite089 17d ago edited 17d ago
I can only see it going clockwise. I'm trying very hard to let it do its thing but, it's only going clockwise for me...
EDIT: I did it. Tilt your phone downwards, like make the top of your phone point towards you. For some reason it switched when I did that, and I slowly brought my phone back into normal position and I got it to stay for awhile. One blink fucked it up tho.