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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)
  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Eyes/brain more sensitive to brightness than colour. Black+white border is bright, is updated in the brain quickly, dim image of Patrick is updated more slowly. Discrepancy causes percieved movement.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    I noticed my center screen on my dash does this when driving at night. Very perturbing when i notice it in my peripheral vision moving out of sync with the rest of the dash and moving more than everything else.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    For the people that may not know what to look for or can't see the illusion, Slowly tilting your phone (or monitor I guess) makes it look like Patrick is slightly bobbing back and forth in the void. Should be obvious what it is supposed to be I guess.

    Actually, shaking fast also works just found out. Somehow the image of Patrick lags behind the movement of the border when the brain processes what it's looking at.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    "Aw man, that was my last quarter"

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Oh yeah, that's cool, the QR code around him began expanding and taking over my entire field of vision. The only thing I can see now besides this black and white void is Patrick on the mechanical seahorse... stationary... beckoning to me to give him another quarter... I must go now.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Shaking my monitor instead

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I shook my phone, but he didn't move. I feel like a fool

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What am I supposed to see here?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    After a few seconds it looks like Patrick is moving independently from the background border. Basically he just turns his head towards you and opens his mouth like he's screaming. A jpeg obviously doesn't make any sound, lol, but it's drawn in such a way that we all know what must be done

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Don't see anything

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