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The strange-face-in-the-mirror illusion.
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Pinko Marx
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My face warped some nothing cool like other people have reported. :/
Pretty much this, but I was told about the movie years ago.
Every time I see a mirror in the dark I start thinking it, so paranoid creature that I am I either turn on the light or flee.
Also, maybe it's connected to this thing, which I don't know if has a technical term, that when it's pretty dark in a room you can kind of push the details you are able to see into the darkness so you don't see them anymore even with your eyes open.
How About No
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Didn't see much, my eyes sorta looked black and soulless after about 30 seconds in. It did feel like someone was watching me, I got outta there quick, boys.
Reminds me too much of that Mirrors movie.
My mouth was agape at what happened in this scene
Probably the worst most horrible thing a ghost has ever done
nintendork666
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What am I missing here?
Stare at the spot in the black area directly between the two pictures. It makes the faces on either side deform in really odd and sometimes hilarious ways.
pixelpatch
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Lol that should totally be the premise of the next Doctor Who spooky episode. It would be a really fitting theme! Moffat would be all over it.
"Do you know what happens when you look at yourself in the mirror for too long?"
"Yeah. My face starts to change in all those weird ways."
"Except it's not your face anymore..."
"Do you know what happens when you look at yourself in the mirror for too long?"
"Yeah. My face starts to change in all those weird ways."
"Except it's not your face anymore..."
Muskieratboi
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Keep your eyes centred o. The crosshair, and pay attention to your peripheral vision. Don't glance, just stare straight ahead.
This the same GAF that finds no recent horror movies effective and wishes they were more scary and yet is freaking out over a stupid mirror thing.
This is also the GAF that moves across the country if they find a spider in their apartment.
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Or just casually burn down the building with a smile on their faces.
Jawdropping.
It happens because your brain cannot fully process [periferal] visual imagery and starts filling in the blanks itself. And as we all know, the brain is as powerful as it is bizarre.
This is truly horrific, thanks!
You should try looking at yourself in a mirror after using magic mushrooms. You suddenly look like a complete stranger to yourself, like you suddenly realize you look completely different to what you've always known. It's very eerie. Almost grotesque in a way. Even the way your face moves doesn't seem to quite match up with what you're doing. The strange thing was that I never really got that while looking at friends' faces, back when I still did that stuff.
What is it about Candlejack that makes people not fini
It happens because your brain cannot fully process [periferal] visual imagery and starts filling in the blanks itself. And as we all know, the brain is as powerful as it is bizarre.
Lol, I can't keep my eyes on the cross because my attentiveness/sense of vision is too sensitive to any kind of movement.
Rapscallion
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a spoopster ghost came and tickled my fancy
Yeah im not taking any chances doing spooky shit.
Trying to tell you "don't repeat the same mistakes I did!" lol
I've done this a lot. My face (and body as a whole) just kind of becomes part of the environment. It's a really weird, detached feeling. I don't recall seeing anything particularly weird, but I remember being creeped out by how much the body in the mirror looked like an empty vessel.
IceDoesntHelp
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All I noticed were that my nose seems to get longer, and my eyes would change position.
Pretty cool.
Usually just notice my face just go into the darkness though.
Pretty cool.
Usually just notice my face just go into the darkness though.
Monocle
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Wow are we on GameFAQs? Nobody thinks that Candejack meme is amus
My brother told me that he hated looking in a mirror while shrooming because it made him feel guilty about doing it.
Elitist1945
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Jeez dude. Looked that up and that was brutal.
TheWarrior
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This reminds me of the old rule about taking acid and keeping your head down when passing a mirror or just making sure you don't start staring into a mirror.
I managed fine on the top one but couldn't keep my eyes on the bottom because Emma Watson.
Gabriel_Logan
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I did this years ago and I could have swore I could make out the Incredible Hulk in the mirror.
Nostremitus
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Your brain's pretty good at filling in for your eyes' blind spots, but if you stare at a static image long enough it'll decompensate.
Just like the old trick the can make someone's head disappear.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17511-the-blind-spot-and-the-vanishing-head-illusion/
The difference is that you are now getting a closer look at your face and some of your facial features are in that blind spot. Your brain fills in the gap with interesting results.
Just like the old trick the can make someone's head disappear.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17511-the-blind-spot-and-the-vanishing-head-illusion/
The difference is that you are now getting a closer look at your face and some of your facial features are in that blind spot. Your brain fills in the gap with interesting results.
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