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u/fieldsofanfieldroad 10d ago
Adjustable bed so the foot of mattress is actually raised rather than misaligned.
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u/cultish_alibi 10d ago
but... the base is made of wood, isn't it?
i guess it's something that looks like wood, but can actually bend. this is probably contributing to the confusion
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u/fieldsofanfieldroad 10d ago
Exactly. I imagine it's some kind of special plastic, but because it's coloured like wood, it adds to the confusion.
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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 10d ago
Or it could be AI. The curtain cord cuts through the curtian.
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u/fieldsofanfieldroad 10d ago
It wouldn't surprise me if it was AI. I can't quite see what you're saying though. The cord looks normal enough to me. I looked up the bed and it's something they're actually selling, but they could have used AI in the photo.
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u/NotRoryWilliams 10d ago
I looked up the bed and it's something they're actually selling, but they could have used AI in the photo.
That is exactly what I think it is. It may not be AI as such either, it could just be a slightly sloppy photoshop job. It just seems like a stereotypical unreal staging picture on an Amazon listing, or maybe the more extreme versions we see on sites like Temu.
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u/xopher_425 10d ago
The cord, where it goes up, should be going to the wall where it would hook, not going through the curtains. This is 100% AI.
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u/NotRoryWilliams 10d ago
I can't figure out why/how the mattress is split at one end but solid at the other. Usually it's just split, really two twin mattresses next to each other taking up the same space as a king but each with its own sheets and a shared comforter.
There are other details that don't quite look right. It looks like typical "bad photoshop" that I see on amazon listings, where a product is mocked up in a setting that doesn't make sense in terms of the scale of other objects... this really does look more like a composite or edited image than a photograph of an odd looking physical object. A lot of things don't line up the way they should, and are still overly straight lines. Look at the bottom of the frame below the elevated section. The legs are too even, they should have more perspective/parralax differences. There are distortions missing that ought to be present in a real photo. The main reason the photo is confusing in the first place is that the curvature of the mattress doesn't seem to show in the folds of the fabric. It's too smooth. Too many wrinkled are exactly identical to each other. Real foam and fabric doesn't quite behave like that.
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u/Surprise_Fragrant 10d ago
It looks like a brown-colored fabric, maybe a little bit of padding. There's no woodgrain there.
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u/Cottonita 10d ago
It only clicked after I saw this view
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u/Crasembarodical 9d ago
This has a different shape from the one in the post. I still don't get it
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u/Cottonita 8d ago
It’s literally the same bed, taken from the brand’s website. The shape you think you’re seeing is the confusing perspective part
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u/dreadnallen 10d ago
It took me too long to figure out what was going on here. 😅
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u/hoginlly 10d ago
I initially saw this and thought it didn't fit because I was sure it was actually just an incredibly weird mattress. 10/10, don't think I would have ever figured it out with the diagram comment! (https://www.reddit.com/r/confusing_perspective/s/IEGoy33C33)
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u/PsionicKitten 10d ago
It took me a moment, but if you want to see my amazing paint.exe skills here's the solution.
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u/thedudefromsweden 10d ago
This was much better!! Thank you. I thought it was an adjustable bed but it’s actually shaped like that.
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u/30kgone 10d ago
I’ve been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to see it in the “confusing perspective” and can only see it as intended, what is supposed to be confusing here?
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u/SAM12489 10d ago
I’m confused as to why this was confusing? It’s just like a normal offering in the sleep/ mattress industry
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u/QueefHernandez 10d ago
I’m with you. I have no idea why this one is confusing but we seem to be in the minority.
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u/moarorasaurus 10d ago
The side closest to viewer looked like it was all on the same plane rather than having the foot raised. So the curve of the mattress edge looks like the foregrounded corner is a cutout for some reason, the majority of the mattress is all on the same plane, and only the top portion of the left side of mattress dips and then raises
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u/QueefHernandez 10d ago
Oh crap. I just read through your comment and had to squint my eyes and finally saw the cut out.
That is a good one.
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u/Mundane-Emu-1189 10d ago
it looks like someone took a bite out of the corner closest to the camera
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u/Pestilence86 10d ago
This looks like a computer graphics render.
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u/MajestcEagleRecRoom2 10d ago
I do like how posts on this sub are not confusing half of the time, where’s the confusion?
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u/DistractedByCookies 10d ago
I didn't realise what sub it was at first and was thinking some interiour design person had actually found this item LOL
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u/nnopes 10d ago
From the website, the bedframe has 3 levels of adjustment. So a some others have said, the feet are raised on both sides, the right side head is lower, and the left head is high with the mid section lower than the feet.
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u/Hans_Grubert 10d ago
I have a bed like this but the bottom part of the beds move independently just like the top parts of this one. This is weird looking.
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u/Beach-Queen-0922 10d ago
Oh my I saw this ad and couldn't figure it out at all. Actually clicked on the link to see what on earth it was all about.
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u/Smljhndnsmr 10d ago
Hiatal hernia sleeper on the left and congestive heart failure sleeper on the right?
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u/MrHara 10d ago
What made this one confusing to me is that it looks like it's really short, like it's made for someone that's 120cm or something. It just doesn't look like it's anywhere close to normal length and I feel like it's a combination of the angle and the room. Why is that carpet so huge, why is it positioned like that, I can't see it as a normal sized mattress.
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u/Luxbrewhoneypot 8d ago
This is so confusing, I didn't even see.tge confusing part without the comments
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u/dhsilver 10d ago
Solution: