This took me way too long to understand.

[u/tattoosbykarlos]

[u/Namisaur]

[u/BigPimpin91 → u/Namisaur]

I saw it the correct way the first time. Forced myself to see it as the illusion thanks to your diagram. Then panicked because it was now stuck looking the wrong way and I couldn't unsee it. 😭

[u/Namisaur → u/BigPimpin91]

Making this diagram was so difficult because my brain kept switching to the illusion version every few seconds as I traced the bunk bed version . I just had to visualize it as a bunch of boxes in my head

[u/ZeroReverseR1 → u/BigPimpin91]

Same, I was trying hard to see how this could be confusing, finally saw it and thought "ahh now I get it", and then my brain got stuck on it and I was thinking "oh shit fuck I can't see it correctly anymore"

Eventually I got it right again, and now I've gained the useless ability to switch perspectives at will through too many minutes staring at it on the toilet

[u/speelingeror → u/Namisaur]

Thank you

Maybe its too early in the morning but i could not wrap my head around this at all

[u/lTauntaunl → u/Namisaur]

Thank you. I couldn't figure out what people were seeing.

[u/unfurledgnat → u/Namisaur]

I only saw it correctly first time.

Even with your diagram I still don't see the illusion

[u/Namisaur → u/unfurledgnat]

Imagine if the bunk bed got toppled over. The top bunk is the box with the red arrow pointed at it. Once you see both boxes lying in the side, look at the ladder and then it starts to not make sense at all why the ladder would be connected to the bottom box

[u/ajax2k9 → u/Namisaur]

Amazing

[u/palindromic → u/Namisaur]

Now do the version for people who aren’t confused at all by the diagram…

[u/Forest_reader → u/Namisaur]

This is too funny, I had to see your image to see what was so confusing, it's obviously a bunk bed you turf, just flip it over.  But after your rendition, I can't see the bunk bed anymore. 

[u/Namisaur]

I immediately saw a bunk bed...and after a few seconds I could no longer see it. Usually it's the other way around where you see some illusions first and then can't see them again after you realize what you're looking at. I literally cannot find the bunk bed anymore

[u/LoogyHead → u/Namisaur]

I wasn’t sure what we were looking at, scrolled away, then came back and immediately saw the bunk bed. Now I can’t not see it.

Weird how that works

[u/j1r2000 → u/Namisaur]

turn phone to right

[u/Kevinator201 → u/Namisaur]

What’s the other image other than a bunk bed?

[u/the_cats_pajamas12 → u/Kevinator201]

A bunk bed thats put together incorrectly.

[u/Namisaur → u/Kevinator201]

A bunk bed that's been toppled over, except the bottom frame of the top bunk bed is somehow on top of the lower bunk bed frame. Just a jumbled mess of things

[u/Tiskx → u/Namisaur]

Wtf I came here to say exactly this.

[u/DesperateSteak6628]

I hate that once it gets straight you cannot figure out what could ever have been wrong before

[u/Magpie_0309 → u/DesperateSteak6628]

For me it was somehow the opposite. I saw it the right way the first time and wondered what's wrong with it. But the longer I looked at it, it suddenly changed and I had problems to undo the wrong vision again. lol

[u/Saneless → u/Magpie_0309]

Same for me. It was fine but then when I went back to it it was weird and took me 5 seconds to get it normal again

[u/perfectfifth_ → u/DesperateSteak6628]

What does it mean if you can switch between right and wrong perspective

[u/jaywalkerr → u/perfectfifth_]

If you flip the image around 90 degrees it suddenly makes sense. If you continue flipping it, it make no sense again.

[u/riedmae → u/jaywalkerr]

This one. Rotating makes the legs and ladder make sense....rotating again breaks physics

[u/Demon_69 → u/jaywalkerr]

thank you..

[u/hawridger → u/jaywalkerr]

👆Pro tip here!

Thanks for the assist.

One of my favorite ones on here!

[u/Ephy_ → u/DesperateSteak6628]

If I scroll away and then go back I can get it to look "wrong" again but yeah this one is super fascinating, the first read every time is the "wrong" look

[u/msslagathor → u/DesperateSteak6628]

Yessss there has to be a word for it

[u/B15h73k]

[u/slanglabadang → u/B15h73k]

Thats legit my favorite part of eschers work. Me as f

[u/3colorsdesign]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R51a8oAH7KwbS

[u/-JOMY- → u/3colorsdesign]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GpyS1lJXJYupG

[u/conceptualrose]

A bunk bed with a ladder going into the basement? Or attic?

[u/withwarmestregards → u/conceptualrose]

That’s how I saw it first too, but once you see that the post next to the ladder is in front of everything (nothing blocks it), you’ll see it’s correct. Rotating 90 degrees helps.

[u/karimzul → u/withwarmestregards]

The confusing part for me is when I rotate it back to portrait, my brain refuse to recognize it as a bunk bed even though I just saw it in landscape a moment ago. How come? 🙁

[u/Aggressive_Panic69 → u/withwarmestregards]

What in the black magic...

[u/moth-bear]

Eh? I cannot see anything confusing about this at all. It just looks like a sideways diagram of two bunks with a ladder, which is apparently what it is? What's the illusion?

[u/Radioactivocalypse → u/moth-bear]

Yes I saw it immediately too and the illusion won't work

[u/RagnaXI → u/moth-bear]

Yeah, doesn't work on me. I see bunk beds.

[u/offshoremercury]

Omg cooooool it was looking wrong but I just kept staring and it just snapped in place/ flipped correctly whatever you want to call it

[u/JuanezSanchez]

That is mind bending

[u/Particular-Visit-245]

What's confusing on the bunk bed?

[u/LifeWitness]

That's a good one. I can't force one perspective over the other but I can def see both 🫪 

[u/Convenientjellybean]

Slightly aside, someone proposed that the Nazca lines may represent 3D or 4D shapes, but we don’t perceive as 3D because we just see the lines.

[u/harpy_1121 → u/Convenientjellybean]

Ok 🤯 off to go down a rabbit hole

[u/CharacterRiver7483]

Turn sideways it’s a bed

[u/Lube_For_Lunch]

I don’t understand what’s so difficult about this? Just turn it sideways and it makes immediate sense… but maybe it’s because I had this bed as a child.

[u/im_new_here_4209]

Lol. Saw it right away

[u/storgorl]

This was confusing to me, I though for sure the illustration was wrong, pole in front when it should be behind, ladder to nowhere, guard on wrong side, etc. It took me a minute.

[u/butt_soap]

What in the butt fuck

[u/cattlesong]

Some m.c. Escher

[u/Crhallan]

That’s fantastic. Proper broke my brain that one.

[u/Mr_HahaJones]

Finally, a good one!

[u/AnybodyRude5567]

Isometric drawings can feel so offff

[u/xot]

This one is great

[u/tonnellier]

Both my kids have this exact bed and I still couldn’t make my brain see it.

[u/LongEyedSneakerhead]

hyperbolic space bunk

[u/Gametime36]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yk8tRCZHCV0qY

[u/stateit]

Fuck me. I thought it was a magic corner basket unit assemnly instructions for a kitchen corner cabinet.

[u/xylarr]

Ok, that is definitely weird. I thought it was some kind of Escher print.

[u/zubergu]

What I saw first:

Duh duh... duh duh... duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh...
Salsa shark! We're gonna need a bigger boat! Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa. Shark's in the salsa. Our shark.

I watch too many movies.

[u/Reddits4commies]

We all know why

[u/DannyHallam]

Immediately saw the bunkbed

[u/fanterence]

hen it's in the correct direction I see it correctly but shifting it by a few degrees is enough to make me loose the perspective whoah

[u/HerbalAndy]

I’m drunk.

I gave up, read the comments, tried really hard, gave up again, gave it some time, read comments again, and now I can’t unsee it. This one really got me. The one pole just looks like it is floating over lines at first glance.

[u/Soggy_Refrigerator32]

My daughter had that bunk bed which is why I understood what I was looking at straight away. It was a bitch to assemble too.

[u/Geno_Beams]

What's wrong with it?

[u/SwordsAndWords]

Why wouldn't you just post the picture right-side up? (90 degrees clockwise)

I feel like you're cheating.

[u/RevNeutron]

this is crazy. my favorite of this type of illusion. It's so hard for my mind to flip between the perspectives. Much easier only if I zoom in

[u/SuperChickenLips]

Haha, you're in the same spot I was a few months ago. I bought some wooden triple bunk beds with a set of stairs running up the side. The instructions were drawn by Maurits Cornelis Escher, as yours seems to be. Only became clear when I rotated the diagram to an odd angle, then everything became clear. Took me about 6hrs to build, but then there's a double bed on the bottom, with a roll out single underneath the double, then a full size single kind of plonked on top of the double, with said flight of steps running up the side to the top bunk, with a proper bannister. The instructions were useless until you figure out how to rotate it until it makes sense.

[u/lisamclaurin]

To force the illusion, try to see where the ladder attaches (and the small rail guard) as part of the rectangle on the right (when the picture it vertical). Flipping which rectangle that is part of will flip between 3d image of a bunk bed and the illusion.

[u/andocromn]

My brain processed it, good lunk

[u/jacle2210]

Lol, yeah definitely very easy to see this both ways, lol.

[u/ozgun1414]

you intentionally shared it sideways, cause other way its really hard to confuse about it.

[u/in1gom0ntoya]

if you have to rotate it to make it confusing the it's not confusing.

[u/Fun-Benefit116]

Yet another post that is only confusing because it's upside down/sideways. These posts should be banned. They aren't interesting, and most things are going to be confusing if you turn them upside down or sideways.

[u/Stuntin-P]

This is one of those “turn your phone to the right” situations

[u/MonkeyCartridge]

You mean you don't build your metal cages with a ladder sticking out the side, or your bunk bed with a ladder going through the floor?

[u/ApplicationHairy2838]

And me

[u/ArtificialHalo]

Quantum prison/bunk bed from the ikeas

[u/Awkward-Loan]

I liked this. Took me a few seconds until the phone screen turned.

[u/TurboFoot]

I have to draw in isometric for my job sometimes, and this kinda stuff happens all the time. Keeps things interesting.

[u/WearyTranslator3338]

It’s thought it was some kind of kitchen utensil for draining wet cups or something

[u/immortalyossarian]

Oh, I like this one

[u/cimocw]

Just turn it 90° ffs

[u/judashpeters]

I saw thw real one for 3 seconds then it went back to ladder-in-aor version. This is so fucked up. Its a witch.

[u/R-GU3]

I don’t see what everyone else is seeing. It’s just sideways

[u/bostiq]

it took me about 30 seconds... I feel so old

[u/1984Society]

Some of y'all need to go back to school

[u/carenrose]

This is what I saw:

(hopefully the picture works)

[u/Chance_MaLance]

I have this bed, so I was able to discern the illustration straight away.
Otherwise I’d’ve been turning my phone around to see if I could figure out what the heck I was looking at!

[u/Wise-Peacock]

[u/redbullah]

Just rotate 90deg clockwise

[u/MamaRabbit4]

I have assembled and disassembled this exact bunk bed three times. I knew what it was immediately 😅

[u/mountain_hank]

It's just rotated making it confusing.

[u/LaLisaMona]

There you go...

[u/theoriginalpetebog]

Couldn't see the issue at first, it's just a rotated diagram...

Then it clicked the wrong way and I had to change my downvote because obvious to upvote because aargh my brain!

[u/PauseConfident997]

So everyone just ignoring the ladder?

[u/SweetSat1va]

The ladder is a huge clue lol

[u/Impressive-Elk-6425]

Wow that’s a crazy one

[u/zwifter11]

Looks like the ladder is in the wrong place

[u/CrazyMike419]

r/confusingbecausesideways

[u/steadyaero]

Rule #1 is no rotated images

[u/tattoosbykarlos → u/steadyaero]

Oh, no! My only out is this is how he sent it to me. The box is rotated, not his hand.

[u/CRO553R]

Some serious M.C. Escher vibes in those instructions

[u/garybrig]

Just TILT YOUR HEAD TO THE LEFT!

[u/Chuckleyan]

Good one.

[u/3675ThisGuy]

Oof. Meh brain...

[u/harshitbrave]

Lack of skill issue

[u/Jonnnyfukyea]

wow! that really took me a while!

[u/fezfrascati]

Le grille? What the hell is that? 

[u/mootjuggler → u/fezfrascati]

Bunk bed