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Someone Explain How This Works
YouTube ^ | 8/29/2026 | unknown

Posted on 08/29/2026 10:08:14 AM PDT by econjack

I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but I don't know it.


TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: headlinebaiting; mirror; reflection
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To: econjack

21 posted on 08/29/2026 10:43:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel First. America... who cares?)
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To: econjack

A different way to say it is the angle of “inclination” equals the angle of “reflection.”


22 posted on 08/29/2026 10:45:07 AM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: econjack

This reminds of the video of the lady freaking out over the rainbow in her lawn sprinkler.


23 posted on 08/29/2026 11:04:18 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Very good.

Now can you explain why when pulled off the roll cling wrap sticks to everything, mostly itself, but when you try to put it on what you want it on it sticks to nothing, including itself.


24 posted on 08/29/2026 11:06:23 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: Yardstick

Sprinkler rainbow lady:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIYZvr3ueGw


25 posted on 08/29/2026 11:09:02 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

dbootsthediva.

A lot of people thought she was somebody’s hoax.

https://edramatica.com/Dbootsthediva


26 posted on 08/29/2026 11:18:18 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: econjack
"Someone Explain How This Works"

What, click-bait?

Easy. Write a headline that people can't possibly have any idea what you're talking about unless they click. If they've got FOMO (fear of missing out), they'll click.

27 posted on 08/29/2026 11:30:26 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Jamestown1630

I went into a dimly lit room, said “Bloody Mary” three times and a lady appeared with a short glass of tomato juice and vodka for me.


28 posted on 08/29/2026 11:43:27 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If the Islamic Republic government is in power in Iran when the war is over, we will have lost.)
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To: econjack

I can’t wait for summer to be over…….ha ha


29 posted on 08/29/2026 11:46:34 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: MikelTackNailer

Now darken the room except for a single lit candle, stare into the mirror and say “Candyman” three times.


That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! Everybody knows you say, “I believe in Mary Worth” three times!


30 posted on 08/29/2026 11:49:13 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: econjack
I believe it's a lie.   I'll wait for someone to prove me wrong.
31 posted on 08/29/2026 11:53:53 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: econjack

It’ll make more sense if you stand by a mirror with someone else.

Part of the weirdness is a photograph is two dimensional.

So while you thing the chick’s right eye (leftmost on the pic) should not be visible, look where it appears in the mirror - closer to the end of the mirror, meaning that part of the image is closer to the observer.

To imagine the 3D space, from the camera lens, if you aimed a billiard ball at the eye in the mirror, it’d bounce off and hit her in her actual eye.


32 posted on 08/29/2026 11:56:22 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Flaming Conservative

lol. I thought of Mary Worth, too; and then I thought, no that was a comic strip...


33 posted on 08/29/2026 11:58:14 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: econjack

The part of the mirror your eyes see him has a direct line of sight to him. Angle of reflection is not blocked.


34 posted on 08/29/2026 12:13:11 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: econjack

Jimi Hendrix

Room Full of Mirrors

[Verse 1]
I used to live in a room full of mirrors
All I could see was me
Well, I take my spirit and I smash my mirrors
Now the whole world is here for me to see
I said the whole world is here for me to see
Now I am searching for my love to be
Hey!

[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Rubber glass was all in my brain
Cotton screaming crying in my head
Rubber glass was all in my brain
Just the thought of my dreams cut me in my bed
And just the thought of my dreams cut me in my bed
I said making love was strange in my bed

[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
All right
Ooh ooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
No place stumping
No place far
Can’t find the floor
Nowhere at all
See nothing but sunshine
All around

[Outro]
Love come shining over the mountains
Love come shining over the sea
Love will shine on my baby
Then I’ll know who’s exactly for me
Lord, I’ll know who will be for me
In the meantime, which is a groovy time


35 posted on 08/29/2026 12:13:14 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think this is an old trick.
There are two sisters.
Stop the video several times towards the end and see the “mirror” images do not line up.

Very good matching each other’s moment, rehearsed a lot, but not perfect.


36 posted on 08/29/2026 12:16:32 PM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: RCFlyer

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yC92OTjnVPw

This short is a trick with a lighter which is removed on “our side” but the mirror is “fooled” and still reflects the lighter which has been removed.

Clearly a window and not a mirror, with two lighters, only one of which has been removed. I think this becomes obvious when you think about it. And I think the woman and the sheet are the same deal (two people).


37 posted on 08/29/2026 12:31:26 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: RCFlyer

38 posted on 08/29/2026 12:32:36 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Everyone that voted Trump/R in '24 needs to show up in '26.)
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To: econjack
I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but I don't know it.

It's bullshit. It's that simple. It's a con game with video tricks.

39 posted on 08/29/2026 12:34:50 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: RCFlyer

Post 2 does a good job of explaining it.


40 posted on 08/29/2026 12:35:04 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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