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minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 days agoWhat always got me was how mirrors swap right and left, but not top and bottom. I can sit and think about it long enough it makes sense, but it’s so fucking unintuitive, that i need to convince myself every time i ponder it
minus-squarekayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 days agothat’s because mirrors don’t swap left and right; They swap front and back. You flip the words on a page left and right when you turn the page around to face the mirror
What always got me was how mirrors swap right and left, but not top and bottom.
I can sit and think about it long enough it makes sense, but it’s so fucking unintuitive, that i need to convince myself every time i ponder it
that’s because mirrors don’t swap left and right; They swap front and back. You flip the words on a page left and right when you turn the page around to face the mirror
Just turn your head to the side