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[–]Anticonn 38 points39 points ago

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Counterclockwise. Unless your clock runs backwards.

[–]youdontknowme1010101 -2 points-1 points ago

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I just realized that I am an idiot and I meant to say counter clockwise earlier...

[–]Anticonn -1 points0 points ago

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Oh good, I was wondering if everyone else was stupid. Glad that's all cleared up then :)

[–]jenesuispasbavard 26 points27 points ago

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Is it bad that this makes complete and utter sense to me?

[–]noneedtoprogram 18 points19 points ago

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No, welcome to the club. I looked at it and thought "wtf is the op's problem?"

[–]trimeta 5 points6 points ago

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Two options: either the outside is moving up and the inside is moving down (and there is no rotation whatsoever), or the whole thing is rotating counterclockwise (and there is no morphing whatsoever).

[–]Mephoros 0 points1 point ago

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I originally thought the first option when I looked at it, then looked at the comments and saw that it could, indeed, just be moving CCW around a vertical axis. Pretty awesome, actually.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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WTF i see both inside and outside moving CCW

[–]e_d_a_m 3 points4 points ago

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That's because it is one solid shape, rotating counter-clockwise around a vertical axis.

[–]youdontknowme1010101 7 points8 points ago*

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Counter clockwise bro. Unless you are in Australia...

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[–]Noyes654 5 points6 points ago

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wat?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing

Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing

Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing

Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing

[–]liveryowl 2 points3 points ago

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best part of the movie

[–]Shamaloo 0 points1 point ago

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[–]Aleitheo 0 points1 point ago

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WHAT'S THIS GOT TO DO WITH CHOCOLATE!?!

[–]Shamaloo 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Dazzycx 1 point2 points ago

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Somebody draw some dots on it. It will be super obvious that its all rotating counter clock wise. How can people not see that? Its just the illusion of the spirals declining in opposite directions (hence to make a continual loop).

[–]Dylstar 1 point2 points ago

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Is that the new fleshlight? Because i want one.

[–]jorellh 0 points1 point ago

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All it is really doing is spinning CCW

[–]poppers112 0 points1 point ago

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I see the outer tubes moving up and the inner tubes moving down. No rotation.

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[–]Dazzycx 0 points1 point ago

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No. Wrong.

Its clearly rotating. Don't give bullshit one word replies which are just plain lies.

[–]coolstorybroham 3 points4 points ago

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Well, if you concentrate on a single point on the tube and watch it rise and fall, it can appear that the tube is morphing and changing shape, but not necessarily rotating. It might be hard to adjust your perception, but trying focusing on a horizontal cross section of a tube and follow it up and around then down and in. It's like it's being sucked in then spewed out at the bottom.

[–]NotTechSupport 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, I perceived it as a pattern on a torus. I'm not quite understanding such a polarizing argument on a "clearly rotating" object when there is no clear frame of reference.

[–]poppers112 2 points3 points ago

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Yes, thank you. I was trying to give an alternative view to the CCW movement but it was apparently not welcome here.

[–]Dazzycx 0 points1 point ago

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Yeh I can see How that can be seen....but its the illusion. Try rotating a screw....or remember the red/white sign things outside (barbers or sweet shops - before my time really) - same concept.

[–]ragemcfist 0 points1 point ago

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i know.. "right?"

[–]Mackinstyle 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of being 13 years old, fooling around with 3DS Max and ray tracing.

[–]Chairboy 0 points1 point ago

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I've got one of those in the core of my FTL drive. You don't?

[–]akbc 0 points1 point ago

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It's going up, then down in the middle

[–]cactusfrog 0 points1 point ago

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ಣ_ಣ

[–]binouz 0 points1 point ago

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*which. and i apologize.

[–]arcalumis 0 points1 point ago

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Forward in time

[–]strig 0 points1 point ago

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I want one.

[–]furrytoothpick -1 points0 points ago

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Neither do I.

[–]LazyVixen -1 points0 points ago

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All the ways.

[–]Noobinabox -1 points0 points ago

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Depends also on the frame of reference. I'll go out on a limb and say it's not moving at all, with respect to the blue object in the GIF.

[–]yawgmoth -1 points0 points ago

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You require additional pylons

[–]BlueEyez -1 points0 points ago

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4D! And they said it couldn't be done.

[–]mrvimes -2 points-1 points ago

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up-in-down-out-up-in-down-out...

[–]TheDanosaur 3 points4 points ago

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its a rotating static object, the up effect of the outside and down effect of the inside is caused in a similar way to how a drill appears to be moving upwards/downwards when it's rotating.

[–]boomfarmer -2 points-1 points ago

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It's going down.