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[–]Kogknight 660 points661 points ago

Escher's orgasming in his grave.

[–]ooo0ooo 583 points584 points ago

I too, am orgasming in Escher's grave.

[–]Eschmacher 220 points221 points ago

I don't appreciate that...

Edit: Can someone get me some paper towels?

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[–]publ1c_stat1c 27 points28 points ago

But you will be dead bored.

[–]Crim91 13 points14 points ago

You like dinosaurs, I like dinosaurs. Let's make this happen.

[–]nudebt 1 point2 points ago

Lots of bones in here...

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    [–]Johnnyshortcakes 11 points12 points ago

    Redditor for almost 2 year. Not. bad.

    [–]baloneyeagle123 14 points15 points ago

    And off to /r/nocontext with you!

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      [–]k4rp_nl 18 points19 points ago

      I can't even imagine what Penrose is doing then, seeing the triangle is his creation.

      [–]snackburros 30 points31 points ago

      Relevant Futurama

      [–]POSTS_GIFS 146 points147 points ago

      gif for full effect.

      [–]ben-roethlisberger 15 points16 points ago

      How the hell did you find this?

      [–]Twl1 19 points20 points ago

      (To be read in the vocal impression of the narrator of this video)

      His name is POSTS_GIFS! unless "He" is really a "She" in which case Her name would be POSTS_GIFS. It's what he or possibly she does! He doesn't have any other purpose in life without discounting the possibility the person to whom I am referencing is in fact female, in which case I apologize for using gender specific pronouns while maintaining my position that there is only one reason for his or maybe her existence.

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            [–]jgzman 269 points270 points ago

            This has weakened my tenuous grip on sanity.

            [–]Bryz_ 97 points98 points ago

            It's making me lose my marbles.

            [–]DCJodon 41 points42 points ago

            I just can't triangulate what's going on.

            [–]Ozlin 12 points13 points ago

            Don't worry, they come back to you on another plane.

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              [–]Spazit 8 points9 points ago

              Turn the lamp on then if you have any oil left. Wait till your sanity is up to something like 'shaken' or you stop seeing bugs crawling everywhere before you out it away and keep going.

              [–]iamleighanne 6 points7 points ago

              It left me terribly confused!

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                [–]ambatman 64 points65 points ago

                That made my eyes hurt when I looked at it. When I tried to figure out if it could actually work like a mobius strip it made my head hurt.

                [–]rhennigan 23 points24 points ago

                It's topologically equivalent to a mobius strip (the surface at least). So there's that.

                Edit: I was incorrect. This is actually equivalent to a torus, as Melchoir pointed out.

                [–]Melchoir 15 points16 points ago

                No, topologically it's a torus. And unlike a looped strip, a torus with a twist is still a torus.

                [–]rhennigan 4 points5 points ago

                Yeah now that you mention it, I only considered the forward/backward direction. The edges are still connected. Good call.

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                  [–]Forever_Stoopit 4 points5 points ago

                  Yes, a tale of topographic motion.

                  [–]jennylaw 0 points1 point ago

                  Indeed

                  (I just wanted to sound smart too kay?)

                  [–]Forever_Stoopit 1 point2 points ago

                  Without proper context you just sounded dumb, though.

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                      [–]BassNector 7 points8 points ago

                      Impossible... that... what... it HAS to have two sides?! THERE IS SDKLAHKLASHDL.... I think my brain died a little inside. :(

                      [–]Two_Coins 9 points10 points ago

                      Here's a fun little proof for you to try out. Cut out a strip of paper, twist one end 180 degrees, and tape end to end. Then with a pencil, draw along the side of the mobius strip.

                      Another fun thing to think about. What happens when you have two mobius strips and you try to sew the two together? Another person will eventually post what kind of object this makes (note, it can actually be created), but I want you to try to imagine what it would look like.

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                      [–]Malfeasant 2 points3 points ago

                      more fun to cut 1/3 of the way from the edge...

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                          [–]jondoe2 5 points6 points ago

                          Don't take my word for it, but I think it's essentially a mobius strip with two turns projected on a 2D-surface.

                          [–]tsirko 2 points3 points ago

                          It has it's own name, it's a penrose triangle

                          [–]Richey_Tenenbaum 2 points3 points ago

                          That's what I'm wondering, is it a one sided figure?

                          [–]Lefthandedsock 6 points7 points ago

                          It is a physically impossible shape, but has only one side in the animation.

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                            [–]LazerChicklets 121 points122 points ago

                            Ouch my brain.

                            [–]DullesGuy 21 points22 points ago

                            Relevant.

                            [–]ecfg59000 21 points22 points ago

                            I did not know that came with sound.

                            [–]vgbhnj 20 points21 points ago

                            When viewing the popular gif, you assumed it was originally filmed just to be an animated image?

                            [–]guitartablelamp 5 points6 points ago

                            Did you think somebody recorded themselves doing that with a video only camera?

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                              [–]BassNector 5 points6 points ago

                              In the hell did I watch?

                              [–]zootphen[!] 6 points7 points ago

                              Exactly.

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                                [–]EllKayBee 2 points3 points ago

                                Also relevant.

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                                    [–]Nocturnhabeo 36 points37 points ago

                                    THIS GIF IS SO SATISFYING I WANT TO CRY!!!!

                                    [–]Dickfore 78 points79 points ago

                                    Did you make this? If so, bravo.

                                    Also, you should definitely x-post this to /r/whoadude /r/woahdude

                                    [–]Worldsday[S] 107 points108 points ago

                                    Yes! This was made in Blender.

                                    [–]DLaicH 33 points34 points ago

                                    Looks like you even threw in some ambient occlusion for good measure.

                                    [–]Worldsday[S] 42 points43 points ago

                                    Spot on.

                                    [–]DLaicH 15 points16 points ago

                                    I'd love to see the .blend file, unless you're keeping your methods a secret.

                                    [–]Worldsday[S] 48 points49 points ago

                                    Knock yourself out!

                                    [–]FuglyShmugly 22 points23 points ago

                                    BUT WILL IT BLEND?

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                                      [–]Scarecrow398 6 points7 points ago

                                      It's like the colonel's 11 herbs and spices or John Pemberton's syrup, Worldsday's blending magic will never be discovered...

                                      [–]Flanjygo 13 points14 points ago

                                      Would you be willing to share your .blend file so we can learn how it was made?

                                      [–]Worldsday[S] 27 points28 points ago

                                      Right here.

                                      [–]Flanjygo 2 points3 points ago

                                      Thanks! I'll check it out tomorrow.

                                      [–]Dickfore 5 points6 points ago

                                      Man that's incredible. Love how you even got all the shadows right.

                                      [–]dE3L 3 points4 points ago

                                      nice work!

                                      [–]Haberd 3 points4 points ago

                                      Yay for original content!

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                                        [–]ngnear 13 points14 points ago

                                        Surely you mean /r/woahdude

                                        [–]Dickfore 1 point2 points ago

                                        Thanks very much, fixed.

                                        [–]AcerRubrum 44 points45 points ago

                                        Fuck you man, I'm really high and just spent 20 minutes watching this. I love you.

                                        [–]I_am_Mexico 35 points36 points ago

                                        I like how your sentence starts with "Fuck you" and ends with "I love you"

                                        [–]pr1ntscreen 13 points14 points ago

                                        Stoners man, never really mad.

                                        [–]iRyanD 2 points3 points ago

                                        As a , im not mad.

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                                          [–]zhgtrees 2 points3 points ago

                                          I'm in the same boat and I'm dying

                                          [–]RazsterOxzine 9 points10 points ago

                                          Layers are friends.... And from the looks of it, they used a couple dozen layers.

                                          [–]Worldsday[S] 19 points20 points ago

                                          The scene is actually broken into just three render layers-- one for the thingy and two more for the balls, of which there are four.

                                          [–]Itsgoodsoup 30 points31 points ago

                                          one for the thingy and two more for the balls

                                          Sounds perfect.

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                                            [–]AsadM107 10 points11 points ago

                                            Seems similar to a mobius strip in that you can go on all sides without lifting the ball off its course.

                                            [–]Kongo204 33 points34 points ago

                                            A mobius strip can actually exist though

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                                              [–]xyzornat 10 points11 points ago

                                              This was highly impressive.

                                              [–]akadderholt 5 points6 points ago

                                              I probably just watched that for a good 10 minutes. that is mesmerizing.

                                              [–]Lee0123567 2 points3 points ago

                                              Mind rape

                                              [–]SonicSerene 3 points4 points ago

                                              INCONCEIVABLE!!

                                              [–]casualsocks 2 points3 points ago

                                              Reminds me of this.

                                              [–]jessewalby 1 point2 points ago

                                              I was on the edge of my seat, so excited to see where it was going to go next! A+

                                              [–]druumer89 3 points4 points ago

                                              This is a visual allegory for life.

                                              [–]ruinfx 3 points4 points ago

                                              the verge

                                              [–]vistillia 0 points1 point ago

                                              I love it when folks play with spatial awareness. Good job!

                                              [–]EyeAmerican 2 points3 points ago

                                              ow-Ow-OW-OWW-OWW. My head.

                                              [–]MMMMMdericious 2 points3 points ago

                                              I just kind of sat here staring at this

                                              [–]The_Painted_Man 2 points3 points ago

                                              OP - submit it to /r/woahdude

                                              [–]CANADIANxPUNKx 1 point2 points ago

                                              mind rape

                                              [–]mouth1791 2 points3 points ago

                                              Mind fucked

                                              [–]Bigchoof 3 points4 points ago

                                              Like a 3D mobius strip

                                              [–]rhennigan 5 points6 points ago

                                              A 3D Mobius strip is a Klein Bottle.

                                              [–]ChristianAllen95 3 points4 points ago

                                              Well then, have an up vote:)

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                                              [–]geo1213 1 point2 points ago

                                              Best up-vote I spent all day.

                                              [–]WadeBranson 0 points1 point ago

                                              My eyes are bleeding...

                                              [–]whatishapening 1 point2 points ago

                                              That is Freaking Awesome!

                                              [–]Kongo204 0 points1 point ago

                                              I once spent about a day figuring out how to draw this and the one shaped like an "E"

                                              [–]bigbear75 1 point2 points ago

                                              My mind, you have fucked it.

                                              [–]Arrow156 0 points1 point ago

                                              Mmmmm, I like that. Next step: turn it into a game.

                                              [–]mylivingeulogy 0 points1 point ago

                                              That was awesome! Once you got the hang of which surface the ball would roll onto next, the gif became alot easier to watch. Escher would so give you a high five for this!

                                              [–]Delicious_Apes 0 points1 point ago

                                              Marble madness!

                                              [–]catsdontgravity 0 points1 point ago

                                              Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope! A whole bucket of nope.

                                              [–]Phoequinox 0 points1 point ago

                                              It's making my skin crawl.

                                              [–]akaJimothy 1 point2 points ago

                                              Not too sure if I should orgasm from the level of mind fucking I just endured or go cry in a corner

                                              [–]chip0tle 0 points1 point ago

                                              I watched this for about 7 minutes

                                              [–]djsnuk94 0 points1 point ago

                                              Hooooooooooooooly

                                              Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaight

                                              [–]mcchick 0 points1 point ago

                                              That's what she said!

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                                              [–]LiFK 1 point2 points ago

                                              my jimmies...

                                              [–]thewordisMOOT 1 point2 points ago

                                              It always struck me as unfair that you can make a Mobius strip IRL, but not a tribar.

                                              [–]Kavyle 0 points1 point ago

                                              Made me sick then made me cry...

                                              It's just too cool.

                                              [–]goldenpipes 0 points1 point ago

                                              Reminds me of that PS3 game echochrome. I spent/wasted so many hours on that.

                                              [–]teuast 0 points1 point ago

                                              OW MY BRAIN

                                              [–]imafreakingtaco25 0 points1 point ago

                                              I'm so confused now.

                                              [–]therealZMOB 1 point2 points ago

                                              MOBIUS STRIP AIN'T GOT SHIT ON YOU.

                                              [–]immaturewalrus 1 point2 points ago

                                              FUCK, MY HEAD

                                              [–]PaladinSato 0 points1 point ago

                                              How can you get paid for doing stuff like this?

                                              That would be a dream job for many of us Redditors.

                                              [–]courage_wolf 1 point2 points ago

                                              my reaction while viewing this: Oh cool... wait... wtf.... oh is it gonna... hey wait SLOW DOWN... fuck... wait, where does this thing start.... Oh cool...

                                              [–]newtothelyte 0 points1 point ago

                                              This is beautiful. Great work, op.

                                              [–]ChitoCR 1 point2 points ago

                                              are you trying to break the internet?

                                              [–]Thebrokenlanyard 0 points1 point ago

                                              I could watch this all day.

                                              [–]kleptooo 0 points1 point ago

                                              i was so focused to follow the pattern took me a couple minutes but my brain hurts like a bitch

                                              [–]sdk2g 1 point2 points ago

                                              I can feel my brain re-wiring itself.

                                              [–]Cherryzebra 0 points1 point ago

                                              I fucking love impossible shapes.

                                              [–]MikeSpader 0 points1 point ago

                                              OW MY HEAD

                                              [–]fuckuDSKing 0 points1 point ago

                                              excellent. i absolutely love this. The impossible triangle is my go to doodle. thank you and cheers!

                                              [–]Crusty_Potato 0 points1 point ago

                                              I could watch this for HOURS

                                              [–]Ineptly_Adept 0 points1 point ago

                                              Hard to do? I'd say it's impossible!

                                              [–]licktoads 1 point2 points ago

                                              I said "wait, what?" about 5 or 6 times.

                                              [–]Bukaj 1 point2 points ago

                                              Very awesome.

                                              [–]MyMind_is_in_MyPenis 1 point2 points ago

                                              You blew my mind! It feels good.

                                              [–]strumpster 0 points1 point ago

                                              That's not just hard, that's impossible, sir!

                                              [–]Manaray 0 points1 point ago

                                              You are my brain's reckoning...

                                              [–]almighty1231 0 points1 point ago

                                              Wat

                                              [–]macmittereder 0 points1 point ago

                                              This would be the best loading screen icon ever!

                                              [–]ohmercy 0 points1 point ago

                                              Jesus that's such a wigout. Nice one!

                                              [–]time4b 0 points1 point ago

                                              That is blowing my mind

                                              [–]MichaelZukk 0 points1 point ago

                                              My brain.

                                              [–]hyeinkali 0 points1 point ago

                                              Get your dick out of my brain!

                                              [–]manifold_curiosity 0 points1 point ago

                                              dat shadow

                                              [–]bertweaze 0 points1 point ago

                                              what the hell is going on

                                              [–]wkamp 1 point2 points ago

                                              What?

                                              [–]MrT-1000 0 points1 point ago

                                              OP why you fucking with me like this... I came here to lol, and now I'm having an aneurysm

                                              [–]rolltide03 0 points1 point ago

                                              This is incredible.

                                              [–]bloed 0 points1 point ago

                                              Anybody else hear the sound of the marble rolling in their brain?

                                              [–]compto35 -1 points0 points ago

                                              Send this to The Verge

                                              [–]NoMamesWei 0 points1 point ago

                                              No, i was just tryin to block facebook but spparently it blocks more than wat i expected

                                              [–]the_mathematician 0 points1 point ago

                                              holy shit, this is awesome

                                              [–]kainraziel 0 points1 point ago

                                              finite and infinte... like the universe, now expand it :)

                                              [–]FarFromAmusing 0 points1 point ago

                                              It has one side, but it kinda has 12 sides. How about that.

                                              [–]thebmarinara 0 points1 point ago

                                              Brain hurts.

                                              [–]aadams214 0 points1 point ago

                                              my brain is full of fuck

                                              [–]Epershand 0 points1 point ago

                                              Very cool. Watched it a bunch.

                                              [–]PlayEnWords 0 points1 point ago

                                              I am surprised this was not featured in, Inception.

                                              [–]hombregato 0 points1 point ago

                                              How is the ball making ninety degree turns?

                                              [–]boudica88 0 points1 point ago

                                              Hey, leave those physics alone. They didn't do anything to you.

                                              [–]Dr_Funkenstein_ 0 points1 point ago

                                              That was absolutely beautiful, very well done sir

                                              [–]redelsheimer 0 points1 point ago

                                              Wtf... I can't even comprehend.

                                              [–]jojoduma 0 points1 point ago

                                              My brain. FIX IT. Now.

                                              [–]intarwebzWINNAR 0 points1 point ago

                                              Why would you do that to my brain?

                                              [–]EllKayBee 0 points1 point ago

                                              Very cool! Excellent job :)

                                              [–]bierme 0 points1 point ago

                                              I threw up thee times watching this. Good work.

                                              [–]Zipper009 -1 points0 points ago

                                              My brain...

                                              [–]Amitchejr 0 points1 point ago

                                              That should replace all loading bars.... or just maybe be the loading bar to life itself

                                              [–]Chiyeh7 0 points1 point ago

                                              Mindfuck!

                                              [–]kmartisnice 0 points1 point ago

                                              Very cool

                                              [–]Onelife11 0 points1 point ago

                                              O. My fucking god.

                                              [–]PotatosOgratin 0 points1 point ago

                                              It hurts so much.

                                              [–]motney 1 point2 points ago

                                              This hurts my head, dude. You're a god among ants.

                                              [–]thetoxicmonarch 0 points1 point ago

                                              I think I'm going to go lie down for a while.

                                              [–]scooterboo2 0 points1 point ago

                                              This is going strait to my trippy gifs folder.

                                              [–]zhunt17 0 points1 point ago

                                              that just seems completely and utterly complicated

                                              [–]ProfessorTesla 0 points1 point ago

                                              I for some reason have an obsession with impossible shapes. I find them more mesmerizing than jewels or fire. They melt my mind and confuse my perspective- it's absolutely beautiful and astonishing. As an artist I try to express the confused altered feeling in my work while mostly avoiding the actual image of one.

                                              [–]therealflinchy -1 points0 points ago

                                              No

                                              [–]tsirko 0 points1 point ago

                                              I have this in ink ;)

                                              [–]RobotCoffeeHouse 0 points1 point ago

                                              As soon as it started rolling I started muttering no no no no

                                              And then it kept going and going and I kept saying no no no no

                                              [–]OIP 0 points1 point ago

                                              awesome!

                                              you should definitely try and get this to the attention of douglas hofstadter

                                              [–]jgarro93 0 points1 point ago

                                              All i was thinkin was "Fuck you". It was messing with my mind :/

                                              [–]mattmc318 0 points1 point ago

                                              So, recently I've been trying to wrap my head around 4-dimensional objects in space. Is this an example of an object extended through the w-axis? Oww, my brain...

                                              [–]gaso 0 points1 point ago

                                              I found saying out loud "yep yep yep nope yep yep yep yep nope" free-association while watching the ball helped me recognize the portions that were not logical. Mind slightly unblown.

                                              Wonderful gif!

                                              [–]thefuzz001 0 points1 point ago

                                              Legit.

                                              [–]yves831 0 points1 point ago

                                              dude, wat?

                                              [–]MYDOGSTELLA 0 points1 point ago

                                              Corner,corner,corner, go straight. Repeat.

                                              [–]eliminatedzero 0 points1 point ago

                                              pretty mind blowing!

                                              [–]WeylandYutani42 0 points1 point ago

                                              This gif, without fail, appears to crash AlienBlue whenever I open it. It shall forever remain a mystery to me.

                                              [–]decmonster 1 point2 points ago

                                              This is the most awesome thing!!!!

                                              [–]FuTRoN 0 points1 point ago

                                              this is fucking with my mind and my perception of the thingy

                                              [–]phreethinker 0 points1 point ago

                                              This is really cool. Now if you could only make a real life model, we'd all have our favorite thing in the world and you would be rich.

                                              [–]zedzdead33 0 points1 point ago

                                              Brain melter.

                                              [–]s-mores 0 points1 point ago

                                              WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?

                                              [–]apullin 0 points1 point ago

                                              .... why isn't the top comment something about mathematical topology that is describing this ...

                                              [–]FryAmTheEggMan 0 points1 point ago

                                              I could feel parts of my brain die

                                              [–]Graywolves 0 points1 point ago

                                              In my mind all I could think was "stop doing that!"

                                              [–]IronWolfElite 0 points1 point ago

                                              Welcome to MindFuck!

                                              [–]Ihateunicorns 0 points1 point ago

                                              You, sir, win the Internet.

                                              [–]IrritatedQuail 0 points1 point ago

                                              It's called the Penrose Triangle

                                              [–]nrock2256 0 points1 point ago

                                              You, With your mind trickery, I hereby decree: Fuck you.

                                              [–]SinkingIn 0 points1 point ago

                                              And all over the world, the sound of brains exploding carried through the ears of the still living.

                                              [–]MT_Flesch 0 points1 point ago

                                              actually helps define the shape of it

                                              [–]mindtoast 0 points1 point ago

                                              This almost made my brain bleed

                                              [–]bunnynose23 0 points1 point ago

                                              I could stare at this for hours

                                              [–]builderb 1 point2 points ago

                                              what the fuck is happening?!

                                              [–]Twomult4 0 points1 point ago

                                              Ima call you Lance, because you do amazing things with one ball.

                                              [–]00Fail 0 points1 point ago

                                              This made me decidedly uncomfortable upon viewing.

                                              [–]phenomenomnom 0 points1 point ago

                                              This kills the brain.

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