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Anon reflects on a conundrum (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Lmaoa, I remember reading about this.

If I recall correctly, a picture shows how you appear to others whereas the mirror shows you a 'mirrored' image of yourself (e.g., your left side is the reflection's right side).

We are used to seeing our reflection, which then makes pictures of ourselves look strange.

I think selfie cameras intentionally take a mirrored image to avoid this effect. But I've never taken one because I hate looking at myself.

There's a similar phenomenon with hearing ourselves in recordings vs. as we speak.

Edit: as @[email protected] already explained!