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[theweaselking]

ARGH I CAN'T MAKE HER SWITCH.



I've seen both and now she's going counterclockwise and WON'T STOP ARGH.

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[bellacrow.livejournal.com]

focus on her boobs, that's how it switched for me

(no,I dont know, dont ask)

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Me, I just keep telling myself "in front" and "behind" for her extended leg, and in about a revolution or two I see it that way.

I saw it counterclockwise first, though. And it's pretty easy to switch; sometimes it does it by itself.

[bluetara2020.livejournal.com]

Funny, when I think the words "but logic dictates" ccw. but when I think the words "but it doesn't feel right spatially..." cw. and thus I can switch it again and again and...

[skola.livejournal.com]

I can only see clockwise, what's the trick for changing it?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I'm stuck counterclockwise again. I really couldn't tell you the trick, because I don't know one to make it work consistently.

The best trick I know is to watch the shadow, and ONLY the shadow. Scroll the rest offscreen. That's what most often lets me switch.

[skola.livejournal.com]

I got it.

What's more interesting for me, though, is watching the angle of the hair on the back of her head. It seems to change depending on which direction I perceive her spinning in. I'm curious if it's actually changing direction, or if my perceptions are somehow changing.

[skola.livejournal.com]

also, when spinning counterclockwise, her left leg appears to be extended when she's facing front (noted by the breasts and partial facial features) whereas when spinning clockwise, it's right right.

[stormfeather.livejournal.com]

That's driving me nuts. I see her spinning clockwise, and just CANNOT get her to switch, even though in theory I figure why she should.

[mcfnord.livejournal.com]

the shadow switched it for me, but i also could not switch back.

[mightycodking.livejournal.com]

Going one way her outstretched arm leads the outstretched leg, the other way it's reversed. Knowing this I still can't "make it work". Switching from clockwise to counterclockwise wasn't too tough, the other way is HARD.

[ceramufary.livejournal.com]

She was clockwise for me for the longest time, and then I focused on the words to the left of her and I can't get her to stop going anticlockwise. It /is/ upsetting. I think I'll manage it again, though....

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

Cover the top of her body with your hand for a moment and just look at the feet. That's how I get it to go whichever direction I want.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

I saw clockwise first, switched to counter clockwise by turning my head upside down. Switched again with GREAT difficulty the same way.

[fortysevenbteg.livejournal.com]

Basically all I do is look at it from the corner of my eye while looking off to the side. Eventually it switches. But by default I see clockwise. (However, in a strange twist, when loaded this page to comment, I saw anti-clock first, for the first time.)

[harper-knight.livejournal.com]

hahaha that happened to me. First time I saw this post it was going clockwise and i couldn't get it to change no matter what, then just now I was scrolling back down my friends list and holy shit counterclockwise!

then it went back. I can make it swap now though.

[geek86.livejournal.com]

I think you've safely establishes that this thing is going to destroy the world.

[drjon.livejournal.com]

Clockwise, anticlockwise, regular bloboid pulsating...

No problem with any of them. Sorry.

But then, I can see both the old lady and the young in that other one...

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

I doubt the validity of the test. The lady is constantly turning clockwise as far as I can see, and I am pathologically left-brained. Not only are my right hand, leg and eye dominant in all activities, but I have always had symptoms of right-side lesions: Unable to copy a simple line drawing while looking at it, unable to read emotion from facial expressions, unable to recognize faces except for my friends and family, and even those I cannot remember when closing my eyes. More stuff like that. I should have been unable to perceive the figure moving clockwise, but the opposite is true.

[jerril]

Extreme ditto. I've had less extreme versions of your symptoms, and also my left hand and leg were atrophied until I had physio. I still have continuing problems with strength and co-ordination down my entire left side.

I've done 3d modelling, and I know what's going on and can visualize it in wireframe... and all I can see is clockwise no matter how hard I struggle, cover up everything but the feet, everything but the shadow, etc.

[rgovrebo.livejournal.com]

Same here. I can't see her going any other way than clockwise. And looking at that list, you'd think my right brain wasn't connected at all. Though I am left-handed.

[psyco-path.livejournal.com]

I can't see the other way. It's passed my limit of time I'm willing to expend.

The list of right brain stuff doesn't fit me to well.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

That's odd. I can switch back and forth on demand by simply defocusing for a second.

[elffin.livejournal.com]

I see her clockwise, but likely that's because my computer has a low-end graphics card and the motion aliasing goes top-down. Were it smoother with less aliasing, that cue wouldn't necessarily dominate, I think.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

The right ankle and the reflection work for me when I want to switch.

(Appropriate icon if there ever was one. But I don't change directions.)

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

I can flip it with about 10 seconds of thinking.

It is "correct" only when seen CCW, though, because of the reflection or shadow of the raised leg. I think.

[faerywoman.livejournal.com]

I don't understand how she could be turning anti-clockwise. Her leg is clearly going from right to left = clockwise.

I'm trying to see it the other way, but its definitely not working.

[faerywoman.livejournal.com]

Ok, if I look at the shadow of the foot that she's standing on, I can get the shadow part to go anti-clockwise for about a second, and then it switches back. I can't get any other part of her to go the other way though, and the second I see her extended leg pass, it immediately goes back to clockwise.. hmmmm

[faeriemuriel.livejournal.com]

I saw it as a perception of which part is going behind her at a given time. I saw it by focusing on her bottom foot. Are her toes going behind her or in front of her?

[moonunit-alpha.livejournal.com]

yeah, I don't get it. Clockwise is it for me...

[unknownpoltroon.livejournal.com]

How do we know this isnt a hoax that switches randomly?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Because it doesn't?

It's a .gif file. You can watch each individual frame, if you want.

[kookiemaster.livejournal.com]

Blinking is what works for me. Takes about 8 to 10 fast blinks while staring at her to make her switch. But clockwise is easier for me.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

I can see the whole of her going clockwise, but if I focus on one part, (the hair, the foot, the shadow) I can see that things don't quite match up- but not enough to see a switch, probably because for me she would have to be leading suddenly with the outstretched foot, and she isn't - the foot is following her shoulder and hip- thus- she is spinning to the right, going clockwise.

Then again- I could NEVER see the pictures in those black and white "3-D" pics either- no matter how long I stared or how unfocused I let my eyes get...