45 Optical Illusions That Will Make Your Brain Hurt For A Second Until Your Eyes Catch Up

Some photos are so striking that they make you do a double-take. And then a triple-take. And then you’re just zooming in with your face two inches from the screen like, “what am I even looking at?”

These are those pictures.

Whether it’s optical illusions, cursed angles, or accidental masterpieces of visual chaos, this post is a buffet of confusing photos that will short-circuit your perception.

Let your eyes struggle in peace.


1. “I’d Get Scared Too”

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2. “Fell Asleep With The Remote”

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3. “Arm Wrestling Champion Gets Married”

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4. “Invisible Man Walking A Dog”

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5. “Literally Standing Above My Girlfriend.”

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6. “This Dog Is Looking A Little Deflated”

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7. “Missing Tyre”

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8. “When It’s Hot And You Need To Hang Your Arm Out The Window”

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10. “Two Giants?”

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11. “Tiger, After A Mud Bath!”

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12. 2 headed cop

13. “The Ring”

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14. “Turtle In A Pond”

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15. “Just Like French Royalty”

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16. “The Most Friendly Tree Ever”

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17. “Dog With Special Needs”

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18. “Only One Picture”

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19. “Pirates Of The Kennel”

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20. “Where’s The Head!!”

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21. “It Really Pop Out Of TV”

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22. “Have You Noticed I Have Tiny Arms?”

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23. “Woke Up To Drink Water And Saw This On The Window’s Reflection (Thought It Was A Ghost, It’s Just A Chair With My Jacket)”

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25. “A Stump”

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27. “Tangledn’t”

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28. “This Is One Picture”

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29. “Mom, What’s Happened To The Cat?”

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30. “This Man Has Been Staring At Me, Motionless, For Almost 30 Minutes Now…”

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31. “There Is No Blue Door”

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32. “My Dog Ruby”

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33. “It’s Ok, Nobody Was Injured”

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34. Bag-o-legs.

35. “Nice B**bs But Have Some Decorum, Man”

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36. “Not Gonna Lie, Got Confused For A Second There”

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37. “Did A Double Take”

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38. “That’s Nasty”

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39.

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Nate

Nate Armbruster

Nate writes for Pleated-Jeans and enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.