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The Whole Room is an Optical Illusion! watch!

youtube.com — 2 old guys morph in size as they walk around the room. Explanations: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CbqGL6qLGM&NR=1 In-Depth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_room

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  • elzurawka, on 03/25/2008, -2/+110is this an ad for Quaker?
    • Mrdudeperson, on 03/25/2008, -1/+10I think it's just the subliminal messages.
    • slightlyoffbeat, on 03/25/2008, -4/+3what would give you that idea?
    • MrBabyMan, on 03/25/2008, -12/+7Even weirder than that, I think that's director Errol Morris and actor Ricky Jay. Anyone know what this is from?!
    • themastersb, on 03/25/2008, -0/+8The oatmeal man has always given me nightmares.
    • ligyron, on 03/25/2008, -0/+23No, it's an optical illusion. Speaking of Quaker, I could go for a bowl of low sodium and cholesterol free food that allows consumers to have a great-tasting cereal with or without raisins to meet their specific taste desires right about now
      • dudettea, on 03/25/2008, -9/+0Good idea, poor execution. I would like you to develop your jokes a bit more next time. 74 C
  • PaperJesus, on 03/25/2008, -4/+77OMFG HAX
  • rmw132, on 03/25/2008, -4/+16Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory anyone? (Original, with Gene Wilder)
  • Metropolis, on 03/25/2008, -8/+3Man, I saw this ***** at Disney World.
    • noseeme, on 03/25/2008, -3/+3Actually, it's at the EPCOT Center.
      • iamnobody8614, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3which is a part of Disney World
  • superguysteve, on 03/25/2008, -8/+12nice attempt to look 'cool' quaker oats. pphh.
  • robopuppy, on 03/25/2008, -5/+2I always thought that little optical illusion house at Knottsberry Farm was really cool.
  • kleash, on 03/25/2008, -3/+3I seriously need a room like that.
    • noseeme, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2If you like a room on an incline, go for it.
  • NeptuneBkc, on 03/25/2008, -19/+3Would have been better if the retards didn't bend their knees too much (giving away climbing the steps)....
    • Dojjah, on 03/25/2008, -11/+1ya that ruined it for me too.
    • NathanielJ, on 03/25/2008, -0/+11Er there were no steps in the room, it's a slant. Read the Wikipedia article if you must.
    • NCecil, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3Steps? Bending knees? Watch the explanation video, the trick is that the room is actually a trapezoid, not a rectangle.
    • ophello, on 03/25/2008, -1/+4There are NO STEPS in an Ames Room, retard.

      Just a flat, slanted floor.
  • Sham3d, on 03/25/2008, -4/+36http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Room
    • dudettea, on 03/25/2008, -9/+1Thanks, but we all know about Wikipedia by now.
    • ChristianMagic, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Yes, that is what was in the OP's comment
  • Chiproller, on 03/25/2008, -4/+7OMG Make it stop!!!
  • jo3design, on 03/25/2008, -5/+11oatmeal makes me fart
  • ivansusanin, on 03/25/2008, -16/+1room's made out of a staircase
    • ophello, on 03/25/2008, -3/+4THERE ARE NO STAIRS IN AN AMES ROOM
      • noseeme, on 03/25/2008, -2/+7THERE IS NO CAPS LOCK ON A BIZZARO WORLD KEYBOARD.
  • weirdwes, on 03/25/2008, -8/+3After Effects!!!
    /sarcasm
  • Quaboo, on 03/25/2008, -44/+98I'm sure all your hearts been aching to find out how it works, but you're too shy to say it. Luckily, a group of college kids explain it in another video.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=i1x6dLwDhBA

    • Furkle, on 03/25/2008, -2/+65mother *****.
    • anotherjeff, on 03/25/2008, -4/+59if i get rick rolled one more time on digg, i'm going to punch some babies.
      • adamchristopher, on 03/25/2008, -2/+26if i hear a dane cook quote one more time ever, i am going to rick roll you.
      • cleverdiggname, on 03/25/2008, -1/+2Karen's a Douche bag!!
        Do your worst
    • seventoes, on 03/25/2008, -1/+7oh ***** you
    • dru171, on 03/25/2008, -4/+16Well played, sir.
    • keviniskool, on 03/25/2008, -3/+4Crap, there's a new ending I have to memorize.
    • fluxingtontheIV, on 03/25/2008, -5/+1aww man :( I was gonna do that...beat me to the rick roll
    • Andyl194, on 03/25/2008, -3/+1thats weak how you linked to your own video of rick roll...
    • amanilaenvelope, on 03/25/2008, -7/+3pedorolled? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA
    • aresgunther, on 03/25/2008, -1/+2i ***** hate you.
    • mowe, on 03/25/2008, -1/+15Reading the comments, I know this is a Rick Roll, but I'm gonna click the link anyway.
      The song is too damn catchy!
    • Strikersgun, on 03/25/2008, -4/+2just ctrl+alt+del it and why would so many people click it the first comment on it clearly gives the impression of rick roll u guys are just asking for it
    • protodon, on 03/25/2008, -2/+1That's it! i've snapped. i ***** hate being rickrolled! That's time that I will never have back! I will bring you down...
    • chimmz, on 03/25/2008, -1/+1after being rickrolled...i felt strangely compelled to watch the whole video. so i did.
    • gettempapa, on 03/25/2008, -1/+1God dammit I was doing so good avoiding it!
    • wolfskill, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1I did click the link, but my flash blocker stopped the video from starting, so I got Rick'd without the roll.
  • Beevo, on 03/25/2008, -4/+9Buried but being little more than a quaker commercial. Could have just linked to a video about Ames Rooms.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45diWsVbHY&feature ...
    • strkt9, on 03/25/2008, -1/+4That explained a lot about the Ames Rooms IF YOU SPEAK CHINESE!

      The Rick Roll explained more.
    • diggrnumber1, on 03/25/2008, -0/+0i saw both videos, and i decided to post the quaker commercial. i liked it better.
  • birdly, on 03/25/2008, -7/+12I want the one minute and twelve seconds of my life back.
    • bobbydiamondz, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2I agree. I wasn't really taken by the 'illusion'. I tried to be wowed by it, but it was weak.
    • dasdef, on 03/25/2008, -1/+5so that you can spend more time browsing?
      • terracottapai, on 03/25/2008, -1/+5 *masturbating
      • birdly, on 03/25/2008, -1/+1So I can stare off into space. It would be more interesting.
        Then again, masturbating sounds pretty good, too.....
  • MrPlug, on 03/25/2008, -1/+10This video being entertaining is an illusion.
    • kthxbai85, on 03/25/2008, -0/+0I thought it was kind of cool, though not worth watching more than once.
  • Jenadae, on 03/25/2008, -4/+3Sadly it's really basic when you think about it.
  • daxsymbiont, on 03/25/2008, -4/+2geometry from the 1700s.
    • skinrock, on 03/25/2008, -1/+6Technically it's been around forever.
  • CTK14A, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2I read the video title too quickly and thought I'd gotten front-page-rickrolled. The video title is "Errol and Ricky."
  • Adam420, on 03/25/2008, -7/+2That was dumb...very simple illusion
    • diggrnumber1, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2correct response:

      that was cool because it was such a simple illusion!
  • asauterChicago, on 03/25/2008, -3/+12I say this is a paid for diggs deal, no way something this lame and a blatant Advert for Quaker Oats made the front page.
  • hazard99, on 03/25/2008, -5/+2Welcome to high school Psychology...
  • uziko, on 03/25/2008, -0/+5I was totally expecting it halfway to say "but did you see the dancing animal". That was lame.
  • Androfire, on 03/25/2008, -0/+7I just shat bricks
  • D14BL0, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3The whole video is poorly encoded at 1/2 speed!
  • Ranvier, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Been to a real room like that in San Fran; it was underwhelming. However! They had tons of other cool ***** there.
  • brewer, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1The guy in the blue shirt is Ricky Jay, Master Illusionist and Card Thrower. He's awesome.
  • matrix2022, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Goddamnit
  • Dignan666, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Ricky Jay, greatest magician/historian ever. Wasting time walking around some stupid fun house. Go write another book Ricky!
  • akrisciunas, on 03/25/2008, -3/+1No explanation or additional views to show how the illusion is achieved?
  • Cerebron, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1There was one at the Exploratorium in San Fransisco last time I visited.
  • noseeme, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1They had this kind of room at the EPCOT center the last time I was there, which was probably 8 years ago.
  • Dylan47, on 03/25/2008, -1/+4dugg for the music
  • amanilaenvelope, on 03/25/2008, -8/+2is this a rickroll or a video explaining how this room works? watch at your own risk(may cause wtfness)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jItz-uNjoZA
    • halfdirt, on 03/25/2008, -0/+5Classy. Let's see how many times we can load this thread up with false videos.
  • Swanston, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Those crafty Quakers...
  • jptolife, on 03/25/2008, -0/+4The room is a lie!
  • wushu18t, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3somebody found a space-time hack? hyper-room!
  • Trilock, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1how does this get on the front page.. seriously.. *cries a little*.. I'll just go ahead and digg myself down now...
  • mjpanzer, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2who saw "Ricky" in the title, and before the video loaded, quitted because they assumed they had been rolled? Because I definitely did.
    • iamnobody8614, on 03/25/2008, -1/+4If a Rick Roll gets front paged, the Digg community will have truly gone out the window
  • protodon, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1How is the fact that these guys can change their size, at will, an optical illusion?
    • kthxbai85, on 03/25/2008, -0/+0They aren't changing their size. The room is slanted. I hope you were being sarcastic and that you didn't really need this comment.
  • hiplibrarian, on 03/25/2008, -0/+3i refuse to digg an advertisement
  • BESTenemy, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2... and this is your brain on Quaker Oatmeal.
  • D14BL0, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1New Quaker Oats, now with 15% more LSD!
  • robfis, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1make the logo bigger.
  • thetzfreak, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Cool illusion. Cool music. What song is this and where is it from?
  • archivist, on 03/25/2008, -0/+2WTF quaker weighing scale?
  • sfacets, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1What's with the quaker oats? Does this imply that you actually get less in a pack than you paid for?
  • r2builder, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Is that Ricky Jay?
  • gcabs2000, on 03/25/2008, -0/+0how did this get on the front page? besides there are stairs there look at how they walk across, any idiot can see that, damn now i have the urge to buy quaker oats weight control...
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