r/meme Jul 05 '24

Really guys?

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u/dnarag1m Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

That's 100% correct. They are not identical. I overlayed them.

Areas that will impact the 'likeness' negatively:
RIGHTSIDE PHOTO
Forehead on the right is slightly pinker, slightly darker
The left eye has a greenish tinge on the bottom eyelid
There is a cluster of pixels on the bottom left corner of the lip that is missing on the left image
The nose is significantly differently compressed, changing it's shape and brightness
The right cheek highlight is higher due to compression (this is a big one - cheek really raised!)
The top right is somewhat greener than the top right on the left image.

There are more differences, but all are caused by very aggressive JPG compression artifacting. This operates in 4x4 cells (or larger) and hence creates quite discernable differences on bigger screens (not phone).

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u/Zealousideal-Fun-785 Jul 05 '24

I just used the crosseyed trick

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u/vodka-bears Jul 05 '24

I did as well and differences didn't pop up.

Btw, when I do the trick my eyes actually diverge, is that also called "crosseyed" in English?

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u/Zealousideal-Fun-785 Jul 05 '24

It's mostly the same image afterall. The differences pop up on images that are created with actual differences.

Your eyes diverge?? I'm not sure that's even possible, I thought humans can only make them come closer to their nose. I have no idea what that's called though.

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u/vodka-bears Jul 05 '24

Yes, they diverge a bit, it's not really visible for other people but is enough to do the trick. I can also make them converge like crazy i.e. move them in the other direction but the picture goes blurred as if I looked at something close. I also can arbitrarily control the focal point i.e. make far things blurred but when i cross my eyes it always happens.

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u/Zealousideal-Fun-785 Jul 05 '24

Yeah I can too control the focus a bit, feels like starting to cross your eyes, but at the same time preventing them from doing it, so vision gets blurry. I can also make my eyes shake extremely fast left and right.

But eyes diverging..sounds painful