If you only glance at the top half of this photo, you will see a couple smiling on a boat, with a pretty backdrop behind them. Unfocus your eyes and scroll down, however, and you might see something very different — much of the internet sure did, and they couldn't decide upon looking at this photo if this man was naked or not.
On Thursday, Reddit user Summerie posted a photo to the forum, writing, "My friend posted a profile pic with her boyfriend, and everyone took a double take..."
Obviously, this guy isn't naked — you can clearly see the outline of his swim trunks — but the way his girlfriend's legs are positioned over his lap as well as his unfortunate choice of hand and arm positioning make for an optical illusion indeed.
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"At first, in the thumbnail I thought he was totally naked. then i realised that was his hand," one Reddit user commented. "Then I clicked it and realised it was her legs. Then I went back to the thumbnail, and I thought they must've done that intentionally. Then i clicked it again and realised they didn't. This post has been an absolute emotional rollercoaster for me but without emotions involved cause i really don't care all that much and it was only 10 seconds but then it took me like another minute to write out this comment."
"OH i see it now," another wrote. "How do i go back to not seeing it?"
Since this photo was posted to Reddit and Imgur, it has had over 1 million views at the time of writing. Here's hoping the woman who originally posted this picture with her boyfriend won't be too irked that it's going viral for a pretty strange reason.
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