Prepare to have your mind blown.
Sometime back in 2018, an audio clip went viral as people could hear two distinct names owing to a certain degree of ambiguity.
Both "Yanny" and "Laurel" were heard by different groups of people.
Some could even hear the pronunciations simultaneously.
Now, the mind-boggling phenomenon has appeared in video form.
Person on a swing
In a TikTok video uploaded to Twitter on Dec. 21, 2019, a person was recorded going back and forth on a swing.
The uploader, however, said that they were losing their mind as they couldn't tell which way the person on the swing was facing.
Watch it for yourself here:
https://twitter.com/esnycuddles/status/1208438679796113412
The people recording the video can be heard arguing over the direction as well.
In case you can't load it:
Commenters split
In addition to more than 6,000 retweets and 35,000 likes on Twitter, the video has also sparked plenty of confusion and discussion.
It seems like the commenters are quite evenly split based on what they see.
https://twitter.com/saturncities/status/1208548633798426624
https://twitter.com/_thankuari/status/1208456880957349889
https://twitter.com/Abbyweaver34/status/1208590763703099393
He's facing the camera, if you see the angles of the swing set, for him to be facing away would not fit into the dimensions
— ° mariana ²⁸४🕸⎊ ° MET LOUIS?!?!!! (@fearlessloki) December 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/lmaoneedy/status/1208468844869763072
https://twitter.com/arizachoy/status/1208546533160783872
Matter of perspective
If you can only see it one way or the other, here are some pictures that might help change your perspective.
https://twitter.com/esnycuddles/status/1208578822897111041
The secret is in perspective pic.twitter.com/P2j14mHvw8
— Rimbambitch🌈 (@RimbambitchsHDA) December 22, 2019
The answer
Unlike Yanny or Laurel, however, there is a clear answer for this.
Just in case people are still checking on this and this account is where I first saw this video (which came out in February this year I just learned) here’s the solution from the guy who was there. pic.twitter.com/Wr8HBTLPi2
— 🏠SJ.🐇 (@harryhouseparty) December 22, 2019
According to the owner of the video, the person on the swing was facing the camera.
The group had driven up to him to confirm it.
Additionally, the video was originally uploaded in February 2019.
Still cool though.
Top image via @ectupper on TikTok
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