I found this picture on the net last night, whilst on a hunt for pornography. It has made my head hurt ever since.

checkerillusion.jpg

They are not the same colour! They can’t be… They look nothing like one another. I figured it was one of those cons that makes you waste hours checking. Ok, so I admit, I checked and cut the squares out and popped them side by side in Microsoft Digital Image Editor.

checkerillusion-detail.jpg

It’s not fair! There must be something wrong with my picture editing software – That is the only explanation.

Just to further confuse me, when I tried to convince Giolla that this was just the Internet and Microsoft, trying to mess with my head, he sent me another – In this one, the central cross colours are meant to be identical…

rods.jpg

Sure enough, as proof positive that it is my graphics program and not my brain that is fucked, this is what it came out with:

rods-detail.jpg

See, don’t trust computers, they are all in collusion and mess with your head and eyes. Well they won’t send ME mad. I am wise to you all, do you hear? DON’T MESS WITH MY BRAIN!