Comment on Anon reflects on a conundrum
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Lmaoa, I remember reading about this.
If I remember correctly, a picture shows how you appear to others whereas the mirror shows you a ‘mirrored’ image of yourself (e.g., your left side is the reflection’s right side).
We are used to seeing our reflection, which then makes pictures of ourselves look strange.
There’s a similar effect with hearing ourselves in recordings vs. as we speak.