# Which way is she going? Settle this argument! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372 "2007-10-20T04:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/1 "2007-10-20T04:15:59Z")
[Which way is the dancer spinning?](http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html) And which foot is she spinning on? Typo Knig and I were actually _arguing_. I could not believe that he did not see her spinning the same way I did. When I saw, quite clearly, that she was facing away, he insisted she was facing forward and vice versa. 😕 Of note: Typo Knig is left-handed and I’m a righty. Supposedly this explains it all. I don’t care. He’s still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/2 "2007-10-20T04:23:10Z")
Discussed extensively in GQ: [Right vs left Brain optical illusion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440162) ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/3 "2007-10-20T04:23:52Z")
Counter-clockwise on her right foot at first but if I look away and then look back it is switched…I wonder what that means… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/4 "2007-10-20T04:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Discussed extensively in GQ: [Right vs left Brain optical illusion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440162) [/QUOTE] So it is. Dunno how I missed that one! If a mod happens to stumble in, this can be closed. Oh, and Typo is still wrong 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/5 "2007-10-20T05:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kkrose] Counter-clockwise on her right foot at first but if I look away and then look back it is switched..I wonder what that means… [/QUOTE] I saw her spinning clockwise while loading, then she’d jump and turn the other way and would only go counter-clockwise. Now she’s going clockwise again. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/6 "2007-10-20T05:23:44Z")
Jeez, that’s trippy! Every time I looked off to the side of the page she started spinning the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/7 "2007-10-20T05:24:14Z")
After an hour of painful concentration, I can make her flip directions at will. I saw her going clockwise at first. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/8 "2007-10-20T05:29:45Z")
Clockwise first, but it keeps switching. Ow. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/9 "2007-10-20T06:08:41Z")
… she switches? For me she’s just going around and around clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/10 "2007-10-20T06:27:18Z")
Oh, ow, my brain… (And now I kinda want to see what happens when she tries to walk in a straight line afterwards.) ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/11 "2007-10-20T08:54:16Z")
I’ve got her going clockwise on her left foot. I’m staring at her trying to make her go the other way, but I’m damned if I can see how I can make her do that, when she’s clearly so content with spinning around clockwise until the end of time. I wish my boobs were as perky as hers. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/12 "2007-10-20T09:47:07Z")
To me she started out anti clockwise, but now she switches seemingly out of my control. Is it just me, or does she seem to move more awkward when she moves anti-clockwise? Like her whole body is leaning over more then? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/13 "2007-10-20T11:45:18Z")
Left foot and clockwise. I’m amazed that anyone sees it differently… Maybe I don’t have a left brain? Ooops she changed! ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/14 "2007-10-20T11:50:39Z")
[QUOTE=Lakai] After an hour of painful concentration, I can make her flip directions at will. I saw her going clockwise at first. [/QUOTE] Yep, me too. Except I saw her going counter-clockwise at first. Then I mentally flipped her and she started to go clockwise. It’s like looking at a 3d cube, I can make it face what ever direction I want. At one point I could have sworn I saw her smoking a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/15 "2007-10-20T12:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kkrose] Counter-clockwise on her right foot at first but if I look away and then look back it is switched..I wonder what that means… [/QUOTE] I see it the same way but I couldn’t get it to flip (like I can with most optical illusions). I wonder what THAT means! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/16 "2007-10-20T16:37:21Z")
She goes clockwise and I can’t make her switch at all. When Himself gets out of the shower I’m dying to find out what he sees. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/17 "2007-10-20T19:17:11Z")
She goes clockwise when I look at her, but counter-clockwise when I looked at the lists. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/18 "2007-10-20T21:44:23Z")
I finally got her to switch, after fifteen minutes of staring and looking away and moving my head forward and then back. Then she promptly switched back again. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/19 "2007-10-20T21:54:40Z")
This is ridiculous. I see her counter-clockwise, my wife sees her clockwise, and neither of us can figure out how in the hell the other is seeing it the opposite way. I can’t make her flip no matter how hard I try. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372/20 "2007-10-20T22:09:45Z")
Nevermind. After reading the other thread and my wife doing some Photoshop still shot analysis, we are both able to see it the other way now. Weird stuff. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-is-she-going-settle-this-argument/423372.md?page=2)