Which mirror is closest to reality? (Please don't tell me that the mirror shows the opposite, I know.)

[Perfectumbrain]

I have about 5 types of mirrors in my house. 1-White bathroom light 2-Yellow bathroom light. 3-Small hand mirror. 4-Large cabinet mirror. 5-Make-up mirror. Now to get to the point. In the white bathroom light, I am sometimes very handsome and sometimes ugly. My handsomeness in the white bathroom light is the same in the yellow mirror. But in the white cabinet mirror, I am sometimes extreme, sometimes extremely untype, but I always look good in the vanity mirror. Even if the closet mirror looks bad, the makeup mirror looks very good. But the small hand mirror always makes it look extremely ugly. (1/10) Which is my most realistic skin?

 

[Deleted member 13787]

the widest one

 

[Perfectumbrain]

the widest one

It becomes a makeup mirror. I am very happy for this comment, thank you.

 

[ReignsChad]

the one with overhead lighting

 

[Perfectumbrain]

Why would you explain that?

 

[Perfectumbrain]

the one with overhead lighting

Why would you explain that?

 

[pizza]

i look good in any mirror

 

[Deleted member 13076]

Take a selfie of you, that's what you truly look like.

 

[Perfectumbrain]

No,lol

 

[Perfectumbrain]

Take a selfie of you, that's what you truly look like.

No lol

 

[JosephGarrot123]

Take a selfie of you, that's what you truly look like.

over

 

[one job away]

Take a selfie of you, that's what you truly look like.

Selfies are a bad representation

 

[kalefartbomb]

A true mirror, or 2 mirrors at right angles. The image in the middle will be exactly how other people see you.

 

[one job away]

A true mirror, or 2 mirrors at right angles. The image in the middle will be exactly how other people see you.

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Bullshit. While it might be true that others see your reversed image it’s not how other perceive you. Since you are not mirrored in a true mirror you will perceive yourself as much worse looking than how others see you.

 

[Need2Ascend]

That shit used to drive me insane too.
I think it's because lighting can "change" your appearence severely and also some mirrors are for real slightly distorted where they make your face look slightly smaller/bigger, narrower/wider or longer/shorter

Just look at least somewhat decent in every mirror theory

 

[kalefartbomb]

Bullshit. While it might be true that others see your reversed image it’s not how other perceive you. Since you are not mirrored in a true mirror you will perceive yourself as much worse looking than how others see you.

Other people perceive you exactly the same way as from double the distance from the mirror. The fact that you will perceive yourself as worse is just psychological based on being accustomed to our reversed image. Other people are accustomed to exactly the same image as seen in the true mirror. So as we are discussing closeness to reality, this is the only method that let's you see yourself accurately.

 

[one job away]

Other people perceive you exactly the same way as from double the distance from the mirror. The fact that you will perceive yourself as worse is just psychological based on being accustomed to our reversed image. Other people are accustomed to exactly the same image as seen in the true mirror. So as we are discussing closeness to reality, this is the only method that let's you see yourself accurately.

Not gonna bother explaining since I made a long thread „how others see you“ explaining it. People like you just answer it wrong

 

[Perfectumbrain]

What do you mean by 2 floors away? how many meters?

Other people perceive you exactly the same way as from double the distance from the mirror. The fact that you will perceive yourself as worse is just psychological based on being accustomed to our reversed image. Other people are accustomed to exactly the same image as seen in the true mirror. So as we are discussing closeness to reality, this is the only method that let's you see yourself accurately.

 

[loksr]

Bullshit. While it might be true that others see your reversed image it’s not how other perceive you. Since you are not mirrored in a true mirror you will perceive yourself as much worse looking than how others see you.

I think I look better in true mirrors
what's the psychology behind that

 

[one job away]

I think I look better in true mirrors
what's the psychology behind that

Don’t know. Shouldn’t be tbh unless you are really used to seeing yourself like this.

 

[loksr]

Don’t know. Shouldn’t be tbh unless you are really used to seeing yourself like this.

don't think I'm used to seeing myself like that, rarely use any kind of true mirror / true mirror app
only explanation I could think of is that I have flaws that I typically focus on in normal mirrors that I can't immediately pinpoint in true mirrors, who knows

 

[Constantin Denis]

I just played with my mirrors a little and I found my true mirror. I gotta say it looks the same(basically) as I look in a normal mirror

 

[bwrauycnee]

Same jfl. I just use the vanity mirror and carry it to places with different lighting to make sure I look good in all of them.

 

[fernandobrocolli]

Other people perceive you exactly the same way as from double the distance from the mirror. The fact that you will perceive yourself as worse is just psychological based on being accustomed to our reversed image. Other people are accustomed to exactly the same image as seen in the true mirror. So as we are discussing closeness to reality, this is the only method that let's you see yourself accurately.

Cope. Your flipped image is basically the only real time image you see of yourself your whole life, so you get used to it and you start ignoring the asymmetries. The moment you see your real image, you don't relate to that as much, so the imperfections become clear.
That's probably the reason why most people perceive themselves as more attractive than they actually are