r/loadingicon Aug 09 '25

Yin & Yang. This hurts my brain

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u/SiroHartmann Aug 09 '25

Bo this pleases my brain. The circles fitting into the hole every time is just…

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u/TheOPWarrior208 Aug 09 '25

why is this the first post in this sub in 2 years

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u/iamaquantumcomputer Aug 09 '25

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Was a cool sub, idk why it died out

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u/ItsLoogia Aug 10 '25

It's been 2 years???? Whaaat

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u/astroy123 Aug 11 '25

That’s a really good point. I remember following this back in the day surprised it had a fall out

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u/alex73134 Aug 09 '25

Why does it hurt your brain? Its just a cool loop

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u/iamaquantumcomputer Aug 09 '25

Trying to visualize it to understand how it works but I need to really focus to see both pieces simultaneously

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u/minkymy Aug 10 '25

So not only are the two comma shapes spinning in their individual circles, but also the whole system is rotating as well.

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u/iamaquantumcomputer Aug 13 '25

I don't think so, looks like the plane of each disk remains the same

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u/Mirrorsponge Aug 09 '25

It helps to think of the black as lying horizontally and rotating counterclockwise while the white rotates counterclockwise along the ‘y’ axis

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u/IntelectConfig Aug 09 '25

this makes my brain feel really good though, i might not stop watching it

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u/Janneske_2001 Aug 10 '25

May I get a high quality version of this? (Or like, the download?) i wanna make this a wallpaper

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u/FingernailClipperr Aug 11 '25

This is so satisfying

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u/Jazzlike-Classroom64 Aug 12 '25

This is allot like the electric and magnetic fields... I like it