Perspective changes everything. Take a particular object, put it in a specific time and place, and you see how it differs compared with an almost identical one. And since such an experiment would probably be slightly too elaborate for real life, We has compiled this entertaining collection of the most surprising comparisons.
From comparing a chimpanzee fingertip with a human fingertip to photos of a man before and after walking across China for the whole year, these are side-by-side shots that show the weird and the wonderful side of the world we live in. So pull your chair closer, get your popcorn ready and tune in for the list that puts a spin on the good old “spot the difference” game.
After you’re done, make sure to check out our previous posts with incredible comparisons here, here, and here.
#1 1st Picture Was The Peak Of My Depression. 2nd Is A Recent One After Almost An Year Of Medication And Self Care
#2 From 2.5 Months To Nearly 2 Years
#3 First Day Of Chemo vs. Last
Perspective is a beautiful power to subject things to. Not only do we start seeing their beauty, as in the cases of these comparisons, it can also make us feel better. You see, while putting things in perspective, we are selecting a particular mode of seeing them, and it doesn’t just feel like it, our brain actually does it.
Scientists say that changing perspective is a healthy exercise if we want to be empathetic, rational and compassionate. However, changing perspective is not merely about seeing things from the point of view of another. It’s just as much about gaining perspective.
#4 Lost 200 Pounds In A Year. 360 Lbs vs. 160 Lbs
#5 Age 12 vs. 16 – My Drawing Progress
#6 Before And After Being Told She’s A Good Girl
Changing one’s perspective has to do with the point of view in which you stand. By stepping outside of our usual perspectives, it can become possible to frame arguments in ways that motivate others instead of leaving them feeling rejected, for example. In a similar way, you can start seeing things not as simply black or white, good or bad, but in a more complex light. This will get us out of the loop of negativity, prejudice and other negative emotions.
#7 On The Left Is My Grandmother Holding My Dad And The Right Is Me Holding My Son, Taken Exactly 63 Years Apart
Genetics is so cool, my parents always told me I looked like my dad’s mom but I never got to meet her before she passed away.
#8 Becoming Mothers Together
#9 Same Waterfall, 3 Seasons. Skógafoss, Iceland
#10 Yesterday I Took My Grandmother On Her First Bike Ride In 59 Years, I Need A New Word For Awesome
#11 I Bought My First Bike One Year Ago Today
#12 I Just Want A Bigger Pocket Please, Is That Too Much To Ask For? Sincerely, Women Everywhere
#13 Tiny Cute Rabbit Compared To A Palm
#14 Never Thought I’d Be Able To Use My Hand Again. Shout Out To The Surgeon And Therapist
#15 This Is What 6 Years Of Practice Looks Like – My Art In 2015 vs. 2021
#16 Me And My Dad. 1982 And 2021. Both Age 20, 39 Years Apart
#17 Before And After I Asked Her If She Knew How Cute She Was
#18 I’ve Finally Recreated It
#19 Perspective Size Of The Humpback Whale
#20 Cheers To 2 Years Of Health! 100 Lbs Lost And Maintained For A Year
#21 Before And After Of My 8-Year Project (1972 Datsun 240z Restomod)
#22 Canadian Passport vs. Canadian Passport Under A Black Light
#23 Head Size Difference Between A Man And An Adult Cane Corso
#24 Adorable Meetings
#25 1930’s Parquet Flooring Restored Today. Before And After Comparison
#26 6 Years Ago Today I Had A Surgery To Straighten Up My Spine, This Is The Before/After Result. I Gained 5cm With The Process
#27 Before And After Of My DIY Driveway. I Made The Paving Stones And The Driveway
#28 Before And After Of A Man Who Walked Across China For A Year
#29 Size Of Orangutan Compared To A Human
#30 8 Weeks vs. 8 Months
#31 Example Of Class Disparity In South Africa
#32 Me And My Girlfriend When We First Met vs. Now. The Regretful Emo Phase
#33 My First-Ever House Plant Just Turned 5
#34 The Difference In Me And My Twin’s Skin Color. He Goes Outside, I Don’t
#35 Hummingbird Eggs And Nest. Key For Scale
#36 1st Picture Was The Peak Of My Opiate Addiction. 2nd Is A Recent Of One Of Me Healthy And Sober
#37 Chimpanzee Fingertip vs. Human Fingertip
#38 I Found A Bunch Of Rocks On A Beach And Organized Them By Color
#39 Chichen Itza When It Was Discovered In 1892 vs. Present-Day
#40 How Titanium Gets Color With Different Voltages
#41 The Weather In The Netherlands Today
#42 My 16-Years-Old vs. 24-Years-Old SFX Makeup Growth
#43 This Weird Lemon That Grew On Our Lemon Tree. Normal Lemon For Comparison
#44 My Sister: “You Can Do The Half-Marathon With Me! Trust Me, It’s Not That Bad.” My Sister vs. Me
#45 My Parents Have The Evolution Of Cellphones In Their Kitchen Drawer
#46 This Comically Huge Strawberry That I Purchased From The Grocery Store Today vs. Hand
#47 Biggest Pizza That Can Be Ordered In US
#48 Anime vs. Reality
#49 The Size Of A Fiber Optic Wire Capable Of Supplying A Home With High Speed Internet. Hand For Scale
#50 Lara Croft Progression – 1996 To 2018
#51 All The Different Flavors Of Sunset I Get Out My Apartment Window
#52 My Mom’s Handwriting Before And After Her Stroke
#53 Minazo, The Southern Elephant Seal, Standing Next To A Human Makes Him Look Very Tiny
#54 Different Size Of 1oz Bars Of Pure Metals: Aluminum, Titanium, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Gold
#55 Unintentionally Left Beets To Over Winter In The Garden. Chicken For Scale
#56 The Sheer Number Of Colors That My Carrots Came In
#57 This ‘Mini’ Evolution I Saw In London
#58 This Is What 5oz (Standard Wine Glass Size) Looks Like In Different Wine Glasses
#59 9-Month-Old Maine Coon vs. 9-Year-Old Niece
#60 We Ordered A Pound Of Carrots. We Got A Pound Of Carrot. Bottle For Scale
#61 The Same Color Liquid In Different Colored Buckets Makes For An Interesting Comparison
#62 The Contrast Of This Metro Station In Istanbul
#63 Night Of A Perfect Contrasts
#64 One Of My Chickens Laid A Spherical Egg. Normal Egg For Comparison
#65 I Took A Photo From The Same Spot In All 4 Seasons
#66 This Guinea Pig Is An Absolute Unit Compared To A Human
#67 This Rat Sized Moth Found In A School Construction Site In Australia
#68 A New Pair Of Shoes Wasn’t In The Budget But A Black Sharpie Was (Left- Sharpie, Right- Sun Faded Black)
#69 Left – 1980 Toyota Pickup. 40 Years Later A Toyota Pickup. Both 1/2 Ton Trucks
#70 You Can See The Evolution Of My Knitting Skills On My First Ever Project
#71 Huge Xanadu I Spotted While Walking In Rome (Italy). Lady Who Takes Care Of It For Scale. The Plant Is More Than 20 Years Old, Survived Freezing Temperatures And Snow
#72 All The Weathers
#73 I Inherited This Small Gap Between My Middle And Ring Finger From My Dad. Both Hands Are Like This
#74 Difference In Drinking Pace
#75 My Parents Got This Spray Bottle Of Windex In 1979 And Have Been Reusing It Ever Since. New Bottle For Comparison
#76 Bottom Of An Unearthed Tree After A Storm, I Am 6’4 For Reference
#77 Real vs. Fake $50 We Recieved At Work The Other Day
#78 Bald Eagles Are Huge Compared To A Human
#79 Two Cans Of The Same Tomato Soup From The Same Store. One A Product Of Canada, The Other A Product Of USA
#80 New vs. Used Electrodes For My Pool Ionizer
#81 My Flatmate And I Took Nearly The Same Photo Walking Home At Different Times
#82 Large Worm We Saw This Morning (6-Year-Old’s Hand For Scale)
#83 This Cicada On My Cicada Tattoo
#84 A Street Lamp Fell Over Into The Snow Outside My Apartment. Turns Out They’re Massive – My Hand For Scale
#85 In Old Euro Coins The Borders Of Countries Were Drawn. Not Anymore. (The Left One Is From 2009, The Right One From 1999)
#86 My Husband And I Bought The Exact Same Shoes, And Mine Are Small Enough To Fit All The Way Inside His
#87 A Mega-Sized Lemon From My Lemon Tree. Mandarin Orange For Scale
#88 My House, Late 1800’s vs. Today
#89 I’ve Been Documenting The Natural Decay In This Small Abandoned Church Since 2012
#90 Giant Blueberry Compared To A Coin
#91 Mom Cleaned Out Her Pantry Cabinet And Found Four Generations Of Wyler’s Beef Cubes. Oldest One Expired 2/14/1989
#92 I Shaved My Beard
#93 The Size Of This Carrot. Cat For Scale
#94 These Old Pre-Soviet Banknotes. Hand For Scale
#95 Same Size, Climbing vs. Hiking Shoes
#96 Both Of My Lights Burnt Out – One Turned White While The Other Turned Black
#97 Airsoft Gun (Left) vs. Real Gun (Right)
#98 My Cat Looks Kinda Like An Owl
Camilo Madrigal Camilo Madrigal Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 3 years ago Report
Oh how the turn tables
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Niall Mac Iomera Niall Mac Iomera Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 years ago Report
It really doesn’t.
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Y T Y T Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 years ago Report
Which one is the cat?
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NoodleBear NoodleBear Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 years ago Report
Eh
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Jonathan Jonathan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 4 years ago Report
Not really…
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