[Jamie89]

Do you hear anything when you watch this gif?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42237092

Can you hear this gif?
Remember the white and gold dress that some internet users were certain was actually blue and black? Well, this time the dilemma being discussed online is whether you can hear anything in a silent animation of skipping pylons.
Some people claim they can hear a thudding sound when the pylon hits the ground and the picture vibrates.

[LeatherTrumpet]

no

[RileyH]

yes

[Shaun]

I'd have thought the discussion just boils down to "well if it actually happened there'd be a thud lol so I am picturing hearing that x" and that's about it, really.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Carole of the Bells

I'd have thought the discussion just boils down to "well if it actually happened there'd be a thud lol so I am picturing hearing that x" and that's about it, really.

Apparently people who hear it still experience the same thing if the power lines are cropped out, something to do with the camera shake apparently.

[Jamie89]

[LeatherTrumpet]

can someone make me not hear Taylor Swifts new "song"?

[Ashley.]

You don't hear anything, you're just imagining what you might hear if you could.

[Morgan.]

I cant hear it.

[Jordan.]

No hmm

[LukeB]

No

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Ashsleigh

You don't hear anything, you're just imagining what you might hear if you could.

That's true but I also think there's more to it than that, otherwise people would feel like they could hear any gif. There's no actual sound of course, but the illusion of sound for some and not others is what I find weird about it.

I can hear it but I don't know if it's just because I'm trying to :/

[AnnieK]

I don't hear it. Anyone who can hear it, if you have it on but don't look at your screen, do you still hear the thud?

[y.winter]

It feels very appropriate hear "boom" when it hits the ground, which is basically what I translate it in my head.