If you had blistering arguments over the colour of The Dress, prepare to lose your mind and get into even more debates with people.
Cloe Feldmen shared this video of a brain-melting computer-generated soundbite that says either 'Yanny' or 'Laurel' and the online world is currently aflame over which it actually is.
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
Here's just one example of the confusion.
Yanny....I listened 10 times and cant figure out how anyone hears laurel
— Kay◟̽â—ž̽ (@hazzasxinfinity) May 15, 2018
How are y’all hearing yannyðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚ it clear as day says laurel ðŸ˜
— Divonte Wilson (@Wilson1Divonte) May 15, 2018
No...I’m saying I hear yanny because I hear yanny😂
— Kay◟̽â—ž̽ (@hazzasxinfinity) May 15, 2018
And while it may feel impossible to hear the other, there actually is an explanation behind it all.
Credit goes to @NerdItUpPod for discovering that pitch-shifting up/down pushes it one way or another for people: https://t.co/iOz7O5hEbD
— Steve Pomeroy (@xxv) May 15, 2018
For the record, we never want to go through one of these again.