Beach or Door
About
Beach Or Door refers to the debate surrounding an image of a blue and tan object. Some people claim image is of a beach and others the an image of a door. The debate about the image spread in a similar fashion to #TheDress and Yanny or Laurel.
Origin
On August 24th, 2018, Twitter [1] user @rebeccareilly__ posted an photograph of a white and blue image with the caption, "Is this a door or a beach??? Hahahaha😖🙄." The post (shown below) received more than 20,000 retweets and 35,000 likes in 10 days.
Spread
The following day, after receiving more than 247,000 votes, @rebeccareilly_ tweeted[2] that 54% of voters believed the image to be a door.
Two days later, the user tweeted[3] that the image shown horizontally. The post confirmed that the picture is of a beach. The post (shown below, right) received more than 330 retweets and 3,000 likes in one week.
Several media outlets covered the debate, including Fox,[4] Newsweek,[5] People[6] and more.
The following day, Twitter[7] user @trngnhnlu photoshopped the image on to a door. The post (shown below) received more than 260 retweets and 3,600 likes in less than one week.
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External References
[1] Twitter – @rebeccareilly__'s Tweet
[2] Twitter – @rebeccareilly__'s Tweet
[3] Twitter – @rebeccareilly__'s Tweet
[4] Fox – Beach or door? Viral meme stumps the internet
[5] Newsweek – IS IT A BEACH OR DOOR? NEW VIRAL OPTICAL ILLUSION CONFUSES THE INTERNET
[6] People – Here We Go Again: People Are Debating Whether a Photo Is of a Beach or a Door
[7] Twitter – @trngnhnlu's Tweet
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Sep 04, 2018 at 04:37PM EDT
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