Taking care of err your business is not the only reason people visit the restroom - sometimes we just want to take a look at ourselves in the mirror and maybe even do some light primping. Unfortunately, not every bathroom mirror is created equal or even in a way that makes design sense.
Bored Panda has curated a list of the most bizarre bathroom mirrors that warranted a bathroom selfie to show off just how strange the reflections were. From bizarre placements creating weird optical illusions, to mirror frames without glass, to inconvenient placements, we aren't sure how helpful these mirrors are but they sure are entertaining.
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When You're Feeling Great But Your Hotel Mirror Puts You Back In Check
The mirrors we have come to know and obsessively stare at today began in Germany about 200 years ago, but the very first reflective pieces got their start much earlier. According to vision scientist Dr. Jay Enoch wrote a review in the journal Optometry and Vision Science, people in Anatolia — modern-day Turkey — manufactured the first mirrors about 8,000 years ago from polished obsidian (volcanic glass).
The Bathroom At A Brewery Has This Where You'd Expect A Mirror. Brilliant
I'm Not Sure How To Tell This To Mom, But This Is A Really Awkward Place To Put A Mirror
In Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and Egypt from 4000 to 3000 B.C mirrors began to appear, made out of polished copper. About 1,000 years later, around the world, people began developing their own versions of mirrors. In Central and South America began to create mirrors from polished stone, and Chinese and Indian mirror makers constructed them from bronze.
Found A Mirror That Was Split In Two And I Couldn't Resist Taking A Picture
This Bathroom's Mirrors Are Sunglasses
While throughout the ages each culture created their own version of the mirror, Dr. Enoch writes that nature was the true inventor, "The very first mirrors most probably were quiet pools of water and rock or clay containers of water."
When There's No Mirror In The Bathroom
Great Mirror Placement At My New Place
So what about the glass mirrors that have become the staple in every house and bathroom? Roman author Pliny the Elder alluded to the first glass mirror in his encyclopedia Natural History during the first century A.D, however, they did not fall into generalized use during this time.
My Dad Redid My Bathroom And The Mirror Didn't Ship Yet So He Hung Up One Of My Selfies On The Wall
Installed The Bathroom Mirrors, Boss
Perfect! another place to contemplate yourself... and to let everyone in the bathroom enjoy the show!
In 1835, German chemist Justus von Liebig developed the technique that would become the foundation for mass mirror production. His process was simple, apply a thin layer of metallic silver on one side of a clear glass pane. Liebig's innovation was soon adapted and improved upon paving the way for some truly unique designs.
I'm An Expat In The Netherlands. They're The Tallest People In The World. This Is My New Bathroom Mirror
The Walls In My Girlfriend's Bathroom Are All Mirrors
That would feel like a bathroom group sex with that many mirrors.
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Perhaps went a little too far on the home styling advice of "mirrors make the room feel larger".
There's a bathroom you don't want to stumble into drunk and/or half-asleep
Oof. I ran into myself. Oof. I did it again. Oof. How big/small is this bathroom?!
Yea you can laugh now but It'll come in handy if you ever get in a fight with Bruce Lee
My brother-in-law had a bathroom like that in NYC. A little disturbing
*Drunk me* "What the hell are all these people doing in the bathroom?!".
Can you imagine being a guest in this house, using the bathroom & being trapped in there for an hour cuz you can't find the door?
It looks like 100 portals to different dimensions, I think I'd get a little lost in there, actually.
I don't know anyone who wants to see their body from ALL angles.
It looks elegant, doesn't it. Reminds me of the book cover for The Selection by Kiera Cass.
Anyone else thinking Thirteen Ghosts? That is one of the few movies to freak me out, just like this bathroom is doing.
I love that movie. "In case you didn't notice, I'm a little bit of a freak!" (Matthew Lillard's character).
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This Mirror At My School
That's Just Unfortunate Mirror Placement
Bathroom Mirror At A Bar In Italy
This Mirror Makes It Look Like The Entire Bathroom Is In The Tub
Great! I Can Watcu Myself Poop In 500 Different Dimensions
This Damn Mirror
He could at least have turned of the water before taking that photo.
Bathroom Mirror Selfie
This Really “Artsy” Mirror At A Fancy Restaurant
This Hotel Has A Mirror On A Mirror. Just... Why?
Mum Has Written All Over The Bathroom Mirror
This Hotel Mirror
One Time I Came Across A Really Cool Mirror In A Public Bathroom And I Was Like "I'll Take Some Cute Pictures In Here" But Then
These Mirrors Are Exactly The Wrong Height For Me
Why Do They Always Do That?
Self Portrait
This Totally Unnecessary Bullsh*t On This Mirror
Portrait In Bathroom Mirror(s)
"That's What's Missing - A Ceiling Mirror! Why Hasn't Anyone Thought Of This Before?"
Mirror in the bathroom please talk free. The door is locked, just you and me.🎶🎵🎶
Throughout this post, I kept hearing "Mirror in the Bathroom" by English Beat.
Haha... saw your comment after I wrote mine! Me too.
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I can't help but wonder if some of the public bathroom mirrors were purposely placed or created in such design to discourage the public bathroom selfie? Random fact: Disney (and Universal) do not have mirrors by the sinks in the rest rooms to discourage people from hogging the area with selfies and primping. Keeps the line moving.
Back in the 80's at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta, the elevator lobby had mirrored floors. So did the elevators. It made it quite awkward for ladies in skirts and dresses.
Reminds me of the Carol Burnett routine..Snow White: 15 years later. Snow White: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Am I still the fairest of them all?" Mirror: "You're not even close!" Snow White: "Am I in the top 50?" Mirror: "You're 906!" Snow White: "Oh well..that's up 3 from last week." Mirror: "That's only because the 3 little pigs died!"
"Mirror Mirror on the wall.........ugh never mind...........forget it!!!"
A hotel I used to stay at did a redesign and "refreshed" the rooms. This included a full length mirror on the bathroom door. I think they must not have specified WHERE on the door to hang it though. It ended up with the mirrors on the inside of the bathroom door. The door was across from the toilet. That is NOT a sight you want to see at 3am (or any time, really).
Get rid of them. I don't want to be reminded every day, when undertaking necessary ablutions, jut how unattractive I am.
Mirror in the bathroom please talk free. The door is locked, just you and me.🎶🎵🎶
Throughout this post, I kept hearing "Mirror in the Bathroom" by English Beat.
Haha... saw your comment after I wrote mine! Me too.
Load More Replies... I can't help but wonder if some of the public bathroom mirrors were purposely placed or created in such design to discourage the public bathroom selfie? Random fact: Disney (and Universal) do not have mirrors by the sinks in the rest rooms to discourage people from hogging the area with selfies and primping. Keeps the line moving.
Back in the 80's at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta, the elevator lobby had mirrored floors. So did the elevators. It made it quite awkward for ladies in skirts and dresses.
Reminds me of the Carol Burnett routine..Snow White: 15 years later. Snow White: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall. Am I still the fairest of them all?" Mirror: "You're not even close!" Snow White: "Am I in the top 50?" Mirror: "You're 906!" Snow White: "Oh well..that's up 3 from last week." Mirror: "That's only because the 3 little pigs died!"
"Mirror Mirror on the wall.........ugh never mind...........forget it!!!"
A hotel I used to stay at did a redesign and "refreshed" the rooms. This included a full length mirror on the bathroom door. I think they must not have specified WHERE on the door to hang it though. It ended up with the mirrors on the inside of the bathroom door. The door was across from the toilet. That is NOT a sight you want to see at 3am (or any time, really).
Get rid of them. I don't want to be reminded every day, when undertaking necessary ablutions, jut how unattractive I am.
