Corridor Digital mentioned them recently in one of their videos and had a 5-minute conversion on what the correct term was before finding that Wikipedia page.
I guess you can look at it from two sides (in two ways?)
It’s a terrible name. Two-way because you get the normal mirror reflection and a see-through. Should’ve just called it a see-through mirror, it would immediately make sense.
Who is out here calling these “two way mirrors” and why?
one way - see one way
two way - see two ways
two way makes way more sense.
Two way sounds like a window.
but you can only see through a window one way.
you see through a two way mirror two different ways.
But it’s only a mirror in one of those two ways.
If it was reflective both ways then it would obviously be called a double one way mirrors. {taps head}
ways to look through a mirror
ways to look through a two way mirror
numbers don’t lie.
Are you also calling a regular mirror a one-way mirror?
Those numbers also don’t lie.
When you have two eyes you see through it twice.
but how can we see if our eyes aren’t real?
Probably:
The mirror part is only one way though.
A 2-way mirror would have a mirror on both sides.
and then there’s another part which is a different way
Because you can look at it two ways and see in the same direction
You can look at them from every direction, doesn’t make them every direction-mirror.
Maybe because it can be a mirror in either direction depending on which side is lit/dark?
Corridor Digital mentioned them recently in one of their videos and had a 5-minute conversion on what the correct term was before finding that Wikipedia page.
I guess you can look at it from two sides (in two ways?)
Interestingly, this also applies to many other things, such as so called “two way walls”.
It’s a terrible name. Two-way because you get the normal mirror reflection and a see-through. Should’ve just called it a see-through mirror, it would immediately make sense.
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