Laughter as Pic of Man's Delivery Confirmation Turns Into Strange Illusion

We all love a takeout, but one man was shocked to see how his DoorDash delivery was captured in a picture that made his arm look incredibly long.

The illusion that gave Conrad Mighell from northeast Georgia an extra long limb has baffled internet users who were left in stitches.

The use of online food delivery services grew substantially during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and our appetite shows no signs of slowing down with online delivery services in the U.S. forecast to be worth more than 67 billion dollars by 2024.

Just like Mighell, most of us are turning to takeout platform DoorDash to bring us our favorite dishes, with recent stats published by Statista revealing the platform has a market share of 59 percent, followed by Uber Eats with the second-highest market share at 24 percent.

Posted on the popular r/funny forum on Reddit, Mighell shared the image with the caption: "The picture DoorDash sent me to confirm my food was here." With more than 68,000 upvotes and thousands of comments, the picture shows the delivery from McDonald's with Mighell's arm picking it up to the left of the frame.

However, thanks to the angle the picture was snapped from, it looks like he has just one very long arm and no elbow.

"I posted the photo on Reddit because I thought it was funny," Mighell told Newsweek. "My initial reaction was 'what's wrong with my arm?!' but it was the photo that did my arm dirty."

The illusion led Redditors to head to the comments and share jokes and reactions. One commenter said: "Dude drives his car from the back seat," while another wrote: "Mr. Fantastic uses DoorDash? I'd have thought he'd be able to reach."

"Do you work in law enforcement?" joked another Redditor, referring to the popular phrase "the long arm of the law."

"My elbow is there," clarified Mighell. "It's just the way my arm was rotated that gave the illusion that I don't have elbows. The photo was used to confirm my food had arrived but I was already outside to get it so he took the picture once I had grabbed it."

After recovering from the shock of the extralong arm, Reddit users were also prompted to comment on the photographing system now used by delivery drivers to confirm receipt of food.

One commenter said: "Sad, isn't it? they have to do this, because of all the fake 'I never got my food' complaints."

Earlier in 2022, a viral video sparked controversy when a TikTok user shared how they get free food by sharing discount codes for food delivery services online. The "hack" caused a debate online with many commenters calling it a "scam" and suggesting that it could have an impact on already struggling minimum-wage gig economy workers.

While reports of customers not receiving their food are common, one commenter on the Reddit post who said they have been working for DoorDash for two years said: "There definitely are unscrupulous dashers out there stealing food, but they're the minority. I'd argue that most 'I didn't receive my order' complaints are fake."