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You know it's coming
Aug 21, 2017 6:32 PM
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You know it's coming
AStrongFemaleCharacter
whatbuttondoipush
Dutch brothers coffee gave out a shit ton of glasses and recalled them mere hours before the eclipse
realmdweller
I got to see the eclipse with my son at his school. The amount of teachers running around telling kids to keep their glasses on was insane.
FloridaLawyer
Announcing a new area of practice at my firm: suing the Sun for negligence.
FullSpeedAhead
Opthamologists are praising the gods and giving thanks.
RuleSixTHEREISNORULESIX
it's
HobbitHouse
I'm hoping the glasses I used from thinkgeek are as legit as they claim...
derekjohn
For a brief moment I thought that said 'retsina' - too many Greek holidays.
JustYourAverageNerd
*sues the sun*
4thStateOfMatter
A parent sued my firm cuz kid tested high voltage discharge on his private parts.....(heh, must of left a mark)!
olhotdogfingers
but thats none of your business
troy11998822
I see you read between the lines
raitchison
Amazon is so getting sued, sold God knows how many glasses which turned out to be bogus with not enough time to get replacements.
secondbest
This wouldn't have happened if you simply accepted the Earth as flat like it is.
CompleteJamesChanger
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Around here the schools either sent the kids home early, so it's the parent's responsibility, or are keeping the kids indoors.
CindyWho4
Our schools let them go do it, but they showed parents the glasses they got & verified, and we had to sign forms.
KeikiSupreme
Our elementary school let kids watch, but also had them craft paper plate glasses-holder masks to keep kids from peaking over their glasses
Sauroctonus
Who are they going to sue?
FootSauce
I don't get how people can hurt their eyes. If kind of starts to hurt when you stare at the sun.
FastandBiCurious
I couldn't help but look at it without glasses a few times, it was one of those intrusive urges like wanting to touch something really hot.
STINKPICKEL
wet paint syndrome
Dispari
"Be careful, this plate is very hot." *touch*
bringbakfirefly
Looking won't cause permanent damage. Over staring. And over 10 seconds up to 100 seconds for permanent damage.
dandydust
confession.. i looked at it without glasses. i knew i wasn't supposed to. but fuck it
SuspiciousCharacter
Same but someone let me use their pair for that I give them thanks.
Johnnyp765
Butt fuck what? The sun? Your glasses? Either way doesnt sound good...
cousteau
Still seeing it?
Isuckatbeingagirl
I just wore sunglasses, my eyes suck anyway
GreaterDog
There's the people who looked, and the people who won't admit they looked
gerdygerdygerdy
Everyone I talked to in my department said they did too. I did for a sec but the glare keeps you from actually seeing anything so it's reall
gerdygerdygerdy
Not even worth it
GoldFrieza
You can say YOLO all you want but you may be blind the rest of your life
AltLeftAltRightWhatIsThisACheatCode
I recently looked at burning magnesium without any eye protection. I died
badgersnuffles
I forgot about the eclipse and thought the light looked weird outside, so I looked up and went "Oh, shit. Right."
Sc00ba5teeve
I do this with welders all of the time. "Oh, what's that bright flash? Shiiit."
badgersnuffles
I used to be a welder - I'll never 'un-feel' the gritty burn of my little arc eye incident. Yowza.
Flareside
I did, throw the tinted rear window of my truck
Ezzybells
So did Trump. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347382-trump-takes-in-eclipse-from-white-house
FillMyPrescriptions
Upvoting for awareness
Keiliana
Me too!
YoloSwagginsAndTheKnightsOfTheRoundTable
If you stared at it for longer than 20 seconds you might notice a blind spot soon
Otits
I mean i just watched it in the reflection of a window
HPpN0Tq
Same. I put my hands up and loosely interlocked my fingers and found a spot between them to put the sun in. Only looked for a little bit tho
MadHakon
Eh it's really no different than looking at the sun any other day. A quick glance isn't a problem. But some people inevitably STARE...
oStaiko
I stared... if you stare long enough your eyes darken that spot out so you can see it better!
gerdygerdygerdy
Oh man
Vesane
Well, it is different since your pupils are dilated, but you're still right; the issue isn't glancing (spesh during totality), but staring >
Vesane
< especially as the sun starts re-emerging at full strength while you've been staring in the dark
MadHakon
Well for those of us who didn't witness totality, it was still immensely bright out.
Vesane
Fair enough. I'm just going based on theory; down under, I was asleep :P
valkrez
I made a quick glance and now I'm terrified I'll wake up blind
TheHoleStretcher3000
RIP to your retinas
YouHaveSomethingInYourTeeth
Me too!
SomethingsShadow
You have to like stare at it for a while. You don't go blind everytime you catch a glimpse of the sun on a normal day
SnarkyScience
True, but an eclipse is more dangerous than looking on a normal day--your pupils are dilated.
providedlava
It was behind the clouds and i was like oo cool BUT THEN THE CLOUDS MOVED AND MY EYES WERE NAKED AND EXPOSED
brothersport
Same thing happened to me.
chilachinchila
It still damages behind clouds
awesock
No it doesnt
PudgyPinkiePie
Fun fact. There's a phenomena called "cloud burn". Water vapor refracts/reflects white/visible spectrum only.