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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Sittin' here on the toilet, it took me a second to shift the word "floaters" into proper context.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As a kid I thought they were parasitic worms eating my eyeballs from the inside.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Headlights near hills are also a common source of ufo sightings

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    Hats are more commonly the subject of UFO photos than UFOs.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If someone throws a hat in the air, you take a picture of it before it lands, and you don't know what it is you've seen and photographed, technically you have taken a photo of a UFO.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That is only because Aliens monitor all aircraft on earth and will if given the chance teleport-swap your hat for a UFO while it is thrown in the air (it is the perfect time to do it unfortunately). Notice how most politicians don't wear hats, it is because they know their hats were long ago replaced with alien monitoring UFOs that only look and feel like hats and they are keeping the truth from us.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Hats are more commonly the subject of UFO photos than aliens.

    FTFY

    If you can't identify the object that's flying, it's a UFO. It doesn't matter what it is. A flying hat that isn't identified is still a UFO.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    No, Aliens successfully genetically bioengineered our eyes to have "eye floaters" that look exactly like their interdimensional starships flying overhead so they can fly them around on Earth without anyone noticing. It is all part of their evil genius plan!

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    A while back in some thread, I mentioned a lecturer who claimed halos are explained by some people who can visibly see earth's magnetic fields and wondered if it's true. I had something to do and went about my business, but searched it up, later. It turns out many eye conditions can be the cause. Now I'm wondering about phosphenes!

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I'm thinking about my eye floaters roughly 200% of the time and I still mistake them for bugs flying past my face at least once a week.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Didn’t it happen that people in LA started calling the cops one time during the pandemic because they saw the Milky Way for the first time in their lives?

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  • I used to think of it as bacteria on top of my eyeballs. Then my sibling put in the fear that the bacteria is inside the eyeballs, which made sense since washing my eyes didn’t really remove it. I eventually stopped giving it any thought.

    Thank you for resolving it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    There must be people that mistake ghosts for eye floaters too, so it probably balances it out.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    As a kid I could only notice what I now know to be floaters on a bright sunny beach and thought they were little bacteria or something floating on the surface of my eyes. Never jumped to ghost!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    If you look at the sky on a clear blue day, you can see the shadow of your own white blood cells moving around in your eyes.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Those aliens have incredibly fast ships. It doesn't matter how fast you turn your gaze, they're one step ahead.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Genuine question; is there anything we can do against eye floaters or is it necessary to go to opticians/ doc?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I'd say get it checked out if you can reasonably afford it. Eye exams by a competent professional can detect serious health issues before they are noticed by you or your PCP.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There is no treatment because they are considered a natural and harmless consequence of aging. Only in severe cases is surgery necessary.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Afaik, unless you have eye surgery, floaters are stuck in your eye forever, it's just that many eventually sink out of your field of vision. If you have large new floaters, especially if there are multiple new ones that appear suddenly, I'd recommend seeing an eye doctor - it's how I found out I'd torn my retina, which was at risk of detaching and possibly making me partially blind.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Anyone ever had an ocular migraine? Fucking trippy. I could see people making up crazy explanations.

    Totally painless, merely circular, rotating, rainbow flashes as you look around. Scared the crap out of me until I looked online. Thought it might be a sort of LSD flashback. Had it it hit me a few times in a short time span, never again.

    This is a great representation of what I saw, no blur in my case, or I didn't notice any.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Aneurysms confused with god speaking to them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    People make up shit every single day without proof of anything. Then go about telling people as if they had absolute 100% proof/evidence in some way. They know it's a lie, they don't care.

    That's pretty much religion in a nutshell.

    DO NOT EVER "take someone's word for it". Demand proof. Use critical thinking skills like not being a dumbass, or paying attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    And people are schizophrenic, hit their heads, have fever dreams or any number of things they may misunderstand. The saddest part is that some people do intentionally make things up, causing people who honestly can't help certain conditions more unnecessary suffering from people who automatically assume malice.

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