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Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:30:14 UTC No. 16118726
Redpill me on looking at the eclipse. These are just junk right?
I don't plan on staring just having a quick peak when its in totality. Will I fuck my eyes? People hundreds and thousands of years ago didn't have sun glasses, why are we obsessed with eclipse safety?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:32:44 UTC No. 16118733
>>16118726
You can look at the totality, but even at 99% coverage it's as harmful as looking at the bare sun. The glasses allow you to watch the eclipse before and after totality.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:53:05 UTC No. 16118759
>>16118733
Can I just look really quick at then look away? Kinda like looking at the sun really fast?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 15:56:27 UTC No. 16118768
>>16118733
step aside babby, I’m hitting this shit raw
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:48:31 UTC No. 16119597
>>16118733
>even at 99% coverage it's as harmful as looking at the bare sun
source? I sungaze every day with no side effects.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:52:47 UTC No. 16119614
>>16119597
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunga
>Sungazing is the unsafe practice of looking directly at the Sun. It is sometimes done as part of a spiritual or religious practice, most often near dawn or dusk.[1]
>The human eye is very sensitive, and exposure to direct sunlight can lead to solar retinopathy, pterygium,[2] cataracts,[3] and potentially blindness.[4][5][6]
>Studies have shown that even when viewing a solar eclipse the eye can still be exposed to harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation.[7]
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:55:36 UTC No. 16119624
>>16118726
Bought a pair at Kroger. If I go blind, I can be part of a class action lawsuit against them that gets me a free pair of glasses for the next eclipse.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:56:36 UTC No. 16119628
>>16118726
I looked at ti directly with just a pair of sunglafes and i ditns fucke my eysfiggt
you dfafgtnts anr thwexatgeting
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:59:05 UTC No. 16119633
>>16119628
Having trouble seeing your keyboard, friend?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 20:05:50 UTC No. 16119653
>>16118726
>>16118733
"eclipse glasses" are for obsessive nerds
>gahh gotta wear my safety goggles tramping though these Rubus Vestitus! Guhugh! I could poke an eye out!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 20:51:40 UTC No. 16119760
>>16119628
>>16119633
Kek
>>16119653
This. When I was around 11 and stared at an eclipse for the entire duration and I've got good vision.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 21:36:09 UTC No. 16119853
How many of these glasses were sold for this event?
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:36:47 UTC No. 16119957
>>16118726
no, you should wear them for the entirety of the eclipse
dont listen to the morons telling you "take them off during totality," that's how you go blind!
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:41:14 UTC No. 16119966
>>16119957
How are people this retarded...
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:43:16 UTC No. 16119970
>>16118733
>even at 99% coverage it's as harmful as looking at the bare sun
I thought at full totality the danger was supposed to be even greater than looking at the regular sun. Something about the corona being extra bright, but the iris not contracting.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:49:46 UTC No. 16119979
>>16119970
No, full totality is when it's safe to look at. If you didn't look at the totality with your bare eyes you missed out on the coolest part of the whole experience.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:53:09 UTC No. 16119983
>>16119979
Is eclipse-viewing more dangerous or less dangerous than looking at the sun? I look directly at the sun for a few seconds every other day when I sunbathe.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:55:05 UTC No. 16119991
>>16119983
Full totality is safe, anything less than full totality is exactly the same amount of danger as looking at the sun on any other day.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:03:15 UTC No. 16120007
>>16118726
>Have perfect vision
>Found some old eclipse glasses lying around from prior eclipse
>Sweet, can look at eclipse
>Look at it for 10-15 seconds tops
>Minutes later right eye starts burning
>Don't remember the burning sensation happening from last eclipse
>Right eye now is blurrier than left
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:04:52 UTC No. 16120010
>>16120007
You can't use old ones, the material degrades over time.
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:06:44 UTC No. 16120011
>>16120007
>>16120010
Holy shit LMAO
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:09:43 UTC No. 16120020
>>16120010
>>16120011
>Source: my ass
Bullshit, the glasses were pitch black still
Anonymous at Mon, 8 Apr 2024 23:17:49 UTC No. 16120032
>>16120020
Here's a photo of the instructions printed inside my glasses.
>Discard and do not use after 3 years.
The last eclipse was SEVEN years ago.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 01:46:01 UTC No. 16120202
>>16120007
>old eclipse glasses
Stop reading there. Just lmao.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 01:49:05 UTC No. 16120204
>>16120032
All my free eclipse glasses don't have this message. The Amazon glasses I got last year have the warning.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 01:54:02 UTC No. 16120207
>>16120032
>2017 was seven years ago
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 01:54:17 UTC No. 16120208
>>16120204
They're all still made of the same materials treated in the same manner, so I would bet the ones without the warning still degrade all the same and the ones with the warning are just more honest and thorough.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:02:50 UTC No. 16120213
>>16120208
I meant that all who got free glasses are fucked if they reuse them in 20 years. I know they are the same and it's fucked up they didn't add that message. There is already one anon who used the 2017 glasses who is now fucked.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:21:48 UTC No. 16120228
I looked at the partial with eclipse glasses (which I couldn't see a damn thing with except for real bright glasses) and the totality with the naked eye. My eyes feel fine but it's like I can still see an ever so slight afterimage of the sun, like when you look at a bright light and still see it afterwards for a few seconds, but at a much lesser degree and for longer. Am I gonna died?
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:53:29 UTC No. 16120255
>>16120213
Oh, you've got a point. Hopefully 20 years is long enough for everyone to lose them anyway.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 02:56:04 UTC No. 16120258
>>16120207
fun fact: there are kids turning 18 who have never seen (much less used) a pay phone outside of movies
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:01:22 UTC No. 16120268
>>16120007
>>16120010
>>16120032
According to NASA, any glasses that conform to the ISO whatever spec are safe to use for as long as they're intact. Those warning messages are from pre-ISO days.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:03:45 UTC No. 16120273
>>16118726
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDm
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:05:50 UTC No. 16120277
>>16120228
You are fine. Got get a supplement with Lutein, bilberry, and DHA. Take it for a few weeks if you are paranoid.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:07:46 UTC No. 16120284
>>16120228
I stared at the total eclipse for too long(was completely awestruck and lost track of time) and got hit by the light coming out afterwards. I immediately looked away but my eyes still feel funny.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:27:33 UTC No. 16120305
>>16118726
Let us know how the solar retinopathy comes along, anon.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:58:06 UTC No. 16120335
>>16120277
Meds, anon.
Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:14:36 UTC No. 16120710
>>16120268
That's good to hear. Maybe I did something retarded irrespective of the glasses. Either way I'm never looking at or near the Sun ever again, eclipse or otherwise. It's just not worth the risk. The burning sensation subsided and my vision thankfully isn't completely fucked. Hard to say to what marginal degree things are blurrier, if at all.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:26:13 UTC No. 16121664
>>16120284
If getting the diamond ring timing wrong means I go blind it's still a fair trade. I have no words.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:06:28 UTC No. 16122229
>>16120007
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XKnJ
according to this nasa bpd girl its ok to use old eclipse glasses if you check them.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:07:09 UTC No. 16122230
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:00:48 UTC No. 16122359
>>16122229
>trusting women with your eye health
https://youtu.be/PuDKFj5dklQ
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:14:52 UTC No. 16122371
>>16118759
>Can I just look really quick at then look away?
Yeah, but you won't see anything. The sun is so searingly bright it just looks like flashbang.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:41:53 UTC No. 16122503
i put the eclipse glasses on and then put binoculars over them. i saw the sun really big for a second or two then i felt something really hot and for an instant saw the brightest light i've ever seen. the binoculars burned a pin sized hole through the glasses. 48 hours later my eyes feel fine but i am worried about long term damage
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:55:33 UTC No. 16122613
>>16122503
How can someone this retarded exist?
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:01:29 UTC No. 16122627
I looked at it through cloud cover with naked eye. My eyes feel fine.
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:03:14 UTC No. 16122735
>>16122503
HOLY SHIT ANON
You're supposed to use special binoculars for that, or put the filters in FRONT of them, not behind them jesus christ
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:50:32 UTC No. 16122803
>>16122503
>area man graduates from burning ants with a magnifying glass
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:26:16 UTC No. 16122875
>>16122503
kek
Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:08:29 UTC No. 16123090
>>16122503
You definitely cut 5+ years off your vision lifespan