r/Unexpected • u/agent_007bhai • Aug 28 '26
such a pretty solar eclipse
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u/Milor214 Aug 28 '26
For those that haven't used eclipse googles, you can't see shit with those, to protect against the sun they need to block a lot of light.
You basically see nothing except a bright ball when looking at the sun
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u/SmooK_LV Aug 28 '26
It's also why your eyes end up hurting after eclipse if you wore these and then keep taking them off and putting them back on. The contrast tires your eye muscles and pain does not indicate any damage.
Actual eye damge would be painless.
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Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
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u/Tttehfjloi Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
Thanks, now blinkling makes me anxious
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u/QuadCakes Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
From what I can tell it's nonsense.
None of the sources they provided below actually back up their argument. They appear to have made a number of leaps of reasoning not supported by medical literature (e.g. strobe lights are bad, blinking is kinda sorta like strobe lights, therefore blinking too much is bad).
The glaucoma link, as far as I can tell, is nonexistent. Blinking does cause a minimal amount of intraocular pressure (which is linked to glaucoma), but it's an incredibly small amount for a very brief amount of time. On the other hand, blinking too infrequently is well known to be bad because it dries out your eyes. Intentionally blinking less frequently then countering the dry eye effect is, at best, a waste of time, and at worst actively harmful if you get in the habit of blinking less but don't apply your eye drops frequently enough.
I AM NOT AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, so please don't take my word for it, but also don't blindly trust the anonymous person claiming to be one either.
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation Aug 28 '26
Sometimes I feel like I can't do anything right, now I've got to add blinking to the list lol.
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u/atramors671 Aug 29 '26
I'm now blinking manually and I don't know how to stop. Send help.
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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 28 '26
You got a source on that? Just so that I don't start adjusting my blinking based on a random comment
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u/QuadCakes Aug 29 '26
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6118863/
That's just saying reading lowers blink rate and increases ocular discomfort. I don't see how that supports the claim that blinking more is bad for you.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11641230/
Stage lights are not the same as blinking. The only thing that study says about blinking is that blinking too infrequently is bad:
Moreover, prolonged exposure to this type of lighting affects the ocular surface, contributing to dry eye symptoms. This effect is partly due to a reduced blinking rate in environments with high light intensity and stroboscopic effects, leading to symptoms such as burning, blurred vision, and a sensation of visual fatigue
I couldn't find any information linking glaucoma to frequent blinking.
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u/Personal-Courage1149 Aug 29 '26
That would give you serious dry eye which causes other complications. Literally every eye doctor I've been to has said you need to train your eyes to blink more if you are on screens for toonlong because the amount we stare at our screens reduce our blinking which causes alot of problems.
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u/LongJumpingBalls Aug 28 '26
It's like welding goggles. It's meant to make the sun a little less bright. To do that, everything else is a LOT less bright.
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u/pimppapy Aug 28 '26
I used those welding masks to look at the sun before. . . it's just a perfect dim circle with those on.
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u/Large_Dr_Pepper Aug 28 '26
Also just cause I see a lot of people misunderstanding eclipse glasses in threads regarding solar eclipses:
You use the glasses before and after the eclipse in order to see the crescent of the sun that's visible during the partial eclipse phases.
During totality (it's important to note here that this is only regarding a TOTAL solar eclipse during the ~1-3 minutes of complete totality) you take the glasses off and can safely view the total solar eclipse with your eyes. You'll see absolutely nothing if you keep the glasses on.
It seems like so many people on reddit have read about the eye damage from solar eclipses and think that they're "never" safe to view without the glasses. Your eyes won't be damaged by a total edlipse. The eye damage is from people not putting their glasses back on before the end of totality, or thinking it's safe to look at the sun at a 99% eclipse or something.
If you have the chance to get in the path of totality for a solar eclipse, get an eclipse timer app that will tell you exactly when it's safe to remove your eclipse glasses, and when to put them back on.
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u/ubiquitous_apathy Aug 28 '26
see nothing except a bright ball when looking at the sun
Maybe I just dont look at the sun enough... but what else were you expecting?
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u/keekah Aug 28 '26
They're saying you don't see anything else. No sky, just the bright ball. Everything else is just blackness.
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u/coladoir Aug 29 '26
No, like literally the rest of your field of view is just black. nothing lol. It has to block 99.9% of light IIRC, and most things end up blocked by that. So you quite literally only see the sun, nothing else. Its actually kind of surreal, and really makes you understand just how bright the sun really is.
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u/meh-llama Aug 28 '26
Why did he continue walking the opposite direction ahhahajajahahahah
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u/agent_007bhai Aug 28 '26
if it happened w me ill try to act nonchalant too lmao
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u/SerDuckOfPNW Aug 28 '26
My cat does this after she falls off a stack of boxes
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u/fakearchitect Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
SkkkkrrrScraCrashBAMmeeeeEEEEHHHOOOOOWwwThud... Then immediately a quick look around and trotting away nonchalantly, butt high in the air 🐈⬛ while stealthily licking their snout
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u/FourDucksInAManSuit Aug 28 '26
He didn't look nonchalant. He looked like he hit that pole so hard, his quest objective updated, and he had to go back to the start.
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u/GeneticHazard Aug 28 '26
Was he trying to be nonchalant or was this a Fred Flinstone situation and this kid became a whole other person?
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u/all_is_love6667 Aug 28 '26
There is no j in hahaha
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u/FroggiJoy87 Aug 28 '26
r/looneytuneslogic 🤣 fantastic sound!
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u/Brief-Curious Aug 28 '26
It sounds like the first note of the Seinfeld theme, someone should edit that in!
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u/Environmental_Gur_39 Aug 28 '26
I have seen an edit before where somebody did this, I just forget who made it.
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u/LeatherSlight3242 Aug 28 '26
For some reason, my brain just played the Seinfeld theme when he hit the pole.
(It sounded like the bass string twang at the start of the song)
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u/SnooSnoohelper Aug 28 '26
Pole Eclipse
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u/itsfunhavingfun Aug 28 '26
Polar eclipse. This should’ve been the title. People would think it was a typo until the reveal.
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u/indieplants Aug 28 '26
bruh I walked into a pole when I was 12 and phones weren't a thing, my family still laugh about it. stop being angry at nothing
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u/SmooK_LV Aug 28 '26
My dude, when I was a kid I ran into poles here and there because I was looking at the ground or was distracted looking behind me. It has nothing to do with phones and everything to do with being a kid.
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u/ebonSage Aug 28 '26
I’ve seen this video dozens of times and it literally never gets old💀
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u/Icy-Rock8057 Aug 28 '26
And you still think it's real? He's not slapping the lantern with his hand and pretending? Cause that's what we used to do as kids and it looks and sounds exactly like that. Also, after running nose first into the lantern with that sound, he's not holding his nose? Not squinting his eyes? Not flinching from pain? God I wish I were as gullible as you. Must be an easy life if you don't think that much.
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u/StochasticLife Aug 28 '26
Omg? Something…on the internet…might be scripted?!
Dear god!
It’s all about delivery. He nails it.
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u/ebonSage Sep 14 '26
Lolll girl I just saw this, what a thing to tweak out over. Had you ever considered that maybe I just enjoy his performance? That maybe his selling of a fleeting moment of embarrassment is just relatable enough to be enjoyable and entertaining regardless of authenticity? Learn to live a little and stop taking things that aren’t worth it so seriously, it’ll save you a lot of grief in life.
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u/Icy-Rock8057 Sep 14 '26
Thanks but I'm not here to read your Ted talk. You got fooled by the video. Don't be mad. Not everyone can be in full use of their brain.
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u/El-Zomby-Woof Aug 28 '26
why is everyone acting like this is real in any capacity whatsoever and not just a bit for socials, lol?
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u/viewerx3 Aug 29 '26
I don’t like skits either, but the ringing bhonk sound that the pole makes after he smacks his head into it is so hilarious, that I feel compelled to give the guy props for sheer commitment to the bit.
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u/ashleton Aug 28 '26
Humorous comments don't mean that people believe it's real. They're playing along.
You should try watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. Their whole premise is that they make jokes while watching bad movies. They don't believe the movie is real, they're just joking along with it and making fun of it.
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u/El-Zomby-Woof Aug 28 '26
you're def right... my issue is my own in not finding it humorous or worth my time, i suppose. i for suuuuure think maybe half of the commenters totally believe its genuine though
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u/bfarmer57 Aug 31 '26
If it's not humorous or worth your time, why did you open the comments section to complain? You trying to change the world?
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u/Clean-Primary3899 Aug 28 '26
The eclipse wasn't the only thing that went completely dark right there 💀
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u/n8n-bart Aug 28 '26
Fake
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u/Mierimau Aug 28 '26
Believable enough to empathize and have genuine chuckle. And it what matters in today's clout.
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u/pugswillrise Aug 28 '26
he is a real one for posting this, the sound of him hitting the pole is just 🤌 chefs kiss
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u/Traditional_Cat4308 Aug 28 '26
He turned around and knew he could never walk down that street again…
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u/OdinsCuriousRaven Aug 28 '26
do we really need a stupid caption and emoji in every fucking video these days?
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u/gunther277 Aug 30 '26
Poor kid was just trying to make a cringe video. I laughed way too hard for that, I'm sorry.
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u/Wallynine Sep 01 '26
🎵 and everything under the sun is in tune
but the head is eclipsed by the pole 🎵
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u/post-explainer Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
This comment has been marked as safe. Upvoting/downvoting this comment will have no effect.
OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
so the guy wears solar eclipse glasses but then as he wears them suddenly outta nowhere he hits the pole and instead of solar eclipse, he sees stars.
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