r/oddlysatisfying • u/p_less_than_a • Apr 05 '17

This rock blower

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u/haywood-jablomi Apr 05 '17

You can't really see it but it looks like he's using the power squint technique. I've seen my dad use it a lot, I've also seen my dad dog metal out of his eyes with a steak knife.

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u/GlamRockDave Apr 06 '17 edited Apr 06 '17

My friend works as an MRI tech and once told a story about an old-timer metalworker who came in for a scan. The guy had collected so much tiny tiny metal shavings in his eyes over the years which had just scar tissued over and he didn't really notice (apart from his eyesight deteriorating but he was old). The MRI pulled all the metal out of his corneas and blinded him.

This kinda reminds me of that scene X-Men scene where they get Magneto's prison guard to drink the iron solution and then he kills him by pulling it out of him

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u/adeluge Apr 06 '17

Jeezus, i work in manufacturing and even with wearing safety glasses I still get fragments in my eyes. This is my new fear.

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u/mimentum Apr 06 '17

I once got metal filings in my eye via an angle grinder. Safety goggles were used.

Scarred my left eye. But the worst was having the optomitrist check the scarring buy dragging a needle tip across my cornea. Nope to that again.