PSA: Regular sunglasses will NOT protect your eyes from the solar eclipse!

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The_Sock
04/07/2024
06:45 PM
#1
So if you're out driving or whatever during tomorrow's solar eclipse please be aware that regular sunglasses will not protect your eyes if you look directly at it.

Also, do not try to take a pic or vid of the solar eclipse with your phone. Your phone's circuits could fry. No joke.
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haloiscoolisbak
04/07/2024
06:45 PM
#2
Will you end up blind?
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Irony
04/07/2024
06:46 PM
#3
haloiscoolisbak posted...
Will you end up blind?
No you'll see everything forever
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Kradek
04/07/2024
06:47 PM
#4
I told a friend to be careful not to look at it directly tomorrow as he walks around looking for closeby jobs and he said "ah I don't believe in that"

And I was like, "it permanently damaged my dad's eyes when he looked at one as a kid, what do you mean?"

Didn't blind him, however it did give a permanent black spot he sees in one of his eyes that prevented him from becoming a pilot, which was his military dream growing up.
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SpawnShadow
04/07/2024
06:49 PM
#5
No, no, let them try it.

It'll be funny .
Venixon
04/07/2024
06:49 PM
#6
Well duh
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ironman2009
04/07/2024
06:50 PM
#7
so why would the eclipse mess your eyes up if you look at it? i know you aren't supposed to, but idk why.
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Hambo
04/07/2024
06:51 PM
#8
You're trying awful hard to keep us all from seeing it. Idk what you're trying to hide, but I'm gonna look twice as hard to figure it out.
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divot1338
04/07/2024
06:52 PM
#9
haloiscoolisbak posted...
Will you end up blind?
Yes. When the eclipse happens you will notice it getting darker and darker

If you experience the onset of eclipse blindness pull over immediately.
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Baha05
04/07/2024
06:54 PM
#10
ironman2009 posted...
so why would the eclipse mess your eyes up if you look at it? i know you aren't supposed to, but idk why.
Honestly forgot why
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divot1338
04/07/2024
06:55 PM
#11
Baha05 posted...
Honestly forgot why
I think its because your eye is undilated and then suddenly is staring straight into the sun.
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WingsOfGood
04/07/2024
06:56 PM
#12
Baha05 posted...
Honestly forgot why


the eclipse is the same as looking at the sun any normal day

the difference is your eyes are dilated in the dark and you won't feel like you are looking at the sun

so it is like looking at the sun without the AHHAHHHH reflex that makes you unable to look at the sun for more than a second without turning away or basically closing your lids in squinting
Baha05
04/07/2024
06:57 PM
#13
Ok that makes sense.
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TMOG
04/07/2024
06:58 PM
#14
How much do we want to bet that Trump stares directly into this one too
WingsOfGood
04/07/2024
07:02 PM
#15
basically you can damage your eyes the same way on any day but you body will warn you and it will difficult because your eyes reflex to squint so you would willfully force them wide open to do so

loafy013
04/07/2024
07:11 PM
#16
And neither will the polarized 3D glasses used in theatres. Seeing some people mention they are going to use those.
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WingsOfGood
04/07/2024
07:15 PM
#17
loafy013 posted...
And neither will the polarized 3D glasses used in theatres. Seeing some people mention they are going to use those.

but they look the same!
BearlyWilling
04/07/2024
07:25 PM
#18
TMOG posted...
How much do we want to bet that Trump stares directly into this one too

one can only hope
Hmm...
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Steffenfield
04/07/2024
07:30 PM
#20
Going to stare directly at the eclipse tomorrow and file for disability on Tuesday. :)
Dakimakura
04/07/2024
07:35 PM
#21
When is it?
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bfslick50
04/07/2024
07:39 PM
#22
The sun is very powerful. Staring at it during an eclipse will hurt your eyes just as staring at it on a regular day will hurt your eyes. The difference is during an eclipse theres a greater temptation to look at it and a false belief it wont be as bright.

During totality its safe to look at it but be aware totality is short and will end suddenly

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divot1338
04/07/2024
07:41 PM
#23
Dakimakura posted...
When is it?
2:31 pm CST Monday
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Tyranthraxus
04/07/2024
07:42 PM
#24
ironman2009 posted...
so why would the eclipse mess your eyes up if you look at it? i know you aren't supposed to, but idk why.
You can't see it but the UV light will burn your eyeballs. IDK how the fuck people actually do it voluntarily. My solar glasses shifted a little once and let a tiny crack of light in and it was instantly blinding and painful and had to look away immediately.

It's ok to look during the totality
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ironman2009
04/07/2024
07:44 PM
#25
Tyranthraxus posted...
You can't see it but the UV light will burn your eyeballs. IDK how the fuck people actually do it voluntarily. My solar glasses shifted a little once and let a tiny crack of light in and it was instantly blinding and painful and had to look away immediately.

It's ok to look during the totality

interesting, thanks for the intel
THRILLHO
bfslick50
04/07/2024
07:51 PM
#26
divot1338 posted...
2:31 pm CST Monday

By 230 itll be out of central time. Its 310 Eastern in Indianapolis
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04/07/2024
05:02 PM
#27
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thronedfire2
04/07/2024
07:59 PM
#28
ironman2009 posted...
so why would the eclipse mess your eyes up if you look at it? i know you aren't supposed to, but idk why.

because light is faster than your reaction time so as soon as the sun moves slightly past the moon it will burn your eyeballs
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ironman2009
04/07/2024
08:05 PM
#29
thronedfire2 posted...
because light is faster than your reaction time so as soon as the sun moves slightly past the moon it will burn your eyeballs

makes a lot of sense. figured it was something simple like that
THRILLHO
alphapipi
04/07/2024
08:31 PM
#30
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/solar-eclipse-2024-donald-trump-rcna146722
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Anteaterking
04/07/2024
08:32 PM
#31
Tyranthraxus posted...
It's ok to look during the totality

This
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