There are no bacteria in your eye. These perceptual disturbances are retinal in origin.
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Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s light refracting through otherwise invisible bacteria on your eyeball.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Pretty sure that’s incorrect.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Well, it’s what I always heard. But I’ll retract my previous comment.