As a kid I thought they were parasitic worms eating my eyeballs from the inside.
I wonder how many people throughout history have confused Floaters with ghosts, UFOs, or other paranormal phenomena
Submitted 3 weeks ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Headlights near hills are also a common source of ufo sightings
iii@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
So are ufo’s
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
That’s what a headlight near a hill would say.
foggy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hats are more commonly the subject of UFO photos than UFOs.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
No, Aliens successfully genetically bioengineered our eyes to have “eye floaters” that look exactly like their interdimensional starships flying overhead so they can fly them around on Earth without anyone noticing. It is all part of their evil genius plan!
Maeve@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
A while back in some thread, I mentioned a lecturer who claimed halos are explained by some people who can visibly see earth's magnetic fields and wondered if it's true. I had something to do and went about my business, but searched it up, later. It turns out many eye conditions can be the cause. Now I'm wondering about phosphenes!
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Didn’t it happen that people in LA started calling the cops one time during the pandemic because they saw the Milky Way for the first time in their lives?
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Might be an urban legend, but it was a blackout, not the pandemic. LOL, we didn’t just turn out the lights. :)
MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
There must be people that mistake ghosts for eye floaters too, so it probably balances it out.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I used to think of it as bacteria on top of my eyeballs. Then my sibling put in the fear that the bacteria is inside the eyeballs, which made sense since washing my eyes didn’t really remove it. I eventually stopped giving it any thought.
Thank you for resolving it.
stepan@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
Certainly me as a kid
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Me too! lol
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
As a kid I could only notice what I now know to be floaters on a bright sunny beach and thought they were little bacteria or something floating on the surface of my eyes or something. Never jumped to ghost!
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I thought I could see atoms!
It wasn’t until I was an adult that I learned I was seeing the white blood cells in my retina’s capillaries
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Those aliens have incredibly fast ships. It doesn’t matter how fast you turn your gaze, they’re one step ahead.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Anyone ever had an ocular migraine? Fucking trippy. I could see people making up crazy explanations.
Totally painless, merely circular, rotating, rainbow flashes as you look around. Scared the crap out of me until I looked online. Thought it might be a sort of LSD flashback. Had it it hit me a few times in a short time span, never again.
This is a great representation of what I saw, no blur in my case, or I didn’t notice any.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you look at the sky on a clear blue day, you can see the shadow of your own white blood cells moving around in your eyes.
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Genuine question; is there anything we can do against eye floaters or is it necessary to go to opticians/ doc?
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There is no treatment because they are considered a natural and harmless consequence of aging. Only in severe cases is surgery necessary.
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My optometrist said not to worry unless I see a “shower of them” suddenly.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Aging?! I saw them more as a child than as a middle-aged man. Are we talking about the wormy things?
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I swapped my desktop computer to night mode so my floater is less annoying.
My optician said I’d stop noticing it in 6 weeks. That was 6 months ago.
Maeve@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
I'd say get it checked out if you can reasonably afford it. Eye exams by a competent professional can detect serious health issues before they are noticed by you or your PCP.
arin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Aneurysms confused with god speaking to them.
NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Epileptic seizures confused with spiritual possessions
omxxi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
people tend to see what they believe in, like here imram-kriya.com/what-is-prana/
DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People make up shit every single day without proof of anything. Then go about telling people as if they had evidence in some way.
That’s pretty much religion in a nutshell.
DO NOT EVER “take someone’s word for it”. Demand proof. Use critical thinking skills like not being a dumbass, or paying attention.
Maeve@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
And people are schizophrenic, hit their heads, have fever dreams or any number of things they may misunderstand. The saddest part is that some people do intentionally make things up, causing people who honestly can't help certain conditions more unnecessary suffering from people who automatically assume malice.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Zagam@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Sittin' here on the toilet, it took me a second to shift the word "floaters" into proper context.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
it’s a measure of how much fiber you had recently