They'd just appear out of nowhere

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• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a lot of these because I’ve had numerous eye surgeries and they’re ultimately just gunk in the vitreous fluid of the eye. I wish there was a way that they could drain, filter, and replace your vitreous fluid when it gets like mine. Like an eyeball oil change. There’s not though, as far as I know.

  A tip: if you suddenly see a ton more of these get it checked out asap, especially if you are very near sighted

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  • RacerX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Everytime I see this warning, I become hyper aware of every single one and it freaks me out.

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    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If it makes you feel any better you’ll know when it happens, they increase by a lot. If they increase noticeably you should get it checked out but if it increases so substantially that you’re like man what the hell is going on then you need emergency care, basically, but also you can’t really miss it?

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  • Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There actually is. I have looked into it before because I have a lot of floaters, but have never had surgery. The risk and downtime with the surgery is pretty high, so it’s usually not recommended.

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  • Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Someone in my family had a double retinal detachment and the surgeon asked if he wanted his floaters removed while they were in there putting things back together. It’s apparently possible because he has no more floaters.

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This but for tinnitus too please

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  • TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I know someone who got a vitrectomy for his eye floaters, and I’ve been considering doing the same when I can afford it

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nope but I see these when I’m getting a optical migraine.

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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yikes, you’re actually seeing that?

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It doesn’t do what I see justice. They are often beautiful. When they first occur it causes a blind spot. The zigzags are a rainbow of shimmering color. They go away after a hour or so and I feel lousy if I don’t have a headache. If I do get the headache with it I have to find a dark room and try to sleep.

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    • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s the shape. But it’s constantly oscillating and the colors shifting rapidly.

      Vision gets obscured but for me my visual processing/reasoning gets cloudy too. I can still navigate the world but finding a door handle is difficult.

      I get sore behind my eyes after and real tired. Happened a few times in the last couple years, anxiety I think.

      Youtube mostly has classix migraine aura but this is close enough if you imagine the zigzag image.

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    • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah and it has the best name, Scintillating Scotoma. The first time I experienced one it was terrifying.

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I occasionally get them and mine feel more black & white than color, the the jagged shape and the arc around the center of your vision is spot on.

      And remember the jagged arc is always in your peripheral vision. You can’t look directly at it and study the details because it moves when your eyes do.

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    • Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t know what it was like when my sister was young, but I also got occular migraines as a kid, and it’d be like a static spot in my vision where things just disappear behind it. Once that static appeared, I only had 10-20 mins or so before an awful headache would set off, and I ended up needing meds for it. They went away after 13 though.

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    • banazir@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Well, yes and no. It’s kind of an area you can’t see, but it’s there. Also, it starts as a small dot and them starts expanding/moving. It’s also flashing, kind of like static noise on an old TV. Luckily those things usually last like 15 minutes or so. Still, not a fun experience.

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  • cdf12345@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    My ocular migraines always come with a pretty strong headache. Last week I had my first one without the headache. Very difficult to try to concentrate when you cannot see.

    Also when I get both types of migraines, I can’t remember names or do any sort of math.

    I typically get a song or something stuck in my head and cannot let it go while I have the headache, it sucks.

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    • the_elder@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Glad I’m not the only one! I had one a bit ago that was weird. If my right eye could see my right hand but my left eye couldn’t, it felt disconnected from me. Like it was someone else’s hand. Once my vision came back I still couldn’t read for about 2 hours without sounding out each word. Migraines can be wildly scary sometimes.

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I had one once, a decade ago, no pain, but mine was black and white squares, some had x’s in them, it looked like some unholly mix of Apple and Xwindows just righ there in my vision in just about that overall shape you displayed. I also felt SUPER disconnected at the time. My wife and I were picking stuff up at storage, I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage and it went away in less than 5 minutes. I was thankful to not have the oft associated headache

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage

      This is the most American Male statement I’ve ever seen. You probably had a fucking stroke or something bro, dang. Good luck out there, try to take care of yourself.

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    • paperazzi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I had this a few times when I was working an extremely stressful job. Changed jobs and voila! No more ocular migraines. Mine was more silvery and blue than red but otherwise your pic looks just like it.

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  • LyD@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t get ocular migraines so I have never seen something like this. I can see subtle multicolour flashes if I close my eyes and do things like looking around quickly or apply pressure to my eyes. Would you describe what you see before an ocular migraine like that, but 1000x more intense?

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    • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It is called a scintillating scotoma or ocular migraine. Scintillating is accurate; this clear crescent shows up in your vision and It is rippling with rainbow fringes. It starts off as a point somewhere in your vision, slowly expanding into a visible crescent that continues to expand. After about half an hour the crescent expands beyond your field of vision (FOV). For me it is paired with a loopy slightly lightheaded feeling that goes away with a whoosh once it leaves my FOV.

      They are often triggered by bright light and may be correlated with migraines. I’ve had three of these happen but never had a migraine headache afaik.

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No I’ve seen what you describe. What I see when I’m having one is most often a shimmering electric zigzag. Sometimes it take different shapes and the colors vary. Its always at the edge of my vision and moves when I move my eye. Its better to close your eyes when they are happening. At least for me. I have had them in both eyes at once and its really freaky since normally I only get them in one eye at a time. They don’t merge well and the combined blind spots have rendered me almost complete unable to navigate. I’ve pulled over while driving more than once and waited it out.

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  • ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    YO that’s a gnarly aura!

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  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Same. Took me a while to figure out what it is cause I never get headaches.

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  • kinther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    First time I had one of these I was so stressed out. I thought I was about to have a stroke.

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    • murray_TAPEDTS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Same! I was on a road trip in Ireland and it came out of nowhere. Freaked me out. I’d never had one until a few months after my first bout with COVID. Now I get them but usually only if I’ve not been drinking enough water for a few days, and ONLY when I stand up. It’s preceded by a weird sort of throbbing where it feels like sound is turned down in time with my heartbeat.

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  • noxypaws@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve seen that exact same shit. Well not exactly, but as you describe elsewhere, shimmery. No pain whatsoever, just that strange visual artifact

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    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I read if you see lightning bolts you should go to the doctor immediately.

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  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Do you happen to have astigmatism or relatively poor vision, by chance?

    I used to get these every month or so since I was like 10 until a few years ago, when I finally pulled the trigger and got LASIK. Have not experienced one since, which is a Godsend given that they would usually last for an hour or two and be accompanied by a gnarly headache which would otherwise render me useless.

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    • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m a little far sighted with perhaps a slight stigmatism. Mine are triggered by the seasons as far as I can tell. I get them mainly when the pollen drops in the spring and when the mold comes in the fall. They were particularly bad last year but some years they are just a minor annoyance.

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• Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You’ll never believe what they’re called

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Real life needs better writing

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  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I had some since childhood and as a child trying to explain these to people lead nowhere, and I just thought I had something nobody else had. Then, years later, the internet came, and some random post like this came, and I went holy shit! It was amazing to finally know what it was and that they really aren’t a big deal.

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re not a big deal unless you get a lot of them all of a sudden. Then it’s an emergency.

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  • Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    i got a floater in my eye

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  • gigachad@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Germans calk them "flying mosquito's"

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    • INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In Australia we call them eye snags

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  • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Beats “miodesopsia” from my language

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• vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is not inside your eye, it’s outside out there. Please, do not ignore it and write to your FBI agent immediately

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  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget.

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    • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Is that from Welcome to Nightvale?

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• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Congratulations! You are getting older. They are called eye floaters and most people have them in some compacity. I notice them mostly when looking at the blue sky on a sunny day.

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  • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ve seen these since at least the time i developed long term memory as a small child.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      if they’re only dots yours might be the blue field entoptic phenomenon which is different. they’re just blood cells flowing before your retina and it’s totally normal.

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  • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You can also see the individual white blood cells flowing through the vessels your eyes this way. It’s actually really neat. It’s called the Blue Field Entoptic Phenomenon.

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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How did you take the screenshot?

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  • Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    He sneezed and farted at the same time

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    • Deathgl0be@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Honestly the worst feeling only thing comparable would be dropping the soap.

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    • chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No, that’s a screenshart. A screenshot is taken by blowing your nose when you have a sinus infection.

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Burpsnart reference?

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  • UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not this again

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• random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I got few permanent ones.

  When I was a kid I played geologist and crushed rocks with a large iron hammer. Few of the metal splinters that ended in eyeballs left a mark that is still visible today when I look at the sky.

  Not actually floaters, I know.

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  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I got one or two from looking at the sun for no reason when I was a kid

    god I was dumb

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You can still be dumb if you wanted to!

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    • TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What was your high score? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTEGOI9Leys

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• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a permanent eye floater. When I get really bored I find suitable things in my field of vision to look back and forth between and play pong with.

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  • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That is some exemplary “silver linings” shit

    Youth should be a motivational speaker or something

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  • Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hopefully you had your eyes checked just to be sure.

    It’s likely just a glass body part which is normal sadly.

    But also could be something with the nerves , no panic just a thing my wife got similiar stuff and gets checked yearly to be safe.

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    • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve had it checked out and it’s fine, thanks. That’s good advice.

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• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Slightly different but similar and related:

  en.wikipedia.org/…/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

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  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I didn’t realise these were white blood cells. Thanks for the read.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow_syndrome

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    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I believe this is another related, simililar, yet technically different phenomenon, with different causal mechanisms, but yes, lets keep adding to the list, lol.

      Also, brb, you’ll never believe this, apparently my pizza delivery guy’s name is ‘Hiro Protagonist’, he’s almost here, and I gotta ask him what is up with that name.

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    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Visual snow is different, it’s constant and looks more like tv static or film grain, fun stuff, not.

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• MBech@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nope, you’re the only person ever to have seen this weird stuff. It’s probably a sign that you’re about to die.

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• ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Eyeworms. Villagers get them from touching raw meat then rubbing their eyes. It’s only a matter of time before the worms burrow into your brain. Then you shit yourself and die in a most embarassing way.

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• ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They’re called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.

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• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are my little worm friends

  They’re always with me :3

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• wulrus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Seen them for decades, but thought it’s best to keep them a secret. Until Family Guy just casually mentioned them like they were no big deal! Not as crazy as I thought, after all …

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• Hackworth@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Image

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• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes, since as long as I can remember. Welcome to the alien hive mind comrade! /s

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• Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Squiggly line in my eye, fluid.

  I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision.

  But when I try to look at you, you scurry away.

  Are you shy squiggly line?

  Why only when I ignore you do you return to the center of my eye?

  Oh squiggly line, it’s alright, you are forgiven.

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• ValarieLenin@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Honestly haven’t seen em in years…

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• jve@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  youtu.be/M8NA9Twr2ms?t=64s

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• Samsy@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Eye-Tapeworms better see a doctor.

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• Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Like all of us?

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• kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s bacteria eating your optical nerves

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• Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s light refracting through otherwise invisible bacteria on your eyeball.

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• heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  this song came to mind

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