I was in the path of totality and there were so many glasses available to everyone around its hard to believe this.
This is a bit misleading, I would bet most of the searches where something like “How to watch the eclipse without getting your eyes hurt”. Notice that the search data started days before the eclipse.
human race = Muricans
ok
Plenty of stupid people everywhere.
Can confirm.
Humans do live in America, you are correct
and this is your leader
Use of the term leader there is a stretch
Yeah. Unfortunately he counts as human too
I had like 5 seconds of panic because there was a gray spot in my vision after I accidentally looked at a baileys bead completely unfiltered through my telescope the second the eclipse ended. Turns out I just had a smudge on my glasses :P
I definitely held on to the very last dazzle, maybe one dazzle more than I should have, and I had to get reading glasses within 8 months. But I also just hit 42 so I’m guessing it’s that.
To my understanding, as you age, the lenses become less flexible and harder to focus, making it more difficult to see text up close. Retinal damage from the sun, on the other hand, would burn spots in your retina that would leave little blind spots that are uncorrectable by glasses.
You can rest assured you probably don’t have significant damage from the eclipse, but instead, your body, like all of our bodies, is slowly deteriorating with the ever marching passage of time.
Have a nice weekend, stanger!
100% true. Can’t also forget about nearly everyone getting cataracts by the time they’re in their 60’s!
Couldn’t the search be, how do I see the eclipse without hurting my eyes?
That search query would be sent right after looking directly at it
Definitely has to be pretty low in Buffalo NY…
…since it was fucking OVERCAST!
FML
Same in Toronto. I wonder what the results would be like from Sherbrooke, since we had crystal clear skies there.
What was happening in Yuma back then, though.
smog. prob from wild fires.
Have you ever been to Yuma?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0h67-88k7E
Futurama:
<TV turns off>
Leela: Look I know there are no car chases but this is important. One of these two men will be president of the world
Fry: What do we care? We live in the United States
Leela: The United States is part of the world
Fry: Wow, I have been gone a long time
I believe that’s because only north America experienced totality for that eclipse (along that line).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024
The people who live there are members of humanity. As you can see, the humans not on the totality line mostly didn’t hurt their eyes. that probably is true for the rest of humanity. this post is about the humans on the line though
Would you prefer the post be entitled “Humanity that stares at the sun during totality never cease to amaze me” and kill what tiny semblance of a joke is there?
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People from other countries also know how eclipses work, not just people from the US. In any case, it’s not a good metric to use when deciding what country someone is from.
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Thoughtless responses, duly noted.
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You’re welcome!
We may take #1, but there are stupid people everywhere. Trust me.
Mississippi: who’s the stupid one now?
Americans, you mean.
Yes. Last I checked, Americans are also humans
I looked at it with no regret bc I’m just old enough to know some experiences are worth whatever happens bc of them, and just young enough to not be clutching my pearls about the state of my body.
It was gorgeous. The sky was cloudy, but a ring of clouds opened up around it lit up by a rainbow ring. I’ll never forget it even if I go blind bc of it. I was in the perfect spot.
I’m sure your grandkids will appreciate that when you tell them why you don’t know what they look like
No kids. Had a tubal litigation. Would never adopt.
I don’t have to prepare for, or be scared of, the future the same way ppl with kids do thankfully
God bless the USA! ?
Can’t use Americans as a litmus for humanity
To be clear all, while funny this is a meme. For both medical reasons “eye pan isn’t a thing for this”, and Google own public search data availability. This isn’t real.
But it’s a good chuckle.
😂
More like Americans never cease to amaze me
