this post was submitted on
307 points (69% like it)
545 up votes 238 down votes
shortlink:

woahdude

unsubscribe110,569 readers

The best links to click while you're stoned!

Trippy & mesmerizing games, video, audio & images that make you go 'woah dude!'

No one wants to have to sift through the entire internet for fun links when they're stoned - so make this your one-stop shop!

When submitting:

PLEASE use description [tags]

The SPAM filter sends un[tag]ged submissions into the sea of oblivion

Lack of [tags] shortens your high

[Tags] enhance color brightness and pattern complexity

Shiva, Teonanacatl and Santa Claus recommend the use of [tags]

If you check a Mandelbrot fractal close enough, you can see the [tags]

submissions without a [tag] will be removed

Follow us on Twitter:

Smartphone friendly feed

Top submissions feed

Sweet premade searches for your enjoyment

[pics] [gifs] [comics]

[videos] [music videos]

[audio] [music]

[games] [sandbox]

SELFPOSTS belong in /r/StonerPhilosophy.

DON'T post pics of weed. This isn't a reddit about drugs; it's links to click while on them.

PLEASE giggle like a giraffe :)

CROSSPOSTS do not count as reposts. Also, don't make a mess tagging x-posts, Reddit already does that with the discussions tab.

Ω click here for the best of all time list Ω

created by AtheismFTWThe Giraffea community for
to anything interesting: news article, blog entry, video, picture...
message the moderators

MODERATORS

reddit is a source for what's new and popular online. vote on links that you like or dislike and help decide what's popular, or submit your own! learn more ›

306
307

Floaters ... don't rub your eyes too hard! (xpost from r/pics) [gif] (i.imgur.com)

submitted ago by tubanaut

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on
all 51 comments
sorted by:
best
hot
new
controversial
top
old
best

[–]Sir_WemyssSpace is deep 71 points72 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

So I am not the only one who gets them! Yippee!

[–]spicy_chicken_wingsShroom initiate 24 points25 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Why is there always someone surprised by this whenever the topic comes up?

[–]Sir_WemyssSpace is deep 8 points9 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Because it isn't something you would talk about, I guess.

[–]RedHotBeef 10 points11 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

But did you truthfully assume that you were the only one for which this occurs?

[–]Sir_WemyssSpace is deep 12 points13 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Yup. I thought they were microorganisms or something.

[–]RedHotBeef 29 points30 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

The reddit in me wants to be mean.

The trees in me say "That's cool, friend."

[–]shorty6049 10 points11 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

lol this is a strange halfway zone between trees and the cold harsh world that is reddit....

[–]JudoTrip 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

The halfway zone, surprisingly, is /r/DBZ. Weird right?

[–]Sir_WemyssSpace is deep 4 points5 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Heh, keep smoking, for my sakes!

[–]ZarZad 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Mmmm, sakes.

[–]Ethnic1 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I am dying of laughter over that and I dont know why!

[–]RedHotBeef 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Gladly, and indeed, for everyone's!

[–]MaximumBobWoah or whoa? 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Or did you forget to wash your hands after touching a horse?

[–]TardigradeParade 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Dude I totally thought they were microogranisms too!

I thought I was the only one who could see them...

[–]s3rris 3 points4 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

if you see them a lot definitely see an eye doctor about it. it can mean your eyes are messed up, like you have glaucoma or could get cataracts in the future.

[–]Sir_WemyssSpace is deep 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Cataracts run through my family :S

[–]johnrkennedy 9 points10 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I just need to look at it ... damn ... now it's over there ... damn.

[–]calendula 16 points17 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

DAE see tiny little floating specs when looking at a bright sky? It's different from these things. More like dust particles reflecting sunlight, but they don't seem to move with the wind. I've been wondering about this for years.

[–]lazyslacker 33 points34 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Yes. Everyone in the world gets them. It's called the blue field phenomenon. The effect is due to the white blood cells travelling through the capillaries in your retinas. They can't absorb light as well as your red blood cells do, so they reflect more light which is then picked up by your eye's light receptors. Therefore, when you experience the blue field effect, you're looking at your own white blood cells as they travel through your eyes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon

[–]calendula 5 points6 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Wow - mystery solved! Leave it to science to smash and pummel any illusions I had about seeing the "magical pixie dust of the Universe"... LOL

[–]DaVincitheReptile 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I think it can still be both.

[–]rudiegonewild 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

the fireflies, they're so beautiful

[–]fullerenedream 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

The scientific explanation may be less mystical, but it's more interesting to me :)

[–]ThatsSciencetastic 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Fascinating, thanks for the explanation man. Got any more eye related insights?

Whats up with the color/patterns I see after a few seconds of lightly pressing on my eyelids?

[–]JudoTrip 7 points8 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Well that's a special voodoo spell.

[–]bigavz 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

If you are very nearsighted, and see a lot of these floaters, that means your retina may be ruptured and you need to see an ophthalmologist.

[–]ireedwutic 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

thats amazing you should bring this up, because as a kid i imagined that since the eye is a lens, they're possibly enlarging microscopic entities, and in looking into a clear blue sky, those little ''floaters'' could actually be things too small for regular vision to see; cells and such. i never bothered to look it up, eventually assuming it was just specs of dust, but now to hear that my initial assumption was correct, i am actually a bit proud of myself to have come to such a conclusion independently, and as a kid at that. thanks lazyslacker

[–]Mayor_of_Browntown 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

touch your artery in your neck, do they move with your heartbeat? It's probably blood cells moving inside the blood vessels in the back of your eye, you can see them in bright conditions

Edit: beaten by quick draw-mcgraw here

[–]calendula 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

LOL, thanks anyway!

[–]LlammaPandaCat 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Yeah i actually think your referring to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow

[–]calendula 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

The blue field phenomenon referred to by lazyslacker is more accurate to what I'm seeing; I see it only when looking at a clear, blue sky. This visual snow thing would be terrifying!

[–]LlammaPandaCat 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I have it, this quote pertains to me.

"Another suggestion is that visual snow is in fact always there, and it is not until adrenaline levels are raised that people begin to notice it. People who suffer from Anxiety disorders such as GAD (generalised anxiety disorder) often mistake "symptoms" such as visual snow and other natural/normal physiological phenomenons (blue field entoptic phenomenon, floaters, halos, light trails) to be life threatening, when in actual fact they have just not noticed them before."

[–]deperpyl 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

And useful little acid enhancers they are too

[–]CalRR 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Relevant

[–]Denludde 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Opened it in a new tab then forgot it and tough the singing was the song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDkMzwge9dE Kida goes together great...

[–]elmphlemp 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

And again

[–]carloscarllos 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Is there any way to get rid of these?

[–]AtheistPsychonaut 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

My father actually had some sort of procedure done by his optician.

[–]ebertekNyanyanyana 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Lasers

[–]ColdJello -2 points-1 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I'm no scientist but i'm pretty sure their just dust particles getting on your eyes. Anyways, blinking gets rid of em.

[–]carloscarllos 2 points3 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

They're not dust particles that's for sure and I can guarantee you blinking won't do shit since I've tried that before.

[–]ColdJello 5 points6 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Oh ok, anytime i get them i just blink. Sorry to anger you so much.

[–]carloscarllos 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Sorry, I'm just fed up with these things always getting in my way of seeing the sky and stuff.

[–][deleted] ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

[deleted]

[–]ColdJello 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Interesting, thanks.

[–]fuckingwhogivesashit 1 point2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

This is the happiest day of my life. I looked at a floater and it didn't run away!

[–]sambadpasmal 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

You know when you notice something moving at the corner of you eye (woo what was that!?) and turn your head but to see nothing. You think you saw something and think that you hallucinated something moving. Then now I only understand that it were these fucking things.

[–]DukeMikeofG 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

I've always had a hard time describing this to people who don't immediately understand the term 'eye floaters' - best I can do is describe them as what glass spaghetti underwater would appear like, but that doesn't seem to help much either.

[–]ElSteve420 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Thank god I thought there were tiny microscopic parasites in my eyes. Thanks for clearing that up man.

[–]sexiestbuttcheek 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

yea, i've been wondering for a few years what these dust specks floating around my eyes were. but now you have answered that question, quelling my restless soul

[–]deevs 0 points1 point ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

Mine are lime green.

[–]lopro -3 points-2 points ago

sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted on

So I'm not the only person who gets them!? Fuck.

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. © 2012 reddit inc. All rights reserved.

REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc.

π Rendered by PID 24180 on app-86 running fc22e53.