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A realisation provoked by the image below
Jul 1, 2019 8:55 AM
TwoGuysInATrenchcoat
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A realisation provoked by the image below
tinyginy
He should just open his eyes.
TheInventor
Stupid blind people! They get all the perks.
delilahviolet
My boss is blind, and he’s amazing. He can do most anything really. He owns a radio station and can DJ! It’s pretty cool
FarmerFrance
I'm sitting here giggling my ass off imagining a blind person attempting to mow their lawn.
TobiTomkins
He can't see where all the pixels went.
godcixelsyd
But can he see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
Simonboo
Whoops, I misread that as ‘Every single woman I’ve ever been with is 10’.
matchstickmetropolis
All the married chicks he's smashed were 4s tho
RandomIsotope
But can he see why kids like Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
TobiTomkins
OMG I've seen the light.
shombie
Ackshually, a study found that even blind men prefer women with proportional bust-waist-hip ratio.
captainfakeypants
Depends how blind. Only 7% of the people classified as blind cannot perceive light (NLP blindness). The other 93% would leave the lights on.
SaItamontes
Do LP-blind people (the 93%) actually need the light, though? Do they get depressed without it, like a lot of seeing people do?
captainfakeypants
Yes, even a small amount of vision is extremely useful. As for depression, I don't know but I have a friend I could ask.
dwilson0725
He never could see why kids love the taste of Cinnamom Toast Crunch.
ArandomDane
Are we sure this guy is blind instead of choosing to not open his eyes?
jmdatty12718
Since the beginning of the internet, I’ve lived for the occasional unexpectedly funny observation. Good one
ChloeRed
I had a blind farmer as a client (Bailer hit him in the face, he can see a light/dark difference in one eye, and that's it). He carries 1/
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a netbook with a screen reader on it around with him, with extra marks on the keys to allow him to use it. One day the screen cable 2/
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failed. No one told him for 2 weeks. He would show spreadsheets to people and they'd mumble the info was fine.. when the screen was 1/
ChloeRed
showing random lines! 4/4
Ornado
A friend of a friend had become blind and by instinct when he enters his house he turns on his lights, have to go over every now and again..
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to help him turn them off.
SaItamontes
Are all his wired-in lights on one circuit? You could trip that breaker, then he could flip the switches all day and not waste electricity.
Ornado
I DIDNT THINK ABOUT TTHAT, ill have to talk to him about it, thanks!
RobJenkins
I've tried walking about blindfolded, shits hard and few pavements are level. Props to those who deal with it
jennym123
I dated a (from birth) blind girl. She turns on her lights when she's home to get in the habit for when she has company over.
FunEndsHere
What if a blind guy has a seeing visitor who forgets the lights on?
yngh
You did that on purpose
jetflight
"Glad you're feeling good about it, Steve. Wanna play video games- oh wait."
spadedoesstuff
Um.. you were saying? https://youtu.be/aX0oPwQPo9A
ThePerks2010
He mainly uses VR
siccoyote
Audiogames.net
myhappinessisequaltotheamountofupvotes
Touche
techmonkey
Grab your headset and try some games for the blind (audiogames). A lot of fun once you get used to it!
CommentsWithGandalf
He could always play Mike tysons punchout
Jonataurus
There are some fighting games that blind people can play. If every attack has a unique sound it's possible. Would be hard though.
Coolsailing
Is he really blind or just doesn't want to open his eyes?
Panzer89
Has he tried opening his eyes?
88wut
“Great. Another white person saying they don’t see color”
yourlocaleconomicsnerd
Why does he have so many books?
BlackavarLion
Dude, open your eyes. No wonder you can't see.
vrooom666
Well if he tried to open his eyes....
Rhaxus
fozzibab
I'd rather have sight. If I suddenly was blinded, I'd probably off myself. Video games and anime are a huge part of my pointless life.
losboccacc
I mean, we're not that far off from direct brain implant to restore vision.
fozzibab
I mean sure, if there's a treatment for it then that would be something to consider...you know, beforehand.
smooshiebanana
It's not cool when you can't see when your kid leaves his Legos out though.
notinphase
I imagine one learns to put on shoes pretty quick when they cant see what's under foot.
BlackavarLion
In my house, I was the one to find my mothers sewing pins.
TheInventor
Nobody sees those until it's too late.
smooshiebanana
Then we all must be a little blind.
BrisketSandwich24
Even if they're bright yellow they are somehow camouflaged until you've be stepped on it. Then it's complete uncloaked
Quaxx
*LEGO
HughLaurie
Legos is just short for lego bricks
mynameisprince
Would be Lego’s then
HughLaurie
People say legos to refer to multiple pieces from lego sets, and not adding the S sounds stupid no matter how technically correct you are.
HughLaurie
You forgot the ®, so if you wanna be a pretentious cunt about it, you're just as incorrect as they are.
dyxj
It's not cool when you can't see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
He saw that once. That's why he's blind now.
mikeatike
Wait that's it. Nobody can SEE it. You have to experience it for yourself.
BenStein40
Wait can you see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch... tell me your secrets shaman
Ketheres
Sugar, crack, more sugar, cinnamon, and a bit of sugar.
Therunningbalcony
And some sugar too.
Rex83ll4t0r
You forgot the final ingredient, more crack. The large box doesn't last a day in my household. Between my son I, it would take about an hour
MrTrevorBelmont
I know at least 1 racist that’s blind
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Definitelyaheroinjunkie
You feel black, bitch
HappyShark
BoooBerry
entropyk
And-his delivery was sublime, perfect really..I actually did laugh until it hurt, and I'm laughing at this today. He was a beautiful talent!
kiara8942000
Being disabled doesn't magically make you a good person.
Grumpyfrumpy
Being snarky on the internet doesn't automatically make you edgy or cool.
butthurtnevergetsbetter
Interesting ethical problem if it did.
EmanNiemThcin
Not at all, I's just blind everyone else first and then me, I'd immediately become a good person no matter my previous blinding spree.
ABigFatBlob
Nah just cut off a bunch of limbs
ABigFatBlob
Or give them vaccines lol /s
hamadele
CubicZ22
lwbell851337
Ya beat me to it. Anybody got the gif of the KKK members head exploding?
BoooBerry
I wonder if that guy thinks whites speak ebonics.
TheProTaco
Where's this from (excuse my ignorance)
deadlywhitebread
The very first episode of the Chappelle Show
mikeatike
Chappelle's show. This and the Prince sketch are possibly the greatest sketches of all time.
OneNeoEon
While not in the same league; that parody of black and white era sitcoms deserves an honorable mention.
SoapyWandKenobi
Those are good, but the best one had to be Rick James.
YeeYeeMerica1776
Clayton Bigsby Dave Chapelle show
mattswhatshesaid
I also liked Wayne Brady
purgethefilthyheretics
Uuhi think you forgot about a certain little Jonathan sketch my dude
invaderjay87
Crazy to think there’s an entire generation that gets to enjoy Chappelle’s Show for the first time. Trust us old peeps, it’s a gem.
IEatYourSombrero
Tyrone biggums is another contender.
WorfsPruneJuice
Game... blouses.
Varimothras
Gah him just swinging with no arms gets me every time
ApplesdaKitty
Want pancakes?........bitches?
jhanked
I saw a blind woman tell my Dominican deli guy (who has an accent, but Schwarzenegger is harder to understand) to "speak English please"
Sipulikeitto
Some people are like: https://youtu.be/j0m4rcx0of4
Corin
Yeah, that's incredibly common. It's more acceptable to discriminate against someone based on their dialect, so seeing folks will do it too.
Spokanimalcritters
"Totes not racism" -people with no understanding of the world
jhanked
He was speaking clear English, and cheerfully repeated himself with a middle finger because she couldn't see him anyway. Love that guy.
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ISeeYouvePlayedKnifeySpooneyBefore
Saying speak English to someone speaking english with an accent? Doesnt necessarily imply racism but still very rude
jhanked
Genuinely, how does it not necessarily imply racism?
jhanked
She said that a dude speaking clear English with a Dominican accent wasn't speaking English. But sure, no racism there!
jhanked
In the same way this Harold and Kumar scene isn't about racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoJR4btzZw4
BasketCasey
If someone was blind from birth would they dream in only sound? Or would their mind create images based on how objects felt?
ProbeGT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpUW9pm9wxs
Nogetter
And do deaf ppl only dream in images? And do they have an inner voice?
NicoretteJunkie
Ok, I was kind of being a creep and going through your comments and I really wanted to answer this. People who were blind from birth DO 1/?
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see in their dreams. And since they aren't hindered by knowing what things actually look like, their imaginations run wild. A fairly 2/?
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common sentiment among people who gain sight later in life is that the world, and their new dreams, aren't as strange as they had 3/?
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imagined. Similarly, there was a deaf man who gained hearing later in life who was disappointed because he thought the sun was constantly 4/
NicoretteJunkie
making noise. Some say that LSD is similar to pre-vision dreams, but who really knows? Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
BasketCasey
That’s so interesting! Thanks for the info :]
moosebiter
This guy blew my mind when he explained that blind people don't see blackness, they see nothing. Wtf I can't even imagine that.
PosthumousExile
I was told it was like looking trying to use your foot to see
aTruthAndaLie
Sure you can, just try to imagine something like a new color that you've never seen. Can you? If you can, please grant me some wishes. If
aTruthAndaLie
you can't, then you're imagining nothing.
strangerthingies
i mean how can they tell? its probably basically blackness
Xoniac
I'm blind in one eye and it's incredibly hard to explain things about it. I always ask, "How can you explain your depth perception?"
QcKLU
Is the being blind in one eye simular to how humans also are blind on the back of the head?
smashsouls
Now there’s a good way to respond to people.
Xoniac
I guess that's a way of describing it. You know what it's like to look at the edge of your vision? It's like that but for the entire eye.
MikolasCage
It's easier to imagine than you think. Look around with one eye closed and try to look through the closed eye. You don't really see 1/2
delilahviolet
Fuck that freaks me out
ArniePye
IM FREAKING OUT GUYS
QcKLU
I think its more like how u also just see nothing outside of ur field of view. It's not black, there just is nothing.
MikolasCage
Blackness, more like your eye is turned off. People who get visual migraines also have an easier time imagining being blind since they 2/3
SirButcher
I see blackness + greenish, purpleish random shapes slowly moving and merging. I always see something.
CrazyCatLad
That's Barney coming at you.
MikolasCage
Go almost blind during a migraine anyway. Source: I get migraines
fordon
We didn’t asked for source!! Yet...
TwoGuysInATrenchcoat
Has he always been blind? If so I guess he wouldn't have a reference point and maybe they do see black but don't recognise it as anything?
Shanata
He gives a really good explanation in one of his videos. Try to see what is behind you, you don't see black you just don't see anything.
foundtheincel
i think so. he does youtube videos on things related to being blind
foundtheincel
his name is Tommy Edison
UncleBiscuits
Being blind from birth makes my head spin thinking about. How that person never was able to see, and what it must be like for them.
SirButcher
A friend of mine said they slowly forget it. He sometimes had dreams with image fragments, and it feels awful, but they fade too.
Raidenn
Yeah he's blind from birth. He doesn't even know what colours are. I suppose it's an abstract concept if you've never seen it.
frozenpie22
He was born blind. He has a YouTube channel where he answers questions about it.
Otterbotanical
I have Chronic blood pressure problem, and often lose my vision for moments. I know what it's like to go blind. (1)
Otterbotanical
My visual sensory info just dries up. I see it frequently, but I can't picture it. I "feel" blind. Like my eyes were replaced with fur.
Etrigan77
That part of the brain just would not create images as it wouldn't develop. This is why newborns cannot see very well I think
GiantEarlobe
From my experience losing central vision in my left eye. It's not blackness. That blind spot is kinda just removed and what I see 1/2
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Jaevaan
Ever since my first one I've developed a light sensitivity and it's much harder to look at reflective surfaces.
TwoGuysInATrenchcoat
Me too, actually. I really have to avoid the reflection of the sun in cars for this reason
IFinishyoursentencewithwrongendings
Is other blind people.
GiantEarlobe
Around that spot just fuses together. This is a personal opinion based on my experience but I'd be interested to hear others! 2/2
Wolvenlight
Likely true. Everyone has a small blind spot in each eye in the same spot due to biology. Our brain sorta makes up what it thinks is there.
BrisketSandwich24
It doesnt make it up. It constructs it using images from both eyes. The blind spots don't overlap.
Wombatant
My experience is that you see whatever your brain thinks you see. Which can get really fucky at times.
PorneliusHubart
I'd compare it to TV static. I had a temporary blindness in one eye caused by a migraine. It was not black or white but just no signal
txronin55
This is what I experience in one eye when I have an ocular migraine.
moosebiter
This hurts my mind even more.
Banzors
1/? It actually makes a fair bit of sense, the brain does lots of work to "fix" the data that the eye passes to it, our brain wants to be as
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2/? efficient as possible, so "removing" that excess work/processing is a very sensible option when there is just plain no information
Banzors
3/? being passed from the eye. Also since a large portion of what the brain does with the data from your eye can be viewed similarly to a
Banzors
5/? there? Now, you might say you would want to know what the missing section is, but the brain is selfish/lazy/efficient(depends on how
Banzors
4/? jigsaw puzzle. If you were only given 3/4 sections of a puzzle would you acknowledge the missing section, or just pretend it was never
Banzors
6/? you want to look at it I guess), so it just ignores it, because it already has to ignore a lot of the ways visual data is presented as
Banzors
7/7 it needs to be pieced together in the brain, raw visual data is just still pictures, well parts of pictures to be more accurate...