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FP edit: It's a joke. This is Imgur, not a criminal trial. Thanks everyone!
theonedollarbill
I mean for fucks sake.
Necromartian
It's funny how, when Scientists say there will be eclipse, no one believes scientists are wrong, but when they talk about climate change...
Cspott
Yup, that's exactly what I've come to expect.
RideTheStimutacs
Imagine the poetic irony if he went blind from this and could no longer see a person's color, or tell how attractive any woman is.
GreenRingSlinger
he will be fine, his orange lacquer will shield him from all solar and cosmic hazards
Kensshinydetachablecockpiece
My eyes are tremendous, everyone know I have the best eyes.
gotchasucka
Nobody has better eyes than I do.
L4t3xs
Believe me.
zeacorzeppelin10
I joked he would do this and... well shit he did.
LegacyMuse
I woke up expecting this picture today.
memeMyselfAnEye
"You're Wrong Moon. Wrong. Wrong Again."
StellarJay77
"I have the best eyes...everyone says so...just amazing eyes...most people don't know that" - Trump probably.
somanyfeels21
Read science papers today on UV eye damage today extensively. The damage he did would be so marginal it's negligible. He looks for .5sec
Avatar720
Yeah, it's a funny thing to see, but the way some people are taking it is a little... Is the actual stuff he does not enough to criticise?
Avatar720
Don't get me wrong, I dislike Trump as much as anyone, but for pity's sake, can he not do anything at all without some cunt raving about it?
TylerChampagne
NASA: Don't look at the sun without protective eyewear Trump: I know more about eclipses than the scientists
Imalwaysready
I mean, if he didn't listen to them about climate change, what made anyone think he'd listen to them about this.
Rakint
invertedboner2000
Have you never stared at the actual unblocked sun as a kid? You dont go instantly blind
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todayok
As a kid yes. He, however, is 71 years old. And the so-called president.
iSoulend
no no, look, it goes exactly like that scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOvH1T-dsA
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invertedboner2000
Thats bullshit man
stabbycat
HighwayStar
"another elitist expert telling me what to do, just like seat belts all over again."
heislegend
Can confirm. I received multiple emails about eye safety and the solar eclipse. Today I used the glasses, then took them off to see it again
Shellzie2010
I work in an ER. So glad I have the next few days off...
DickDastardly404
Trump is exactly the kind of cunt to look at a solar eclipse. I didn't realise that was an insult until I saw the cunt doing it.
DaDisser
I'm hoping. I've been telling ppl i dont like to ignore the warnings, they'll be fine.
GoldenSun3DS
If you seriously told people you don't like to ignore the warnings, you're a sick bastard.
OfficialJoeBiden
My eyes still hurt while watching and this was all I could see with the glasses on
Hungryhungryhippogriff
I looked at the eclipse through 5 pairs of sunglasses. Am I gonna go blind?
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
Worked for me, I could hear so many people talking about not looking at it, then minutes later they were talking about there eyes hurting
TylerChampagne
Blinded by the sun. CNN and other fake news outlets must be working with Mother Nature bigly. Witch hunt! Sad!
todayok
Sun is a loser!
iTzAwesomesauce
I kind of expected him to take credit for the eclipse tbh
WildBluntHickok
Kim Jong Un did apparently. Or maybe that's just a meme going around.
IwishIwasfunnieronline
Many sides of this eclipse. Many sides.
INSOLATER
LOL, +1
ScaredScorpion
He should try looking at it from the other side :P
Fate88
He has his safety squints, guys .. dont worry
12rt2345g342563
Did he have his mother on speed dial?
Fate88
Ha .. you know!
shipwreck1119
"I have the best squints. Nobody squints better than me."
randomguy0327
He just glanced. That won't blind you. I bet you all did it.
BurntOnMustafar
Random reasoning from a random guy. Don't justify stupid darlin
BurntOnMustafar
Good argument, EVERYONE WHO JUST DOWNVOTES
SnickerDONTle
Hell even if you did glance at it you wouldn't be able to see shit because the sun is too bright
Krogs322
Don't let facts get in the way of blindly and furiously pushing your opinions, friend. It's not lying if you're morally superior.
mousemarie94
Nah, I'm not a dumbass.
MalletBallet
If you've ever, even once, glanced at the sun, you've done the same damage as that one glance. The eclipse is not more harmful.
mousemarie94
I have never glanced at the sun...
Mrdaihatsu
There was a short look, and then a longer one. His fanbase seems unaware of second look. This is the foundation of the real fake news.
Jusmar
Gimme some of dat sauce
Mrdaihatsu
https://youtu.be/DUAfLufjM7g
Jusmar
Thank you!
just4favs
I did it. I'd rather give a quick glance with no glasses than stare at it and gamble my vision away on some dollar sunglasses.
somepersondoingsomethings
"should I buy the $10 ones? Nah, these ones are $0.99 cents!" Later today, "what an idiot glancing up for half a second, hahahaha"
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
I glanced at 92% totality (best in my location) and it was still so bright it was impossible to tell the moon was there at all.
itsthesneak
Good to know. 60% totality and could only look for a half second before going "yep, way too bright."
HowCurious
ChadAnding
Tell that to Clayton Bigsby
Cheomesh
"I don't see color! Or much of anything."
Sticklebrickk
I looked at it a few times. Didn't stare at it, but a few seconds max. Truly a spectacle.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Were you in the totality zone? I tried some glances at 92% (peak at my location) and it was still too bright to notice the moon's presence.
Sticklebrickk
Complete totallity. I wouldn't have otherwise
JonesItUp
People replying that you can look up during totality... D.C. is nowhere near the path of totality:
NoUserNameIsTaken
He could see the path of partitiality: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/16019892/solar-eclipse-2017-interactive-map
Jusmar
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/16019892/solar-eclipse-2017-interactive-map Wrong Zip. 81.1% Is pretty good.
NoUserNameIsTaken
I think this site is guessing visitor's zip based on IP/Location settings. It will show DC if you enter the proper zip
Jusmar
Ah, yeah, I just clicked that link and it gave me NYC again. 20006 should give an approx %. Vox's tool is just shit. Shocker.
Tornadotaco
Also in the picture is obviously fucking bright outside
azazyel
Wow so today many people found out they had something in common with Trump
DJDogBreath69
DC resident here. It barely even went dim for us
JonesItUp
Also makes me think a lot of people have no idea what "totality" meant and were looking up bare-eyed from all over the country.
Noodlevillian
I can only hope.
KingKillmonger
Dude everyone knows what totality is, my favorite is when sub-zero rips peoples backbone out
nokittythatsabadgoddamnkitty
I came back for you, that's brilliant.
itsthesneak
This joke has a very specific audience and I appreciate it.
itsdarkandicantseewhatimtyping
A lot of people know what Mortal Kombat is.
IamGollumandYouaremyPrecious
How else do you think he gets his epic tan?
todayok
Chemical Cheetho, shade 84.
fluhatinrapper
Dangerously delicious.
todayok
Him licking his spray on tan would explain an awful lot.
WillemHellfire
Why are people losing their minds over this?
SoMuchPooPooSon
Because it's trendy to hate Trump (and for some actual things). Unfortunately that means even the smallest thing is blown out of proportion.
Stratego89
Because the big orange cunt has thrown the country into insanity.
arrbos
Not losing mind, just facepalming. I mean, this is someone a lot of people, for better or worse, look up to. It's an irresponsible example.
pajamallamadrama
Ffs he glanced for literally two seconds.
Jusmar
Because people use any excuse to be mad at him. Just like every modern president, but it's worse because the media didn't get their way.
Sortovalta
It's just a little bit of entertainment.
ifuckdragons
Americans are stupid enough without chief moron helping them along.
WillemHellfire
Not all Americans. A lot, but not all.
IvanTheTesticle
It's so much more funny with him at the helm though. This shit is practically writing itself.
bitemark
This is what happens when you fire all the science advisors.
MaplePhoenix
"Here, at least put these on, you moron..." - Melania
Shot1990
She did the same thing but fuck Drumpf, am I right?
CuttleFishOfCthulu
Fuck em all.
CuttleFishOfCthulu
Naw. She said: "Is liberal lie to show your weakness. Stare at sun to show enemies mighty American".
Mrdaihatsu
I totally read that in the voice of Nastasha.
todayok
While you're at it, put your hand on yoru heart during the national anthem you Orange tool.
PutThePRNDLinD
So sad...Huge disappointment...
Elnuggettato
But wait! There's more! Hi from 2020!
Janusha
Tremendous sun. The best sun.
DonVaderr
On many sides.. many sides..
MrShieldy
Disappointment? Well, I mean, if you expected something from that man, then maybe...
augieCakeFlyer
It was the best eclipse ever im telling ya its huuuge..
dcollins
The moon is highly overrated
KittenMittonsMeow
Disappointed Bigly
Scryptnotist
*Yuge
ketchupchipbaginthewind
Yuuuuuuuuuge. Bruh. Yuuge.
Axewhipe
Bigly
juliendg137
You dje
whitson246
Its yuge! Caroline YUGE!
JoeBobBriggs
Trump does something everyone probably did during the event.
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Riyakou
I never bothered looking at the eclipse at all.
todayok
I didn't.
Frizbeen
Here's a .GIF of when this happened for clarity:
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TrustMeImmaDogtor
Yeah but it's more fun to make fun of Trump!
Cinemageddon
I'll be honest, I don't like Trump but I literally did the exact same thing. Looked through solar glasses; took a quick blinding peek.
ManMashine
THIS should be the actual post. Context is everything.
DangerTrain
It doesn't exactly change it. "He looked at the sun" compared to "he did other things, then looked at the sun"
kivalo
Get out of here with this reasonableness.
LoveTheShiningWire
Goodness gracious guys.... like no one here stole a glance at it without the glasses. It doesn't instantly blind you ffs.
covfefe
Tell that to this guy http://imgur.com/FQozyof
LoveTheShiningWire
He definitely has brain damage from that.
IShootBirdsAtTheAirport
Oh look, things aren't as stupid or funny as everybody thinks lol who'dda tuhkninininiffFUUCKC
rainbow404
I can appreciate this.
EverydayIsLegDayBecauseImRunningFromMyProblems
HOly moly, I decadently clicked on this stream and trump just came on, waved and looked right at the sun. Cant believe he stared again
EverydayIsLegDayBecauseImRunningFromMyProblems
accidentally* gawd dammit
HmmICantThinkOfACleverUsernameRightNow
Lol, funnier the first way
TheCrowCawMFCaw
FloresDelCaribe
I'll be honest until this gift I thought that OP was just kidding. Holy shit he really did look. I wish I could say I'm surprised
LoveTheShiningWire
Don't be a twat. I'm willing to bet the last 10 years of my life that you've glanced at the sun before.
DrMcTouchy
Seriously? THAT'S it? There's plenty to criticize without stooping to this.
augieCakeFlyer
Criticizing about criticisms is that stooping seriously?????
schmobius
And this is how he wins. His opposition looks even more petty than him, somehow. Which is quite an accomplishment.
diehardlance
It's true. It doesn't matter what this guy does. He could cure prostate cancer and get called sexist for not curing breast cancer.
LoveTheShiningWire
The unfortunate truth. Even if people did change their minds about him they will never, ever admit it. They been hawing so long about him.
IncurableFeline
That is even better. He was using the glasses, then tried to blind himself. xD
LoveTheShiningWire
Are you saying that you have never, ever glanced at the sun for a few seconds? Ever?
Rakint
belcijan15
God I wish THIS was the actual post. That was no more than 3 seconds, everybody does it every day...
LoopStricken
I try my damndest to not have the sun blemish my face.
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
There's another pic of him pointing at the sun, so I think he did it more than once and longer than he should.
MyNameIsNotTodd
I did it but I'm an idiot and I won't run for president. I promise.
Cinemageddon
Every day everyone looks directly at the sun? I think that's a stretch. OP is out of context, but come on...
belcijan15
You're right, it is a stretch.
Septagrim
I look at the sun every day at noon for 20 min.
bruudwin
ah. i was just thinking about you billy (billy n mandy, tv show, billy stared into the sun for a while and burned out his eyes XD)
fantasticjack
Yeah and it was probably right when the eclipse peaked which is when it's the safest to look at it
MattC867
yeah it was never safe to look in DC - but that glance is totally fine
Riyakou
The eclipse did not peak in D.C.
fantasticjack
It did in St Louis. It was beautiful. The halo was like orange and green, it was absolutely amazing
Jusmar
81.1%
DMGuy
81.1% ain't a peak bruh.
StarryPlough
63,000,000 people in the USA thought this guy should be their President. Fucking lol
WildBluntHickok
Well supposedly. They never actually proved the massive electronic voter fraud but it was pretty obvious.
merxman
A coalition of anti-Hillary, always vote party lines, anti-establishment, economic, and a smaller % of racist/nationalist/etcs.
kivalo
Yup. Not that people WANTED him, but the other R choices were shit. Everyone thought H was a shoo-in. It's a bit more complicated than tho.
SoMuchPooPooSon
I know right? Fuck Americans for voting for someone who briefly looks up at an eclipse.
CrazyCatLad
This is nowhere near the inverted pinnacle of his incompetency, in all fairness.
CrazyCatLad
That was an insult unto Trump, in case it went over your heads downvoters. And not sorry if I 'triggered snowflakes.' Sad.
StarryPlough
Honestly I think it is. It might be less harmful than his other actions but this is proper infantile level stupidity
CrazyCatLad
Not denying stupidity but as you said, less harmful than other actions.
PossibleSarcasm
It's more that people hated Clinton way more than they hated Trump.
FrozenTime
That was the case for me, but I voted 3rd party. Now I realize how wrong I was and am looking forward to actually voting for him in 2020 :)
StarryPlough
Absolute morons
monsiuerdownvotes
This right here. The sad fact is he was still the best of the two choices.
StarryPlough
He unequivocally was not, and that's from somebody who loathes Democrats
joid75
The sad fact is that people still believe that.
Stratego89
It's more like people are fucking retarded and would choose self destruction over a woman president.
Jusmar
3. Be mad at the DNC for running their primaries wrongly and the Russians for using their voodoo to somehow make this happen. Somehow.
Jusmar
Yeah. Gender politics is totally the reason. Not the historical two-facedness ,hypocrisy, and entitlement that pushed voters away.
Hootzz
I guess it's too bad the Democrats sabotaged the campaign of the guy that would have been a sure win to defeat Trump then.
Jusmar
President is popularity contest, she was vile to who would have been her voter base and he was extra appealing to his.
Cabreza
All those warning about permanently damaging your eyes must have been fake news.
bringbakfirefly
Takes ~10 to cause temporary damage. How long did he actually "stare" at the sun?
MahoganyGuy
iamtheloraxandistealthememes
AngryFoodTerror
HermeneuticalQuandary
He was warned, but still he persisted
spattr
Great reference.
signedyourbiggestfanstan
"This is what the MSM doesn't want you to see."
DMGuy
"The chemtrails, I see the...! - wait, no, those are just new retinal scars, false alarm."
RheddRok
I laughed my ass off when I watched this live. "Don't look directly at the sun, you could go blind." "Don't tell me what to dooooooo"
Glittersngoo
This is top comment for a reason
andaction
Junk science. Unproven. One guy said so.
FitzChevalric
Spartan543210
Looking at an eclipse is fine looking at the sun for half an hour isn't
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
You are the hero that Imgur deserves!
DogsArePeople02
Ohhhhhhhhh so good. +1
sonofthebat
My fiancé told me about this and I said, "Christ." Then she lost it laughing that's what the tag is, #christ.
rockgolf
He would do anything rather than look at or interface with his son.
TheFairyGodmothe
I love you.
canadianunicorn
Stupid media
CallMeSleeper
Somebody switch out his eyedrops for gorilla glue
Axewhipe
Someone switch out his gorilla glue for eye drops! (Because he is an orange gorilla)
mademelol
TheFairyGodmothe
I love you.
kazimooniboy
'I don't take the experts word staring at a solar eclipse will damage my retinas I need the facts... HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MY TERRIFIC EYES'
Averagetroll
http://imgur.com/EpuV6jY Fake News, if you watched the actual clip he looked up for 1/2 sec pointed looked back down.
Mrdaihatsu
The second look was longer. Fake news is now you too.
Averagetroll
Glancing at the sun for 1/2 sec, yea he was "Staring" at it. Keep finding ways to hate someone you don't even know kid.
TroyKapalczynski
It's not that 1 act of stupidity, it just gets added to the others to accumulatively add up to stupid.
rav3nE
but, this really wasn't a act of stupidity it him glancing at the sun for a second like prob 80% of kids today..
FartyMcDumpstein
Tucker Carlson just said (approximately): This is one of the bravest things a president has done.
DMGuy
Trump could shit himself publicly and Tucker Carlson would thank him for making a statement supporting those with irritable bowel syndrome.
arrbos
god, can he pull his lips off Trump's cock for FIVE SECONDS
CountryMetal01
jeolousy
arrbos
*jealousy
CountryMetal01
him too
Mcswigginsbar
Saw someone posting about "risking it without the glasses" on Facebook, and someone said "yea girl I bet it's a money grab anyway." Jesus.
NoWisdomWithoutRegret
Big Eclipse Glasses doesn't have a ring to it.
OmNachoMama
You can excuse ignorance, but you can't fix stupid.
MidiArbite
He just wants very badly to get a presidential First. He's going for "First Blind president."
spattr
FDR married Eleanor Roosevelt. Love blindness.
BROWBUBBAJONES
Lol,This is hilarious
AlwaysFavoriteAsian
Come on I've looked at the sub bejfore an um rotary fine.
TheFairyGodmothe
I love you.
trytoburymeimseedling
Rakint
rickeyspanish
I actually looked up at for a few secs..only had a blurry patch in my vision for like an hour or two.
puppysmuggler
Call the bondulance. I'm having a stronk!
EricFromAccounts
UM ROTARY FINE
Isawapuddytat
Shut up Tumblr.
becauseracevan
Did someone say rotary? https://imgur.com/gqm9733
PluckedDuck
Wankel wanker.
usersubbordercontrol
looked at the sub
MedaMoo
bejfore
mycatpoopedinmyshoe
I think we can safely say, the results are supported by the evidence....
CHICKINGNUGGER
Rotary fine
BrokenTransSister
There's penalties for owning Mazda RX cars? Darn. ????
throughthoughtthough
BombarderoRamboDelMal88
This image needs to turn into a meme.
ifinallydiditnumber1345678
I turned the news on right when Trump was looking through glasses, then took them off, and stared at the sun. Started laughing like a loon
TrustMeImABassist
Future is so dim that you don't need nasa glasses to see it
fr1080f
He looked at it for a split second.
bayardthebloodhound
I'm guessing he didn't or we would have heard he was in the hospital by now with eye damage.
fr1080f
Looking at the sun for a second doesn't put you in the hospital...
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
To be fair, the news blew up the "YOU'LL GO BLIND" unnecessarily. You would have to stare at it for quite some time to do permanent damage.
ShmooThaSchmuck
Fake news
bayardthebloodhound
He still would have hurt his eyes to where he would have needed to go get checked out.
TheNoblePizzaDragonWhoLivesInYourFridge
I looked it for less than 10 seconds, through a welding helmet whose Darkening display kept flickering off briefly, and my eyes slightly
TheNoblePizzaDragonWhoLivesInYourFridge
hurt... I feel like it's a placebo, but egh....
dbrsong
Wife/optician, she said they delt with multiple patients today who did real damage to their eyes today, they all said they didn't look long.
dbrsong
One lady was in significant discomfort. Sent to the ER. It's real my friend.
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
These people must have been in pain looking directly at the sun, considering YOU'RE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE FUCKING SUN
dbrsong
People are morons.
PluckedDuck
http://QX.BZ/nwo
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/08/21/solar_eclipse_viewing_how_bad_is_it_really_to_look_at_the_sun_without_glasses.html
RagingAsian
That article goes against what you initially said. At best, it said in theory you might be able to look at it without damage. Or during
RagingAsian
The time that it is totally blocked
dbrsong
Yup. The sun is the sun always bad to look at even if the Moon is making it easier to do so. As that started a glimpse is ok. But with the
dbrsong
Moon in front of it it's easier to look at although it's still damaging.
Mechlai
As a kid, I used to stare at the sun until I saw those cool little circles... I was not a smart child. Didn't seem to cause problems 1/2
Mechlai
for me, but then again, I almost never see the sun. 2/2
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
We used to get high on acid and literally stare at the sun for longer-than-is-healthy periods of time. True story. My vision is totally fine
Mechlai
lol. love your username
gawdzilla
This is just plain incorrect.
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
everyone is different so there isn't a set "time" for how long it would take but it is longer than wouldn't be excruciatingly uncomfortable.
Magicswirls
I didn't even look at it and I honestly felt like I was about to go blind. It is bright as crap. Looking at 5 secs is a guarenteed blind.
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
No it isn't. First off, it literally hurts to stare directly at the sun so you will naturally look away unless you force yourself. Second(1)
dbrsong
So false. At total totality the eclipse is easily looked at. And because of this your eyes don't dialate to protect themselves.
dbrsong
As normally they would, causing you to have to look away. But because it's easier to look and you don't look at all that UV light goes in
gawdzilla
You're talking out your butt. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/heres-what-happens-to-your-retina-if-you-view-an-eclipse-without-prote
ImSorryThatIWasBornIdentifyingAsTheSexThatIActuallyAm
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/08/21/solar_eclipse_viewing_how_bad_is_it_really_to_look_at_the_sun_without_glasses.html
GuyDarras
The article you provided links a study in which only 4 out of 45 people who suffered eye damage after viewing an eclipse experienced (1/2)
GuyDarras
(2/2) permanent damage and goes on to say irreversible damage is more likely with longer exposures.