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    I don’t get these. Everyone else does and I don’t lol. Sometimes I see a flash of light in a spot. Pretty sure that’ll be an aneurysm in a couple decades.

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    Floaters, caused (I believe) by lensing of your aqueous humor (the liquid in your eyes) which is a viscous fluid. That’s why they show up more on bright solid color backgrounds (like the sky). As you get older, your eyeball fluid gets thicker and chunkier causing more of them.

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      I was born with VS, never seen a clear image in my life. Ironically very into AV stuff and chase the highest quality picture. I often lament that I’ll never experience perfect quality and clarity because of my VS

      Born with tinnitus too! The double whammy haha

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        I’ve got tinnitus too. Mine is not disturbing in the morning but gets really loud in silent rooms, so loud it sometimes disturbs my sleep. Interestingly enough, I’m interested in hifi

        Both VS and tinnitus are not professionally diagnosed though and they are the least of my concerns. ADHD and asperger’s (both professionally diagnosed and treated to some extent) is what affects my life most

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      Visual snow on a blue background is extremely common. It’s called the blue field entoptic phenomenon and basically everyone can see it if they try to

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    Hey I didn’t ask to be here, and I couldn’t have been asked for my consent to exist, so we’re all just gonna have to suck it up and trudge our way to Hell’s finish line like this whether we like it or not.

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    Those are so cool. They’re the only way (I know of) that you can see molecules with your naked eye. Actual molecules! That’s practically at the level of atoms, and you can see that microscopic stuff!

    **Edit: they are not, in fact, molecules. See replies for more info. **

    Also red blood cells. It’s pretty cool that if you stare at the sky (not the sun; please not the sun) you can sometimes see red blood cells move in the back of your eye. Single cells! Amazing.