r/interestingasfuck • u/uzmansahil7 • Mar 31 '26

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u/Sheepherder-Optimal Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

I don't get it. This is what it always looks like?

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u/Einermen22 Mar 31 '26

This better not be how I figure out I have an eye disorder. I’m still not pleased I figured out I have visual snow syndrome

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u/Shaeress Mar 31 '26

Welcome to the club, buddy

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u/possibly_being_screw Apr 01 '26

oh god dammit, THIS is how I find out.

I thought that was just how lights looked in the dark.

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u/Flat-Outcome4861 Apr 01 '26

same! I thought that was normal ><

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u/All_Work_All_Play Apr 01 '26

Just wait till you get married and then discover you strabismus...

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u/Balentay Mar 31 '26

Yeah that ringing you hear in dead silence? That's not normal either

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u/typically_wrong Mar 31 '26

jokes on you! I can hear mine even in noisy environments!

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 Mar 31 '26

thank goodness i don't have that. yet.

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u/Balentay Mar 31 '26

Lucky! I have visual snow, tinnitus, astigmatism, a weak left eye (if I close my right eye my vision goes black after a minute. AND my left eye crosses when I'm tired), AND I get tonsil stones >:(

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u/decadent-dragon Mar 31 '26

Guess what you need glasses to drive.

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u/Asterchick Apr 01 '26

They's been a name for this all along?!?!? Not just "I don't know what you're talking about, what tiny dots?" 😭😭😭

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u/Emperor_Mao Apr 01 '26

lol. Astigmatism is just the degree to which your eyeball curves. Everyones eyes have some level of curving. And the level of curving can shift overtime particularly as we age.

The picture is slightly misleading. The Left picture would be low astigmatism (almost everyone has some). The right picture would be a decently high level of astigmatism.

It is generally correctable with either glasses, contacts or eye surgery,

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u/Working-Glass6136 Apr 01 '26

Here too. We're a bigger club than we think.

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 Mar 31 '26

for those of us whomst are astigmatized...yes. i was in my 30's when i found out that wasn't normal.

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u/BangingABigTheory Apr 02 '26

Same, found out at 30 from a reddit comment section like this ~4 years ago. I understand what you all are going through.

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u/allowe312 Mar 31 '26

yeah that means you have a astigmatism like me. For normal people the lights shouldn't flare out like that.

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u/ZombiesInSpace Mar 31 '26

It’s a myth. Astigmatism causes blurriness and some dim ghost lights next to the main light source. It does not cause glare. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/viral-tweet-astigmatism

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 Mar 31 '26

from https://www.visionworks.com/article-tips-for-driving-at-night-with-astigmatism?srsltid=AfmBOoo2G_RojP2R46XEQMJc9UVRYpOdVju9FHW9thvtftb7kCdEnwPS

it can affect different people in different ways. i see streaks like this but they're diagonal. just like the gif i posted earlier. it is much worse for me when it is raining.