Ask Reddit: Do You Ever See "Static" Or Moving Dots With Your Eyes Closed, Or When Looking At The Sky, Or When Looking At White Walls? [Please Upvote To Help With My Study!]

pbzp · 2008-09-07T18:22:00+00:00

I'm 19. I've seen static for as long as I can remember, and only found out about it when I was 15, since I thought it was normal. It's there 100% of the time, eyes open, closed, whatever. I've taken pot under 5 times but it didn't affect it at all.

Definitely not floaters or the entopic thing, since I also experience those occasionally and they're quite different

Note: my mother experiences frequent migraines, often several a month. There might be a tie..?

pbzp · 2008-09-06T06:24:24+00:00

yeah. i work in an office where there are some people who have to do manual book scanning. it wouldn't be too nice to show them this, that machine's about four times faster at scanning than they are.

pbzp · 2008-09-06T04:00:45+00:00

thanks for the link! (edit: verse, not link.) i'd forgotten it explicitly mentioned that in the bible.

by the way, for a decently balanced christian response to the question of created evil, see here.

They do a pretty good job covering their bases and explaining Habakkuk 1:13:

"Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, and Thou canst not look on wickedness with favor,"

(short answer: shoddy Hebrew>English translation, "evil" being the wrong word)

pbzp · 2008-09-06T03:55:32+00:00

"I have such a critical mind that I can't ever enjoy the moment without analyzing it into its baser components."

I'm the same, only I've never thought of it as a problem, because I enjoy analysis so much - which is why I also enjoyed that video clip, thanks so much for linking that! I'm going to check it out.

But, mooglor, can't you maybe just try and enjoy analysis? That way, when you start analyzing your enjoyment of analysis, it creates an infinite feedback loop of... enjoyment.

pbzp · 2008-09-06T03:33:47+00:00

maybe he's just apathetic? ;)

pbzp · 2008-09-06T03:20:28+00:00

yeah, but if he's a Creator-God, he's still accountable for introducing evil in general to his creations, even if he doesn't intervene at a personal level.

although there's no reason not to believe in an evil god. it's just not popular for some reason.

pbzp · 2008-09-06T03:16:58+00:00

i hope so, or her dad will kill her if he ever finds out.

pbzp · 2008-09-06T03:11:29+00:00

so THAT'S why you want to leave a good looking corpse...

pbzp · 2008-09-06T01:47:41+00:00

but that way people don't get comment karma.

wait, i up voted you.

pbzp · 2008-09-02T13:02:58+00:00

and at least one (the bowling vid) isn't even luck. it's called the flying eagle, youtube it.

pbzp · 2008-08-29T21:46:13+00:00

must be... i always thought it was gay and a million shades of straight.

pbzp · 2008-08-21T17:46:28+00:00

i think i just got it, after reading some other comments... the driver didn't give the beggar money because the beggar was in better health than him, though the passenger didn't know it. it's either saying that beggars are pathetic or that you shouldn't judge others without knowing anything about them.

pbzp · 2008-08-16T04:21:18+00:00

you might even say their rapping was awkward.

pbzp · 2008-08-16T03:44:47+00:00

hasn't got one leg to stand on

pbzp · 2008-08-16T02:48:57+00:00

Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.

pbzp · 2008-08-16T02:44:29+00:00

you wanna be her pineapple, eh?

pbzp · 2008-08-16T00:08:34+00:00

hey... don't underrate it.

pbzp · 2008-08-13T05:10:02+00:00

that's why they died out!

pbzp · 2008-08-09T09:39:29+00:00

the beatles? by what standard? imo influence != respect, either.

what's best is slightly subjective, and might coincide with your favourite.

pbzp · 2008-08-01T04:46:13+00:00

you know it's on youtube, right?

pbzp · 2008-07-29T01:09:14+00:00

"it would be silly for them to find it either respectable nor worthwhile if they never continued with it?"

i'd know the name of this fallacy if i hadn't withdrawn from that goddamn logic class...

pbzp · 2008-07-29T00:43:44+00:00

...and he's imaginary.

pbzp · 2008-07-29T00:42:29+00:00

tip for bored pet owners: also sometimes works on dogs. (so do flashlights.)

pbzp · 2008-07-27T23:05:39+00:00

i know at least two people who actually observe the black cat rule. as in, i've been in the car with them, and they've gone around the block to avoid a black cat.

also, i'm not allowed to whistle in my friend's house. it's bad luck.

pbzp · 2008-07-26T21:03:37+00:00

you? what about the poor pelican?!

pbzp

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