They'd just appear out of nowhere
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First time I had one of these I was so stressed out. I thought I was about to have a stroke.
Same! I was on a road trip in Ireland and it came out of nowhere. Freaked me out. I'd never had one until a few months after my first bout with COVID. Now I get them but usually only if I've not been drinking enough water for a few days, and ONLY when I stand up. It's preceded by a weird sort of throbbing where it feels like sound is turned down in time with my heartbeat.
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Nope but I see these when I'm getting a optical/ocular migraine.
I had one once, a decade ago, no pain, but mine was black and white squares, some had x's in them, it looked like some unholly mix of Apple and Xwindows just righ there in my vision in just about that overall shape you displayed. I also felt SUPER disconnected at the time. My wife and I were picking stuff up at storage, I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage and it went away in less than 5 minutes. I was thankful to not have the oft associated headache
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How did you take the screenshot?
Not this again
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If you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget.
Is that from Welcome to Nightvale?
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Nope, you're the only person ever to have seen this weird stuff. It's probably a sign that you're about to die.
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That fucking plane!
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I have a permanent eye floater. When I get really bored I find suitable things in my field of vision to look back and forth between and play pong with.
Hopefully you had your eyes checked just to be sure.
It's likely just a glass body part which is normal sadly.
But also could be something with the nerves , no panic just a thing my wife got similiar stuff and gets checked yearly to be safe.
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It's light refracting through otherwise invisible bacteria on your eyeball.
NB. This comment has since been retracted by the author.
wrote last edited by [email protected]There are no bacteria in your eye. These perceptual disturbances are due to increased retinal sensitivity to vitreous substance. It's why they move when around like they're in liquid when you turn your head fast.
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Honestly haven't seen em in years....
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Yes, since as long as I can remember. Welcome to the alien hive mind comrade! /s
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Honestly haven't seen em in years....
They left.
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In thw prison shower
Don't threaten me with a good time young man.
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I had one once, a decade ago, no pain, but mine was black and white squares, some had x's in them, it looked like some unholly mix of Apple and Xwindows just righ there in my vision in just about that overall shape you displayed. I also felt SUPER disconnected at the time. My wife and I were picking stuff up at storage, I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage and it went away in less than 5 minutes. I was thankful to not have the oft associated headache
I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage
This is the most American Male statement I've ever seen. You probably had a fucking stroke or something bro, dang. Good luck out there, try to take care of yourself.
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Immediately made me think of Baldurs Gate
You’re turning into a mind flayer!
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Squiggly line in my eye, fluid.
I see you there, lurking on the periphery of my vision.
But when I try to look at you, you scurry away.
Are you shy squiggly line?
Why only when I ignore you do you return to the center of my eye?
Oh squiggly line, it’s alright, you are forgiven.
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I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage
This is the most American Male statement I've ever seen. You probably had a fucking stroke or something bro, dang. Good luck out there, try to take care of yourself.
wrote last edited by [email protected]It's not uniquely American. Estonian men are the same. Despite the free healthcare. The saying goes (and I'll try to translate the Russian swears to English words to keep the meaning intact, but they'll lose their colorfulness): The Estonian man never visits the doctor because he only knows two diseases: "whatever" and "quite fucked". Whatever passes on its own and there's no cure for quite fucked anyway.
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I had one once, a decade ago, no pain, but mine was black and white squares, some had x's in them, it looked like some unholly mix of Apple and Xwindows just righ there in my vision in just about that overall shape you displayed. I also felt SUPER disconnected at the time. My wife and I were picking stuff up at storage, I just ignored it, got what i needed from storage and it went away in less than 5 minutes. I was thankful to not have the oft associated headache
I had this a few times when I was working an extremely stressful job. Changed jobs and voila! No more ocular migraines. Mine was more silvery and blue than red but otherwise your pic looks just like it.
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I have a lot of these because I’ve had numerous eye surgeries and they’re ultimately just gunk in the vitreous fluid of the eye. I wish there was a way that they could drain, filter, and replace your vitreous fluid when it gets like mine. Like an eyeball oil change. There’s not though, as far as I know.
A tip: if you suddenly see a ton more of these get it checked out asap, especially if you are very near sighted
Someone in my family had a double retinal detachment and the surgeon asked if he wanted his floaters removed while they were in there putting things back together. It's apparently possible because he has no more floaters.
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Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They're called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.
If you get a bunch of new ones all of a sudden it may mean you're at increased risk for retinal detachment.
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He sneezed and farted at the same time
No, that’s a screenshart. A screenshot is taken by blowing your nose when you have a sinus infection.
