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[Salsa]

As far as I know anyone can do this, but apparently the intensity depends on each individual, and there's people who claim they cant see them at all.

I have a crazy sensitive perception of them, wich somehow got even more identifiable after I got some very nasty eye floaters a few months ago. Now I can easily see them on almost any bright colored surface without concentrating, they're just there.

This is a good video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUwogWzSwk

and even though the most effective way for me to see them right away is on a back-lit white screen, most people seem to notice it on the sky, so a good way to test would be to fullscreen this:

step a bit back from your monitor and try to zone out

or just follow the video posted above


it's nowhere near as bothersome as eye floaters but it blows my mind that we can actually see this.

 

[Ridli]

I would be happier not knowing this was a thing I could do.

 

[Ronin]

Yeah, it's pretty trippy. I noticed it one day at work when I was just blankly staring at my monitor.

 

[Salsa]

I would be happier not knowing this was a thing I could do.

most people just find it a weird distraction since it's a matter of concentration or actively thinking about it for most

I can just see it on even the fucking google homescreen without doing anything

 

[Log4Girlz]

I see dead people

 

[StuBurns]

I only see it when I stare at the sky on a clear day, but yes, I notice it often.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Noooooo I totally did it and will start noticing it from now on. You have ruined my life op

 

[Salsa]

Noooooo I totally did it and will start noticing it from now on. You have ruined my life op

my plan is working

 

[Pau]

I would be happier not knowing this was a thing I could do.

Yup. Anything that reminds me of blood or just anything inside my body makes me queasy.

And yet I still clicked the thread.

*never stares at the sky again*

 

[Enduin]

Yup I can do this pretty easily. Always see eye floaters with any kind of decent light and when looking at the sky I often see the white blood cell streaks. I have crazy good near sight, especially when I don't have my contacts in for my mediocre far sight. I can see the pours on my hand and other really minute details without even trying.

I can also shake my eyes. Though the intensity isn't as great as others I have met. And oddly they were ask guys with red or blonde-ish hair.

 

[Salsa]

Yup. Anything that reminds me of blood or just anything inside my body makes me queasy.

And yet I still clicked the thread.

it's weird though cause when I first noticed it it was the last thing i'd think of. It doesnt resemble anything you'd associate with blood or anything like that. It's like weird little flashes

it's more like sperm one a sine wave

 

[Zucchi]

oh, THAT'S what that is? I've seen those floaty amoeba like things in my eyes for years (only when I un-focus my eyes in a certain way though..) Weird!

 

[blainethemono]

Yeah I see them all the time. Never knew what they actually were though

 

[Tea and Toast]

What the hell. I noticed things floating before but with that blue screen you can really focus on them and they're as clear as day.

 

[The Awesomest]

Aaaaahahaha I told my second grade teacher I could see cells in my eye but she didn't believe me! She thought I was crazy! NOW LOOK WHO'S CRAZY

 

[finowns]

I did it. Weird!

edit -- talking about the veins in our eyes.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

oh, THAT'S what that is? I've seen those floaty amoeba like things in my eyes for years (only when I un-focus my eyes in a certain way though..) Weird!

Yeah, it's freaky and cool at the same time.

 

[Volotaire]

Yep, when I was younger I thought it was something bad lol

 

[Raiden]

edit: damnit

But thanks, i stumbled on something else via this

 

[Betta Lines]

edit: damnit

But thanks, i stumbled on something else via this

Hey why'd you edit?

I mentioned something like that in a recent thread...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48533754&postcount=213

 

[LordCanti]

I can see sparklies but they aren't very well defined. The "look through a pinhole at white light and see your eye veins" one was a lot more immediate and obvious.

 

[Raiden]

Hey why'd you edit?

I mentioned something like that in a recent thread...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=48533754&postcount=213

I wanted to make a thread out of it

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=540204&highlight=

Join us fellow hallucinator!

 

[Strike]

Hmm. So that what those things are.

 

[threetri333]

they are white blood cells? I've always able to see them, but didn't know what they were.

 

[MYE]

I'm seein a very subtle, white veigny patterng. Like a leaf on a telescope

Am I a plant?

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah I recall our physics professor saying this in our optics lecture. Neat.

 

[JaseC]

Aaaaahahaha I told my second grade teacher I could see cells in my eye but she didn't believe me! She thought I was crazy! NOW LOOK WHO'S CRAZY

This is typically the last thing somebody says before they go crazy.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Cool, I always thought it was random dust - even then, the dust had circles so I thought that was cool lol

 

[Winterfang]

Are those the so call floaters? If so then yes I'm watching them right now. Dammit.

 

[Manu]

I can see them. I hate you, OP.

Spoiler

Not really.

 

[Filth]

ive seen them for years and didnt know what was going on. i thought i was just nuts.

 

[MrToughPants]

Had a floater today and was wondering wtf they were.

I also see small sparks sometimes, looks like the animations showing electrical current going along a circuit board.

 

[abuC]

 

[Thunder Monkey]

I also see small sparks sometimes, looks like the animations showing electrical current going along a circuit board.

Common among those with high blood pressure or a proclivity to migraines.

 

[zeioIIDX]

What's weird is that I first noticed this on the playground when I was in 4th grade. I remember sitting at the top of the slide and staring up into the sky and suddenly it looked like I could see "air" lmao. I swear, it looked like how they show atoms in science shows and stuff. Like tiny little atoms sparking off each other and speeding around through the air.

 

[Tiduz]

i think this is what i see when guns go off in movies too and the screen flashes, i see the dots too..

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I don't have any right now, but I regularly get floaters that look like this:

 

[MrToughPants]

Common among those with high blood pressure or a proclivity to migraines.

Shit.

 

[buy teh haloz]

Wow, I don't think I've ever noticed this before. Trippy.

 

[Vic]

I only see it when I stare at the sky on a clear day, but yes, I notice it often.

Yep, same here. So those things I saw were white blood cells. Fascinating.

 

[m3r4]

I was actually expecting this to be in the video. Turns out they're floaters! I usually play around with them by refocusing my sight, effectively moving them around in my field of vision. It's a fun little distraction when you've just woken up, but don't feel like getting out of bed.

 

[lightus]

Just to clarify, the white blood cells are not floaters correct?

From my understanding, floaters are collagen break down in the gel/fluid in the space between the lens and retina.

What this thread is referring to is the random specs of white that flashes when you stare at blue light.

 

[Wag]

I see dead people

I see undead people.

 

[Salsa]

Floaters can be an issue though, depending on how bad you get them

I already made a thread back when they first appeared but I have at least 4 in each eye and they are super distracting. Cant help but look away (or at them) every time a white/light color screen comes up, for example. Or get distracted by them while reading, they're just always there.

this is much less bothersome and isnt really a sign of any abnormality

 

[Poimandres]

Floaters piss me off no end. I wish they would fuck off, they cloud my otherwise very pleasing vision.

I see this white blood cell phenomenon, and other interesting visual stuff. I actually think I have very mild HPPD (hallucinogen-persisting-perception-discorder) but in a lot of ways this has improved my vision. Everything is sharper and clearer, and colours are subtly saturated/brighter. But it also increases my tendency to see patterns in things, and certain textures (like wavy lines) can really mess with my eyes.

 

[Boss Doggie]

What are these floaters people keep talking about?

 

[AlteredBeast]

I always knew they were white blood cells thanks to the movie Inner Space. I have always seen them as far back as I could remember.

 

[The Awesomest]

What are these floaters people keep talking about?

I don't have any right now, but I regularly get floaters that look like this:

.

 

[Always-honest]

Thanx...... Fuk

 

[GaimeGuy]

it's more like sperm one a sine wave

lol