How staring at 2017 eclipse for just 10 seconds left me with ‘irreversible eye damage’

Breitbart ^ | 04/08/2024 | Isabel Keane

[ChicagoConservative27]

How long does it take? Few seconds??

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Ask an ant how long it takes. Oh, wait...

[CodeJockey]

Chuck Norris begs to differ.

[mikelets456]

This is where I’m confused...they state it’s no brighter than the sun normally is...so why did this happen?

[CodeJockey]

I believe staring at the sun regardless of an eclipse or not is a no no.

[j.havenfarm]

Eclipses have ALWAYS gathered a huge amount of interest by people. So there should be millions and million blinded over the millennia? Right?

[john drake]

Yep.

[sasquatch]

As a friend said, ‘stupid should hurt’.

[mass55th]

Too bad she never learned how to read.

[discostu]

It doesn’t straight up make you go blind. It just damages them. It’s like tinnitus from being at the range without protection.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

As I just posted on another thread, I saw a solar eclipse in 1979 without special glasses. Looked right at it during totality, then stopped looking when the edge of the sun showed again. But I did have to have cataract surgery only 39 years afterward.

[Organic Panic]

Stupid prize awarded.

[JSM_Liberty]

“Chuck Norris begs to differ.”

When Chuck Norris stared at the sun, the sun went blind.

[erlayman]

It is just easier to look at during an eclipse because the sun is partially covered. Sunsets should still be fine unless you happen to be on the Arctic circle and are at high risk of getting UV rays bouncing off highly reflective snow surfaces.

[TexasGator]

“This is where I’m confused...they state it’s no brighter than the sun normally is...so why did this happen?”

Read the article!

[mykroar]

10 seconds is a long damn time to be staring at the sun.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Stupidity has it’s own rewards & they are usually painful especially if you insist on being stupid!

[Nebr FAL owner]

Woman is too stupid to go to a hardware store & get a pair of welder goggles.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Woman is too stupid to go to a hardware store & get a pair of welder goggles.

[katana]

We took off the sun shield glasses after it reached totality and saw the corona. As soon as the smallest sliver of the disc reappeared the shields went back on. Those 3 minutes of totality were amazing.