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Showerthoughts

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When I wear my glasses I'm not actually looking directly at my surroundings. I'm looking at projections on the two screens in front of my eyes. (feddit.nl)
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[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In that case, you'd never see anything through anything but a "screen" because of the lens in your eye. (Using the definition of "screen" to be a "barrier", which in this case provokes a transformation, or projection, of light.)

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but I wear glasses so there's an additional "screen". That's all I was saying. It didn't occur to me at the time that we all already have lenses in the eye. So I guess me talking about glasses was redundant. I should have made the same post about those lenses. Fuck it. Live and learn ...

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter, it's fun to see how far you can bend definitions (and I did go rather far with that one).

Also, I'm not sure where those down votes are coming from. Showerthoughts don't need to be fully logical, taking all edge cases into account, etc. After all, it's just a showerthought to discuss and joke/awe about.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, but I wasn't downvoting you.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, no no, I was talking about the down votes that you've been receiving. My bad!