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Because the lens in your eye you use to focus, acts like a burning glass, and burn the back of your eye, where what you see is focused at.

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It’s like using a magnifying glass to burn an ant on the pavement, but the sun is you, you’re the ant, and the sun is using your eyeball as the magnifying lens

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The sun is still the sun in this comparison. Its not like “you” is the source of light here. The back of your eye is the ant, and the lens of your eye is the magnifying glass.

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That’s like my analogy, except you’re me, I’m an idiot, and the analogy is actually done right

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Cuz there is a secret alien weapon inside of it and the gov doesn’t want you to see it, so sun’s glaze blinds you

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LMAO I’m dead

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Damn gov got lil homie, RIP you knew too much 🙏

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RIP lil homie

o7

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Pour one out

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Jewish Space Laser, bro

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Because the sheer amount of energy going directly on your retina will burn a hole through it. It’ll also damage the photo receptor cells at the back of the eye.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_retinopathy

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Photic retinopathy generally goes away on its own over time, but there is no specific treatment known to be reliable for speeding recovery.

Thank god to know it gets better over time. I was a dumb, dumb kid.

(side note: Still dumb, just not a kid anymore)

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The second part I knew, but the first part I did not. Rest assured, I never let this happen, my parents always made sure I knew not to look at the sun

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Ever fry an ant with a magnifying glass?

Swap out the ant for your retinas, and that’s pretty much the deal.

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So that’s what happened to Ants in my Eyes Johnson.

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Yes above average

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Wait. What?!?

I’ve spent the last 16 years avoiding direct eye contact with my son for fear of eye damage.

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Have you found that milk at the grocery store yet?

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Sure did! Just need to make one more stop for smokes.

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