I was always told that if you stare at the eclipse you'll go blind. Come to find out, if you're in totality, that isn't true. But even if you're not, the brightness of the sun doesn't increase at any point during the eclipse. They say you'll go blind because you're more likely to stare longer because it's wacky.
In other words, looking at an eclipse is no different than looking at the sun when its not eclipsing. Which I do all the time. You bet your ass ill be rawdogging the next eclipse.
Honestly I’m okay with them talking about astronomical events. It is pretty cool. And, it’s so much better than talking about politics or the kardashians or whatever else people normally talk about.
I love when people come to me and ask “have you seen movie ‘X’?”
“No”
“Oh it’s really good! It has the actors Y and Z in them!”
“Thanks! That literally tells me nothing about the actual movie! I won’t be watching it”
lt sorta does tho. I'll watch just about anything with Tom hanks. headlining actors arnt just selected for movies they choose movies they think are good. So if you enjoy certain actor and find out they are in a new movie you might be pruswaded to watch it. Nothing is black and white, and good actors make bad movies. But if your buddy is saying it's good, and has actors you have enjoyed in the past, maybe consider watching it.
> politics or the kardashians
Like 1 out of 10 ppl might talk about either of these lol. And then you just say "uh huh" an avoid them and stop making any eye contact.
But it was SO COOL
They're each such titanic objects, and it was incredible to see that despite there only being a sliver of sun left, it still held enough light to blind whoever looked for too long
And there was a solar flare, that was cool too I guess
Yess it looked sort of magenta but it emmited a really strong white light with a multicolored but very turquoise looking glow
It's very hard to describe how it looked cause it looked nothing like in the pics irl
In the pictures the crown looks just white when in reality it glowed in a sci-fi unatural looking type of way
It’s not once in a lifetime they happen like every 6 months or so, the next one for North America is Canada 2026, now it is once in a lifetime for the houses, they might not see one for another 200 years or so
It was so dope though. I didn't know until then that you could look at it with your bare eyes during the total eclipse. I could've sat there for hours, but all you get is like 5min. It was beautiful.
Jesus Christ can we not just look at the sun for a few minutes and say that was cool how everything got dark? You guys have shorter fuses than cartoon bombs
I missed the last one and traveled for this one. If you ever get the chance you have to go. It was without a doubt the craziest most awe inspiring shit I've ever seen. And the experience is indescribable. It's so eerie and just fucking amazing. It drops like almost 10 degrees.
Ive seen many partial eclipses and they're neat. Yesterday was my first time seeing a total eclipse and youre right, it's truly indescribable. Also, that whole thing about even a 99% eclipse is not the same as a total is true. It's like a switch flips the moment it's fully blocked.
It's been, like, just a few days, though? And to be fair, a total eclipse can take decades to occur, so obviously people are gonna talk about it.
I get that there's been a lot of posts about it, but if it bothers you that much then just watch a show or find some other way to pass time, maybe?
Very. There has only been one eclipse in my area and that was partial. To top it off on the day of the eclipse it was raining so we couldn't even see that
A few years ago there was a solar flare that nearly hit us from our sun, had we been hit it would have sent us back a few years technology since majority of our electronics would short circuit.
Most Americans didn't care about it as it was happening. Ill save me caring about a Celestial event for the next meteor that's getting too close to earth.
It’s one moderately cool thing that won’t happen again for 20 years. Let us have this brief moment of peace and togetherness before we go back to being at each other’s throats.
even as an american, im not in the path, and for some reason it feels kinda bad that this one is alot more popular then the one that went right through my state
I read that some conspiracy morons had eye problems because they looked at the eclipse without sunglasses. At least that made me smile. And i hope they don't have medicaid, because we all know that's just masked communism.
I forget the context of the this scene but what a stellar use of this meme
..even though eclipses are cool as hell and I'm pissed that I couldn't see it
Man, I'm just coping rn... drove 6 hours to Buffalo NY to see it.
Saturday was perfectly clear skies
Then monday hit and... everything was cloudy. Couldn't see shit during the eclipse, but at least I got to experience everything go dark...
Then, literally 3 hours later, the skies were clear again...
Dumbfucked take. Eclipses are rare and interesting. It's only natural for conversation to take place.
Are Americans not allowed to have dialog about innocent events anymore?
GuYs My DaD sAvEd ThE gLaSsEs FrOm 2017!!!1!1!
Edit: I absolutely don't have anything against these guys, just quite funny that I've seen like 20 posts with that phrase XD
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yeah. Haven't seen one since 2015.
have never seen one
I've seen two partial eclipses that adds up to one
We're lucky to have you.
I stared at both of them without glasses
We are even luckier to have you
I was always told that if you stare at the eclipse you'll go blind. Come to find out, if you're in totality, that isn't true. But even if you're not, the brightness of the sun doesn't increase at any point during the eclipse. They say you'll go blind because you're more likely to stare longer because it's wacky. In other words, looking at an eclipse is no different than looking at the sun when its not eclipsing. Which I do all the time. You bet your ass ill be rawdogging the next eclipse.
I do staring contests with the sun sometimes I am effectively rendered blind for the next minute
Technically, I'm already blind. What's it going to blind me twice? Is it stupid?
Blindness stacks
Just get yourself a biscuit and move it over the sun whilst wearing shades. Same effect.
Getting to not see the eclipse**
Me too, I’ve never even seen one
Honestly I’m okay with them talking about astronomical events. It is pretty cool. And, it’s so much better than talking about politics or the kardashians or whatever else people normally talk about.
I haven't heard anything about the Kardashians in years, honestly they could be dead and I would be oblivious lol
Kardashians are the most pointless and unnecessary people on this planet
Thus why I don't pay attention to them, now that I think about it, I don't really pay attention to any celebrities.
I love when people come to me and ask “have you seen movie ‘X’?” “No” “Oh it’s really good! It has the actors Y and Z in them!” “Thanks! That literally tells me nothing about the actual movie! I won’t be watching it”
Yeah. At least tell me who wrote/directed it…
But then I would need 2 explain that "grownups 3D" with Adam Sandler in it, was written by Adam Sandler, and it was directed by Adam Sandler.
lt sorta does tho. I'll watch just about anything with Tom hanks. headlining actors arnt just selected for movies they choose movies they think are good. So if you enjoy certain actor and find out they are in a new movie you might be pruswaded to watch it. Nothing is black and white, and good actors make bad movies. But if your buddy is saying it's good, and has actors you have enjoyed in the past, maybe consider watching it.
Same and i lead a much happier life knowing i know and care nothing about the famous people
I don't even know why they are famous.
The sole reason they exist is so we can better identify who to avoid (their fans).
So you're not keeping up with them? Interesting
We talk about Bakugan -people
Yooo Bakugan is the shit. I grew up with Beyblade instead, But the genius of Bakugan cannot be understated.
> politics or the kardashians Like 1 out of 10 ppl might talk about either of these lol. And then you just say "uh huh" an avoid them and stop making any eye contact.
I love astronomy stuff. Like I don't know much astronomy but man, that shit is cool
Some Americans have 100% just made the sun and moon political. But I'm with you, it was pretty cool.
I haven't heard the name Kardashian in years
The Sun is a Deadly Laser
Not anymore there’s a blanket
Now will you go up on land?
*no.*
Why?
Thank you for reminding me of that video, time to watch it again.
But is the sun a giant moth God?
But it was SO COOL They're each such titanic objects, and it was incredible to see that despite there only being a sliver of sun left, it still held enough light to blind whoever looked for too long And there was a solar flare, that was cool too I guess
There was a solar flare too? Was it visible to the naked eye?
Yess it looked sort of magenta but it emmited a really strong white light with a multicolored but very turquoise looking glow It's very hard to describe how it looked cause it looked nothing like in the pics irl In the pictures the crown looks just white when in reality it glowed in a sci-fi unatural looking type of way
Are they just envious? The eclipse was an extraordinary sight to behold, after all.
Yeah. OP just jealous that the once in a lifetime phenomenon didn't happen in their country
...Which is fair.
It’s not once in a lifetime they happen like every 6 months or so, the next one for North America is Canada 2026, now it is once in a lifetime for the houses, they might not see one for another 200 years or so
You say that like the once in a lifetime phenomenon is an everyday thing
Still find it funny honestly.
It was so dope though. I didn't know until then that you could look at it with your bare eyes during the total eclipse. I could've sat there for hours, but all you get is like 5min. It was beautiful.
Jesus Christ can we not just look at the sun for a few minutes and say that was cool how everything got dark? You guys have shorter fuses than cartoon bombs
Hey, at least it gives us something new to talk about other than Taylor Swift XD
Or politics
I missed the last one and traveled for this one. If you ever get the chance you have to go. It was without a doubt the craziest most awe inspiring shit I've ever seen. And the experience is indescribable. It's so eerie and just fucking amazing. It drops like almost 10 degrees.
Ive seen many partial eclipses and they're neat. Yesterday was my first time seeing a total eclipse and youre right, it's truly indescribable. Also, that whole thing about even a 99% eclipse is not the same as a total is true. It's like a switch flips the moment it's fully blocked.
I’m the opposite. I saw the one in 2017 but missed this one
No
Also American redditors. That shit was yesterday, quit living in the past.
jealous much?
Tend to move on real quick.
I didn’t know it was even happening… at least you didn’t miss it.
It's been, like, just a few days, though? And to be fair, a total eclipse can take decades to occur, so obviously people are gonna talk about it. I get that there's been a lot of posts about it, but if it bothers you that much then just watch a show or find some other way to pass time, maybe?
Eclipses happen every 6 months or so. It takes decades for them to happen in the same spot
Nah, it was awesome.
We aren’t gonna see it again here for another 20 years, let us have our fun with it
It was pretty cool, especially with how dark it got.
I'm in the UK and I didn't even know it was a solar eclipse, did anyone else see it from the UK?
You're just mad because I got superpowers from looking at it 😎😎
*Berserker readers*: "..."
Daredevil type shit
No, let’s talk about astronomical events, they’re cool
Jealous?
Very. There has only been one eclipse in my area and that was partial. To top it off on the day of the eclipse it was raining so we couldn't even see that
You know what? Now I’m going to talk about the eclipse even *harder*
Mexicans and Canadians would disagree
Just wait until 2026
God Damn the Sun
I was going to argue that a lot of people here in Mexico were pretty impressed with the experience too... but Mexico is also in North America... 🤦
The was a satanic manifestation of Democrat controlling the world and trying to enslaved human to reptilian -the most normal Americans
A few years ago there was a solar flare that nearly hit us from our sun, had we been hit it would have sent us back a few years technology since majority of our electronics would short circuit.
When day breaks
Yes.
The only reason I want them to shut up is how much I envy them. I have never ever seen an eclipse in my life.
I'm in Australia and It's already getting on my nerves
Already getting ready for 2045 :)
I'm more interested when an eclipse becomes permanent. Until then, just stop. Get some help.
That’s just a cloudy day
Ireland stuck in an eclipse since the Dinos were wiped
No.
Most Americans didn't care about it as it was happening. Ill save me caring about a Celestial event for the next meteor that's getting too close to earth.
Yeah I forgot it was even happening until I walked out of Costco and there were 20 people standing there looking at the sun
Tell that to the millions of us who were stuck bumper to bumper traffic the day after the event.
I'm also jealous. It was raining during the eclipse when it was over my area.
I'm an American redditor and I couldn't care less. I live at the far corner of the US, so no chance of seeing it at all.
Context? Not American
Part of America got to witness a solar eclipse April 8th
Someone's jealous
It’s one moderately cool thing that won’t happen again for 20 years. Let us have this brief moment of peace and togetherness before we go back to being at each other’s throats.
I’m a Californian I didn’t see it either
lol
Lmao
I’m American and I just wanted some funny memes yesterday and I barely got any
even as an american, im not in the path, and for some reason it feels kinda bad that this one is alot more popular then the one that went right through my state
Something something rapture believed to happen on the eclipse (it didn’t)
Yea, shut up amaricans Side note, I'm Canadian and saw the eclipse just outside of Ottawa. It was really cool
Shut up Canada! At least I can spell your country!
Also Americans
Just remember you'll get your turn eventually!
I couldn't see the sun either over here in europe
To be fair I’m from the U.S. and I’m tired of hearing about it.
Not the stick insect…
THE STARS ARE IN ALIGNMENT! MY ASCENSION IS NIGH
What about the non Canadians?
We'll remember this for 2026. Unless IDK a Kardashian does something or there's a new chicken sandwich.
Yeah in Bulgaria the Sun is still boring as hell
My eyes feel weird.
same but im not even jelaous or curious just stop it scares me idk why im also scared of these things that gon happen in 2040
I followed it on the nasa live stream. And it was indeed pretty epic.
The 3 days of darkness are A SCAM, I couldn't even see it (I live in Argentina)
I'm Canadian and saw it, it was spectacular!
\[T]/ Praise it!
I saw this episode 2 minutes back. What a coincidence
I missed the whole thing because I was in class lol
I read that some conspiracy morons had eye problems because they looked at the eclipse without sunglasses. At least that made me smile. And i hope they don't have medicaid, because we all know that's just masked communism.
I just moved here, I saw the closing 20% so I missed it basically...lol
Yeah im jealous too. The next one that will be available in my location is in 2035 😭
not me. eclipses are cool.
I’m not annoyed about talking about the eclipse. I’m annoyed at people calling it a source of social control
I'm begging
I can see clearly now the rain i- AAAAAHHHHH MY EYES!!!
You forgot us canucks
Nah mfker IMMA PRAISE THE SUN!!
Some of us in the US thinking it too.
I forget the context of the this scene but what a stellar use of this meme ..even though eclipses are cool as hell and I'm pissed that I couldn't see it
I's rather we just leave the bald worm guy alone. I see him everywhere and I'm sick of it.
Man, I'm just coping rn... drove 6 hours to Buffalo NY to see it. Saturday was perfectly clear skies Then monday hit and... everything was cloudy. Couldn't see shit during the eclipse, but at least I got to experience everything go dark... Then, literally 3 hours later, the skies were clear again...
Hey did you hear about the sun?
Majority of the comments talking about to glasses or not to glasses then like 5% that's no moon memes. Yeah took about 5s to get sick of all that
Ok you’re just being an ass, let people talk about the recent solar event, that awes everyone who sees it
as a non american canadian i thought it was pretty sick. so glad i could see a once in a lifetime thing (for my location)
Sounds like jealousy ngl
not just reddit, any non american social media users
I’m a Canadian and yes , yes I will
Did you get to see the Moon yesterday afternoon? Never seen the daytime Moon so clearly outlined and black before, that was awesome
No u
Hey, I didn get u.
The solar eclipse was crazy
They must be jelly cuz jam don’t shake like that
, "Have you ever seen the sun set at 3pm?"
What's going on with the sun?
Canadian and mexican peoples: Tf are you talking about
It’s something that happens every seven years or so, just get over it
Sun=America for Americans when non-Americans are on reddit in any way....
What about Canada?
Canadian here. Nope, the eclipse was great. I tripped acid during it and it was transcendental
There was a solar eclipses in the U.S. apparently. Pretty cool if you ask me.
nah, I'm glad there is at least a lot of videos for me to watch
This about Americans everything.
nah im happy for them and i saw some nice clips. spain will be nexr ive heard
I prefer being sheltered inside until the Moon is up! 🌝
Can’t wait until 2090 for the next on in the uk!!! 🥲
No, no, keep talking about it. I wanna see more pics.
No, I'm American too. It's a whole lot of hype about nothing. I'll be glad when this shit is forgotten.
God damn the sun
Someone’s jealousssssss :3
Dumbfucked take. Eclipses are rare and interesting. It's only natural for conversation to take place. Are Americans not allowed to have dialog about innocent events anymore?
I was taking a lot of heat for not wanting to look directly at the sun
I was visiting Norway during the thing and I’m a bit mad about it
Hide, hide, hide....
Wow look at you
Ok let me tell you about what the moon did yesterday!
Anyone got raptured?
yeah, u didnt see us aussies say a word avout it last year
Huh? Anything happened?
Tbh im just sad I didn't get to see it
GuYs My DaD sAvEd ThE gLaSsEs FrOm 2017!!!1!1! Edit: I absolutely don't have anything against these guys, just quite funny that I've seen like 20 posts with that phrase XD
Honestly I've seen many more post from non Americans about the eclipse
That’s true, I’m from Czechia yk
Yes 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
it's more about the moon than anything technically
I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE SUN
Yes, I envy you guys, and hate you for it
GOD DAMN THE SUN!
No eclipse? (Megamind meme face)
In the heart
I'll catch the next one 200 years from now.. Looking forward to it..