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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoSeems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of “stars” since they don’t look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoYou don’t need defects in your eyes to see it. All you need to do is to close your eyes slightly and look through your eyelashes. The light refracts on the lashes and creates a star-like pattern.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoThey particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts. Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoI must assume all people who name things have astigmatism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoSurely whoever named astigmatism had astigmatism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoẦ̷̡̧̳̮̳̝͇͉͖̼̻͕̘̱̓s̵̡̨̛͈͓̦̫̱̝̼͇͆͒̾̀̋̽̎̔̍̒̇͘t̶̪̥̔͛̓͊̃ī̸͉g̷̨̡̤̞͔̹̻̳̬̥͓̿̓̔̓̇͘̕͝ͅm̴̛̭̗̔̓̈́͊a̷̲̞͓̹̼̬͙͚̣̲̦͚̍͜͝ͅt̷̢͈̲͖̥̂̍͠ì̵̢̗͎͕͖͇̼͇̭͓̭̠̿́̅̿͜s̵͚̻̀͒̄̿̓̔̽̌͜͝m̷̡̞̻̟͔̠̫͎̮̮͖̲̭̳̜̀͂̌̈̋͒͠
Seems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of “stars” since they don’t look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.
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You don’t need defects in your eyes to see it. All you need to do is to close your eyes slightly and look through your eyelashes. The light refracts on the lashes and creates a star-like pattern.
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They particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts.
Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.
I must assume all people who name things have astigmatism.
Surely whoever named astigmatism had astigmatism.
Ầ̷̡̧̳̮̳̝͇͉͖̼̻͕̘̱̓s̵̡̨̛͈͓̦̫̱̝̼͇͆͒̾̀̋̽̎̔̍̒̇͘t̶̪̥̔͛̓͊̃ī̸͉g̷̨̡̤̞͔̹̻̳̬̥͓̿̓̔̓̇͘̕͝ͅm̴̛̭̗̔̓̈́͊a̷̲̞͓̹̼̬͙͚̣̲̦͚̍͜͝ͅt̷̢͈̲͖̥̂̍͠ì̵̢̗͎͕͖͇̼͇̭͓̭̠̿́̅̿͜s̵͚̻̀͒̄̿̓̔̽̌͜͝m̷̡̞̻̟͔̠̫͎̮̮͖̲̭̳̜̀͂̌̈̋͒͠