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      Being able to see properly is also something they’ll never be able to do again, so, I hope that one second was “spiritual” enough for them lol

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          Being able to see properly

          immediately go blind

          You’re immediately taking the argument to the extreme. You won’t immediately go blind, but it will damage your retina in ways you sometimes don’t notice because the brain compensates for it. It happened to my uncle when he was a welder, he had a second blind spot where he couldn’t see sharply, but it didn’t really affect his quality of life.

    • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Eclipses happen every year like clockwork (it basically is clockwork, but on a huge scale). Eclipse seasons are spring and fall, around the equinoxes. You could very easily fly to see a total eclipse every few years if you want to, because we know when they are going to happen and where will have totality - it’s very routine stuff. There’s literally nothing special at all about the one that just happened, except that a lot of people haven’t seen one before because it hasn’t happened -at that location- in a time.

      So no, absolutely not something you’ll never get a chance to see again, tho you won’t be able if you go blind like a fucking moron.

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      There’s a pretty big difference between temporary pain and permanent damage though.

      Unless you royally fuck up walking on coals you get some pain, fuck up a little and you just get some blisters.

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      If I had someone run through hot coals I would scold them, sure. Much like for being angry about others not believing in zombie carpenters or letting quacks give their kids overpriced sugar pills. But that’s jot the context right now, is it?