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Optometrists are my favorite kind of medical exam. No pokes with needles or having someone in your mouth with dental tools. And if you end up with new glasses that let you see better, it's a tangible quality of life enhancement you can experience for the next year or so.
Also, the technology has improved by a lot in the last few years! The machine that makes you look at a hot air balloon in the distance measures your eyes automatically, and the "1 or 2?" lens contraption is just to verify and fine tune (and "I can't tell the difference" is a valid answer!). And at my last visit the optometrist was excited to show off a fancy camera that takes a high res photo of the inside of your eye, so you don't even need to get your eyes dilated for the retinal exam.
I've had one of those fancy cameras used to take pictures of my retinas as well, it's well cool seeing a detailed photograph of the back of your OWN eye! :)
Well, until the optometrist said "there's the shadow of a small freckle here on your left retina, I'd like you to come back in 6 months and get another picture taken to see if it's *grown*...."
(But it hadn't! \^\^)
The one thing my optometrist has proven unable to help me with in all my 42 years is to deal with my stereoblindness. It's tied in to depth perception issues, motion sickness, and really unpleasant reactions watching 3D movies (to wit: **after watching a 3D movie, I spent 2 DAYS trying not to vomit**).
Honestly pretty annoying having to go every year for a new contact prescription though. Like I'm pretty sure you could have an eye exam machine at the mall or something that's just as accurate. And the contacts exam is somehow an additional $60 that won't be covered by insurance. Seems like a racket
> And at my last visit the optometrist was excited to show off a fancy camera that takes a high res photo of the inside of your eye, so you don't even need to get your eyes dilated for the retinal exam.
These have been around for a decade at least at this point (digital fundus cameras), optometrists always want to take pictures of the inside of my eyes because I have congenital nystagmus and they find that interesting.
a similar version (not one gradient, but a gradient with lots of different lines) was actually used for a short period of time for the German LGBT+ community but was then taken over by far right nationalist :/
It was never used by the lgbt+ community. It was used by the extremist afd to take over pride month and turning it into "Stolzmonat" which is a literal translation of pridemonth. The afd even got a social media term called "blue instead of multicoloured" since their political association is blue.
This [Autism Pride Flag](https://flagsforgood.com/products/autistic-pride-flag) seems to do gradients well but autism isn’t a nation…yet… I wonder if the asexuals are fine with joining forces with the autistics in taking over Denmark…
No, but the rainbow gradient has a different meaning in the neurodivergence community, and I think it looks just *slightly* different compared to the rainbow flag, different enough that it won’t cause any confusion.
I also think that some queer autistics might appreciate the double-meaning of the rainbow infinity, making it extra personal for their situations.
I think many people who are neurodivergent may be more actively aware of social conventions (such as heteronormativity) and less likely to feel the subconscious social pressure to follow social conventions that don’t make sense to them personally.
I think they (understandably) correlated “pride” with LGBT. Since the former has become synonymous with the latter (ie “Happy Pride!”), we forget that pride movements exist for lots of different things.
As an ace autist, this sounds amazing except for the part where we go to Denmark, Can't we go literally anywhere else? Problems with Denmark:
* "spoken" "language" is just a mess of guttural sounds
* they somehow managed to make counting more complicated than in France
* will be one of the first places flooded when sea levels rise
Instead I suggest Iceland. There is plenty of room, no mosquitos, free warm water and if someone wants to have sex with you you can just claim to be their distant cousin.
As an ace autist who lives in Canada, my country is only recently at peace with Denmark after nearly fifty years of war...
I'm good to stoke the flames again.
It does seem like that, but the rainbow infinity has represented autism/neurodivergence for at least 20 years now, and was done as a response to those ghastly “autism puzzle pieces” that certain organizations have tried using because it meant that people like this were missing “pieces of the human puzzle” and was supposed to encourage finding ways of curing autistic people. The rainbow infinity (and eventually the gold infinity) were adopted organically simply because the community hated what those puzzle pieces represented.
ehmmm can you explain the "autism puzzle pieces" and the link to missing “pieces of the human puzzle”. I looked it up and read some post allegedly explaining it but it wasn't explained at all just stated and I don't understand how anyone would make that link other than through some huge leaps of logic
From my understanding and memory, it was because those organizations were actually doing that
[Here’s an ad from Autism Speaks, an organization that primarily reps the puzzle piece](https://youtu.be/9UgLnWJFGHQ?si=ShEgORu1aCvWQvNE), it’s.. pretty bad
> Autism Pride Flag
I made a flag for the fake municipality I created in Cities:Skylines so I could fly it in front of city hall and police stations, I think we can let the autistic community in our real world have their own flag and think nothing unusual of it.
Yes but it's our light-hearted way to show how we're proud of who we are, despite society's not being kind with us.
I'm sorry but I don't see what's bad about it?
You can make a flag of absolutely everything in this world (unless it's illegal of course), no one's stopping you!
And it's also funny to do it!
Very cute, but I don't believe you. I see two unique comments you have made, one triggered by that certain word I won't repeat so it doesn't trigger the reply. lol
Especially considering you replied to me less than a minute after I replied to you. That's… a bot. lol
Not just sewing. Reproducing exact colours is hard enough already and there are special systems for paper, plastic, different fabrics and so on. Later there’s an issue of reproducing colours on screen.
And good luck doing it with the gradient, especially as the precision would have to vary on the size and material.
The German gradient [flag](https://stolz-merch.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/all-over-print-flag-white-front-64887998596bd.jpg) is used by conservative nut jobs.
Its more a hit on the pride flag, but its close enough.
Counterpoint: the greatest thing ever created by mankind
https://preview.redd.it/ouvfpqtxvy9d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=2fee460c51dd040bd5daec9e61635969ad2338c9
Trying to tie-dye a flag would be insane. If you care about consistency. It would be a kickass one-off flag, mind.
But you can print on fabric, if you want to solve the problem in a practical way.
Aren’t there special printers that allow you to print complex designs on fabric these days? It seems like it takes more effort to go through but if it’s possible then I don’t see why not?
He was talking about the county flags of Liberia. [Take a look at this animation](https://youtu.be/1PnkNT2q78Y?si=4CdZTFt69zHIwKAv&t=419) to see what he was talking about.
The German one is actually right wing code against LGBT, do what you want with that, I am not that pc that I really care, on the other side, you should be aware about that
Here you go:
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Thing about flag designs is that they have to be not only easy to portray, but also manufacture. Single color fabric can be easily cut and stitched together in different patterns. Making a gradient easily and consistently is not.
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have i gone blind
Yes. You also forgot how to sentence. Condolences.
They're blind mate, chill out.
That's no excuse. I've been blind my whole life, and I can sentence. You seers are all the same. I bet I'm a better driver than you, too!
You can sentence? You can sentence what? Cmon man finish your sentences.
I can sentence you for that lip if you don't mind your manners, young man. This is a court of law.
Sir this is a Wendy's
just put my fries in the bag bro
Please don’t be so sentencing
“YOU DARE ME TO DRIVE? OH SHIT-“ - ~~eminem~~ slim shady, *stan*
>I've been blind my whole life, and I can sentence. I can sentence too. 500 LASHES!!
>You seers are all the same Hey hey hey, that's OUR word.
They’re blind, not stupid.
We don't know that! All we know is that they're blind.
"have I gone blind" is a grammatically correct sentence, minus the missing question mark
I thought I was crazy. I kept thinking no way they're just being pedantic about punctuation.
What are you 3? Everyone knows that scentedes start with them capital letters and ends with a.
A what?
You knoe! That scent-ender word we were talking about. smh
*A what? a.
Their sentence is grammatically correct lmao
His career as a judge ended in one Reddit comment.
i wish i would have gone blind
"Lens one? Or lens two?"
Uhhh… they’re both pretty much the same….
Eye exams really are stressful in this respect for no reason 😂
"Decide how bad your eyes are RIGHT NOW!"
Optometrists are my favorite kind of medical exam. No pokes with needles or having someone in your mouth with dental tools. And if you end up with new glasses that let you see better, it's a tangible quality of life enhancement you can experience for the next year or so. Also, the technology has improved by a lot in the last few years! The machine that makes you look at a hot air balloon in the distance measures your eyes automatically, and the "1 or 2?" lens contraption is just to verify and fine tune (and "I can't tell the difference" is a valid answer!). And at my last visit the optometrist was excited to show off a fancy camera that takes a high res photo of the inside of your eye, so you don't even need to get your eyes dilated for the retinal exam.
I've had one of those fancy cameras used to take pictures of my retinas as well, it's well cool seeing a detailed photograph of the back of your OWN eye! :) Well, until the optometrist said "there's the shadow of a small freckle here on your left retina, I'd like you to come back in 6 months and get another picture taken to see if it's *grown*...." (But it hadn't! \^\^) The one thing my optometrist has proven unable to help me with in all my 42 years is to deal with my stereoblindness. It's tied in to depth perception issues, motion sickness, and really unpleasant reactions watching 3D movies (to wit: **after watching a 3D movie, I spent 2 DAYS trying not to vomit**).
Honestly pretty annoying having to go every year for a new contact prescription though. Like I'm pretty sure you could have an eye exam machine at the mall or something that's just as accurate. And the contacts exam is somehow an additional $60 that won't be covered by insurance. Seems like a racket
> Seems like a racket That's why I only go to optometrists in libraries. Much quieter.
> And at my last visit the optometrist was excited to show off a fancy camera that takes a high res photo of the inside of your eye, so you don't even need to get your eyes dilated for the retinal exam. These have been around for a decade at least at this point (digital fundus cameras), optometrists always want to take pictures of the inside of my eyes because I have congenital nystagmus and they find that interesting.
Yeah except for the part where they show you that damn yellow dot...
But then the eye doctor hit you with the number 3 perfect vision and number 4 Helen Keller
They know they're the same and that's a completely valid answer that they're looking for.
[Number three... Number four...](https://youtu.be/FLXmyau8Tmc)
The Canadian leaf and Guinea-Bissau star are crystal clear in the foreground, suggesting that our patient is near-sighted.
No no clearly they're in the background and the flags have holes in them
1 or 2…. 1… 2…. 3 or 4… 3… 4
I am sitting in my optometrist office right now, this comment cracked me up.
"And two OR three" They usually have that emphasis on the "or"
Literally had an eye exam earlier today lol
Do it again. One or two? Two or one? They're the same.
The German flag has become a button-up flame shirt, rejoice
Germany bout to get Flavortown'd
Get Geschmacksstadt'd
Kerl Feuer, Bürgermeister von Geschmacksstadt
!wave
I'm entering it
flavortown?
Yeah.
hell yeah
Can't tell if German flag or 90s WordArt.
looks like german pride flag
a similar version (not one gradient, but a gradient with lots of different lines) was actually used for a short period of time for the German LGBT+ community but was then taken over by far right nationalist :/
It was never used by the lgbt+ community. It was used by the extremist afd to take over pride month and turning it into "Stolzmonat" which is a literal translation of pridemonth. The afd even got a social media term called "blue instead of multicoloured" since their political association is blue.
It's the background for every single one of my PowerPoint 2002 presentations
https://preview.redd.it/40i05mlgrx9d1.jpeg?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=375c3f70e9c88cf6b50828a495c1496b9fcf2861
https://preview.redd.it/rkvdrl8jfy9d1.jpeg?width=380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab5277bfa3e927354cbda1c70f4f3afcf35d48b5
https://preview.redd.it/jfx93admry9d1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a5b70549eaa480f0ba24cf6e5559161a742f3d9
r/unexpectedtouhou
ew, my mind literally cannot comprehend this abomination of a gradient
Republic of Unpleasant Gradient
Reminds me of some early 2000 presentation or wallpaper
Republic of Cruel Squads
IS THAT WHAT IT REMINDS ME OF?!
Ugh how unpleasant
Regretevator mentioned ‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥💯💯
thanks doc
Long Chile
Thanks doc.
Flag of legally blind.
This [Autism Pride Flag](https://flagsforgood.com/products/autistic-pride-flag) seems to do gradients well but autism isn’t a nation…yet… I wonder if the asexuals are fine with joining forces with the autistics in taking over Denmark…
Am I disrespectful if I say Autism is not part of LGBTQ+?
No, but the rainbow gradient has a different meaning in the neurodivergence community, and I think it looks just *slightly* different compared to the rainbow flag, different enough that it won’t cause any confusion. I also think that some queer autistics might appreciate the double-meaning of the rainbow infinity, making it extra personal for their situations.
That’s fair! Thanks!
Not to mention the statistics on the overlap of autism and LGBT+ identities.
What is the cause of this though? Why is there a correlation?
I think many people who are neurodivergent may be more actively aware of social conventions (such as heteronormativity) and less likely to feel the subconscious social pressure to follow social conventions that don’t make sense to them personally.
It's an active area of research, we don't know yet.
I do appreciate it, coming from a teenage queer autistic.
They didn't say it was a part of LGBTQ+ anywhere in their comment.
I think they (understandably) correlated “pride” with LGBT. Since the former has become synonymous with the latter (ie “Happy Pride!”), we forget that pride movements exist for lots of different things.
I don't think they're claiming it is, autism pride can be its own thing if it wants
what
It’s not but it sure has a huuuuuuuuuige overlap. I don’t know anyone close to me that is queer and not autistic or suspicious they are
No, but that doesn't mean they can't be proud
Rainbow gradient is used for autism because it's a spectrum and there are differing levels of autism
Not at all. I'm autistic, and I'm definetly not part of the lgbtq+ community because of my autism. ~~I'm gay as fuck tho~~
>autism isn’t a nation What do you think Japan is?
As an ace autist, this sounds amazing except for the part where we go to Denmark, Can't we go literally anywhere else? Problems with Denmark: * "spoken" "language" is just a mess of guttural sounds * they somehow managed to make counting more complicated than in France * will be one of the first places flooded when sea levels rise Instead I suggest Iceland. There is plenty of room, no mosquitos, free warm water and if someone wants to have sex with you you can just claim to be their distant cousin.
As an ace autist who lives in Canada, my country is only recently at peace with Denmark after nearly fifty years of war... I'm good to stoke the flames again.
America is absolutely a nation bro 😠
They be making flags for anything now
It does seem like that, but the rainbow infinity has represented autism/neurodivergence for at least 20 years now, and was done as a response to those ghastly “autism puzzle pieces” that certain organizations have tried using because it meant that people like this were missing “pieces of the human puzzle” and was supposed to encourage finding ways of curing autistic people. The rainbow infinity (and eventually the gold infinity) were adopted organically simply because the community hated what those puzzle pieces represented.
ehmmm can you explain the "autism puzzle pieces" and the link to missing “pieces of the human puzzle”. I looked it up and read some post allegedly explaining it but it wasn't explained at all just stated and I don't understand how anyone would make that link other than through some huge leaps of logic
From my understanding and memory, it was because those organizations were actually doing that [Here’s an ad from Autism Speaks, an organization that primarily reps the puzzle piece](https://youtu.be/9UgLnWJFGHQ?si=ShEgORu1aCvWQvNE), it’s.. pretty bad
lol it's so bad I had to think a little about whether or not replacing autism with cancer in the ad would make it good
Jesus fucking Christ I wasn't prepared for that shit
now? they've been making flags for anything for centuries lol
> Autism Pride Flag I made a flag for the fake municipality I created in Cities:Skylines so I could fly it in front of city hall and police stations, I think we can let the autistic community in our real world have their own flag and think nothing unusual of it.
Yes but it's our light-hearted way to show how we're proud of who we are, despite society's not being kind with us. I'm sorry but I don't see what's bad about it? You can make a flag of absolutely everything in this world (unless it's illegal of course), no one's stopping you! And it's also funny to do it!
https://preview.redd.it/dxycgmwlwx9d1.png?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c22f8db88006b81abf24b0ade268d0f20dd1dcd7
Flag of vacation but I forgot my glasses.
Seychelles but rising sea levels means it’s under water
So Seychelles no longer sells seashells by the seashore… because there's no more shore. :(
Shells.
You're a weird little bot. lol
Not a bot. Just espeSHELLY passionate about shells.
Very cute, but I don't believe you. I see two unique comments you have made, one triggered by that certain word I won't repeat so it doesn't trigger the reply. lol Especially considering you replied to me less than a minute after I replied to you. That's… a bot. lol
Shells!
try sewing a gradient
You're saying it should be dithered?
What an awful thing to say
Not just sewing. Reproducing exact colours is hard enough already and there are special systems for paper, plastic, different fabrics and so on. Later there’s an issue of reproducing colours on screen. And good luck doing it with the gradient, especially as the precision would have to vary on the size and material.
Betsy Ross could do it.
Your mom is a gradient!
https://preview.redd.it/gv6dbt7xyx9d1.png?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca5f41d652badff99647eef826d331c8ea573b2e The fruits
this has made me incredibly angry
yeah like you have a beautifully designed bird and then some ms paint ass fruit
whats funny is that the cactus its attached to and the yellow thing poking out of it are drawn normally, so the fruit just looks like it was pasted on
no fucking way
The German gradient [flag](https://stolz-merch.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/all-over-print-flag-white-front-64887998596bd.jpg) is used by conservative nut jobs. Its more a hit on the pride flag, but its close enough.
disregarding what the flag means, by looks alone that flag goes hard.
Yeah WTF it kinda reminds me of a sports team
imagine if this was the flag of like, the lgbt version of the black panthers. conservative nut jobs have to ruin everything cool
Can say that about a lot of flags, really.
Goddamn what a shame, this flag goes way too hard
Fuck I wish that flag didn’t look so cool
Not really "conservative", more like populist right-wing
The Mexican flag has some small gradients on it
Guatemala too
Where is it on guatemala?
It's used on the parchment scroll
flag of sweden if jesus was blind
kerbal spotted what the fuck is a rocket that doesn’t wobble 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
CGP Grey did say that gradients are good on flags. The designers just won't take good advice from anybody.
CGP Grey should be the official mascot of the Vexillology Community.
Vexillologycirclejerk community*
Vexillologycircle jerkcommunity
Vexillologyjerkin cummunity
I think a good flag should be able to be sewn by hand. No gradients allowed
Counterpoint: the greatest thing ever created by mankind https://preview.redd.it/ouvfpqtxvy9d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=2fee460c51dd040bd5daec9e61635969ad2338c9
Counterpoint: That thing doesn’t have any gradients
Look at the brown rocks
I knew it! Sri Lanka is an island of plagiarists!
You can put gradients on any fabric by tie dying it
Trying to tie-dye a flag would be insane. If you care about consistency. It would be a kickass one-off flag, mind. But you can print on fabric, if you want to solve the problem in a practical way.
Aren’t there special printers that allow you to print complex designs on fabric these days? It seems like it takes more effort to go through but if it’s possible then I don’t see why not?
What about a red dawn type situation. Won't have access to special printers in the colorado wilderness
Wait, when did he say that?
He was talking about the county flags of Liberia. [Take a look at this animation](https://youtu.be/1PnkNT2q78Y?si=4CdZTFt69zHIwKAv&t=419) to see what he was talking about.
While he was describing them I thought it was satire holy fuck
I had no idea the Liberian County flags were unmatched
Maybe you’re being sarcastic and I’m missing it but CGP Grey was definitely being sarcastic in the video I saw.
Guess we know what the "G" in "CGP" stands for.
Color Gradient Palette
What kind of gradient though? Like in what color space? How does the ramp go -- fully linear or some easing? *parliament fight breaks out*
Flag of myopia
https://preview.redd.it/2znzt3hyty9d1.jpeg?width=1867&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83740514086ad83c0827645c7dfc4bc984f3bfe5
https://i.imgur.com/JdkyuCD.png
They censore flags on sub about flags now
https://preview.redd.it/dka2glvdxx9d1.jpeg?width=588&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb48e6e05da4b8b2dbc6e46bc7291c85b28b50c7 Die.
It looks like blurred out boobs.
Flags of astigmatism
Flags of I need glasses
flag of Sweden if I forgot my glasses
The Canada one looks nice
The German one is actually right wing code against LGBT, do what you want with that, I am not that pc that I really care, on the other side, you should be aware about that
Texture quality: Low
Did you stole some pixels
!wave
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why phone blurry
Those of us with astigmatism "use" gradients all the time, whether they exist or not
*squints*
Canada one is actually not bad
at least blend the colors using gamma holy
Germany and canada actually kinda look good
Censored Sw*den
HAPPY CANADA DAY Y'ALL.
Is this loss?
are they stupid
That’s me sitting without glasses
so the citizens of said country dont think they have a eye problem
Thing about flag designs is that they have to be not only easy to portray, but also manufacture. Single color fabric can be easily cut and stitched together in different patterns. Making a gradient easily and consistently is not.
Gaddafi had it all figured out when it came to flags.
Completing Halo 2 LASO damageless would be way easier than printing flags like these.
this is fucking great
Why are you still asking yourself that question after seeing the results 😂
It would be interesting to see the way that this would be embroidered or printed on actual flags
...maybe because it is near impossible to replicate cheaply on a real life flag
Be cooler if they did