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BoldFrankensteinMir

Also eyeballs evolved for water animals and all the land-walker eyes are basically retrofitted to that purpose, we're lucky they work at all.

# ? Oct 11, 2018 15:36

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# ? May 16, 2024 23:06

ChubbyChecker

Dick Bastardly posted:

What's the deal with eye problems? If it was genetic you'd think that the bad DNA wouldn't have made it this far in the bloodline due to premature deaths during the hunter gatherer period of human development.

At what point did corrective lenses really become common I wonder?

people with bad eyesight weren't picky when choosing partners so their genes spread widely

# ? Oct 11, 2018 15:48

Manifisto

I am jealous of creatures that have nictitating membranes, how cool would that be

ty nesamdoom!

# ? Oct 11, 2018 15:51

Papa Was A Video Toaster

ChubbyChecker posted:

people with bad eyesight weren't picky when choosing partners so their genes spread widely

laffo

# ? Oct 11, 2018 15:51

roomforthetuna: I don't need to know anything about virii! My CUSTOM PROGRAM keeps me protected! It's not like they'll try to come in through the Internet or something!

ChubbyChecker posted:

people with bad eyesight weren't picky when choosing partners so their genes spread widely

# ? Oct 11, 2018 15:54

alnilam

ChubbyChecker posted:

people with bad eyesight weren't picky when choosing partners so their genes spread widely

lol

# ? Oct 11, 2018 16:10

Dick Bastardly: Muttley is SKYNET!!!

ChubbyChecker posted:

people with bad eyesight weren't picky when choosing partners so their genes spread widely

Awesome winter sig by Symbolic, love it!

Lovely sig by the masterful Matoi Ryuko, thanks!

# ? Oct 11, 2018 17:04

Pot Smoke Phoenix: Smoke 'em if you gottem!

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# ? Oct 11, 2018 21:46

beer pal

yo... yall ever had Pasta before

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:19

City of Glompton

i hate it! sorry

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:29

beer pal

oh... my bad

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:33

Manifisto

City of Glompton posted:

i hate it! sorry

you're nuts! :grin:

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:33

Robot Made of Meat

City of Glompton posted:

i hate it! sorry

Thanks to Manifisto for the sig!

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:34

xcheopis

alnilam posted:

Consider yourself semi lucky i guess if wearing correction is even a yes or no question for you. I can't even walk around or cross the street without correction

People are correcting you on how to walk and cross streets? That's rude and those people are mean.

Everywhere, everyone is red and green
I gotta lust for glory and a tape machine
I'm living out Frank Coppola's dreams
Outta my mind, I'm feelin' mean

# ? Oct 12, 2018 03:55

beer pal

cops always correcting me on how i drive

https://i.imgur.com/xQxnooW.png

# ? Oct 12, 2018 04:00

xcheopis

As if they have room to talk. Why, just this morning I saw two, two!, cop cars pull an illegal u-turn (the sign says no u-turns, you scofflaws!) and then run a red light! wtf!

Everywhere, everyone is red and green
I gotta lust for glory and a tape machine
I'm living out Frank Coppola's dreams
Outta my mind, I'm feelin' mean

# ? Oct 12, 2018 04:08

Flesh Forge: LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Hello, i have posted :confuoot:

# ? Oct 12, 2018 06:30

drilldo squirt: a beautiful, soft meat sack

Hi.

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 06:32

Manifisto

hello & welcome! you have actually come to the right place to tell us about your dog, or at least post another pic (assuming that the cutie in your avatar is really yours). also we like to hear about hobbies and crimes.

ty nesamdoom!

# ? Oct 12, 2018 06:35

drilldo squirt: a beautiful, soft meat sack

So I've been playing the new pathfinder game that's out and it's got me screwing around that pathfinder wiki and they have space ships called spelljammers and everything is as ridiculous as you think it would be.

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 06:40

Stooge

Manifisto posted:

also we like to hear about hobbies and crimes.

also tell us about crimes your dog has committed

# ? Oct 12, 2018 07:06

Jaded Burnout

beer pal posted:

yo... yall ever had Pasta before

yeah my fiend Alan introductioned me to it. Alan Dente.

drilldo squirt posted:

Hi.

# ? Oct 12, 2018 08:07

TOOT BOOT

drilldo squirt posted:

So I've been playing the new pathfinder game that's out and it's got me screwing around that pathfinder wiki and they have space ships called spelljammers and everything is as ridiculous as you think it would be.

Spelljammer was a D&D setting in the 80s, it had space-faring hippos

# ? Oct 12, 2018 08:33

drilldo squirt: a beautiful, soft meat sack

TOOT BOOT posted:

Spelljammer was a D&D setting in the 80s, it had space-faring hippos

I want this more than I have ever wanted anything in my life.

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 08:54

drilldo squirt: a beautiful, soft meat sack

Please tell me who to throw money at to get a video game based on that nonsense.

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 08:55

sb hermit

TOOT BOOT posted:

Spelljammer was a D&D setting in the 80s, it had space-faring hippos

spelljammer is gonna be my new dj name

# ? Oct 12, 2018 09:15

ChubbyChecker

Flesh Forge posted:

Hello, i have posted

hi and welcome! post your pets

# ? Oct 12, 2018 10:00

ChubbyChecker

drilldo squirt posted:

Please tell me who to throw money at to get a video game based on that nonsense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelljammer:_Pirates_of_Realmspace

but iirc it wasn't very good

# ? Oct 12, 2018 10:01

drilldo squirt: a beautiful, soft meat sack

ChubbyChecker posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelljammer:_Pirates_of_Realmspace

but iirc it wasn't very good

Sad, do they have the giant glass sphere holding back the weird black poo poo from entering wildspace and the bunch of evil dudes walking around it that makes it possible for you to go through said giant glass sphere?

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 10:59

ShinyBirdTeeth: sparkle sparkle sparkle

We also like to hear about your baked goods, new postin pal.

# ? Oct 12, 2018 15:07

Twenty Four

alnilam posted:

Consider yourself semi lucky i guess if wearing correction is even a yes or no question for you. I can't even walk around or cross the street without correction

between my -7 contact prescription and astigmatism ive been told im legally blind without correction, and been that way pretty much my whole life

as much as I hate it and wish I was a candidate for or could afford surgery, I like to be thankful that there is technology to let me see at least fairly well. if I was born far enough in the past, I probably would just be begging on a street corner or something!

# ? Oct 12, 2018 16:12

alnilam

Twenty Four posted:

between my -7 contact prescription and astigmatism ive been told im legally blind without correction, and been that way pretty much my whole life

as much as I hate it and wish I was a candidate for or could afford surgery, I like to be thankful that there is technology to let me see at least fairly well. if I was born far enough in the past, I probably would just be begging on a street corner or something!

Yeah i think a lot about how hosed i'd be in a prior age. I definitely think about corrective surgery now and then but I've never made the move and it's spensive.

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 16:16

Twenty Four

alnilam posted:

Yeah i think a lot about how hosed i'd be in a prior age. I definitely think about corrective surgery now and then but I've never made the move and it's spensive.

I got checked for lasik many years ago and was told my eyes were so misshapen that they couldn't fix them because there wasn't enough to work with or something, but I would guess the technology has improved somewhat since then so maybe?

The cost is definitely an issue though especially for my poor rear end. I hear adds on the radio about doing surgery for like $300 an eye but I bet once you get there they would be like "oh wow you're that bad and need this and this and that" and suddenly it turns from 300 bucks to like $7000, even if they are able to do it now.

# ? Oct 12, 2018 16:58

Farecoal: There he go

sometimes I think about how hosed i would be in a post apocalypse, between my medication-requiring broke brain and my terrible eyesight

# ? Oct 12, 2018 17:04

alnilam

Twenty Four posted:

I got checked for lasik many years ago and was told my eyes were so misshapen that they couldn't fix them because there wasn't enough to work with or something, but I would guess the technology has improved somewhat since then so maybe?

The cost is definitely an issue though especially for my poor rear end. I hear adds on the radio about doing surgery for like $300 an eye but I bet once you get there they would be like "oh wow you're that bad and need this and this and that" and suddenly it turns from 300 bucks to like $7000, even if they are able to do it now.

the radio ad ones are definitely a gimmick to lure you in, there's no way they do it for less than several K per eye

i would also not trust the outfits that put out those ads because they are willing to do a sales gimmick to bring people in for surgery they're probably not super trustworthy

the tricky thing is that lasik is optive surgery so a lot of slightly less scrupulous surgeons will do it no matter what. my point here is that if someone told you "sorry bud but probably not for you," that person was probably scrupulous and i would value their advice, which unfortunately is bad news for you because it means you probably shouldn't get it

i haven't been checked out yet but I have a feelinng i will be told something similar

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# ? Oct 12, 2018 17:13

Twenty Four

alnilam posted:

the radio ad ones are definitely a gimmick to lure you in, there's no way they do it for less than several K per eye

i would also not trust the outfits that put out those ads because they are willing to do a sales gimmick to bring people in for surgery they're probably not super trustworthy

the tricky thing is that lasik is optive surgery so a lot of slightly less scrupulous surgeons will do it no matter what. my point here is that if someone told you "sorry bud but probably not for you," that person was probably scrupulous and i would value their advice, which unfortunately is bad news for you because it means you probably shouldn't get it

i haven't been checked out yet but I have a feelinng i will be told something similar

Yeah I totally agree, my only thoughts was "the tech probably got better in the past decade and a half and maybe now it is possible?" I definitely wouldn't trust my vision with discount eye surgery.

Farecoal posted:

sometimes I think about how hosed i would be in a post apocalypse, between my medication-requiring broke brain and my terrible eyesight

I have thought about this before and thought that while everyone else would be raiding grocery stores and stuff, I would be stocking up on as many contact lenses and glasses to last my life and selling the ones that don't match my prescription to someone for a can of beans or something lol.

# ? Oct 12, 2018 17:27

Papa Was A Video Toaster

I have pretty good vision, but I'd pay a grand an eye for laser eyes.

# ? Oct 12, 2018 18:11

Jaded Burnout

Farecoal posted:

sometimes I think about how hosed i would be in a post apocalypse, between my medication-requiring broke brain and my terrible eyesight