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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Glancing at the eclipse while it’s in totality is not going to give you permanent damage. Now if you stare at it until totality is over and the sun is on full blast again…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

playing russian roulette is not going to give you permanent damage every 5/6 times

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Or if you’re not in the path of totality…. The risk just isn’t worth it.

Let’s just not look up at the bright thing in the sky that can cause permanent damage at any given time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

...and ignore one of the coolest things there is to see on the sky