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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: mankie on February 19, 2004, 11:20:00 am
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.....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.
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yeah I get those all the time
I like to think it is the result of a giant brain tumor
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I get them quite a bit too....just assumed it was a stroke.
The one last night was just pissing me off more than the others usually do.
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Originally posted by mankie:
.....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.
floaters...the result of fluid in front of your retina...if they get out of hand, they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw187866.asp?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348} (http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw187866.asp?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348})
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Ahh Flying flies.....
The correct medical term is Latin, Muscae Volitantes. It means flying flies. Do not focus on them or they will drive you quite insane.
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Originally posted by MaLo:
Originally posted by mankie:
[qb]they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
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As everyone has them, they are not a sign or retinal detachment. Well not unless you get a lot of new ones appearing.
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I heard they were due to not enough sex.
Never had them myself.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by MaLo:
Originally posted by mankie:
[qb]they can be a symptom of a retinal detachment
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As everyone has them, they are not a sign or retinal detachment. Well not unless you get a lot of new ones appearing. [/b]
Yup! I did mention that if they get out of hand they can be a symptom.
My dad has had two retinal detachments, one when i was born, and then another like 15 years ago. So many dinner time conversations growing up focused around retinas and floaters and flashs.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Never had them myself.
Oh you have them. You probably just have not concentrated on anything, ever. Stare at a white sheet and if you look hard you will see little grey flecks, try moving your eye to see them and they move with your eye. Because they are in your eye.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
I heard they were due to not enough gay sex.
Never had them myself.
You might be on to something.
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Originally posted by MaLo:
Yup!
Sorry 'bout that. I just didnt want Mankie worrying his pretty little head.
So I understand the floater part, explain the flashes?
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by MaLo:
Yup!
Sorry 'bout that. I just didnt want Mankie worrying his pretty little head.
So I understand the floater part, explain the flashes? [/b]
from webMD:
Flashes of light or sparks when you move your eyes or head. These are easier to see against a dark background. The brief flashes occur when the vitreous gel tugs on the retina (vitreous traction). Vitreous traction may tear the retina, leading to a retinal detachment.
I have like 800 pamphlets on this at home, my eye doctor keeps mailing them to me.
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I always called it 'seeing stars'.
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Originally posted by chaz:
I always called it 'seeing stars'.
Seeing stars is different though isn't it? You do actually see stars when you get walloped on the mellon, it's happened to me on numerous occasions.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
[qb]
at a white sheet and if you look hard you will see little grey flecks, try moving your eye to see them and they move with your eye. Because they are in your eye. [/b]
I think what you just described is different -- I have those, but they're constant -- they move with your eye because they are tiny scratches *on* your eye. They're always there, I just notice them once in a while (usually when looking at a white wall, etc., but if I want to, I can see them right now even in front of the computer screen). You don't see the scratches when you close your eyes.
I've heard of floaters, but haven't experienced them. Has something to do with gunk in the fluid in your eye...
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Originally posted by mankie:
.....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.
It's called "middle age" you manky old bastard, you. Deal with it!
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Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Originally posted by mankie:
.....seen those little things flying around you off to one side, but then when you move your eyes to look directly at them they disappear. Then when you close your eyes they turn into tiny neon lights.
Just what the fuck are they? I had one last night that would NOT go away, the little bastard.
It's called "middle age" you manky old bastard, you. Deal with it! [/b]
I've been middle aged since I was about 10 years old then.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by mark e smith:
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I've heard of floaters, but haven't experienced them. Has something to do with gunk in the fluid in your eye... [/b]
They are not scratches on your eye. They are floaters.
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man, since i've this thread i've become much more conscious of my own floaters and now i have a horrible headache
grrr
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Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by chaz:
I always called it 'seeing stars'.
Seeing stars is different though isn't it? You do actually see stars when you get walloped on the mellon, it's happened to me on numerous occasions. [/b]
Ok...so I see stars then. Maybe I never totally got over a few of the blows to my noggin. After reading your initial post I see something different than you. You got floaters, I got stars.
I like my stars.
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Chicken & stars...
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i guess i will think you are crazy till i see these things myself....or atleast i dont think i have seen them....
i personaly love/hate getting up to fast and then getting dizzy and short loss of vision.
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I know this is off topic but Iâ??ve wanted to ask this question for a while now.
Have you everâ?¦dropped a duce in the 930, blackcat or velvet loungeâ??s WCs? If so how many different diseases do you now have as a result?
Who do you think has the scariest bathroom. I vote for the blackcat.
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Originally posted by JGatz:
Who do you think has the scariest bathroom. I vote for the blackcat.
blackcat might be one of the scariest bathrooms ever. there was a chunk of vonit that stayed on the third urinal from the door for a good six months. I bet even then someone pissed on it and it worked lose.
I dont think it is likely that you will catch diseases or get pregnant from a toilet seat.
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Originally posted by JGatz:
Who do you think has the scariest bathroom. I vote for the blackcat.
After using the bathroom at the old 9:30 way too many times, I fear no restroom.
CBGB's was pretty scary though, from what I recall.
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I've never thought about it until now, but I have never used the bathroom at the Black Cat (either location).
I'm sure you are all fascinated by this factoid.
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Aren't crabs a possibility?
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by JGatz:
Who do you think has the scariest bathroom. I vote for the blackcat.
blackcat might be one of the scariest bathrooms ever. there was a chunk of vonit that stayed on the third urinal from the door for a good six months. I bet even then someone pissed on it and it worked lose.
I dont think it is likely that you will catch diseases or get pregnant from a toilet seat. [/b]
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I've never thought about it until now, but I have never used the bathroom at the Black Cat (either location).
I'm sure you are all fascinated by this factoid.
You must use the 8 hour depends.
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Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Aren't crabs a possibility?
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by JGatz:
Who do you think has the scariest bathroom. I vote for the blackcat.
blackcat might be one of the scariest bathrooms ever. there was a chunk of vonit that stayed on the third urinal from the door for a good six months. I bet even then someone pissed on it and it worked lose.
I dont think it is likely that you will catch diseases or get pregnant from a toilet seat. [/b]
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Then if the crabs breed...aren't you also getting pregnant?
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I have heard that that is stuff floating around inside your eyeball. Apparently they are more prevalent in those who tend to be analytical. Sometimes they drive me nuts!
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Originally posted by kittykat:
I have heard that that is stuff floating around inside your eyeball. Apparently they are more prevalent in those who tend to be analytical. Sometimes they drive me nuts!
Oooooh, that's great news....I have bad handwriting which evidently makes me a genius, and now with the wiggly-woos in my eyes I'm an analytical genius.
And here's me thinking it was just a silly old stroke.
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Originally posted by Skeeter:
Originally posted by JGatz:
[qb] CBGB's was pretty scary though, from what I recall. [/b]
Hands down, CBGB's had the very worst restroom ever! The old one, before they renovated it. Almost blacked out from trying to hold my breath because of the super intense urine smell. The walls were big rocks and the mortar between the rocks was lined with bright green slime.
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I would have to say the bathrooms at Brixton Academy were quite foul. It was as if someone had taken buckets full of puke and thrown them onto the walls.
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the bathroom in my school, uppstairs in the history hall, where all the mexicans hang out and smoke. they are the mexicans in gangs that scare people out....
the one time i went to the black cat it wasn't that bad....neither was the one time in the 930 bathroom...
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the blackcat bathrooms i think are actually pretty nice.. painted all pink and girlie and they're not right off of the hall like the men's bathrooms are. the 930 ones can get pretty gamey if it's been a crazy night.. my rule of thumb with any public bathroom is don't go unless you are about to piss your pants. germs just gross me out.
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Originally posted by i do not heart winter:
the blackcat bathrooms i think are actually pretty nice.. painted all pink and girlie and they're not right off of the hall like the men's bathrooms are. the 930 ones can get pretty gamey if it's been a crazy night.. my rule of thumb with any public bathroom is don't go unless you are about to piss your pants. germs just gross me out.
Odd, I see them as exactly opposite. The Black Cat's are fair if you get in early but can be pretty nasty later in the evening. Also, they often run out of TP and paper towels. In fact, even early in the evening there seems to rarely be any paper towels in the place.
Now the 9:30 restrooms I would have to say are above average, from my experiences, even later in the evening.
It's always that 1st bitch who refuses to sit on the seat and then splashes it up and ruins it for everyone else that turns the toilets into cess pool stands. They are the bitches that I'd like to dunk their heads in the bowls.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Odd, I see them as exactly opposite. The Black Cat's are fair if you get in early but can be pretty nasty later in the evening. Also, they often run out of TP and paper towels. In fact, even early in the evening there seems to rarely be any paper towels in the place.
Now the 9:30 restrooms I would have to say are above average, from my experiences, even later in the evening.
It's always that 1st bitch who refuses to sit on the seat and then splashes it up and ruins it for everyone else that turns the toilets into cess pool stands. They are the bitches that I'd like to dunk their heads in the bowls.
well, that whole thing about TP and paper towels is true! that does bother me, now that i think about it. but i guess since the bathrooms tend to not reek of vomit or urine, they're ok by me. the 930's upstairs are usually in good shape.. but downstairs can get a bit crazy ie lots of pee and random tissues everywhere. blegh.
i too get pissed at the women who decide to have splashy pee, but sitting down on a public toilet in a bar/club isn't too appealing to me either. so, despite the fact that i drink gallons of water, i usually just wait until i scramble home to pee.
is this weird that we're talking about toilets and peeing? eh, who cares? :p
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
It's always that 1st bitch who refuses to sit on the seat and then splashes it up and ruins it for everyone else that turns the toilets into cess pool stands.
That's why I do it standing up...it comes with the chromosomes.