Captain Hindsight Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 1:03 PM, row_33 said: i have done that to a few.... thanks for letting me know it's not a funny thing.... Expand Some comedian does a bit where he sits in a handicapped persons wheelchair and says "Wow, you really cant walk!" Always made me think twice before saying something about a disability
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 1:17 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: Bright side, your mother may be special! Maybe Your mother has super vision and can see more colors than anybody could dream about. She should get tested. Read the about women that may be out there w/super vision. From 2012: http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/06-humans-with-super-human-vision They are already starting to find some of these women with a fourth come in their eyes: https://futurism.com/uk-woman-extra-cone-cell-her-eyes-can-see-more-colors Expand Fix your typo. Looks bad. Sounds worse. 1
row_33 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 2:11 PM, Captain Hindsight said: Some comedian does a bit where he sits in a handicapped persons wheelchair and says "Wow, you really cant walk!" Always made me think twice before saying something about a disability Expand CB isn't that life-crushing, i had no idea 3 people i knew for decades had it until they asked me to help them out maybe some people were milking it to be in a wheelchair....
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) On 4/24/2019 at 2:13 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Fix your typo. Looks bad. Sounds worse. Expand Would you believe damn fugging AutoCorrect! ? LMAO! CONE not come. Who puts N and M next to each other on such a small phone keyboard! Edited April 24, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois
Wacka Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) R-G colorblindness, the most common, is inherited on the X chromosome and affects about 6 percent of males. Since females have two X chromosomes, it affects less than 0.5 percent. A friend told me that the traffic lights look the same and both look brownish. He could only tell from their position. Edited April 24, 2019 by Wacka 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 2:45 PM, Wacka said: R-G colorblindness, the most common, is inherited on the X chromosome and affects about 6 percent of males. Since females have two X chromosomes, it affects less than 0.5 percent. A friend told me that the traffic lights look the same and both look brownish. He could only tell from their position. Expand He shouldn't drive in sections of Syracuse and other parts of county that reverse the traffic light order!!!! https://gizmodo.com/the-story-behind-syracuses-upside-down-traffic-light-1545301615 "The Story Behind Syracuse's Upside-Down Traffic Light. Unlike nearly every other traffic light in the U.S., the traffic light up on Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, New York displays green above red. ... Legend has it that a traffic light first came to the intersection Milton Avenue and Tompkins Street in 1925."
row_33 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 2:45 PM, Wacka said: R-G colorblindness, the most common, is inherited on the X chromosome and affects about 6 percent of males. Since females have two X chromosomes, it affects less than 0.5 percent. A friend told me that the traffic lights look the same and both look brownish. He could only tell from their position. Expand the live one is most heavily shaded on the lights ah heck, just drive right through, beep the horn if it's gonna be a 50/50 call
Augie Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 I learned I was moderately red/green color blind about 10 years ago......and retroactively lost every argument we’ve ever had about color/decorating/attire, etc. Now I just bow out with “don’t ask the color blind guy!” (I still know what I like and what I don’t, even if it’s not what YOU see!) 1 2
row_33 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 3:15 PM, Augie said: I learned I was moderately red/green color blind about 10 years ago......and retroactively lost every argument we’ve ever had about color/decorating/attire, etc. Now I just bow out with “don’t ask the color blind guy!” (I still know what I like and what I don’t, even if it’s not what YOU see!) Expand i just learned to say "yes dear", even with excellent colour distinction (including how to correctly spell colour) 2
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 3:15 PM, Augie said: I learned I was moderately red/green color blind about 10 years ago......and retroactively lost every argument we’ve ever had about color/decorating/attire, etc. Now I just bow out with “don’t ask the color blind guy!” (I still know what I like and what I don’t, even if it’s not what YOU see!) Expand I am not color blind... But still feel your pain. LoL... Yet... I have no excuse to cling to. LoL...
CoachT Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 1:17 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: Bright side, your mother may be special! Maybe Your mother has super vision and can see more colors than anybody could dream about. She should get tested. Read about the women that may be out there w/super vision. From 2012: http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/06-humans-with-super-human-vision They are already starting to find some of these women with a fourth CONE in their eyes: https://futurism.com/uk-woman-extra-cone-cell-her-eyes-can-see-more-colors Expand Thanks for the share, that was fascinating. I looked, but there does not seem to be a test for this. But I wonder about my mom and daughter.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) On 4/24/2019 at 7:45 PM, CoachT said: Thanks for the share, that was fascinating. I looked, but there does not seem to be a test for this. But I wonder about my mom and daughter. Expand You're welcome... I find it extremely fascinating! Just imagine the colors they see! No test... Because the women that have a fourth cone do not know. Everything is guaged around the world we see... Not them. Now that they found one... There can probably be an established baseline. We as humans don't know these shades. Like an animal... They see so many less shades then we do. Then humans so much more. Women with the 4th cone even more. They are out there. Trick is to find them. A good chance these women have color blind son's. That's a start. Edited April 24, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois
CoachT Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 3:15 PM, Augie said: I learned I was moderately red/green color blind about 10 years ago......and retroactively lost every argument we’ve ever had about color/decorating/attire, etc. Now I just bow out with “don’t ask the color blind guy!” (I still know what I like and what I don’t, even if it’s not what YOU see!) Expand I had to call the wife from the strore as I was picking out paint for our cabinets to remind her that she should probably be the one picking the paint haha We were looking for charcoal so I think I did ok, just happy my dyslexia didn't kick in at that moment 1
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/24/2019 at 2:56 PM, row_33 said: the live one is most heavily shaded on the lights ah heck, just drive right through, beep the horn if it's gonna be a 50/50 call Expand It’s both frightening and interesting to see all the brain lamed sorts during power failures, who believe the ‘larger’ or ‘faster’ street has the right of way. An intersection controlled by a traffic signal that has ceased to function becomes a four way stop.
BUFFALOKIE Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) I am color indifferent. Black, white, yellow, brown or red, I dig. Never had a green chick....yet. it's all pink in the middle!!!!!! Edited April 24, 2019 by BUFFALOKIE
Marv's Neighbor Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/23/2019 at 10:54 PM, mead107 said: Not when it comes to ? I love red Expand Yeah, the green, not so much! On 4/23/2019 at 11:29 PM, CoachT said: I don't know how this turned into a wine thread but .. White don't get me drunk at all, I can drink a whole bottle and .. nothing Red is a great fun drunk. Love a good red wine drunk .. but gives me a headache every single time. Sometimes the headache starts that same night. Is that because I'm drinking the cheap stuff or am I just a softie? Expand I stay away from Cabernet. The tannins do me in. Blends usually OK, just no straight Cabernet.
Shamrock Posted April 28, 2019 Posted April 28, 2019 On 4/23/2019 at 11:10 PM, row_33 said: quite a few have some form of it in my life a doctor a few generations back was totally colour blind he always denied it and didn't quite pass the Air Force physical when he volunteered for WW2 his kids would always ask him for a red towel to keep him humble... -------------------------------------------- this test isn't going to make me get real close and then a screaming witch pops up and i almost wet myself.... Expand Should have joined the army. Colour blindness is an apparently useful trait in spotting. They’re not fooled by camouflage so they can ‘see’ human created forms- straight lines and similar that don’t exist in nature more easily.
Formerly Allan in MD Posted April 28, 2019 Posted April 28, 2019 Reminds me of when the Bills, during their first couple years of existance, signed a young quarterback (Johnny Green) who was considered a real hot shot. Turned out he continually threw interceptions in camp and the preseason. So they tested his eyes and determined he was color blind. Stayed briefly with the Bills and later the old NY Titans but never did much at all.
T&C Posted April 28, 2019 Posted April 28, 2019 On 4/23/2019 at 11:29 PM, CoachT said: I don't know how this turned into a wine thread but .. White don't get me drunk at all, I can drink a whole bottle and .. nothing Red is a great fun drunk. Love a good red wine drunk .. but gives me a headache every single time. Sometimes the headache starts that same night. Is that because I'm drinking the cheap stuff or am I just a softie? Expand Its the sulfites... good luck finding wine without them in it.
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