What are phosphenes?
Correct answer: Light spots you see when rubbing closed eyes
Marcus Space Cadet
I never realised they actually had a specific name. Great!
barbit58
it's also a class of chemical compounds
prplgrl
"Polish fireworks."
I know that's politically incorrect. Still funny.
Im of Slovakian descent so I blv I'm allowed
PerfectForester179
Is it possible to experience it (phosif one is blind?
IllustratedGrrl
LOL sounds like how the ancients amused themselves before psychedelics.
Bipin
Marcus Space Cadet, i once thought they were the bacterias and only i could see them without the microscope. Well was very young then.
Player #10628065
OK, but, what is optic neuritis?
Manilal
prplgrl, Don't worry about being politically correct....being politically correct has taken away the fun and humor and made this world a boring gloomy place to live in.
Player #7806037
yep I was looking for the chemical element to the question,so got it wrong 🤔
Guillermo
I "look" at them to help me fall asleep
Maman Moustique
Never remember such type of terms in daily life.
arohanui
IllustratedGrrl, psychedelics have always been around.
Wannabe Vulcan
PerfectForester179, good question! I'm guessing it would depend on the type/cause of blindness?
Royalty
PerfectForester179, I like the question
Tea biscuit
In my distant youth I rubbed my eyes in conjunction with psychedelics. Quite beautiful.
Karen
PerfectForester179, I lost my eyesight from MS and yes that was all I saw. My vision eventually came back.
Player #62752956
prplgrl, I’m polish and that’s funny!!!
TJ SISTA
Very interesting, I get them all the time when I go to sleep.
Catmad
All my life whenever I've done it I can see all sorts of things, mostly faces that fade and come back, or patterns, clouds, brilliant colours.
Andrea
I had one reciently (actually two!) from nowhere, in the middle of the day (without rubbing my eye or smthn) it was like little kaleidoscope or diamond in my field of view covering like 1/6 of it. very trippy!
Angel
This happens with MS too...
Angel
Player #10628065, optic-sight/eye, neurutis-nerve/inflammation... when the optic nerve is inflamed
Vince
all these years and never new they have a name. neat
Pedro
IllustratedGrrl, before psychodelics??? 🤣🤣🤣 they took more than modern men
Chrisss
Ijahdell Sisnett.
Sharon
and I thought i was the only one it happened to...
Player #22519004
barbit58, surely that's phosphates.
Sassy
'gg
Player #9095038
penawareof, has
Birdiemom
barbit58, do you mean 'phosgenes'?
Player #3772077
Marcus Space Cadet, I thought they were eye worms!
penawareof
Oh Yeah!