Wait a minute, /b/ was actually helpful?
For those of you who know what /b/ or 4chan is, you know that it tends to be the absolute dregs of the internet. We’re talking the depths of the Marianas Trench bad. I’d link, but if you really want to check it out on your own, you have to find it - and it won’t be hard.
Oddly enough, it’s also the birthplace of LOLcats. Go figure.
A few minutes ago, I randomly decided to pop onto /b/, as an odd way of figuring out what to do next with my day, work-wise.
Well, I was shocked to see a non scat/cp/horselove/furry/lolcat/tubgirl/2girls1cup/meme/whatever post, but this instead:
dear anon,
for many, many years there were these strange dots and filaments in my field of vision and i didn’t know what it was. i went to the oculist _several times_ but he said he couldn’t see anything unusual.
then, years after i started to live with my strange little friends (believe it or not, but i even named the first and biggest one, he’s called “horst”), i went to /b/ for a smooth little fap and then i see this picture in a “if you have floaters you must post ITT” thread.
world stood still for a second. then, i googled floaters (mouches volantes for the non-english) and found out what was accompanying me for so many years. it was so fucking relieving to just _know_ what it is, to have a term for it. it’s pretty harmless and so much fun because there isn’t a single day where i don’t play with my little friends in boring moments by letting them “jump” over obstacles and stuff. i think, my live is better with floaters, but it’s definitely better since i know what that “sickness” is.
so, anon, thank you for just sharing your diseases with other people, it might be helpful for someone! you’ll always have a place in my heart! (watch next post for tits, it’s an act of honor that i deliver)
tl;dr If you have floaters you must post ITT!
I SO have this - it’s called myodesopsia - and I’m guessing it’s quite common. I’ve had it as long as I can remember, but it’s never really negatively affected my vision, so I just ignore it most of the time. Mine is more subtle than the image below, simulating looking at a blue sky with myodesopsia:
I still can’t believe that /b/ was, well I wouldn’t necessarily say helpful, but I guess informative. And not in that “Oh my god, I really didn’t need to know/see that” sense.
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