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minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoSeems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of “stars” since they don’t look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFor clarification, the lines are caused by the mirrors’ edges, and the cross hatch pattern common on street lamps in pictures comes from a filter (or scratched lenses/other filters.) With your normal eyeballs, it comes from defects like cataracts.
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThey particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts. Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI must assume all people who name things have astigmatism.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoSurely whoever named astigmatism had astigmatism.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoẦ̷̡̧̳̮̳̝͇͉͖̼̻͕̘̱̓s̵̡̨̛͈͓̦̫̱̝̼͇͆͒̾̀̋̽̎̔̍̒̇͘t̶̪̥̔͛̓͊̃ī̸͉g̷̨̡̤̞͔̹̻̳̬̥͓̿̓̔̓̇͘̕͝ͅm̴̛̭̗̔̓̈́͊a̷̲̞͓̹̼̬͙͚̣̲̦͚̍͜͝ͅt̷̢͈̲͖̥̂̍͠ì̵̢̗͎͕͖͇̼͇̭͓̭̠̿́̅̿͜s̵͚̻̀͒̄̿̓̔̽̌͜͝m̷̡̞̻̟͔̠̫͎̮̮͖̲̭̳̜̀͂̌̈̋͒͠
Seems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of “stars” since they don’t look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.
For clarification, the lines are caused by the mirrors’ edges, and the cross hatch pattern common on street lamps in pictures comes from a filter (or scratched lenses/other filters.)
With your normal eyeballs, it comes from defects like cataracts.
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They particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts.
Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.
I must assume all people who name things have astigmatism.
Surely whoever named astigmatism had astigmatism.
Ầ̷̡̧̳̮̳̝͇͉͖̼̻͕̘̱̓s̵̡̨̛͈͓̦̫̱̝̼͇͆͒̾̀̋̽̎̔̍̒̇͘t̶̪̥̔͛̓͊̃ī̸͉g̷̨̡̤̞͔̹̻̳̬̥͓̿̓̔̓̇͘̕͝ͅm̴̛̭̗̔̓̈́͊a̷̲̞͓̹̼̬͙͚̣̲̦͚̍͜͝ͅt̷̢͈̲͖̥̂̍͠ì̵̢̗͎͕͖͇̼͇̭͓̭̠̿́̅̿͜s̵͚̻̀͒̄̿̓̔̽̌͜͝m̷̡̞̻̟͔̠̫͎̮̮͖̲̭̳̜̀͂̌̈̋͒͠