UnNews:Scientists say look at eclipse if you really fucking want to

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

This might look like an eclipse, but it's actually what your pupil looks like when you stare at one.

Leading members of the scientific community have announced, "You can look directly at eclipses if you really fucking want to."

The statement goes against the traditional advice to view eclipses using one of a number of precautions, including pinhole projectors and aluminized mylar sheeting.

Physicist Joanna Corey stated, "During the darkness caused by an eclipse, your pupils dilate. This means that when the sun appears again from behind it, your eyes can be 'caught by surprise', and your retina is penetrated by an increased amount of sunlight. Thus, watching an eclipse is even more dangerous than staring at the sun.

"But, hey, look straight at it if you really fucking want to."

Health experts have expressed alarm at the announcement, but many bloggers welcomed the news.

One, Macdaddy1991, wrote: "An eclipse is a cosmic event. If you watch one with a girl, you can totally talk that astronomical shit up to get her in the mood. I once got a leftie cappuccino during an eclipse.

"Watching an eclipse through some kind of safety device is like whipping out a novelty condom during sex - it's a total buzzkill. No one has ever got laid any time soon after saying the words, 'I think we should use the pinhole projector.'"

Sources

• Leverage, "Why is it dangerous to look at the solar eclipse directly specially at that moment?" Physlink, March 24, 2015