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I just saw a post on reddit where at a wedding, the wife gave her husband some similar glasses. Lots of crying. Many of the comments were similar to here wher

I just saw a post on reddit where at a wedding, the wife gave her husband some similar glasses. Lots of crying. Many of the comments were similar to here where colorblind people said they don't help. This makes me wonder if some new colorblindness glasses manufacturer is planting "viral" content.

tokai 6y ago
I don't think the manufacturers need to plant anything. Creators are so hungry for easy content.
geuis 6y ago
This is a video one of my friends recorded a few years ago of our friend Tim, who is color blind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndT0wnAb8bU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndT0wnAb8bU While I get that a lot of these videos seem like viral marketing, I know from personal experience in this case that it wasn’t. They really do work for some people, and it’s an amazing experience for them.
- glaberficken 6y ago
  I cannot read anything on this shirt Can you? https://youtu.be/ndT0wnAb8bU?t=160 https://youtu.be/ndT0wnAb8bU?t=160
  - mmastrac 6y ago
    Seems to say something something "color blind"? I can see the red and green dots but they just don't resolve for me. n/m I got the full message during one of the pans and then the voiceover confirmed it. I find that shirt incredibly hard to read and I don't _think_ I'm color blind but maybe I am slightly?
    - Jaruzel 6y ago
      It says 'Fuck The Color Blind' - orangey-red letters on greenish background.
    - glaberficken 6y ago
      I just took the test on enchroma's website[1] (take it with a grain of salt for obvious reasons) but it seems to describe accurately what I have suspected my whole life. The result for me was: DEUTAN with MODERATE severity The description they provide for this type of color blindness fits exactly with my life experience. >"WHAT IS DEUTAN COLOR BLINDNESS? Deutan color blindness (also known as deuteranomaly) is a type of red-green color blindness in which the green cones in the eye detect too much red light and not enough green light. As a result, red, yellow, green, and brown can appear similar, especially in low light. It may also be difficult to tell the difference between blues and purples, or pinks and grays." [1]https://enchroma.com/pages/color-blind-test https://enchroma.com/pages/color-blind-test
PJDK 6y ago
Seems from this thread that they don't seem to work for everyone. But a friend of mine is Red/Green colour blind and recently got a pair. We went for a walk in the countryside and he was still (a couple of weeks later) excitedly pointing out how many different colours were in the field. It wasn't quite the viral marketting thing, but I was surprised and impressed by how much difference they seemed to make to him. I guess it's quite person specific though.
krisgee 6y ago
>This makes me wonder if some new colorblindness glasses manufacturer is planting "viral" content. This is it. Last couple of rounds of these "magic glasses" have also followed the same pattern, trying to prey on colourblind people's loved ones to buy them these expensive glasses. Everything I've read from people who've actually tried this says they're underwhelming, they work by blocking some of the spectrum around where you have issues (for instance I'm Red/Green so I have issues around those colours but especially browns and purple) so you can distinguish differences more clearly. They do NOT let you see more colours magically, just distiguish the now reduced colour set better. I'd love nothing more than some magical solution to cure my colourblindness, when I was a kid up till I was 15 (I got diagnosed really late) my top three careers were Astronaut, Military Pilot and Commerical pilot, if anyone remembers that one scene in Little Miss Sunshine that was very close to my reality. Unforutnatly until we start replacing eyeballs somehow it just doesn't exist. tl;dr don't buy these, they're trying to use your impulse to do something nice for someone against you.
- kps 6y ago
  Not sure why you're downvoted. The referenced paper discloses (p6) “KK holds shares in EnChroma®”.
- peterwoerner 6y ago
  My wife got me these as a wedding gift present. Didn't make a difference for me--maybe a little more contrast in the different "greens". The next morning my cousin and brother (also both colorblind) tried them on and thought they were amazing. My cousin had the viral marketing reaction.
- slfnflctd 6y ago
  After seeing one of the earlier viral videos and a blog-article or two, my S.O. and I scraped together enough money to buy a pair of the Enchroma glasses for an older relative a couple years ago (it was somewhere close to $800 if I recall right, I got another relative to chip in but it was still tough for us to afford)-- the reaction was underwhelming to say the least. We've never spoken of it since. I would caution people not to expect anything. Unless the high price of these things is pocket change for you, don't do it. Maybe find a way to demo them, or assume up front that you may end up needing to ask for a refund.

tokai 6y ago

I don't think the manufacturers need to plant anything. Creators are so hungry for easy content.

geuis 6y ago

This is a video one of my friends recorded a few years ago of our friend Tim, who is color blind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndT0wnAb8bU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndT0wnAb8bU While I get that a lot of these videos seem like viral marketing, I know from personal experience in this case that it wasn’t. They really do work for some people, and it’s an amazing experience for them.

glaberficken 6y ago
I cannot read anything on this shirt Can you? https://youtu.be/ndT0wnAb8bU?t=160 https://youtu.be/ndT0wnAb8bU?t=160
- mmastrac 6y ago
  Seems to say something something "color blind"? I can see the red and green dots but they just don't resolve for me. n/m I got the full message during one of the pans and then the voiceover confirmed it. I find that shirt incredibly hard to read and I don't _think_ I'm color blind but maybe I am slightly?
  - Jaruzel 6y ago
    It says 'Fuck The Color Blind' - orangey-red letters on greenish background.
  - glaberficken 6y ago
    I just took the test on enchroma's website[1] (take it with a grain of salt for obvious reasons) but it seems to describe accurately what I have suspected my whole life. The result for me was: DEUTAN with MODERATE severity The description they provide for this type of color blindness fits exactly with my life experience. >"WHAT IS DEUTAN COLOR BLINDNESS? Deutan color blindness (also known as deuteranomaly) is a type of red-green color blindness in which the green cones in the eye detect too much red light and not enough green light. As a result, red, yellow, green, and brown can appear similar, especially in low light. It may also be difficult to tell the difference between blues and purples, or pinks and grays." [1]https://enchroma.com/pages/color-blind-test https://enchroma.com/pages/color-blind-test

PJDK 6y ago

Seems from this thread that they don't seem to work for everyone. But a friend of mine is Red/Green colour blind and recently got a pair. We went for a walk in the countryside and he was still (a couple of weeks later) excitedly pointing out how many different colours were in the field. It wasn't quite the viral marketting thing, but I was surprised and impressed by how much difference they seemed to make to him. I guess it's quite person specific though.

krisgee 6y ago

>This makes me wonder if some new colorblindness glasses manufacturer is planting "viral" content. This is it. Last couple of rounds of these "magic glasses" have also followed the same pattern, trying to prey on colourblind people's loved ones to buy them these expensive glasses. Everything I've read from people who've actually tried this says they're underwhelming, they work by blocking some of the spectrum around where you have issues (for instance I'm Red/Green so I have issues around those colours but especially browns and purple) so you can distinguish differences more clearly. They do NOT let you see more colours magically, just distiguish the now reduced colour set better. I'd love nothing more than some magical solution to cure my colourblindness, when I was a kid up till I was 15 (I got diagnosed really late) my top three careers were Astronaut, Military Pilot and Commerical pilot, if anyone remembers that one scene in Little Miss Sunshine that was very close to my reality. Unforutnatly until we start replacing eyeballs somehow it just doesn't exist. tl;dr don't buy these, they're trying to use your impulse to do something nice for someone against you.

kps 6y ago
Not sure why you're downvoted. The referenced paper discloses (p6) “KK holds shares in EnChroma®”.
peterwoerner 6y ago
My wife got me these as a wedding gift present. Didn't make a difference for me--maybe a little more contrast in the different "greens". The next morning my cousin and brother (also both colorblind) tried them on and thought they were amazing. My cousin had the viral marketing reaction.
slfnflctd 6y ago
After seeing one of the earlier viral videos and a blog-article or two, my S.O. and I scraped together enough money to buy a pair of the Enchroma glasses for an older relative a couple years ago (it was somewhere close to $800 if I recall right, I got another relative to chip in but it was still tough for us to afford)-- the reaction was underwhelming to say the least. We've never spoken of it since. I would caution people not to expect anything. Unless the high price of these things is pocket change for you, don't do it. Maybe find a way to demo them, or assume up front that you may end up needing to ask for a refund.