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I know it's not good faith to complain about a site design rather than it's content, but please don't do whatever this is to your background. As someone with r
by silisili 3y ago
I know it's not good faith to complain about a site design rather than it's content, but please don't do whatever this is to your background.
As someone with regular ocular migraines, opening this on mobile made my anxiety shoot straight up thinking I'm having another.
- elevaet 3y agoAs someone else who has regular ocular migraines, this causes absolutely no anxiety for me. I can kind of see the resemblance but it's pretty obviously not one. And if it was, is it really so bad getting them? For me it's just a weird optical effect that passes... I really don't think anyone needs to go out of their way to accommodate my quirk.
- silisili 3y agoFor me they are. Mine start -exactly- like this, seeing colors on white that aren't there. Then progresses to losing vision in your center focus, making you read from a periphry. Then moves to what I can only describe as a mountain dew colored wiggling lightning bolt, with extreme light sensitivity and sometimes dull headache. Lasts anywhere from 30m to 90m, usually. I'm only slightly trying to play a 'trigger warning' card here, it's completely unnecessary and looks awful, just as my vision does when this happens. It made me check a few other sites back and forth to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Normally when I see this, I figure I'm gonna be going through the motions for the next hour.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoInteresting. I have what you describe as step 1 about half of the day, I didn't even notice the page did that! I very rarely have your step 2, about two times a year maybe.
- elevaet 3y agoGood thing it doesnt actually trigger it I guess. Sounds like mine are milder they only last around 5-10mins and I just get the central ring - looks like I stared at a donut shaped lightbulb for too long, and almost never associate with a headache (but sometimes with a hard to describe wooziness).
- isoprophlex 3y agoI have infrequent migraines and this scared the ever living fuck out of me. Mine are of the "wouldn't you rather be dead?" variety when it comes to headache and vomiting, though.
- elevaet 3y agoOcular migraines are different from "real" migraines as they dont have the terrible headache that comes with. Just the optical effects.
- comradesmith 3y agoI also thought my eyes were doing something strange and it made it harder to read too.
- 15457345234 3y agoit's... just a pleasingly neutral pastel background rendered at a fairly low degree of opacity?
- Guillaume86 3y agoNo watch it with a better screen, there's stains that look kinda like a screen malfunction, very unpleasant for me too.
- ph4evers 3y agoI just cleaned my phone screen and only now realize it was a background.
- bloopernova 3y agoUgh, I wish I hadn't been curious the effect you mentioned. It looks just like the beginning of a sickening painful headache.
- IshKebab 3y agoWeird unpleasant background for sure but it's obviously not that because it doesn't follow your eyes. Don't be daft.
- ivegotnoaccount 3y agoAlso doesn't "blink" nor have what's inside it "disappear" from perception.
- smitop 3y agoAuthor here, I removed the background.
- bloopernova 3y agoThank you!
- silisili 3y agoThanks very much, and sorry for whining on this post!