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It's keys, not contact lenses, and it's an old joke.
by moron4hire 1y ago
It's keys, not contact lenses, and it's an old joke.
- tanseydavid 1y agoContact lens is the way I have always heard the joke.
- nimish 1y agoOver a century old! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect
- loverofhumanz 1y agoIn the oldest reliable references from the 1920s, it was a $2 bill, $1 bill, a watch, and a dime. So keys and contacts are both modern revisions.
- dang 1y agoI thought I sensed the implicit presence of the Quote Investigator! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/11/better-light/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/11/better-light/
- loverofhumanz 1y agoI used the AI, the web, and even tried to verify with full page scans but then I realized I have a job.
- xboxnolifes 1y agoDoes the specific object matter in any way at all?
- moron4hire 1y agoI just thought it was weird it was framed as "a skit we did in school" when it's a literally-ancient-old joke.
- dekhn 1y agoNo. For example, in science most scientists just look where the streetlight is, but a small number of people build better, stronger lights to search larger areas, and there is a tiny number of people who can mysteriously just find things in the dark.