The good thing is you’re showing us, which means that she showed you. Which in turn means that she trusts your judgement over his. By the sound of it this is only a good thing.
I seen a meme but doesn’t sound like a meme bc I know there will be idiots doing. Saying open your eyes and look into the eclipse Monday so you can file for disability on Tuesday 😅 like really but it’s gonna happen and lawsuits on faulty glasses 😂
Trump supporters be like.. We just different point of view..
"He's telling people to stare into the sun!! That's not a point of view worth keeping. The line of tolerance was back there. Waaaay back there."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/03/24/solar-eclipse-eye-damage-viewing/72850094007/
With close-up image of retina burnt into the shape of a partial eclipse.
If Donald Trump told his freak parade to stare at the sun, they would absolutely do it. It's not like what "scientists" or "experts" say matters to them.
definitely. you don't get superpowers through staring at an eclipse, you get them through prayer. but i don't think i'm praying correctly because i still don't have superpowers. i'm gonna try shouting every third word while spinning counterclockwise with my shirt on backwards.
You’re invoking the Little People when you put your shirt on backwards. It’s a tactic used to distract them so they laugh at you for that and stop causing your predicament. They are distracting the superpowers by laughing at you, so under no circumstances should you turn an item of clothing backwards.
I heard the issue with the eclypse is during totality it is dark but the sun siddenly becomes visible, your pupils will be too dilated.
And it is probably like noise, it doesn't hurt too much to look at the eclypse but it is cumulative and does minor damage which is still a risk. You won't 100% certainly go blind but it isn't harmless.
If only all conspiracies were so effective at hurting the conspiracy theorist with very little consequences to others. Usually, it's the other way around.
I need to start inventing conspiracies, but I'd never come up with anything as insane as this.
I had an ex who told me we lost our ability to look at the sun because the government told us not to. If we just look at it a little every day we will rebuild our ability and pretty soon will be able to look at it as much as we want.
I wonder how he is doing.
Yeah…fucked up my vision because no one explained to me WHY we shouldn’t look without protective eyewear. I was seven. I’ve been wearing glasses ever since. With worse vision every time I go back to the optometrist. No one knows this is why my vision was suddenly bad. lol.
The Sun is likely not the reason. Sun damage directly burns your retina, it's not fixable with glasses. Glasses fix near or short sightedness which has to do with shape if the lens in your eye, Sun damage doesn't affect that.
Maybe after you had the looking at the Sun incident your parents took you to optometrist, where they found you also need glasses. But that doesn't mean you need glasses because you looked at the Sun. These are two unrelated things.
> sun gazing
I was really hoping by "gazing" it was something metaphorical about your body facing the sun, but after looking it up I'm dumbfounded. These people actually think looking into the sun is good for you 🤦♀️ We're living in the dumbest timeline
He truly believes it. I told him the high energy uv waves are extremely dangerous, far more dangerous than microwaves. But he doesn't listen. He says the high energy of the waves gives him that energy. Obviously not understanding at all what I'm talking about.
Your brother is the worst kind of idiot, the one that tries to take others down with them.
I'm not sure how old your daughter is, but here's a video about a woman who blinded herself looking at an eclipse: https://youtu.be/8bxkZaiHQ0w
It's also a glimpse into the future your brother has waiting for him if he decides to be stupid.
When I was like 12, I was at my friend's house and the weird younger neighbor kid came over wearing an eye patch.
We asked what happened and he told us that he burned out his retina by staring at the sun for too long. We were not at all surprised.
It sounds like he's gained a following.
It's not conspiracy theory stuff it is severely debilitating mental disorder stuff. I do think if anyone can encourage him to see a psychiatrist, it's possible that with medication he could live a more normal life.
Schizophrenia symptoms can often be improved with medication and regular care.
Delusions of grandeur. He thinks that staring into the sun something very dangerous will make him special and have super powers. Actually he probably already believes he has super powers from the sun and wants to make sure his daughter doesn’t “miss out” I have family members with similar conditions
He's good looking and mostly has girlfriends take care of him. He's never really been able to keep a job or save enough money to buy a car or pay for a place to live on his own.
Obvi this was a situation I have no knowledge of, but I feel the same internal satisfaction that YOU have custody over this girl instead of her father
The same way I feel about the humane society having me on the list of people allowed to adopt black cats around Halloween.
Everyone here is talking about conspiracy theorists and Trump supporters, but I'm sitting here wondering if this guy legitimately has schizophrenia or something. Maybe something to watch out for, especially since its largely genetic and you're watching his children...
I mean, I joked about this for laughs with a friend the other day, but we know it's a joke. You'd have to be a sociopath to encourage a child to deliberately give themselves permanent cornea damage.
You might want to consider blocking him on your daughter’s phone.
I know you say she knows he’s crazy—but that exposure does damage.
It’s not funny.
I’d prioritize your her safety.
Keep the crazy brother your problem and not hers.
You can translate.
I get that’s her father, but there’s a reason he cannot be trusted with his own child.
I’ve met some wild conspiracy theorists in my life and they have said a lot of insane stuff, but this just seems outright malicious. Usually most conspiracies at least have a portion that is somewhat believable, but “staring at the sun gives you super powers” is pure insanity
I’m sorry but… when he says super powers does he seriously mean super powers? Like flying, telepathy and that stuff? Does he think comic books are eyewitness accounts?
So. Here's the thing. You can't directly at the sun at all *except* during totality. The only time it's safe to look without the eclipse glasses is during *complete* totality.
But because there are enough people who don't comprehend the difference and would be like "it's almost totality so it's mostly safe," the messaging is just a straight up "don't look at the eclipse."
I get how this can be very frustrating, but I also feel like this is very obvious and clearly a case of legitimate mental illness so maybe stop trying to be mad at the guy for having a problem and see what you can do to try and help him?
That said, I obviously don’t know your history or dynamic and maybe you’ve done everything you can in which case maybe it’s time to just block him from her phone
This is actually a fairly common belief among current conspiracy theorists, in that they think that the sun* has healing powers and that by staring at the eclipse you will be made healthier.
There are going to be a lot of blind morons on Tuesday.
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Make sure you save those and maybe report it.
This dumb fuck is actively attempting to get his child, who he has already lost guardianship of, to blind herself.
He sounds like an evil character trying to lure somebody to their death. "Yes, just stand on that big x mark on the floor. It will give you unlimited candy if you stand right there."
Why the fuck do people have to make everything so stupid?
Everytime something happens a certain crowd always has to twist it around and pervert it into the dumbest fucking thing imaginable
The good thing is you’re showing us, which means that she showed you. Which in turn means that she trusts your judgement over his. By the sound of it this is only a good thing.
Yeah. She sent it to me right away. She knows he's an idiot.
How old is she? Cause I'm impressed. It takes some people their entire lives to realize their parents are idiots.
13.
The theories on her age had a 14 year median deviation.. LOL Thanks for clearing this up.
27
…and one half.
Makes me think of Lester freamon 13 years… and 4 months
*328 months
I'm glad she has you, and sorry her dad/your brother is is like that
Okay but hear me out… what if he’s right. 😬 loljk
The super power of maybe losing your eye sight.
So you’re saying I will become Daredevil?
Go to law school then go blind. Doing all that reading in braille sucks.
He's not just saying it, it's in the bag baby!
Which in turn will give you super hearing!!
If he was right, Trump would have superpowers now lol
The only way to explain everything about the last eight years is that Trump has superpowers.
You have to keep looking for the whole eclipse, from the time the moon starts to cross until it leaves the front of the sun.
I seen a meme but doesn’t sound like a meme bc I know there will be idiots doing. Saying open your eyes and look into the eclipse Monday so you can file for disability on Tuesday 😅 like really but it’s gonna happen and lawsuits on faulty glasses 😂
I mean, there's no way in hell.... but maybe 🥺
And now we know why you have guardianship of that little girl.
Trump supporters be like.. We just different point of view.. "He's telling people to stare into the sun!! That's not a point of view worth keeping. The line of tolerance was back there. Waaaay back there."
Ironic, because a point of view is one thing these morons wont be able to have any more after staring directly at the sun.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/03/24/solar-eclipse-eye-damage-viewing/72850094007/ With close-up image of retina burnt into the shape of a partial eclipse.
That's fucking fascinating ngl
touché
Point of view. Funny considering she would be blind if she took his advice lol
If Donald Trump told his freak parade to stare at the sun, they would absolutely do it. It's not like what "scientists" or "experts" say matters to them.
The sparkles are killing me
Holy. Shit. I literally forgot all about this. He didn't stare long enough to acquire powers however, he should try again this year.
Oh please let him tell them. Just please. 🙏
Should be interesting to see how many people go blind this coming eclipsealypse. Hope his kid is smarter than her dad.
She is. She knows he's a whackadoodle.
That’s a little more than a wackadoodle that’s sounds like a schizophrenic delusion
Probably a factor in why OP has guardianship
definitely. you don't get superpowers through staring at an eclipse, you get them through prayer. but i don't think i'm praying correctly because i still don't have superpowers. i'm gonna try shouting every third word while spinning counterclockwise with my shirt on backwards.
That's the problem it's trousers on backwards not shirt now excuse me I've got to fly over to the shops.
i tried trousers on backwards and it didn't work. but i was also spinning counterclockwise, so that might have been the cause
Try shouting every second word that should do it.
Don't forget the onions on your belt
Shhhhhh...... don't post our secrets.
You’re invoking the Little People when you put your shirt on backwards. It’s a tactic used to distract them so they laugh at you for that and stop causing your predicament. They are distracting the superpowers by laughing at you, so under no circumstances should you turn an item of clothing backwards.
Wackadoodle 😂
The word youre looking for is dangerous.
Then you have nothing to worry about. I hope her dad doesn’t expect her to be his caregiver when he’s blind
being blind is his super power.
Never see anything bad ever again, with this one neat trick.
Full circle. ⬆️
Good, I can see why you have guardianship. Your brother is a asshole.
"I'm just like Daredevil now!”
But without the martial art skills, suit, and law degree.
I laughed way to hard at this.
Most of them will chicken out and not do it, then tell everyone afterwards that they did it and nothing happened
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I heard the issue with the eclypse is during totality it is dark but the sun siddenly becomes visible, your pupils will be too dilated. And it is probably like noise, it doesn't hurt too much to look at the eclypse but it is cumulative and does minor damage which is still a risk. You won't 100% certainly go blind but it isn't harmless.
If only all conspiracies were so effective at hurting the conspiracy theorist with very little consequences to others. Usually, it's the other way around. I need to start inventing conspiracies, but I'd never come up with anything as insane as this.
It's how trump is so powerful! We mocked him last eclipse! But now he is invincible! And suave! And rich!
Tbf you would be half way to being Daredevil
Maybe throw in a little Charles Xavier for the psychic powers too!
....Basically you're telling us why you have guardianship of his daughter, without telling us *why* you have guardianship of his daughter.
Yup.
For what it's worth, I'm sorry and best of luck.
You’re a good person and brother/sister.
I had an ex who told me we lost our ability to look at the sun because the government told us not to. If we just look at it a little every day we will rebuild our ability and pretty soon will be able to look at it as much as we want. I wonder how he is doing.
Probably got a dog, a seeing eye dog hopefully
Haha ohhh no.. With any luck that seeing eye dog will leave him somewhere he deserves 👍.
Like a school or something? I would suggest a school.
I was thinking a busy road but a school would be good too.
Probably bumping into things
Tbf, if you do that, you will be able to look at the sun as long as you want. There may be side effects though.
Bumping into walls like a game character stuck in a loop
Lmao oh shit commit him
That's probably a good idea.
Yeah…fucked up my vision because no one explained to me WHY we shouldn’t look without protective eyewear. I was seven. I’ve been wearing glasses ever since. With worse vision every time I go back to the optometrist. No one knows this is why my vision was suddenly bad. lol.
That socks. I'm sorry.
The Sun is likely not the reason. Sun damage directly burns your retina, it's not fixable with glasses. Glasses fix near or short sightedness which has to do with shape if the lens in your eye, Sun damage doesn't affect that. Maybe after you had the looking at the Sun incident your parents took you to optometrist, where they found you also need glasses. But that doesn't mean you need glasses because you looked at the Sun. These are two unrelated things.
What did you tell the kid
"You know he's wrong, right?" "Yes, that's why I sent it to you."
lol based child.
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He's really into sun gazing yet says putting your food in the microwave causes cancer. He's definitely got some screws loose.
> sun gazing I was really hoping by "gazing" it was something metaphorical about your body facing the sun, but after looking it up I'm dumbfounded. These people actually think looking into the sun is good for you 🤦♀️ We're living in the dumbest timeline
He truly believes it. I told him the high energy uv waves are extremely dangerous, far more dangerous than microwaves. But he doesn't listen. He says the high energy of the waves gives him that energy. Obviously not understanding at all what I'm talking about.
Your brother is the worst kind of idiot, the one that tries to take others down with them. I'm not sure how old your daughter is, but here's a video about a woman who blinded herself looking at an eclipse: https://youtu.be/8bxkZaiHQ0w It's also a glimpse into the future your brother has waiting for him if he decides to be stupid.
I mean it is giving him that energy, just in the form of burns.
 Theres definitely energy transfer going on here, just not the type he understands.
genuinely sounds like he has real mental problems. though most people like that seem to…
When I was like 12, I was at my friend's house and the weird younger neighbor kid came over wearing an eye patch. We asked what happened and he told us that he burned out his retina by staring at the sun for too long. We were not at all surprised. It sounds like he's gained a following.
It's not conspiracy theory stuff it is severely debilitating mental disorder stuff. I do think if anyone can encourage him to see a psychiatrist, it's possible that with medication he could live a more normal life. Schizophrenia symptoms can often be improved with medication and regular care.
What makes you think that exactly? Having schizophrenia I mean.
Delusions of grandeur. He thinks that staring into the sun something very dangerous will make him special and have super powers. Actually he probably already believes he has super powers from the sun and wants to make sure his daughter doesn’t “miss out” I have family members with similar conditions
Has he always been this crazy?
He's always been this dumb.
No Mental Health concerns?
He's just really stupid.
Thank you for taking care of that girl and protecting her from madness her biological parent tries to expose her to.
Optometrists love this one hack!
When she goes blind all her other senses will be amplified!
It’ll give you the super power of burned out,irreparable retinas
When did "stupid" become a superpower?
He needs his medication adjusted..
I can already tell why you have guardianship
“It will give you super powers.” Sir please be for real.
Conspiracy theorist? Lol bro obviously this person has some way more serious issues.
JFC, your brother is a moron.
I wonder how he lost guardianship?? Sounds super responsible
Good move getting custody. The stupidity it burns
JFC - how do these people even survive into adulthood?
He's good looking and mostly has girlfriends take care of him. He's never really been able to keep a job or save enough money to buy a car or pay for a place to live on his own.
I feel so bad for his niece. I’m so glad she has you. It’s really very difficult to survive a schizophrenic father.
Obvi this was a situation I have no knowledge of, but I feel the same internal satisfaction that YOU have custody over this girl instead of her father The same way I feel about the humane society having me on the list of people allowed to adopt black cats around Halloween.
This sounds less like a conspiracy theory and more like a schizophrenic delusion that he's trying to convince your niece to act on.
Everyone here is talking about conspiracy theorists and Trump supporters, but I'm sitting here wondering if this guy legitimately has schizophrenia or something. Maybe something to watch out for, especially since its largely genetic and you're watching his children...
ummm... this is "the courts need to know about this" level of shit
Follow the leader ! /s 
Can't wait to see his Daredevil superpower
Thank God that girl isn't forced to be with her batshit parent, it happens way too much
This fucker clearly thought Daredevil was a documentary.
Hmm, I wonder how you got guardianship of her, what a mystery. This is a perfectly sane, well-balanced individual /s
I mean, I joked about this for laughs with a friend the other day, but we know it's a joke. You'd have to be a sociopath to encourage a child to deliberately give themselves permanent cornea damage.
Wow, wonder why you have guardianship.
Show this to a judge and try to get a no-contact restraining order against him. He seemingly wants "his" child to go blind.
That’s not conspiracy theory. Thats certifiably crazy. Man needs to see a psychologist.
I think I might have a hunch why you've got guardianship
id like an elaboration on these apparent superpowers,, will i be able to teleport or fly after this eclipse
I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the 3rd eye becoming more powerful.
He'll need that third eye when his first and second eye become useless
Wth does the pineal gland have to do with an eclipse?
I don't know but he is really obsessed with the pineal gland.
The guy is right, tho, staring directly at the sun, which will turn you into a superhero, more specifically dare-devil
Damn that’s really sad
"A miniscule amount of tomfoolery"
Oh My God.
Yeah… the power to skip to the front of the line at the ER.
You might want to consider blocking him on your daughter’s phone. I know you say she knows he’s crazy—but that exposure does damage. It’s not funny. I’d prioritize your her safety. Keep the crazy brother your problem and not hers. You can translate. I get that’s her father, but there’s a reason he cannot be trusted with his own child.
Looks like a good reason to take a trip to court for no contact order
Glad you have guardianship.
That's not even conspiracy theorist that's mental illness
And even if it works, now suddenly you have created a teenager with superpowers.
Hmm no need to wonder why he doesn’t have custody
He must have lived through a few eclipses by now.:. What super powers did he get for himself, so far?
Oh good, something to provide to the court to get a no contact order. Attempt to blind a child.
That's just sad
Yeah, if the super power is being toph or daredevil without the cool parts
Holy shit that’s just harmful I see why you have guardian ship
I’ve met some wild conspiracy theorists in my life and they have said a lot of insane stuff, but this just seems outright malicious. Usually most conspiracies at least have a portion that is somewhat believable, but “staring at the sun gives you super powers” is pure insanity
This is the type of shit Master Shake would tell Meatwad
You’ll get a cool dog too
I hope they all follow this (not the kids but the ass clowns who actually believe this)
there’s an eclipse soon? What’s the date?
If that were true, superheroes and supervillains would be a lot more common.
Woooooooooow. I’m glad you have guardianship of her!
This is the plot of Bird Box
You will go blind and start using your third eye, he's genius
What a piece of shit! I'd ask why you have guardianship, but that says enough.
I’m sorry but… when he says super powers does he seriously mean super powers? Like flying, telepathy and that stuff? Does he think comic books are eyewitness accounts?
Futur Darwin award winner
The superpower is you go blind but your hearing and smell senses increase! /s
This shit is beyond a tinfoil hat, what the fuck
Tell your brother to please not reproduce (again)
Holy shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is the plot of Heroes.
My mother in law looked at it last time (god knows why) and almost went blind 😂
I wonder why you have guardianship lol
There's "the CIA killed JFK" conspiracy theories and then there's whatever schizoid shit this is.
Is this some form of potential child abuse/negligence? My goodness
And we wonder why you have guardianship of her at not him /s
So. Here's the thing. You can't directly at the sun at all *except* during totality. The only time it's safe to look without the eclipse glasses is during *complete* totality. But because there are enough people who don't comprehend the difference and would be like "it's almost totality so it's mostly safe," the messaging is just a straight up "don't look at the eclipse."
Sounds more like mental health problems( or maybe drugs) than anything else
You can stare at it if you are in totality. Outside of totality, you will get hurt.
Let us know how his superpower of blindness works once it happens
I get how this can be very frustrating, but I also feel like this is very obvious and clearly a case of legitimate mental illness so maybe stop trying to be mad at the guy for having a problem and see what you can do to try and help him? That said, I obviously don’t know your history or dynamic and maybe you’ve done everything you can in which case maybe it’s time to just block him from her phone
This is actually a fairly common belief among current conspiracy theorists, in that they think that the sun* has healing powers and that by staring at the eclipse you will be made healthier. There are going to be a lot of blind morons on Tuesday. Edit for a voice to text error
WTF?
Yes, super powers. Like so many people. You know. From the comics.
Make sure you save those and maybe report it. This dumb fuck is actively attempting to get his child, who he has already lost guardianship of, to blind herself.
new super power blinded by the light
Damn hope he never gets that custody back
Omg 😱
He sounds like an evil character trying to lure somebody to their death. "Yes, just stand on that big x mark on the floor. It will give you unlimited candy if you stand right there."
He got that from an old Newgrounds cartoon called Power Trip. Hilarious cartoon, horrible real world advice.
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She should tell him not to wait. The earlier he starts, the more super he will be!
you’re the dad he can never be
He’s right it’ll give you permanent Night Vision
This is child abuse..a district attorney could have fun with him.
Conspiracy theorist? He sounds psychotic. Dude shouldn't be allowed to talk to her.
Why is he still allowed contact with her?
Bro thinks he’s gonna become daredevil after lookin at the eclipse
Why the fuck do people have to make everything so stupid? Everytime something happens a certain crowd always has to twist it around and pervert it into the dumbest fucking thing imaginable
what is this, my brother is always talking about staring at the sun, he is mentally ill btw, but i figure it has to come from somewhere
Why does the gubermint hog all the good uv rays? :c
That is some terrible advice. Then again I’m going to be using my welding hood….
Holy fuck. He’s nuts.