Are you fascinated by blinking lights?

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20 Dec 2014, 5:13 am

I love to watch the sunrays appear and disappear behing swaying tree branches, blinking traffic lights through a fog, food machines with blinking lights, neon blinking lights.

what else are there?

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20 Dec 2014, 6:10 am

I like watching them, but am not fascinated with them.

I'm fascinated by very particular things, unless you mean to include the male appendage. :rambo:

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20 Dec 2014, 1:25 pm

I have to avoid anything blinking as it makes tends to make my brain a bit fuzzy [possible subtle seizure].

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20 Dec 2014, 2:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:

I have to avoid anything blinking as it makes tends to make my brain a bit fuzzy [possible subtle seizure].

They do that to me as well. Or they makes me nauseous.

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20 Dec 2014, 2:43 pm

Shelldor2015 wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

I have to avoid anything blinking as it makes tends to make my brain a bit fuzzy [possible subtle seizure].

They do that to me as well. Or they makes me nauseous.

that is probably part of the same type of phenomenon. you remember that incident in japan where a flashing pokemon cartoon caused hundreds of Tokyo school children to get seizures? the broadcaster had to modify the playback speed of the cartoon so that the flashing characters didn't excite a particular brain frequency which led to the seizures.

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21 Dec 2014, 12:43 am

I'm pretty obsessed with lights, too, mostly on a symbolic tip. Anytime I look at my lamp, the sun, the moon, the stars , anywhere light shines, it reminds me of a glimpse of positivity shining through and that life will never be 100 percent dark.

You ever notice when a blackout happens across the city, the stars shines brighter? I'm that kind of person. Don't think that way towards television, though. Not constantly.

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21 Dec 2014, 12:49 am

charcoalsketches wrote:

I'm pretty obsessed with lights, too, mostly on a symbolic tip. Anytime I look at my lamp, the sun, the moon, the stars , anywhere light shines, it reminds me of a glimpse of positivity shining through and that life will never be 100 percent dark. You ever notice when a blackout happens across the city, the stars shines brighter? I'm that kind of person. Don't think that way towards television, though. Not constantly.

that is very poetic

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21 Dec 2014, 1:01 am

charcoalsketches wrote:

You ever notice when a blackout happens across the city, the stars shines brighter?

Around here, standing out in the front yard on a moonless winter night, it feels like the stars are in 3-d.

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21 Dec 2014, 1:03 am

I've never gotten to see a truly clear bright starlit night.

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21 Dec 2014, 1:07 am

On a cold winter night far out in the country away from all the light pollution, you wouldn't believe how clear you can see the Milky Way.

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21 Dec 2014, 1:15 am

even without the city lights out here, there is the ever-present woodsmoke smog that muddies things up.

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21 Dec 2014, 1:24 am

We don't have much in the way of pollution here on the prairie far from any large city.

Not much traffic, either. One night during the Geminids meteor shower a few years ago, I went went out on a highway where there were no trees or obstructions around me, shut off the car, and laid down in the middle of the road to watch the meteors. In the two hours I was out there that night, not even one car came along.

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21 Dec 2014, 1:39 am

^^^^
bet you coulda gotten away with driving 100+ miles per hour on that road then. unless there was a high population of wandering 4-legged ones, that is.

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21 Dec 2014, 2:51 am

auntblabby wrote:

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bet you coulda gotten away with driving 100+ miles per hour on that road then. unless there was a high population of wandering 4-legged ones, that is.

We do have lots of cattle and horses, but the fences these days seem to be better. I wouldn't want to drive down that road that fast at night. Besides, there might be someone in the middle of the road on their back looking at the meteor shower.

I've only seen a police patrol within two miles (by road) of my house once in my entire life. The most common reason to see police in the community is for funerals. The sheriff usually attends all funerals in the county.

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21 Dec 2014, 3:07 am

eric76 wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

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bet you coulda gotten away with driving 100+ miles per hour on that road then. unless there was a high population of wandering 4-legged ones, that is.

We do have lots of cattle and horses, but the fences these days seem to be better. I wouldn't want to drive down that road that fast at night. Besides, there might be someone in the middle of the road on their back looking at the meteor shower. I've only seen a police patrol within two miles (by road) of my house once in my entire life. The most common reason to see police in the community is for funerals. The sheriff usually attends all funerals in the county.

makes sense to me

do the sheriffs attend the funerals due to kindness or for some other reason?

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21 Dec 2014, 3:25 am

auntblabby wrote:

eric76 wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

^^^^
bet you coulda gotten away with driving 100+ miles per hour on that road then. unless there was a high population of wandering 4-legged ones, that is.

We do have lots of cattle and horses, but the fences these days seem to be better. I wouldn't want to drive down that road that fast at night. Besides, there might be someone in the middle of the road on their back looking at the meteor shower. I've only seen a police patrol within two miles (by road) of my house once in my entire life. The most common reason to see police in the community is for funerals. The sheriff usually attends all funerals in the county.

makes sense to me

do the sheriffs attend the funerals due to kindness or for some other reason?

For most people, it is about the only time they even see sheriff.

I would say it is about elections, but I saw our previous sheriff at funerals even though he wasn't running for sheriff again.

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