Are we sure it's just because they don't want people on the vents, or that maybe people sleeping on/blocking the vents causes some sort of issues because the steam/hot air can't escape?
Are you currently hormonal? How would that make anyone cry... geeze... I'm all for a good bit of heart string tugging, and kids can get me to most time (being a father to 3 under 5 myself).. but come on, this was pretty average.
I didn't know I'd posted with 'your' name, in fact the 'Name' field again was prepopulated with your name, so I don't know what's happening there.
I have read all of the posts regarding it (there really aren't many) and none of them make me think in any way that it was a clever thing to do.
As Justin said, crossing the street et al has a perfectly good risk/benefit equation.
Let's look at the risk/benefit equation with this moronic act: * Risk: Possible loss of eyesight. Possible life long irritation, possible partial loss of eyesight, possibly being left with life long 'splodge' of ink in the eye which doesn't look good to anyone (including them). Loss of eye due to infection * Benefit: Erm... um... having a splodge of blue in their eye that doesn't look good to anyone including them.
It is just ridiculous, they should not be congratulated, they should not be applauded for doing something new, they should be looked upon with sadness as they obviously have something missing from their lives to need to do this and the many, many other body mods they have done (yes, I've looked at their sites/blogs).
You continue to vouch for how brave and trailblazing they are, and that we should try and understand them, and that they've taken all precautions etc.
Except they are doing something that DOES carry risks, one of them was seeing doctors because he had PAIN when focusing on things.
They're RISKING THEIR EYESIGHT for what? To see if you can do it? Oh come on, it's just ridiculous... they're not risking their eyesight for the possibility of some great advance, they're risking their eyesight to have some blobby blue marks on their eyes.
Fascinating stories behind the photos we already know (although, truthfully, I'd never seen the first one). As I read it I also was of the mindset 'My God, this has an American bias', but it's still fascinating.
And for the gazillion people above saying 'Why not X, why not Y?', most of the photos you are listing are great photos but HOW DID THEY CHANGE THE WORLD? The whole point of this was not 'HERE ARE SOME GREAT PHOTOS', but photos that changed the world.
Think about that before listing some great, but ultimately non world changing photo.
I have read all of the posts regarding it (there really aren't many) and none of them make me think in any way that it was a clever thing to do.
As Justin said, crossing the street et al has a perfectly good risk/benefit equation.
Let's look at the risk/benefit equation with this moronic act:
* Risk: Possible loss of eyesight. Possible life long irritation, possible partial loss of eyesight, possibly being left with life long 'splodge' of ink in the eye which doesn't look good to anyone (including them). Loss of eye due to infection
* Benefit: Erm... um... having a splodge of blue in their eye that doesn't look good to anyone including them.
It is just ridiculous, they should not be congratulated, they should not be applauded for doing something new, they should be looked upon with sadness as they obviously have something missing from their lives to need to do this and the many, many other body mods they have done (yes, I've looked at their sites/blogs).
Except they are doing something that DOES carry risks, one of them was seeing doctors because he had PAIN when focusing on things.
They're RISKING THEIR EYESIGHT for what? To see if you can do it? Oh come on, it's just ridiculous... they're not risking their eyesight for the possibility of some great advance, they're risking their eyesight to have some blobby blue marks on their eyes.
Ridiculous, no matter how you look at it.
And for the gazillion people above saying 'Why not X, why not Y?', most of the photos you are listing are great photos but HOW DID THEY CHANGE THE WORLD? The whole point of this was not 'HERE ARE SOME GREAT PHOTOS', but photos that changed the world.
Think about that before listing some great, but ultimately non world changing photo.