LOL-December 28
Cidu Bill on Dec 28th 2009
Filed in Bill Bickel, Brevity, Cyanide and Happiness, Guy & Rodd, Mark Parisi, Off the Mark, Reynolds Unwrapped, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, pirates | 9 responses so far
Frank the curmudgeon Dec 28th 2009 at 12:37 am 1
I got fired from SMARTASSES INC. for insubordination.
Cidu Bill Dec 28th 2009 at 01:02 am 2
How does that work exactly — too much smartassery, or too little?
chuckers Dec 28th 2009 at 05:02 am 3
You get fired for being a dumbass.
Rainey Dec 28th 2009 at 07:02 am 4
The pirate comic isn’t completely accurate. There are ways of judging distance that don’t require the use of both eyes. I judge distance by an object’s apparent size, its visual clarity, the crispness of the color of the object and by turning the ground and sky into an imaginary tape measure toward the object. I’ve been forced to do this my whole life because my eyes don’t cooperate with each other.
mkilby Dec 28th 2009 at 07:19 am 5
@ Rainey (4) - I do agree that there are plenty of visual and conceptual clues to “derive” a three-dimensional feel from two-dimensional data, but I’m not sure that I would be willing to go into a sword fight (or even a tennis match) with one eye against a two-eyed opponent.
TGD Dec 28th 2009 at 11:15 am 6
Frank, don’t you mean for “subordination”?
Morris Keesan Jan 1st 2010 at 06:26 pm 7
Re the pirate strip: I was told by a Massachusetts state park ranger (one night outside at a workshop/presentation on night vision) that the reason for pirates being depicted with eye patches has nothing to do with missing eyes, which makes sense if you think about it, considering the state of medical science and the small likelyhood of surviving being stabbed in the eye. According to this park ranger, the eye patch is there to keep one eye dark-adapted, so that after you board a ship, you can go down below-decks, flip up the patch, and keep fighting using that eye, while the person who’s looking up at you is blinded by the sunlight behind you. So both of those guys ought to be able to remove their eye patches and have stereoscopic depth perception, in addition to that provided by their eyes’ focus, and the other details pointed out by Rainey.
David Jan 4th 2010 at 08:42 am 8
…..and then there are triangulation and compensation…..
Triangulation: My wife was born blind in one eye, yet has won prizes in fencing competitions and has driven for over 40 years.
Compensation: When we’re out with a group of experienced expert birders, she is often the one who makes the first spot, simply because over time she has instinctively learned to make better use of her one good eye than most of us with two….
Cynthia Jan 25th 2010 at 01:56 am 9
Also, wearing eye patches can help prevent sea sickness, according to my optometrist.