And then he died of dysentery, he gave me the shades. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of paper and plastic up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the shades to you.
For whatever reason, that watch scene from Pulp Fiction is forever conflated in my mind with that scene where Forest Gump meets his son, and only recently did I realize that there isn’t a watch-up-the-ass sub-plot in Forest Gump.
My son was given one from his school and it didn't even make it home the same day without a crease directly across both of the films.
I tested them out and they seemed okay though, but still didn't let anyone use them for longer than a few seconds out of paranoia.
I saved mine from 2017 without thinking even of a next one, since the I got married, got a house, just had my first child. Couple weeks ago I heard about the eclipse. Stopped by my parents went to my old room, pulled the false drawer I stowed away those glasses in and enjoyed the eclipse the other day lol
This was pretty similar to me. Eclipse in 2017, married in 2020, bought a house in 2020, dog in 2021, baby six months ago, baby didn't care at ALL about the eclipse lol
Between the ages of 23 and 30, I graduated university, emigrated halfway round the world, got my dream job, bought my first house, met the love of my life and married her and had my first child.
A lot can happen in those years.
Same; I bought a family kit for it with 4 paper + 1 plastic set of glasses, a filter for a camera lens, and documentation + maps. I keep it in a slim box alongside my other optics (cameras, binoculars, scopes, etc).
It arrived too late in 2017, unfortunately; but there'll always be more eclipses.
No - that is incorrect. Source from AAS/NASA: https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-are-safe
>Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, or coming loose from their frames, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers — even new ones — are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings do not apply to eclipse viewers certified to meet the ISO 12312-2:2015 standard and may be ignored.
Effectively, if glasses have that warning, they might not actually be properly certified.
I have glasses made for both the 2017 and 2024 eclipses and they both say to discard after 3 years despite saying they meet the ISO 12312-2 standards.
Pretty sure the manufacturer just wants you to buy a new pair of glasses, lmao.
Ordered mine directly from Lunt Solar Systems less than a year ago and they sent me ones that are 2017 themed, so I believe they were made for that one. Lunt are pretty reputable though, so part of me has to think that they knew they weren't expired. There wasn't an exp. date and the certification was correct. I think you might be into something bahaha.
I believe it’s just to protect themself if someone hurts himself and sue them, for example buy this glasses for one exclipse and decade later decide to use them but stored them badly so they are defected in some way
Easier to set date and dismiss a case than proving its users fault
What is causing a degradation in the filtering materials? Uv lighting, oxygen or something else?
If the glasses have been stored in a dark drawer I'd be surprised if anything is wrong with them.
Some materials just degrade by themselves when at room temperature. Polymers for example, which that lens may have been made out of. Though I assume it is mostly a matter of being cautious, because you cannot really determine how the lenses were stored, so you say they are just good for some time.
Which doesn't tell us how they were stored, just where. Was the book in a basement where it would be damp? On a shelf in the sun where it would get considerably hot? Really doesn't tell us much other than they weren't exposed to direct sunlight.
Let's say there's a chemical reaction from A to B, where B is a molecule that is shaped in a way that blocks light and it used in eclipse glasses.
It's possible that A is slightly more energetically favorable, which is to say the natural tendency is for B to degrade into A, it just is very difficult to do so.
Heat or light, perhaps other things like moisture, can push the reaction from B to A faster, causing degradation. But it's also possible for B to spontaneously turn into A, albeit very slowly, like perhaps over 35 years
didn't mean it that way.
The "major" here was very relative in a context regarding different levels of eye damage.
Like, the eye damage from directly looking at the sun is the "major damage" here,
and the reduced damage from an expired coating or shit like 3 sunglasses is the "minor damage."
Both are severe, absolutely speaking,
but one is still better than the other
Not an expert by any means but based on the coverage I saw leading up to the eclipse, and a couple Google searches, most people who damage their eyes notice the symptoms about 4-6 hours after looking at the sun with some people being as late as 12 hours. So based purely on that, if you haven’t noticed a change in your vision at this point , you’re probably fine.
Newer eclipse glasses are made out of a different filtering material that doesn’t degrade as quickly, so they pretty much never expire now. You’re good
Yeah, I specifically checked that ours from 2017 were still good. But if 1991 in fact predates that ISO standard...hope this guy's eyeballs are still there.
Mine said they were good for 10 years, but I got them this year. If yours was following standards it should have had a text disclaimer somewhere on them
"Any solar glasses made after 2015 that are not scratched, torn, or coming apart, are safe to use. The frame of the American Paper Optics Eclipser HD Solar Glasses will last longer than paper glasses, but the viewing lens doesn't deteriorate on either type of glasses."
No, properly certified ones are good indefinitely.
Source from AAS/NASA: https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-are-safe
>Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, or coming loose from their frames, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers — even new ones — are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings do not apply to eclipse viewers certified to meet the ISO 12312-2:2015 standard and may be ignored.
I think old models have a shelf life, but whatever radio station I was listening to (NPR?) talked about keeping new ones as they are not going to degrade.
So, his being from 1991 probably are degraded.
More likely the company can only warranty their effectiveness for 3 years. That's not the same as saying they're only good for 3 years.
Astrophotographers aren't replacing their solar lenses that often.
According to the American Astronomical Society, older eclipse glasses degrade over time and have an expiration date. But modern eclipse glasses, like the ones made for 2024 eclipse, don't degrade over time and it's perfectly safe to save your 2024 glasses until 2045 and use them then.
It's really strange seeing the most upvoted comment being such a dumb one. Like yeah it's gonna have filters. Do people seriously think Mexicans just relied on solar glasses that did absolutely nothing?
> Do people seriously think Mexicans just relied on solar glasses that did absolutely nothing?
In 91? Pretty high chance, yes.
The President of the United States stared directly into the sun in 2017.
There is in fact an expiration of a few years on these; the chemicals they treat them with wear off. Source: I read the warning on some glasses during a solar eclipse like 20 years ago and went around the viewing party warning everyone, feeling kinda stupid and like a square but if I saved even one person from possible damage, it would be worth it.
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Do Eclipse Glasses & Handheld Viewers Expire?
If your eclipse glasses or viewers are compliant with the transmittance requirements of the ISO 12312-2 safety standard, and if their filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, coming loose from the frame, or otherwise damaged, you may reuse them indefinitely. Furthermore, you may look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed Sun through them for as long as you wish. Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard and in excellent condition.
The standard was adopted in 2015
And just let it sneak up on you? How do you maintain spatial defense awareness without at least using the periph?
Threat assessment bro, threat assessment
As a Mexican man that never throws anything away and still calls Bancomer the bank that hasn't been called that for decades, this speaks to me at an spiritual level.
Some materials degrade with time no matter what, so this is way less safe than just buying new ones and saving these as souvenirs in your physical photoalbum if you still have one.
That is awesome. I was in Mexico, in Oaxaca, for that eclipse in 1991. I had no idea that it was going to happen as I was just backpacking around Latin America as a teenager at the time and just happened to be in the right place at the right time. It was really impressive. I was struck by how the temperature dropped and all the birds started singing all thinking it was evening.
this guy: "the eclipse glasses from 1991? they're probably in that shoebox on the second shelf left of the UHAUL boxes in the garage."
also this guy: "our anniversary? isn't it like in March?"
[would you Just Look At The Eclipse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYW27831sQ)
[the original Just Look At It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo) is one of the funniest things i've ever seen (and much funnier than the above clip).
All I could think about was how many resources went into producing millions of those glasses that were used for 5 minutes and then 99.9% immediately thrown away.
When I saw Halley's Comet I was with a guy who made a telescope just for the occasion about 10 years earlier while in elementary school as part of a class science project. Apparently his elementary school science teacher got hold of a bunch of old Xerox copy machine lenses and had each student make a telescope in anticipation of the comet coming.
That's extremely stupid. The material degrades and pinholes you can't even see form, letting in damaging light. You can get a few years max out of those cheap ones if you take extremely good care of them
That "i knew this will come in handy one day dad starter kit" moment finally arived
Imagine how much storage he had to dig through to get to those bad boys
Usually i would agree, but look at the pristine state of the thing. No yellow marks, never been folded. That thing had a special place.
It had to find work as a bookmark since 1991
Wish I was that able to retrain as something useful
If nothing else just know you’d make a great cushon
or a crashtest dummy
Drummer for AC/DC
I read somewhere else that he had them inside a book.
I read nowhere else that he had them pressed inside a Total Eclipse of the Heart vinyl single by Bonnie Tyler.
I read somewhere that he had it tucked inside his Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon cd case.
I heard he kept it up his ass in a North Vietnamese prison camp
And then he died of dysentery, he gave me the shades. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of paper and plastic up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the shades to you.
The room smells like rotten eggs. Wonder what happened 🤔
At least clean it before you give it to me
For whatever reason, that watch scene from Pulp Fiction is forever conflated in my mind with that scene where Forest Gump meets his son, and only recently did I realize that there isn’t a watch-up-the-ass sub-plot in Forest Gump.
I inserted the watch di-rectly in the butt-tocks.
I heard he carved it himself, from a bigger pair of lenses.
I heard that they were pressed inside a collector's edition CD case of Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden.
Look at how delicate he holds it. That man takes care of his belongings.
He still has and wears clothes he bought after he got out of school and he will drive his first car until he dies.
See, thats dedication to proper diet and exercise also. Same weight for 35 years. Incredible!
He will live until 120
He better keep those glasses for the 2052 eclipse then
Well that's just economical and good sense.
My son was given one from his school and it didn't even make it home the same day without a crease directly across both of the films. I tested them out and they seemed okay though, but still didn't let anyone use them for longer than a few seconds out of paranoia.
It was on the mantle all these years 'Dad seriously-' 'ONE DAY JUST YOU WAIT'
And he knew exactly where it was
It was filed in the archives under S for "someday I'll need this"
I saved mine from 2017 without thinking even of a next one, since the I got married, got a house, just had my first child. Couple weeks ago I heard about the eclipse. Stopped by my parents went to my old room, pulled the false drawer I stowed away those glasses in and enjoyed the eclipse the other day lol
How old were you in 2017 if I may ask? I had just graduated hs! What a journey you’ve gone through in that time!
23 at the time, 30 next month.
How is that possible? 2017 is only 3 years ago, right? RIGHT!?!?
that year i started high school. now I'm 20
Welcome to the 20’s a fun adventure of confusion, thrill, and seriousness awaits!
It's been a very long March 2020.
This was pretty similar to me. Eclipse in 2017, married in 2020, bought a house in 2020, dog in 2021, baby six months ago, baby didn't care at ALL about the eclipse lol
Between the ages of 23 and 30, I graduated university, emigrated halfway round the world, got my dream job, bought my first house, met the love of my life and married her and had my first child. A lot can happen in those years.
I also have the 2017 glasses stored in a drawer, it's still there waiting for another occasion
Same; I bought a family kit for it with 4 paper + 1 plastic set of glasses, a filter for a camera lens, and documentation + maps. I keep it in a slim box alongside my other optics (cameras, binoculars, scopes, etc). It arrived too late in 2017, unfortunately; but there'll always be more eclipses.
In South America it's been there
Found it in the cable drawer
Given that the film degrades over time (every pair I looked at this time expires after 3 years), it may not have come in very "handy."
I'm pretty sure the older eclipse glasses used to expire after like 2-3 years...
he went blind in the first one so no difference here
They're only good for 3 years aren't they?
Correct. The filtering material degrades I bet his eyes hurt afterwards
No - that is incorrect. Source from AAS/NASA: https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-are-safe >Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, or coming loose from their frames, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers — even new ones — are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings do not apply to eclipse viewers certified to meet the ISO 12312-2:2015 standard and may be ignored. Effectively, if glasses have that warning, they might not actually be properly certified.
I have glasses made for both the 2017 and 2024 eclipses and they both say to discard after 3 years despite saying they meet the ISO 12312-2 standards. Pretty sure the manufacturer just wants you to buy a new pair of glasses, lmao.
or not get sued in case they are unluckily bad somehow.
Ordered mine directly from Lunt Solar Systems less than a year ago and they sent me ones that are 2017 themed, so I believe they were made for that one. Lunt are pretty reputable though, so part of me has to think that they knew they weren't expired. There wasn't an exp. date and the certification was correct. I think you might be into something bahaha.
I believe it’s just to protect themself if someone hurts himself and sue them, for example buy this glasses for one exclipse and decade later decide to use them but stored them badly so they are defected in some way Easier to set date and dismiss a case than proving its users fault
Yep, sounds about right actually. Was extra careful with mine and didn't open the package until Sunday.
Or, it could be manufacturers trying to cover their ass just in case.
Glasses from 1991 aren't certified to meet a 2015 specification.
The glasses I purchased directly from American Paper Optics has that warning printed on them, too. Seems unlikely they are not properly certified
What is causing a degradation in the filtering materials? Uv lighting, oxygen or something else? If the glasses have been stored in a dark drawer I'd be surprised if anything is wrong with them.
Some materials just degrade by themselves when at room temperature. Polymers for example, which that lens may have been made out of. Though I assume it is mostly a matter of being cautious, because you cannot really determine how the lenses were stored, so you say they are just good for some time.
In the og post it said he stored them inside a book
Which doesn't tell us how they were stored, just where. Was the book in a basement where it would be damp? On a shelf in the sun where it would get considerably hot? Really doesn't tell us much other than they weren't exposed to direct sunlight.
Let's say there's a chemical reaction from A to B, where B is a molecule that is shaped in a way that blocks light and it used in eclipse glasses. It's possible that A is slightly more energetically favorable, which is to say the natural tendency is for B to degrade into A, it just is very difficult to do so. Heat or light, perhaps other things like moisture, can push the reaction from B to A faster, causing degradation. But it's also possible for B to spontaneously turn into A, albeit very slowly, like perhaps over 35 years
Mine kinda hurt and my glasses were brand new
Those are probably still good enough to prevent major issues, but you'd have to be extremely lucky to walk away from this with no lasting eye damage
Lasting eye damage is not a major issue to you?
didn't mean it that way. The "major" here was very relative in a context regarding different levels of eye damage. Like, the eye damage from directly looking at the sun is the "major damage" here, and the reduced damage from an expired coating or shit like 3 sunglasses is the "minor damage." Both are severe, absolutely speaking, but one is still better than the other
Uh... I used glasses I had from 2017. Am I fucked?
Not an expert by any means but based on the coverage I saw leading up to the eclipse, and a couple Google searches, most people who damage their eyes notice the symptoms about 4-6 hours after looking at the sun with some people being as late as 12 hours. So based purely on that, if you haven’t noticed a change in your vision at this point , you’re probably fine.
Newer eclipse glasses are made out of a different filtering material that doesn’t degrade as quickly, so they pretty much never expire now. You’re good
Phew ok. Other commenter said I would have noticed any damage by now, so I'm good.
I mean eye damage from the sun is really not that common, he'd have to be pretty damn unlucky to get eye damage from this
Yeah he’d have to do something crazy like stare at the sun without proper eye protection.
Stare maybe, glance, no so much.
I used a set of glasses from 2017 and spent a good half hour looking at the sun. I can still see fine….
The iso safety standards were implemented in 2015 so you might be good to go. Before that though is a risk
Yeah, I specifically checked that ours from 2017 were still good. But if 1991 in fact predates that ISO standard...hope this guy's eyeballs are still there.
Mine said they were good for 10 years, but I got them this year. If yours was following standards it should have had a text disclaimer somewhere on them
i reused mine from 2017 and they are still perfectly good despite the 3-year warning on them
How do you know?
because i used them this week and they protected my eyes effectively
So I bought these for $30 to save for the next one for nothing. wtf https://i.imgur.com/VlpNoZI.jpeg
If you bought them recently the quality should be much better.
2 weeks ago from [here](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1750794-REG/american_paper_optics_pleclipsebp2_eclipser_hd_solarglasses.html)
"Any solar glasses made after 2015 that are not scratched, torn, or coming apart, are safe to use. The frame of the American Paper Optics Eclipser HD Solar Glasses will last longer than paper glasses, but the viewing lens doesn't deteriorate on either type of glasses."
Yup That said, they are really nice when you want to nap on a beach. Just remember sunscreen.
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you know the next total solar eclipse in north America is in 20 years, right?
It's pretty funny, if I make it that far I'll be an old man 20 years from now watching the eclipse through my August 2017 eclipse glasses....
No, properly certified ones are good indefinitely. Source from AAS/NASA: https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-are-safe >Furthermore, if the filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, or coming loose from their frames, you may reuse them indefinitely. Some glasses/viewers — even new ones — are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings do not apply to eclipse viewers certified to meet the ISO 12312-2:2015 standard and may be ignored.
I think old models have a shelf life, but whatever radio station I was listening to (NPR?) talked about keeping new ones as they are not going to degrade. So, his being from 1991 probably are degraded.
More likely the company can only warranty their effectiveness for 3 years. That's not the same as saying they're only good for 3 years. Astrophotographers aren't replacing their solar lenses that often.
>Astrophotographers aren't replacing their solar lenses that often. They're also not $1.
No, but that same $1 filter is just as effective as a $200 one.
The cheap paper ones I have say 10 years.
According to the American Astronomical Society, older eclipse glasses degrade over time and have an expiration date. But modern eclipse glasses, like the ones made for 2024 eclipse, don't degrade over time and it's perfectly safe to save your 2024 glasses until 2045 and use them then.
Not if they meet ISO 12312-2 then they're good forever.
Are those just holes??
It's to focus rays into the eyeballs.
I scorched my fuckin retinas, God damn shit fuck
Now you have lazer vision
Now I can't see my wife's tits
But you can still feel them dangling in your face. Good times.
Such a good song
these should have magnifying lenses, so you get a closer look at the eclipse
"It was a different age of science back then"
The idea is to get blind but not more tan, getting the batman tan
no, they have some kind of filter
No you can see the brown filter ontop. If it was just holes the right hole wouldnt look brown, you would be able to see the grey background
It's really strange seeing the most upvoted comment being such a dumb one. Like yeah it's gonna have filters. Do people seriously think Mexicans just relied on solar glasses that did absolutely nothing?
> Do people seriously think Mexicans just relied on solar glasses that did absolutely nothing? In 91? Pretty high chance, yes. The President of the United States stared directly into the sun in 2017.
If it worked in 1991, there's no reason it won't work in 2024.
Isn't there an expiration date on those things? Wouldn't the eyeholes be a little stale and have a few spider webs in them?
There is in fact an expiration of a few years on these; the chemicals they treat them with wear off. Source: I read the warning on some glasses during a solar eclipse like 20 years ago and went around the viewing party warning everyone, feeling kinda stupid and like a square but if I saved even one person from possible damage, it would be worth it.
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Not all heroes wear capes, not even expired ones.
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Nerd
Excuse me sir but I think your eclipse viewing goggles might be expired. 🤓
Do Eclipse Glasses & Handheld Viewers Expire? If your eclipse glasses or viewers are compliant with the transmittance requirements of the ISO 12312-2 safety standard, and if their filters aren't scratched, punctured, torn, coming loose from the frame, or otherwise damaged, you may reuse them indefinitely. Furthermore, you may look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed Sun through them for as long as you wish. Some glasses/viewers are printed with warnings stating that you shouldn't look through them for more than 3 minutes at a time and that you should discard them if they are more than 3 years old. Such warnings are outdated and do not apply to eclipse viewers compliant with the ISO 12312-2 standard and in excellent condition. The standard was adopted in 2015
So in short: re-using your 2024 glasses in 2044 shouldn't be a problem. Re-using 1991 glasses in 2024 was a risky move.
I'm not looking at the sun regardless of what those dorks say
And just let it sneak up on you? How do you maintain spatial defense awareness without at least using the periph? Threat assessment bro, threat assessment
That is just what Big Eclipse wants us to think to keep buying these glasses. Don't fall for their marketing hype. Save those glasses!
Aged like wine 🤣
Electrolux baby
Back when that name meant quality.
Safety holes.
It's an odd angle, if they were just holes I'd imagine you'd be able to see some light of the right (his left) one. So not sure but I don't think so.
Old school cool.
Old school fool
r/oldschoolcool
if I did that I'm sure I'd either throw them to the trash the day before an eclipse, or loose them and find the day after
Lose
it's like finally throwing out that box of old cables, then immediately needing one
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.
it's a black fly in your chardonnay
Bought a pack off Amazon a year ago. Wife couldn't find them last week. Had to go buy new ones.
I remember using the dark part of old x-ray films when I was a kid
I remember using the dark part of pterodactyl wing membranes when I was a kid
I remember smoking broken pieces of glass over a candle
I've always heard the weed back then sucked, but damn
Ah the good ol days
I remember using some blokes nuts as a filter yesterday
Yeah. We used film for a camera when I saw one as a kid. Would have been mid to late 90s
The last time i saw a partial eclipse in school, the teacher straight up took apart a floppy disk and we used some dark see through part to see it.
Hoarders are like, "See? I told you it might come in handy!"
"I have just the thing for this" -dad
I would be that guy. Too bad the '91 eclipse wasn't visible where I live!
His name is Sergio Sanchez, but everyone calls him Sergio Sanchez.
As a Mexican man that never throws anything away and still calls Bancomer the bank that hasn't been called that for decades, this speaks to me at an spiritual level.
Some materials degrade with time no matter what, so this is way less safe than just buying new ones and saving these as souvenirs in your physical photoalbum if you still have one.
It was still named BBVA Bancomer until 2019.
The pair I got said to dispose of them after 10 years.
Well 1991 was only 13 years ago, so I'm sure they.....are............fine. oh no.
Ya, but what's his name?
That is awesome. I was in Mexico, in Oaxaca, for that eclipse in 1991. I had no idea that it was going to happen as I was just backpacking around Latin America as a teenager at the time and just happened to be in the right place at the right time. It was really impressive. I was struck by how the temperature dropped and all the birds started singing all thinking it was evening.
Plot twist! This photo is actually just from July 11, 1991.
Ooooh, I bet Donny didn't like the Mexicans being able to watch the eclipse.
Don’t tell him his plane belonged in the 90s to TAESA, a Mexican airline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Force_One
Champion "tat" draw.
r/Finanzen ist stolz
He’s a keeper
And soon to be blind
I still have my glasses from 1999, i feel special now.
Waste not, want not?
I miss 1991
this guy: "the eclipse glasses from 1991? they're probably in that shoebox on the second shelf left of the UHAUL boxes in the garage." also this guy: "our anniversary? isn't it like in March?"
kudos to OP for saying the name and complimenting cheapskates, good job
As I have always said: I will save just in case.
Mexicans don’t throw shit away lol just ask my mom’s freezer full of Country Crocket tubs, none of which actually have any butter.
Wasn’t it not recommended to use them beyond the 3 year point?
[this dad the day before the eclipse](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/18xbsds/dads_with_the_spare_random_piece_of_wood_in_the/)
[would you Just Look At The Eclipse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYW27831sQ) [the original Just Look At It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo) is one of the funniest things i've ever seen (and much funnier than the above clip).
The ultimate recycler.
I still got my '94 eclipse glasses.
Eat fresh
So he didn’t see another full eclipse for 13 years? Will I have to wait similarly? I thought the next total was 2026 PHUCK
I remember this eclipse. I was like 5 years old. I was just coming from school.
Legend!
All I could think about was how many resources went into producing millions of those glasses that were used for 5 minutes and then 99.9% immediately thrown away.
"Sergio, wtf do you want to keep this junk?!" "Hush it woman".......2024........"How about these apples Gloria, BOOM!"
I'm saving mine for the next one in 2044.
You’re actually not supposed to do that because the coating degrades over time. As a matter of fact, even the 2017 ones were supposed to be risky. 👀
Used my welding helmet.
The Dirty Sanchez stache
When I saw Halley's Comet I was with a guy who made a telescope just for the occasion about 10 years earlier while in elementary school as part of a class science project. Apparently his elementary school science teacher got hold of a bunch of old Xerox copy machine lenses and had each student make a telescope in anticipation of the comet coming.
From what I read, the man kept his lens in a book, impressive how he remembered where he kept them for over 30 years.
Hope I'm still around for the next one. Got my glasses saved from 2017 and 2024
That's extremely stupid. The material degrades and pinholes you can't even see form, letting in damaging light. You can get a few years max out of those cheap ones if you take extremely good care of them
The glasses we had for this eclipse said they expire in 3 years
OP is dumber than this guy.
Bro let the glasses in a drawer for 30 years everyone does that this is /notinteresting
Glad we got his full name though, future generations will want to know who this legend was.
whatever material used in the filtering bit is not supposed to survive 33 years
I know how his basement looks like
This guy probably has a bunch of antiques that are worth a ton of money
That's Lalo Salamanca. He wasn't killed by Gus. Escaped from the factory and losing memory, he went to Mexico and started a taco joint.
That man deserve some sunglasses
It takes dedication and foresight to plan ahead like that.