Two women temporarily lose sight from using smartphones in bed

Started by walkstall, June 28, 2016, 06:56:31 AM

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walkstall

I have a dumb phone and I turn it off before going to bed.  :biggrin:

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Two women experienced a shock when they lost sight in one eye after sneaking peeks at their smartphone in bed. Doctors dubbed the phenomenon "transient smartphone blindness." It may sound like a cautionary tale about smartphone dangers, but it's actually an easily avoidable condition.

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Hoofer

Huh.... I'll be a son-of-a....   

Wifey says my eyes get to bouncing all over the place, roll back in my head & I get this silly ear-to-ear grin.

Oh wait!  ...that's been going on before cell phones...  but the silly grin can last all day!   :wink:

Why do they take a cell phone to bed...?
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walkstall

Quote from: Hoofer on July 01, 2016, 02:18:24 PM
Huh.... I'll be a son-of-a....   

Wifey says my eyes get to bouncing all over the place, roll back in my head & I get this silly ear-to-ear grin.

Oh wait!  ...that's been going on before cell phones...  but the silly grin can last all day!   :wink:

Why do they take a cell phone to bed...?

I am assuming they have NO NIGHT life.  :lol:
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Hoofer

Quote from: walkstall on July 01, 2016, 03:50:04 PM
I am assuming they have NO NIGHT life.  :lol:

That probably -IS- their night life.   Probably fall asleep while talking on the darn thing....
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Solar

Reminds me of the old joke, "Doc, can I do it till I need glasses?"

OK, I'm going....
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Quote from: Solar on July 06, 2016, 06:32:30 PM
Reminds me of the old joke, "Doc, can I do it till I need glasses?"

OK, I'm going....

Doc, "If you don't take that phone off of vibrate - hell ya, you'll go blind I tell ya!"
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Quote from: Hoofer on July 08, 2016, 04:11:34 PM
Doc, "If you don't take that phone off of vibrate - hell ya, you'll go blind I tell ya!"
:biggrin:
Apparently so, according to the headline...
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