Body horror
Huh. I just took a piece of black sewing thread (should be about as visible as a small gauge needle, I'd guess) and managed to poke myself in the eye with it without noticing anything other than slight distortion in field of view in the process. When I hold it hanging down from my eyebrow, I can't notice it's there at all unless it moves.
Do you think this is somehow unrepresentative or that I'm different?
Body horror
@robryk @VE3RWJ @mjg59
You see *something* but no details.
But, say, a fine needle not mounted on anything and coming in from the side? Depends a lot on the light I think. Unless you have light sharply reflected from the needle (we're really good at detecting bright spots) you may well not be able to.
Body horror
@robryk @VE3RWJ Oh I could definitely see it if I tried to