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[–]CH2599 4187 points4188 points  (106 children)

Some people are literally the inverse to social anxiety and it really shows.

[–]Shoddy-Commission-12 1016 points1017 points  (79 children)

Like those people who just walk around with mink speakers playing music instead of wearing headphones lmao

Like why bro

[–]CH2599 286 points287 points  (15 children)

God the audacity, not many people would appreciate my taste in music either, I’ll keep my headphones on.

[–]2Mark2Manic 150 points151 points  (2 children)

I'm fairly sure most people won't take offense with 90% of my playlist.

But I'm still not going to blast it in public because I'm not (that much) of an inconsiderate asshole.

[–]S3ERFRY333 13 points14 points  (4 children)

I don't need to make people suffer my weird taste of weird Al polka covers mixed with italodisco and Finnish metal.

[–]CryptographerAlone81 135 points136 points  (21 children)

In Hawaii people would bring speakers on hikes and my friends and I felt they diminished our hike experience. I went on a date with a guy to hike and he packed his speaker. I said, “you’re one of those people?!”

He said, “I’m bringing everyone the gift of music”

This narcissist believed he was enhancing everyone’s experience with his loud music.

Thanks for listening.

[–]ItsLillardTime 43 points44 points  (2 children)

What the fuck? Who even wants to listen to music on a hike? What’s even the point of the hike then. Just go to the gym if you wanna exercise while listening to music

[–]Infamous_Committee67 14 points15 points  (0 children)

YES. Literally stopped being friends with people who did this. I'm in nature to listen to nature sounds, dumbfuck

[–]Anxa 134 points135 points  (7 children)

Usually it's some combo of them liking people paying attention to them, and liking having power over other people. They're on a bus with you, everyone is pissed off they're playing loud music, but nobody's saying anything to them? That means they're the TOP DOG on the bus!

In reality of course, nobody else is speaking up because the risk/reward in their minds isn't worth it. Not worth potentially getting beat up or yelled at by someone who clearly doesn't give a shit. Folks who actively look to pick fights have much less to lose, which usually means their life sucks a lot more than yours.

[–]britonbaker 55 points56 points  (2 children)

this is so hard to fathom, life would be so easy lol

[–]Colbert_bump 26 points27 points  (0 children)

These are the people that deserve to have social anxiety

[–]ApolloMac 7624 points7625 points  (124 children)

So you ripped open the emergency exit door at 30k feet didn't you? I don't blame you. I'd do the same.

[–]killbeam 1344 points1345 points  (93 children)

Someone call Boeing. We finally figured out what happened.

[–]Johannes_Keppler 312 points313 points  (87 children)

Oh they know. Someone forgot to tighten the bolts. Yes seriously.

[–]C_IsForCookie 25 points26 points  (69 children)

Is this in reference to an actual thing? What am I missing? Or is it the story of the lady that got sucked out within the past 10 years? That’s all I remember, but never heard anything about them forgetting to tighten bolts.

[–]ZaryaBubbler 92 points93 points  (40 children)

Door plug got sucked off a 737 MAX 9 at 16,000ft. It happened because someone didn't fully tighten the bolts in the plug. Happened last night

[–]Ongr 32 points33 points  (2 children)

Door plug got sucked off

Never wished to be a door plug before.

[–]ZaryaBubbler 43 points44 points  (3 children)

No the first time bolts have been an issue for the MAX 9...

[–]No-External105 10.1k points10.1k points  (414 children)

Why would someone own that? Seriously.

[–]Sskity 1620 points1621 points  (57 children)

I've seen the exact same one. I'm 100% sure it was purchased at a dollar tree or something

[–]DismalWard77 492 points493 points  (38 children)

Yeah I've purchased similar and they were definitely the cheapest in the store.

[–]No-External105 427 points428 points  (19 children)

The seizure it induces is free… no additional charge.

[–]SpiritedSiren 180 points181 points  (13 children)

Free?

American healthcare enters chat

[–]No-External105 90 points91 points  (1 child)

Having the seizure is free… treating it… meh

[–]Fair_Creme_194 197 points198 points  (12 children)

I got one as a gift and my god I’m sure through my own body’s electrical current I could charge my phone faster 🤣🤣spends more energy on the disco lights than actually charging a phone id be suprised if it was fully charged by the time the flight landed 🤣

[–]BlueRocketMouse 168 points169 points  (7 children)

This is basically how I ended up stuck with something like this, except it was a charging block instead of a cable. I bought it because it was cheap and had no idea it lit up until I plugged it in for the first time.

Even worse was that the LEDs didn't all pulse at the same speed. The blue light blinked just a tiny bit faster than the red one. Maddening.

[–]Magenta_the_Great 12 points13 points  (4 children)

So I could see this being all she had because of this and offer to share mine

[–]SnipesCC 71 points72 points  (0 children)

I bought some off wish. It was OK in my well lit office, but my partner had one in the car. I had to tuck it away when I was driving, the light was actually dangerous because the motion in my peripheral vision was distracting.

[–]quelin1 1826 points1827 points  (98 children)

My head cannon is that she grabbed the wrong cable and is super embarrassed and currently writing a post on TIFU.

[–]spurnedapproach 559 points560 points  (47 children)

I'd be too embarrassed to use it, but I would absolutely accidentally pack something like that and want to disembark the plane early midair.

[–]nneeeeeeerds 132 points133 points  (12 children)

"I won't be able to get an uber when we land, but I'm just gonna let the phone die."

[–]midgethemage 70 points71 points  (5 children)

Dude same. My roommate gave me some wireless headphones he'd never used ahead of an early morning flight. I went to go use them and the little blue LED was weirdly bright and I immediately put the headphones away 😅

[–]Ok_Swimmer634 115 points116 points  (21 children)

Alaska Airlines has entered the chat.

[–]FirstDivision 77 points78 points  (20 children)

Captain, there’s another passenger with one of those flashing charging cables.

Roger. I’ll blow the door plugs.

[–]needhalphere 19 points20 points  (7 children)

Just want you to know, as a FA, this made me laugh out fucking loud and its right before my sign in time here.

If any pax did this on my flight, I probably would try to reseat them to the last row as so she wont disturb others. But tbh, there is nothing in our manual that says this kind of things have to be banned on board so obviously this is a tricky situation for everyone involved.

[–]xzElmozx 192 points193 points  (14 children)

There’s like 20 ways you could use this cable stealthily in that scenario though. Like just feeding the cable through a sweater or a shirt so the flashing is hidden

[–]greenusflippus 231 points232 points  (5 children)

lmao i'm not hiding any flashing wires in my clothing whilst on an airplane

[–]After_Self5383 92 points93 points  (0 children)

That's... a good point.

[–]OpinionatedBlackGuy 41 points42 points  (0 children)

👀

[–][deleted] 37 points38 points  (5 children)

"canon"

[–]MyDickIsMeh 77 points78 points  (1 child)

Owning it and bringing it on a fucking airplane (and using it there) and two very different things.

She is evil though.

[–]meowhatissodamnfunny 448 points449 points  (52 children)

Probably went through or is still currently in a raver phase and now associates bright flashing colors with ecstasy

[–]JadedYam56964444 177 points178 points  (6 children)

Or just goes "Durrr flashing is good. Durrr"

[–]Lepke2011 91 points92 points  (4 children)

Or likes to intentionally annoy people because they think it's fun. I really dislike people like that (hi, mom).

[–]Jorgan_JerkFace 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Everyone is looking! I must be so awesome!

[–]SupernaturalPumpkin 112 points113 points  (11 children)

I have one and I love it but I use it at home. Why anyone would want to draw attention to themselves with it is beyond me especially while blatantly disturbing people on a flight.

[–]weapons_grade_idiot 49 points50 points  (5 children)

I don't own one and until five minutes ago did not know they exist. Now I want one. I would never in a million years use anywhere but inside my house, though.

[–]SupernaturalPumpkin 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Only time it might have been useful outside of the house was when I was younger and I’d be drinking in someone else’s house and we’d all have our phones charging in one area. It’s funky looking and you could see your phone instantly!

[–]Docstar7 13.4k points13.4k points  (216 children)

I have never even considered the possibility of a cable doing that. Thanks, I hate it. And her.

[–]Jjzeng 2029 points2030 points  (114 children)

I’ve seen light up cables, but only inside of PCs and they’re already annoying there

[–]Dragonfly-Adventurer 1112 points1113 points  (97 children)

They make USB cables that slowly "move" pulses along, much less horrifying than this disco thing. Some of them pulse faster depending on how fast the cable is charging. It's a silly desk accessory but this is the first time I've seen one weaponized.

[–]awkard_ftm98 586 points587 points  (79 children)

Anyone with epilepsy around her is in legit danger. Like, she's not just regular old rude, she's full on ignorant

[–]redtopazrules 293 points294 points  (58 children)

I showed this to my mother, and it was the first thing she said. On a slightly less terrible note it can also trigger migraines for some people.

[–]eatingdonuts44 139 points140 points  (44 children)

Im some people. This type of lights give me PTSD of migraines starting when you cant see half of your vision due to "light flickering/dead spots"

[–]Colourblindblues 57 points58 points  (10 children)

Oh shit, I have the same thing. Just had to reply to you as it doesn’t seem to be that common.. I had pretty bad migraine attack that left me with PTSD symptoms. It’s better now but you know, still there

[–]princesssasami896 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I was going to comment that. I get horrific migraines and blinking lights can cause them. I was also thinking it can cause a seizure

[–]Axiom06 84 points85 points  (1 child)

Also people with sensory issues.

I also get migraines because of lights like this. I would ask the flight attendant to either do something about it or find me a new seat.

[–]Higais 35 points36 points  (2 children)

Yeah that kind of thing can be satisfying to watch in your own room when it is slow and steady. OP's video is blasphemous

[–]cellxor10[🍰] 465 points466 points  (32 children)

There's not a single situation I can think of where I would ever want to use this product

[–]mutnik 278 points279 points  (14 children)

My daughter's daycare has these. It's for the class check in notepad. The notepad should be hanging on the door unless it's being charged. So when its not at the door you can look around the room and it's pretty obvious where it is. A very specific use case but it works for them

[–]-Badger3- 236 points237 points  (12 children)

Also it's a good way to find out whether your kid has epilepsy.

[–]elitemouse 124 points125 points  (4 children)

Separate the weak ones at an early age

[–]overnightyeti 47 points48 points  (2 children)

Put some peanut butter on the cord, too. Weed out the allergic weaklings as well.

[–]butt-barnacles 152 points153 points  (5 children)

This is the most mildly infuriating thing I’ve ever seen posted here congrats op

[–]JungleBoyJeremy 75 points76 points  (1 child)

That 3 second video has made me more than mildly furious

[–]Stock-Example6867 98 points99 points  (12 children)

Agreed, I hide any lights in the room when I sleep, I prefer total darkness. That charging cable made me think that world domination would be fun.

[–]Fuzzy_Laugh_1117 52 points53 points  (11 children)

Do you carry that black electrical tape? My parents did and were forever covering VCRs and alarm clocks with that tape. It was a bit odd way back when.

[–]faxanaduu 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Im not the only one. Ive covered mouths with less lol

[–]TheImplication696969 29 points30 points  (0 children)

My Uber driver had one similar for his phone in the car, it didn’t pulse like that one and was a nice blue colour, I liked it but this one is horrid especially subjecting other people to it on an airplane.

[–]unknownpoltroon 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have one that kinda glows dim blue, very handy for telling if it's done charging. This is an epilepsy causing nightmare.

[–]RaiHanashi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I used to work at an airport tech store & those exist. Mostly seen them in high speed chargers

Had one my job gave me for selling enough of them. It flashes fast when your phone is almost dead and gets slower when it’s close to a full charge

[–]Lunalou26 14.5k points14.5k points  (1080 children)

That’s horrendous. I’m surprised the flight attendant didn’t say anything.

[–]Grouchy-Ad4338 3412 points3413 points  (282 children)

Fully agree. As much of a problem with this woman but also with the crew. If she didn't have the common sense then crew should have approached her. If nothing else then she could have tried to cover up the wire at least.

[–]jazzyboyo 1612 points1613 points  (221 children)

Couldn’t this full on trigger a seizure for someone?

[–]ZubLor 1006 points1007 points  (135 children)

Migraine for me.

[–]Supply-Slut 810 points811 points  (9 children)

Lady I’m not tryna tell you how to live your life, but if that fucker gives me a migraine I’m giving you a lap full of vomit.

[–]Doodadsumpnrother 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Best comment

[–]michkbrady2 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Bless you, may I use this when forced into proximity with ungracious people please?

[–]Ready_Set_Go_Home 199 points200 points  (102 children)

The aura that occurs as a predictive feature of migraines (not everyone with migraines has this aura, which can include visual disturbances and tactile manifestations) are actually simple focal seizures/simple partial seizures.

https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/a/auras.html#:~:text=The%20aura%20is%20actually%20a,one%20side%20of%20the%20brain.

(I'm also a PhD neuroscientist who has had visual/tactile auras since 2002).

So, if this triggers an aura/migraine in you, it's essentially triggering a seizure (I can't look long because it will trigger a migraine).

[–]Odd_Moment_6995 110 points111 points  (1 child)

Soon as I saw the lights moving, I immediately covered this up. Sincerely, my spicy migraines.

[–]Kravist1978 50 points51 points  (14 children)

LED headlights have been triggering these for me.

[–]laughingashley 27 points28 points  (3 children)

Thank you!! That's great to know! I was also told that migraine with aura is an indicator that you are at a higher risk of stroke. They told me I couldn't take hormone birth control and replaced it with synthetic. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[–]nygrl811 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Wait, wut??? So my disco ball crescent is a seizure???

[–]TerribleSquid 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Homicidal ideation for me

[–]DisastrousAd447 51 points52 points  (5 children)

I feel one coming on just from the video. Christ.

[–]Bennington_Booyah 104 points105 points  (19 children)

It would trigger my "fuck with you" reflex very quickly. Why is everyone flying now as self-centered assholes with zero consideration for anyone else??

[–]XheavenscentX 50 points51 points  (6 children)

It’s not just flying. I swear ever since 2020, it’s like the general population lost all social skills.

[–]Tangent_Odyssey 32 points33 points  (3 children)

Not to be the “America bad” guy, but the US has always kind of nurtured a culture of selfishness — call it “rugged individualism” if you want the positive spin on it, but Covid kinda sent that sentiment into overdrive and exposed it for what it is.

It’s like every selfish asshole out there got a permission slip to stop pretending they weren’t, and was reassured it’s okay to not give a fuck who knows it or who cares.

[–]violet__violet 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I mean, I think we all learned during the pandemic that a good percentage of the population Just Does Not Give A Single Shit about anyone but themselves.

[–]PitifulInitiative675 52 points53 points  (1 child)

Yes, they can also trigger intense ocular migraines

[–]jesse5946 97 points98 points  (16 children)

Pretend to sieze then blame it on her lol

[–]_KatNap 81 points82 points  (7 children)

As someone with epilepsy, I confirm I would not hesitate to act uncomfortable and would tell them it's making me feel the start of a seizure (even though I am not at all triggered by bright lights)

[–]sportspadawan13 34 points35 points  (1 child)

Ditto. I'd definitely tell her. Very inconsiderate and also I'm not triggered by lights but they make me feel like I could? Very uncomfortable.

[–]treyveee 26 points27 points  (0 children)

My best friend has epilepsy, and this would definitely send her into a series of seizures

[–]thefunkybassist 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Medical lawsuit incoming

[–]baronas15 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is the way!

[–]ELB2001 235 points236 points  (45 children)

People like that have tunnel vision. They only see what they want to see and live in their own bubble

[–]Cailida 160 points161 points  (17 children)

It's called selfishness.

[–]Rough_Principle_3755 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Otherwise known for years as “being an asshole”.

But god forbid anyone calls anyone out on anything anymore and someone then plays the victim…..

[–]Low_Cartographer2944 54 points55 points  (5 children)

Hard agree. I’m sure if they’d been asked to unplug or cover it, we’d be reading an AITA post where they expect sympathy for being treated so rudely.

[–]minor_correction 31 points32 points  (4 children)

"During a flight, the person next to me complained the the indicator light on my charger was too bright. AITA?"

We only get one side of the story.

[–]FirstBankofAngmar 11 points12 points  (1 child)

You got to talk to them like children

[–]LongMemoryLady 285 points286 points  (40 children)

I carry a sleep mask because I need dark to sleep and on,y person on the plane with a light on is always sitting next to me.

[–]MichElegance 157 points158 points  (29 children)

Same here. But if I was just sitting there chilling out, and that was in my periphery, I would lose my mind. I definitely would say something. 100%.

[–]randompersonx 38 points39 points  (13 children)

I was recently on a redeye from Miami to Santiago, Chile… the crew had the lights on maximum brightness for what seemed like at least the first 20 minutes. I wasn’t planning on going to sleep immediately, but the bright lights were so painful that I had to put my sleeping eye mask on just to stop the pain… and ended up going to sleep early.

[–]patricemv 2018 points2019 points  (548 children)

They make u close the window shades on red eye flights, also unsure how this allowed

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    [–]psychoacer 245 points246 points  (16 children)

    They should get the emergency exit seat of a 737 max

    [–]LoveThieves 31 points32 points  (10 children)

    I agree but also think we are going full circle with airplane "normalcy" where we surrender to being comfortable.

    Remember that shoe bomber incident, so now everyone has to remove their shoes and scan it with TSA before boarding.

    Now, people will be wearing full helmets that block out sound and light because of a-holes like this and be like, we can't have nice things anymore.

    [–]Impressive_Yellow537 385 points386 points  (404 children)

    huh?? I take red eyes all the time, that must be an airline by airline thing

    [–][deleted] 109 points110 points  (18 children)

    right? didn't see the issue till i'd clicked the play button...

    ..this is seizure, and anxiety producing from my perspective n cannot imagine how it fcked with everybody within eyeshot. this should be more regulated than liquids within carry-on luggage

    [–]Inner_Health_1978 75 points76 points  (10 children)

    I have epilepsy and photosensitivity is extremely rare in epileptics. Alcohol/drugs, lack of sleep, stress, and missing meds are the leading causes of seizures by 100 fold. But if I sat next to this person I'd pull the epileptic card in a heartbeat.

    [–]GeppettoStromboli 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    Same! Mine are very well controlled, but I’d definitely let the person know I’m an Epileptic. If that didn’t work, I’d pass that info to the flight attendants.

    [–]Significant_Loads 108 points109 points  (17 children)

    I have a friend who’s a flight attendant. While he’s a super chill dude, he knows how to play the bitchy gay guy really well. I would have loved to see him tell this passenger to cut the shit out, but sassy.

    [–]SuperCiuppa_dos 188 points189 points  (87 children)

    Man fuck the flight attendant, if she sits next to me I’ll tell her myself to cut that shit out…

    [–]Consistent_Ad_2385 25 points26 points  (2 children)

    People like that must have really bad karma.

    [–]Pants001 24 points25 points  (0 children)

    Usually just very ignorant......No understanding of what they are doing, may affect other people.

    [–]_-__-__-_-___ 27 points28 points  (5 children)

    I would’ve made that shit stop. Why are people just staying quiet about things and suffering?

    [–]HornsUp115 4554 points4555 points  (143 children)

    I bet life is so easy for people like this. Absolutely nothing going on in their head. Must be nice.

    [–]jdockpnw777 579 points580 points  (14 children)

    Ignorance is blissssss.

    [–]Cum_on_doorknob 106 points107 points  (10 children)

    takes bite of steak as harp plays

    “So we have a deal then?”

    [–]Medium_Pepper215 699 points700 points  (54 children)

    empathy is a curse. why was I born with the ability to consider others when it feels like 99% of the world population doesn’t give a shit whether I live or die.

    [–]veracity-mittens 72 points73 points  (6 children)

    I’m still feeling guilty for turning down a shift a few days ago and I was in bed and couldn’t move from an injury. Why are we like this? I care too much

    [–]_Non-Photo_Blue_ 29 points30 points  (0 children)

    It's frustrating, because it seems like everyone else would take the free day with zero guilt. I hate to hear you deal with it too but its nice to know I'm not alone.

    [–]HornsUp115 160 points161 points  (17 children)

    I agree. I've had to make efforts to start putting myself first. If you don't, you end up getting used/walked on by those who don't give a shit. Ugh.

    [–]Mabniac 39 points40 points  (6 children)

    99% of the world population

    Wow, 80 million people care about you, must be nice.

    [–]MountRoseATP 39 points40 points  (9 children)

    Had an overnight flight to London a few years ago, and these women talked the entire flight. The flight attendant even asked them to speak quietly and they just kept yapping. It was awful. Thank god for ear plugs though.

    [–]SemataryPolka 18 points19 points  (0 children)

    I'm the guy who yells SHUT THE FUCK UP

    I don't know if that's good or not and I'll probably end up on the wrong end of a tiktok someday but I do it for you all

    [–]HornsUp115 17 points18 points  (5 children)

    Ya, just cut us a little slack. Like sure. You can talk, but let's put the volume on airplane mode.

    [–]collegethrowaway2938 115 points116 points  (6 children)

    Glad to see I'm not the only one who's had that thought. Being stupid/ignorant/unempathetic seems so nice at times, no thoughts head empty

    [–]Watch_me_give 30 points31 points  (5 children)

    there's always someone on a plane with zero regard for the other person.

    let me blast my iPad on full sound with no headphones in this tight space, I'm sure it's all fine.

    so many selfish morons

    [–]sparklykublaikhan 51 points52 points  (4 children)

    There's a chinese saying that roughly translates to "people with no shame are invincible"

    [–]Silly-Disk 19 points20 points  (3 children)

    I have said this many times. Having no sense of shame or embarrassment is a super power.

    [–]DeficiencyOfGravitas 34 points35 points  (1 child)

    Blessed is the mind too small for doubt.

    [–]tsitsifly22[S] 1840 points1841 points  (110 children)

    Maybe I should have offered up my white charger

    [–]Tommelen 887 points888 points  (40 children)

    Tell her you have epilepsy

    [–]hxcris72 504 points505 points  (13 children)

    This reminded me how at my previous apartment complex they would not change the flashing lightbulb on the exterior building despite me inquiring about it. I eventually just said my girlfriend had epilepsy and they replaced the bulb the same day! Ah, the wonders of medical deceit.

    [–]jingleheimerstick 209 points210 points  (11 children)

    Those types of flashing lights make me have aura migraines. No one understands that, so I just say that too.

    [–]Other-Cantaloupe4765 57 points58 points  (2 children)

    I have chronic migraine. Flashing lights are the fucking worst and it sucks ass that nobody will take you seriously about it. “It’s just a headache. Go take some Tylenol and get over it.” No mf I am trying to tell you that a flashing light will leave me horrendously sick and incapacitated for days at a time but sure asshole, go ahead and roll your eyes and tell me to get over it. I’m glad I live alone and provide my own lighting. I don’t use my overhead lights ever.

    [–]jingleheimerstick 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    I don’t use overhead lighting either. Luckily my husband isn’t a fan of it either. Now to just get my kids to stop shining flashlights in my eyes unexpectedly…

    [–]highway22822 41 points42 points  (1 child)

    My first thought was that this would trigger a migraine in me!

    [–]Nerdlifegirl 120 points121 points  (14 children)

    Seriously, I do have epilepsy and that thing would have made me seize. How awful!

    [–]Mergath 29 points30 points  (2 children)

    Yep. Photosensitive epilepsy and I sometimes go into status. This could have actually killed me.

    [–]RappingChefPURPLE 31 points32 points  (9 children)

    I don’t know much about Epilepsy at all. But does watching this video have any affect on you? Some videos have flashing light and Epilepsy warnings before them. Should this one have one aswell?

    [–]Nerdlifegirl 73 points74 points  (4 children)

    I’m currently in a well-lit room, which defuses (for lack of a better word) the intensity of the strobing. If I were in a dark room, I might have a problem.

    I always appreciate a warning because seizures are excruciating and can be so dangerous. Even a 90 second seizure takes me out for a whole day (if not more.)

    [–]savingewoks 28 points29 points  (1 child)

    Just adding on here, the scene in the Incredibles 2 was such a problem because of dark room that I was prepared for it (basically I knew a character was exploring a dark room and when that happened I bailed and poked my head back in real quick to double check) and at home with a light on in a nearby room it was totally fine.

    [–]Tricky-Gemstone 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    Yeah. That scene was extreme. I have no idea how they didn't put a flashing warning on the film to begin with.

    [–]_name_of_the_user_ 15 points16 points  (1 child)

    I don’t know much about Epilepsy at all.

    Epilepsy can be hugely varied from person to person. Seizures can vary from what you see in movies, to looking/acting like you're drunk, to looking like you're asleep sitting up, to a split second jerk of a digit, to an odd sensation and/or hallucination with no external symptoms. I've had the odd sensation, mine feels closest to dread but that's just me, the split second jerks, and I once had sustained jerking of my hands over several minutes. Also, IIRC only about 7% of the people with epilepsy are technically photosensitive.

    But does watching this video have any affect on you?

    If the room was dark and the flashing effected the majority of the light hitting my eyes, it would. Likely I'd just feel nauseated, a little light headed, and like a seizure was coming but I've never had light cause a seizure.

    As I watched it in a bright room it had no effect on me.

    Some videos have flashing light and Epilepsy warnings before them. Should this one have one aswell?

    Need? Probably not given how the total brightness of the screen isn't changing that much. But it certainly wouldn't be a bad idea and as someone with epilepsy I'd certainly appreciate the heads up.

    [–]WhereAreWeG0ing 249 points250 points  (26 children)

    That would've been the optimum solution.

    Personally a quick snip with a pair of scissors would be funniest but if you have another cable, that's probably the more diplomatic solution.

    [–]Scoompii 169 points170 points  (14 children)

    Or hoping for her to be sucked out the window if you’re on a boeing 737 max

    [–]dazed_and_jaded 50 points51 points  (5 children)

    *pulls out scissors on plane

    diplomatic solution.

    [–]No_Lawfulness1665 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    Ah the good ol‘ scissors on a plane :D

    [–]KevinT1701 600 points601 points  (14 children)

    I use these cords at home to charge some battery powered lamps i have...that way i never forget to unplug them...

    [–]Emotional_Sell6550 489 points490 points  (11 children)

    My blood is boiling on your behalf.

    [–]procrastinatorsuprem 355 points356 points  (17 children)

    That would literally give me a seizure.

    [–]CapIcy5838 94 points95 points  (3 children)

    Yep. I would have had the WORST migraine.

    [–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

    yeah my mum has epilepsy i would’ve been fuming

    [–][deleted] 306 points307 points  (52 children)

    I recently broke up with my girlfriend because she has to sleep with her bright ass 65" TV on at almost full blast. The second she's asleep I turn it off and she wakes up and would get mad. Fuck that.

    [–]WillBrakeForBrakes 126 points127 points  (5 children)

    That’s breakup worthy and made me anxious just reading it

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      [–][deleted] 52 points53 points  (6 children)

      It was an 8 year relationship. The TV was just the straw that broke the camels back. Looking back the whole thing was a total nightmare. So much ruined sleep, being forced to listen to a random mexican soccer games or infomercials with a pillow covering my face night after night because she had PTSD. She had a ton of issues that I was sympathetic to. Tried everything. Installed a tv remote app on my phone. Music playlists. Sound machines. Would turn off the picture, but leave the sound. Would mess with the brightness, and if it didn't wake her up she'd wake up in the morning livid that I screwed with her tv. Got to the point where I realized I was the only one making any real compromise. All I got back in return was a ton of "i love you's" and "please don't leave" that didn't actually mean fuck all.

      She'd also wake me up at 3am randomly by stroking my hair and singing to me. That's way more irritating than it sounds, good luck trying to explain to her why that's not welcomed without looking like an asshole and getting stonewalled.

      Just incompatible people is all and towards the end it just got worse and worse. I wish her well.

      [–]rollercoastervanPURPLE 455 points456 points  (14 children)

      She probably thinks she’s so cool for having that

      [–]3mberLight66617 55 points56 points  (5 children)

      Imagine her PC setup; RGB monitor, RGB keyboard+mouse, RGB liquid cooling, RGB Video card, RGB headphone, RGB mic, RBG game controllers and etc. which is pretty much RBG brain rot!

      Edit: I mistyped two RGB's but I'll leave it, see how contagious this brain rot is!!!

      [–]Any_Flamingo8978 201 points202 points  (19 children)

      That could trigger a seizure. No joke.

      [–]Pelios 58 points59 points  (14 children)

      For real, I’m surprised the FA didn’t say anything.

      [–]LollipopThrowAway- 69 points70 points  (3 children)

      Thats so fuckin bad, i get migraines and this would for sure trigger one if i didnt put a sleep mask on

      [–]weedsmoker9001 29 points30 points  (1 child)

      Somebody bout to get a seizure

      [–]talgin2000 30 points31 points  (3 children)

      Imagine charging your phone at night with this shit

      [–][deleted] 107 points108 points  (8 children)

      I'd just stare at her for as long as it was plugged in. Stare. Stare. Stare.... "Why are you staring at me?!?!" "Because you have a neon sign that screams "Look at me!" .

      [–]hbrthree 211 points212 points  (28 children)

      This is why I hate air travel. Sardine canned w goddam animals. 😂😁

      [–]FobbitOutsideTheWire 23 points24 points  (0 children)

      You're the one that depressurized that Alaska Air flight, weren't you.

      I don't blame you.

      [–]AltruisticCucumber58 41 points42 points  (0 children)

      That would be a rather cool looking garrote.

      [–]shapedbydreams 43 points44 points  (2 children)

      I don't even have epilepsy and I got a headache watching that.

      [–]nogoodgopher 38 points39 points  (1 child)

      Time to call a flight attendant and she gets to use shitty plastic disposables.

      If she's lucky she'll get one of the old headsets with the rubbery cable.

      [–]corndog161 12 points13 points  (0 children)

      Pretty sure she's charging her phone.

      [–]_father_time 14 points15 points  (3 children)

      I would have kindly asked her to unplug it as it was bothering my eyes. Would I have been wrong to ask her?

      [–]ilprofs07205 63 points64 points  (2 children)

      Bro i tried one of those once and the whole length of it caught fire after less than a minute watch out

      [–]CovfefeBoss 10 points11 points  (0 children)

      I think you set a record.

      [–]madumi-mike 12 points13 points  (5 children)

      That just seems like a lot of wasted energy to light up like that when you only need to charge your phone.

      [–]Plenty_Painting_6298 15 points16 points  (3 children)

      IIRC, some college students did a study on them and said the ones with the strobing lights don't siphon that much extra amperage but it is a measurable amount.

      [–]OneHumanPeOple 35 points36 points  (3 children)

      I have epilepsy. I would have put an end to this shit immediately

      [–]Any_Ad5118 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      Gotta play some dance music to this

      [–]FragrantExcitement 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      Where is it? I don't see it.

      [–]nlopez525 8 points9 points  (0 children)

      Omg I suffer from migraines and this would be such a bad trigger.