 LastJuggalo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
 214 Posts
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Friday, January 27, 2012 12:33:02 PM
Lol, Draculya. So clever. |
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 Zymotical
Male, 18-29, Western US
199 Posts
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Friday, January 27, 2012 4:15:51 AM
This helped explain to me how some of the biology behind this could be functioning.
I was intrigued by this story as I also have blue eyes, am sensitive to bright lights, and ever since I was a child could read books in dim enough light that my parents could not tell I was even reading. I also have 20/15 vision but the optician never said anything about my eyes other than how great my vision is.
Sorta wierd that I have a fetish for eyeglasses now that I think about it. |
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 lawndartsftw
Male, 40-49, Canada
1815 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:41:50 PM
.....must be Aliens ! |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2994 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:26:14 PM
ninja for sure |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6366 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:16:07 PM
American military no longer owns the night. The Chinese may not have the budget for decent night vision gear, but mutant powers don't need batteries. |
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 chrn368
Male, 18-29, Western US
172 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:09:11 AM
Humans are evolving. |
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 PinkRhoid
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1149 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:00:35 AM
I would pay to have natural night vision like this. I'm a night person as it is. |
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strivejaylen
Male, 18-29, Southern US
196 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:19:04 AM
I would love for my blue eyes to have dark-vision instead of low-light vision, although the red dot from my stereo though all those little lights from my electronics have the ability to keep me awake, who makes them so bright i had to put towels and folders in the way, those are to bright man, and sometimes the moon kept me awake from the light, the freaking moon |
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 the_windy
Female, 18-29, Canada
1569 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00:06 AM
I'm not sure if the link was posted here, but does anyone remember that doctor in LA who said that he can turn anyone's eye's blue? He mentioned something along the lines of all our eyes start off blue, and then something gets added on that turns them either brown or green. Maybe that's what happened here?
It may not be that one of his parents were carrying the gene that made his eyes blue, but rather just a mutation. That would explain the being able to see in the dark as well. Regular blue eyes can't do that. |
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 reidcook1000
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
384 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:53:54 AM
GET THAT KID IN US SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING RIGHT F'ING NOW. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5290 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:17:21 AM
but since blue eyes are recessive, both parents have to be carrying the gene for it to be expressed
Partially true. There is more than a single gene responsible for eye colour, and I believe you meant allele instead of gene, we all have the genes, but now I'm just being pedantic. |
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 Evil_Eye
Male, 18-29, Europe
1284 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:10:13 AM
Weasel666: Acculy India is famous for producing the best Medical Doctors. |
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carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4070 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:22:46 AM
China makes only a billion pairs of sunglasses every year; you'd think they could find the poor kid a pair! |
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 LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:22:59 AM
@lifeavoidit - Everyone can have blue eyes, but it depends on the parent's genetics. It's not like some anti-blue eyes Asian gene, but since blue eyes are recessive, both parents have to be carrying the gene for it to be expressed (excluding cases where babies are born with blue eyes, not sure why that happens, but it's not their real eye color since it changes when they get older). It just so happens that the gene is very uncommon in Asia, so kids usually aren't born with blue eyes (more likely to happen if they were mixed race in their heritage). It's the same reason why they usually aren't born with red hair or blonde hair without being mixed somewhere in their heritage. |
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 Kamsy89
Female, 18-29, Southern US
12 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:10:26 AM
Really? Because he's Chinese, not Indonesian.
And yer, I'm gonna hop on the evolution bandwagon to. |
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maluku
Male, 18-29, Europe
18 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:04:10 AM
that's not indonesian, looks/sounds more like china |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:34:23 AM
lifeavoidit: Babies can be born with blue eyes that change as they grow older. |
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CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:32:11 AM
but it's a good mutation!
Maybe if your living in a cave, but we live in a sunlit world, most of the time, and what is normal light for us apparently hurts his eyes.
It's being 'good' is rather subjective. |
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 bankvole
Male, 30-39, Europe
988 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:06:39 AM
Weasel666 are you seriously suggesting that only western countries have medical doctors able to cope with major medical conditions? Wow. Just wow. |
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 RyanHake
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2698 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:36:36 AM
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
No but seriously, this is insane lol. I'm not quite sure if I'd want the ability to see in the dark like that...hard enough to fall asleep as it is |
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 som-tam
Male, 18-29, Asia
386 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:51:51 AM
how could they tell if he was squinting or not? |
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Weasel666
Male, 30-39, Western US
5 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:29:59 AM
I'm calling BS on this one. Blue eyes might be rare in the population, but other than that they look normal. I don't care if a "doctor" examined him, there's a reason they try come to places like the US, UK, or, Canada when they need major medical help. |
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 lifeavoidit
Male, 18-29, Europe
235 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:48:27 AM
Ok am i the only one that never knew that people from asia do not have blue eyes. I have blue eyes and i thought everyone wherever they where in the world could have any colour of eyes. |
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 bunny_knight
Male, 18-29, Canada
338 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:19:02 AM
next step in evolution. |
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 xCYBERDYNEx
Male, 18-29, Southern US
4798 Posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:08:30 AM
RIDDICK!!!! |
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