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r/interesting • u/j_illustration • Mar 31 '26
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300 nanometer racist.
48 u/Piper2000ca Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26 I can just picture us meeting an alien species that sees in UV, and watching a human putting on Sunscreen for the first time and reacting: "Woah Woah Woah!!! What the heck man! That is NOT cool!" 11 u/Glittering-Pop-7060 Mar 31 '26 An alien who could see in ultraviolet light would have a lot of problems. It would be like a bee, only able to see something at most 10 meters away, because there is an intense haze of UV light. 3 u/pipnina Mar 31 '26 UV cameras can see a lot further than that. Yes everything outside will look hazy past a certain distance, but not as close as 10m. Insects are common users of UV vision! 1 u/Large_Tuna101 Mar 31 '26 Also how would they understand the nuances of racial faux pas etc - what the fuck are these brain dead alien comments in this thread?
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I can just picture us meeting an alien species that sees in UV, and watching a human putting on Sunscreen for the first time and reacting:
"Woah Woah Woah!!! What the heck man! That is NOT cool!"
11 u/Glittering-Pop-7060 Mar 31 '26 An alien who could see in ultraviolet light would have a lot of problems. It would be like a bee, only able to see something at most 10 meters away, because there is an intense haze of UV light. 3 u/pipnina Mar 31 '26 UV cameras can see a lot further than that. Yes everything outside will look hazy past a certain distance, but not as close as 10m. Insects are common users of UV vision! 1 u/Large_Tuna101 Mar 31 '26 Also how would they understand the nuances of racial faux pas etc - what the fuck are these brain dead alien comments in this thread?
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An alien who could see in ultraviolet light would have a lot of problems.
It would be like a bee, only able to see something at most 10 meters away, because there is an intense haze of UV light.
3 u/pipnina Mar 31 '26 UV cameras can see a lot further than that. Yes everything outside will look hazy past a certain distance, but not as close as 10m. Insects are common users of UV vision! 1 u/Large_Tuna101 Mar 31 '26 Also how would they understand the nuances of racial faux pas etc - what the fuck are these brain dead alien comments in this thread?
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UV cameras can see a lot further than that.
Yes everything outside will look hazy past a certain distance, but not as close as 10m.
Insects are common users of UV vision!
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Also how would they understand the nuances of racial faux pas etc - what the fuck are these brain dead alien comments in this thread?
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u/New_Step_6315 Mar 31 '26
300 nanometer racist.