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terpin t1_j3mbavf wrote

As someone that may have autoimmune retinopathy, THIS IS SUCH GOOD NEWS. It's really hard to tell if there's damage to the retina until it's really damaged (short of an ERG, which I'd have to go to another state to get) so knowing that it could be repaired later is fucking AMAZING.

We live in an amazing time!

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Darth_Deutschtexaner t1_j3mcffl wrote

I've got an astigmatism and a Optic Nerve Coloboma which has given me dim shitty vision in one eye. I'm with you fellow redditor

Edited for spelling

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terpin t1_j3mdar0 wrote

I've never heard of an optic collabera before but it's insane all the weird shit that can happen to your eyes!

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Darth_Deutschtexaner t1_j3mftpp wrote

Yeah it's a fairly rare birth defect, my retina specialist told me he has like 5 other patients that have it.

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TheBarrowman t1_j3nlh5j wrote

I've got Retinitis Pigmentosa. One eye is next to useless and I'm only 28. God, I hope this can help me one day.

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Eco605 t1_j3p51sf wrote

My mom has RP. She is 76 and completely blind. She found out in 1972 when she was 25 that she had it. She was born with a hearing loss, so together its Ushers Syndrome.

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TheBarrowman t1_j3pakzl wrote

I found out when I was 11 or so. Thankfully, I don't have hearing loss.

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Exodus111 t1_j3nxep4 wrote

Maybe we shouldn't put TOO much weight on the phrase "successfully made connections"...

But yeah, it sounds good.

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Is_ael t1_j3mfly7 wrote

You’re living in the last age of humanity

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cheeseless t1_j3nl7oq wrote

You've been playing too much Dark Souls. We're barely scratching the start of our history in the universe.

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SoulsLikeBot t1_j3nl9fe wrote

Hello Ashen one. I am a Bot. I tend to the flame, and tend to thee. Do you wish to hear a tale?

> “Noble Lords of Cinder—the fire fades, and the Lords go without thrones. Surrender your fires to the one true Heir. Let them grant death to the old gods of Lordran, deliverers of the First Flame.” - Fire Keeper

Have a pleasant journey, Champion of Ash, and praise the sun \[T]/

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johnsmithinmyass t1_j3o2li0 wrote

Call me a cynic, but i find it hard to believe humanity will overcome it's social and political problems before we get to the Star Trek future we all want. I hope for it, but i don't think it's gonna happen.

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azure-lane t1_j3oemvt wrote

People think that the future is either Star Trek or Mad Max, when the reality is probably somewhere in between, just like it has been for every age that preceded us. They predicted the jetsons in the mid 1900’s and the terminator in the 1980’s. We are closer to both but neither is totally correct.

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johnsmithinmyass t1_j3orzey wrote

I agree generally that people tend to assume the worst, but the reality is that since the 40's we now have the technology to actually end all life on earth in the form of nuclear weapons. We have never been closer to either outcome in all of human history. I am cynical in the sense that i believe human history will end in a fireball rather then a glorious space utopia. I don't see the middle path as a viable option.

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azure-lane t1_j3ot5fm wrote

Yes, but also we have VASTLY fewer people percentage wise living in poverty than at any time in history. Generally speaking, the last 30 years have been some of the most peaceful in human history. Communication lines between nations in conflict with each other have never been more open. It is both harder to conceal a truth and easier to drown it in misinformation. Humans now are way less likely to die of malnutrition amd starvation but way more likely to die of heart disease and cancer.

Even if nuclear weapons are launched, remember that humans survived the “summer without a sun” after the Krakatoa eruption in the 1800’s and Star Trek featured post-war apocalyptic scenarios before the utopia we all know of.

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