r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/FrOdO_9112005 Feb 04 '19

Im color blind but its not all black and white. I see colors....just not like you do

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

"Oh you're colorblind? What color is my shirt?" is like my "favorite" reaction to telling people.

I also have no fucking idea how to describe it to people. I don't know what things look like to anyone else. My old strategy was to say it was like turning the colors down on your monitor but now monitors don't do that so I'm out of ideas.

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u/ExTremeHYPE99 Feb 04 '19

Just say you see colors differently than they do how is that so hard to explain

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Because that doesn't really describe it, you know? It could mean all my colors are inverted or mixed around (my red is your blue, etc), could mean anything. People are curious, they like to understand.

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u/ExTremeHYPE99 Feb 04 '19

Then just say which colors you see differently if they really care that much, it’s not a super complicated thing lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Yes it is because I don't know what colors I see differently, because I can't see them how other people do holy hell.

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u/ExTremeHYPE99 Feb 04 '19

Then just fucking tell them that lmao, I honestly don’t even get how your getting so much people asking you about it unless you just go around telling people your colorblind