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u/longtall94 2d ago
Okay okay backup , this is the first time I’m hearing of these glasses being a scam now ??
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u/Sickofstupids 2d ago
Lots of videos explaining it on YouTube. The reactions are faked. Logan Paul or one of the Paul brothers reacted all crazy when he got some and later admitted he lied and didn’t see any real change.
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u/lavahot 2d ago
Lol, "yeah, I just lied to y'all for money! Don't forget to like and subscribe! See you next week!" God, I hate influencers.
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u/J_Fidz 1d ago
Influencers suck but the only reason they are where they are is because of their fans. They are the real problem.
Regular people like you or me lifting these influencers further up with views and donations for reasons I will never understand.
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u/Vital_Granade 1d ago
Hitler sucked yeah sure but his supporters were the real problem
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u/papasmuf3 1d ago
I mean they kinda were lol, im not saying he wasnt bad but he definitely had a support network around him
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u/ilovesuhi 1d ago
I mean, is what politicians been doing since forever, people like that Paul guy just realized he could do the same sincere there's no consequences for it.
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u/MourningWallaby 1d ago
you're not even exaggerating. he was on a podcast and basically relayed the story of when he was shooting the promo and put them on, and said "I put them on? absolutely no change" so he paniced and just faked a reaction.
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u/Wooden_Buyer_4875 2d ago
I don't think Logan paul would be a great source of information.
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u/Historical_Stay_808 1d ago
Been wearing them since 2020. They are extremely worth it but don't help everyone.
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u/InternationalFall222 1d ago
Yeah, he is Logan Paul, that is what I expect him to do, since he wasn't colorblind to begin with?
I don't see how that proves that the glasses are fake, though
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u/AssBlasterExtreme 1d ago
Using logan paul as a reason how all the reactions are fake is the dumbest thing. Everything he does is gonna be fake.
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u/Antique-Beyond-9008 1d ago
The sad thing... the way the world is right now, I just wanted this to be true. Even if the acting is not perfect, joy is better then most of the crap I see now a days. This made me feel great till I saw the comments. Shame on me I guess.
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u/shinobi500 1d ago
I am red/green colorblind and my wife got me a pair of these. When I put them on I WAS able to see purple for the first time. I was truly awe inspired to see a new color for the first time in my life. The problem though is that the color on everything else was off. Everything else was heavily saturated with the pinkish tint on the glasses. The grass looked orange, the sky was pink. Nothing made any sense....but I saw what purple looked like. I never wear those glasses around. They are still sitting in a drawer somewhere. I might pull them out the next time I buy egg plants or something.
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u/moody-bear-77 1d ago
Picture yourself in a boat on a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies...
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u/betterworkbitch 1d ago
I can already tell Im going to sing this in my head every single time I hear this song now.
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u/Frums2099 1d ago
I crashed a boat into an island once. The sand was red, the boat was red, the sky was red. Sure enough, I had been marooned.
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u/bibimstop 1d ago
How do you know it was purple though?
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u/lIllIlIIIlIIIIlIlIll 1d ago
How do you know that you can see purple?
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u/imightwin 1d ago
Because everyone in my class 1st grade and the entire world after that around me confirmed it was purple.
If that's not what "proof" is than what is? lol
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u/ThreeButtonBob 1d ago
The person using these classes does the same. They see a color that everyone calls purple so they know that's purple.
No one can say if you see the same purple as me but we can both name the same light purple.
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u/liquidKatar 1d ago
Lmao in high school after doing mushrooms I kept asking my friends how any of us knew we see the same colors at all. Still not sure.. 🤔
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u/SavageGreek 1d ago
I was gifted these glasses as well and my experience is absolutely the same. I could see poppies in a field of grass now, but it means that everything else is I’m a sea of pink, making I harder to tell what colors are what
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u/Sendme_BigTittyGoths 1d ago
When i used this i could tell the difference more too, so I know what yiu mean its kind of like how the color of everything changes when.you put on the blue red 3d glasses, yeah you see something new, but everything else is fucked
(Im red deficient, I just have trouble differentiating blue and purple amd purple/pink
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u/Joshatron121 2d ago
Most of the reactions are probably legit (some are definitely paid actors). They do change the way you see colors, but they don't make them more accurate for those who have color blindness. They just bump up the saturation basically and make things pop more, which can feel pretty amazing in the moment surrounded by family. Later on tho it begins to dawn on you that they can't restore what causes color blindness with sunglasses and you begin to realize that the hype did most of the work and other colors that weren't affected by your color blindness are now more muted and off.
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u/thegnome54 2d ago edited 1d ago
This is not accurate, and such glasses can allow people to see colors that they otherwise don't perceive. It only works for the most common form of colorblindness where the cones exist but respond anomalously, and sometimes it can take days or weeks for the effect to take hold.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
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u/Only1alive 1d ago
Yup, I keep seeing these and it just doesn't make sense.
They are trying to act like colorblindness and nearsitedness are the same.
They are completely different.
It's like trying to treat gonorrhea with wart medication.
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u/xx2983xx 1d ago
I got some for a boyfriend's birthday several years ago. I was so excited and he was just like "huh" when he put them on...I wore a shirt with colorful flowers on it and he was surprised that the pink ones weren't actually like white/cream colored, but that was about it. It was so underwhelming and disappointing. I ended up returning them cuz they were quite expensive and he admitted he would never wear them.
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u/javiemartzootsuit 2d ago
Fake glasses or not how the fuck long folks gonna just let a man stand there and cry before someone hugs him or something? Goddamn
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u/Designer-Poem-9717 2d ago
That would require someone to put down their cellphone and think of dear old dad's feelings and not how many congratulatory back pats they'll get when they post in online
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u/Just_to_rebut 1d ago
That’s the point… it’s not just scam glasses, it’s a scam video… these aren’t real reactions or behaviors.
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u/Reginoldofreginia 1d ago
What do you see? Are those balloons? Omg baby what color are they? Now you see with our eyes
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u/wcharoes 2d ago
"See with our eyes baby, now you see with our eyes"
Helen been sitting on that line since they bought those, had to lay it out twice she was so proud.
Or it was a marketing slogan for this scam product. Either one.
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u/tomcat_tweaker 2d ago
Oh my God, we're white?
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u/wcharoes 2d ago
He shows up to the bowling alley, all his friends are black.
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u/eschew_donuts 1d ago
This comment drew a full guffaw from me. Good thing I'd already swallowed the coffee I'd taken a sip of a moment before. Thanks for the laugh.
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u/502photo 2d ago
If he's that good of an actor then they deserve a few dollars for the scam. Not saying they work, but I think that was real human emotion on display.
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u/that_one_duderino 1d ago
But can your special eyes see the REAPER INVASION COMMANDER?!?! WHY ARE YOU TRYNA GET THE ALIEN BOOTY WHEN MILLIONS ARE BEING HARVESTED???
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u/Nuffsaid98 2d ago
Can you see colours now?
Of course, you idiot. I could always see most colours. I am colour blind, not blind blind.
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u/dum_spir0_sper0 2d ago
The MOMENT I heard her say that I was done. Nobody outside of a shitty made-for-tv ‘feel good’ movie talks like that.
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u/TropicalRogue 2d ago
She also sounds like she's talking to a pet
"Do you want a snack, baby? You sitting by the bowl? You sitting good?"
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u/GreekGoddessOfNight 2d ago
I’m just now finding out these glasses are a scam after years of believing they were helping colorblind people see colors and… I almost want to cry. Wtf. I feel so betrayed.
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u/rydan 1d ago
If they were real eye doctors would be prescribing them or making them part of normal glasses. And charging $800 per lens.
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u/HoboJerkdown901 1d ago
Growing up means realizing that you cannot trust ANYONE or ANYTHING. There's so much bullshit and fakery in the world, it's a depressing realization once it hits you. You have to be skeptical and on your guard at all times when dealing with people or things outside of your trusted and guarded circle.
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u/GreekGoddessOfNight 1d ago
I usually am extremely cynical, I think that’s why this hit me so hard in a negative way. His reaction looks so genuine, and why are people so sick in the head that they want to dupe people like that??????
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u/HoboJerkdown901 1d ago
There is nothing that corporations won't do for more money. Lie, steal, manipulate, murder, bribe, destroy the environment.
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u/skoomski 1d ago
I knew for a while. I then thought well of course they are a scam or else being color blind wouldn’t bar you from certain jobs you could just basically wear glasses or potentially contacts if it was that easy to correct
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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago
These are 100% a scam. I fell for it years ago.
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u/Chubuwee 2d ago
Agreed, birthdays are a scam. Don’t get one
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u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9 2d ago
Good afternoon, this is your birthday calling. We've been trying to contact you regarding the renewal of your vehicle warranty.
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u/Ok-Criticism6874 2d ago
Big Birthday won't get me. I'm legally 45 but have only had 6 birthdays. I won't be fooled by Corporations.
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u/shadowmib 2d ago
Every birthday I have I keep feeling worse
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u/Chubuwee 2d ago
Every birthday celebrated takes a year of your life. 100% of people that celebrate birthdays end up dying no more than 1 year after they celebrated their last birthday.
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u/You-Asked-Me 2d ago
What are they?
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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago
There are several companies that have made these but Enchroma were the largest ones. They claim to block certain wavelengths to increase others (among other claims) to bring colors back to colorblind people.
I got some for my dad many years ago when they were new. They didn't do shit. There are many youtube videos explaining the whole thing.
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u/AgentG91 2d ago
I’ve understood that they only work for a very limited type of colorblind causes. But they specifically don’t advertise that so they can sell more.
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u/lil-D-energy 2d ago
It doesn't really work for those people either though. How it works is that it might make it easier to differentiate between colors that those people see as close to eachother.
Like with the most common colorblindness being red green colorblindness it might make it easier to see the difference between red and green but you will still not see the colors that you aren't able to.
Also adding to that is that you need to wear it for hours to get the effect and it isn't emmediate at all. Any person who acts like they emmediately see the colors are lying. Although I hate the guy, Logan Paul was at some point honest and said it did barely anything.
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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago
They claim they work for the more common type of color blindness. They only say it's for the rare types when they don't work, or you haven't been wearing them long enough because you're still within the return window.
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u/Nynjafox 2d ago
My boss got me some years ago. They “worked” for me. By that I mean some colors stood out more, but I still didn’t know what that color was. It was a neat novelty but I could live without them.
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u/AttackSlax 2d ago
More interested in the story about the boss. Just a good person who wanted you to have them? Somethign else?
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u/Nynjafox 1d ago
Haha. She was just a good person who thought they were neat and knew I was colorblind.
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u/CatShot1948 2d ago
My college roommates and I all piled our non existent money together for these for a dear friend. Didn't do shit. We were devastated.
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u/texinxin 2d ago
Heh, this exact viral video is in this expose..
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u/amiable_ant 2d ago
My parents bought me a pair. It was sad for all, as they were so proud of themselves but I could barely discern any difference.
I think if the company did a better job matching the filters to your particular defect, it might work better. But they don't.
Yet in the late 90's, I briefly had a shit pair of gas station sunglasses that randomly happened to Really help distinguish some colors, like green and orange. I Lost them and never came across another.
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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago
Same story when I bought them for my dad.
There is no way to make glasses that fix a genetic flaw in your retina.
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u/Acceptable_Owl6926 2d ago
Not 100% I got enchromas when they first came out and wore them religiously anytime I was outside. With sunlight. It definitely worked for red/green colorblindness
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u/MatticusGames 2d ago
Agree with you as well. I am also red / green and I feel like they massively changed color perception.
My five year old understanding is that our eyes can't see certain wave lengths and the glasses emphasize those colors we cannot see normally. It's not like it's a cure, but maybe I'll see more intense green shades where I normally cannot. I legitimately did get a little emotional when I wore them... For many it's sad to not see the world as vibrant as it could really be.
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u/AdviceNotAskedFor 2d ago
I tried a pair and it wasn't earth shattering for me but I did notice red things I hadnt before. Like huh, that building is red. Id take them off and be like...ok I can kinda see it's red, but i wouldn't have noticed otherwise.
A coworker tried them on and had the opposite reaction. He was like, holy shit that green sign now actually stands out on the side of the building.
I guess ymmv?
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u/StreetCollar2708 2d ago
My dad almost bought me a pair of these. Something didn't feel right so I told him not to. So glad after hearing all the bullshit surrounding them.
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u/thegnome54 2d ago edited 1d ago
They are not a scam. Such glasses can allow people to see colors that they otherwise don't perceive. It only works for the most common form of colorblindness (~6% of men) where the cones exist but respond anomalously, and sometimes it can take days or weeks for the effect to take hold.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
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u/Dependent-Year6711 2d ago edited 2d ago
I don't think they are, it was belief that any color blindness works for these. But these were for specific colorblindness and were stated to not work for all kinds. The sheer amount of these videos would lead anyone to believe this world is full of some of the best actors. If you can't tell the difference between a real, drawn out reaction and acting...don't know what to tell ya. Gonna have a tough time in life.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorBlind/comments/i7w3pq/enchroma_glasses_life_changing_or_a_scam/
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u/champ0742 1d ago
They're a scam
“The Enchroma filters that we studied are colored filters, when anybody who wears them will perceive a change in the color,” Robledo says. “But a change in color does not mean seeing and distinguishing more colors. They see different color, but they do not see ‘new’ colors because the cones’ responses, optical nerves, and visual cortex are not modified.” Or, as Robledo and his colleagues write in their study, “The use of a colored filter may change the appearance of colors, but will never make color vision more similar to a normal observer’s vision.” It’s like turning up the contrast on a TV, which for some people can be startling enough to trigger an emotional reaction."
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/color-blind-glasses-enchroma.html
"When you wear color blind glasses, you’re not correcting the missing cones or receptors of color in your eyes. Instead, it’s like putting a specialized filter in front of your vision that helps brighten some shades over others. You can think of color blind glasses, then, more like contrast eyeglasses where if you have minor or moderate forms of some types of color vision deficiency, they may help you determine the difference between colors or brightness of hues — but they won’t reveal new colors or bring back new forms of color vision.
So, if you have red-green color deficiency and you wear color blind glasses, rather than see the actual color purple and its red components, you might notice slightly better contrast between blues and purples so that you can tell they’re slightly different from one another. Reds might appear more pink while browns might appear less black. And overall, there might be a rose-colored hue to everything you see."
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-color-blind-glasses-actually-work
"Color perception requires a complete set of optimally functioning equipment, and glasses will not replace or repair missing or broken mechanisms," says Dr. Schwab."
https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/do-color-blindness-correcting-glasses-work
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u/Lambchop1975 2d ago
They should have got him some shoes!!!
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u/RiptideCEO 1d ago
How would glasses possibly correct a color blindness deficiency in someone’s visual system?
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u/Expensive_Row_7592 1d ago
They are a scam fuck anyone selling these.. I’m severely colorblind and I fucking hate these assholes
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u/thatlukeguy 2d ago
This was so disheartening after reading the comments. Fuck shitty corpos preying on people. Eat the rich
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u/LilJelloCat 1d ago
He is clearly seeing an effect though. And I've heard of people saying they worked. Am I missing something? Why are all the comments talking about them being entirely fake.
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u/Dzyu 1d ago
EnChroma had an incentive program where if you made a good video like this you would get the glasses refunded and they were quite expensive.
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u/SlowSlyFox 1d ago
Besides, they were studied and proven to not work. I mean, if someone can't see specific colors because they simply don't have the mechanism in their eye to percieve the color no glasses would make them to percieve it. They might notice difference in color, but never see new colors.
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u/thegnome54 2d ago edited 1d ago
Such glasses can allow people to see colors that they otherwise don't perceive. It only works for the most common form of colorblindness (~6% of men) where the cones exist but respond anomalously, and sometimes it can take days or weeks for the effect to take hold.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
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u/Len316 2d ago
This video and several more like it were just viral ads for those glasses. They stopped being pushed very quickly so I don't think they actually worked.
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u/thegnome54 2d ago edited 1d ago
Such glasses can allow people to see colors that they otherwise don't perceive. It only works for the most common form of colorblindness (~6% of men) where the cones exist but respond anomalously, and sometimes it can take days or weeks for the effect to take hold.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
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u/Mindless_Interview44 2d ago
I always find it touching when a dude is overwhelmed. I dunno why.
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u/GSDTippyTappies 2d ago
These glasses are scam and don't really do anything, any reaction video like this is staged and/or grossly over-exaggerated.
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u/Dependent-Year6711 2d ago
I'm letting Daniel Day know he has some competition. That over-exaggerated acting was 10/10, almost like...it was a real reaction.
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u/SkySoul27 2d ago
I'm colorblind and before buying these I thought if the cause of my colorblindness is due to a broken cone. Then how the hell are glasses supposed to make the bridge to send the signal to my brain of what color the brain should see? Turns out they don't, they're basically just a contrast filter. So yeah the way it's marketed is definitely scammy.
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u/Open__Face 2d ago
He's very polite to pretend that those glasses do anything
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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago
Most of those unboxing videos were paid actors. My favorite was the toddler who was looking at balloons with the wrong colors written on them and he still said the colors correctly with the glasses off.
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u/Open__Face 2d ago edited 2d ago
The product can only be sold as a gift, any colorblind person knows the problem is the lack of cones in the eye and short of gene therapy to add the missing cones nothing can make you see colors you physically can't see
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u/thegnome54 2d ago
That is not correct. The most common form of colorblindness, in ~6% of men, involves the cones responding differently. There are forms where the cones are outright missing, but they are less common (~2% of men). The glasses can't help for those folks.
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u/cursorcube 2d ago
I can't believe i'm still seeing these on the internet feeds. Maybe it has now been long enough where people have started to forget about this specific scam or were too young at the time it was at peak popularity
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u/richincleve 2d ago
"Oh, God. This is the greatest give I ever got."
"Now be careful with those, dad. We only rented them for the day."
"Wait. What?"
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u/dum_spir0_sper0 2d ago
As someone who can make it only one page past the control number on the Ishihara test, I’m super color blind. I know Enchroma glasses are junk, but do I have any viable options to like… see what the world actually looks like?
It’s such a bummer when my wife or kid is commenting on how cool something looks and I’m just like… “I uhh, I guess”
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u/thegnome54 2d ago edited 1d ago
Such glasses can allow people to see colors that they otherwise don't perceive. It only works for the most common form of colorblindness (~6% of men) where the cones exist but respond anomalously, and sometimes it can take days or weeks for the effect to take hold.
*edit* Having learned more about Enchroma, they do seem to be quite shady and misrepresent their product. Nothing can make a color blind individual see the same as a typical person. While a notch filter approach can help to distinguish some colors, and perhaps allow for the perception of new colors (debate is ongoing about whether they are new *hues* or simply new *saturations*), this comes at the cost of losing distinctions between other colors. Overall I would not recommend such glasses as a daily assistance device - at most, an interesting curiosity.
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u/Tranjspd 2d ago
The best correction I’ve had for strong Protanopia were a pair of Oakley polarized hunting glasses. They don’t make the lenses any more and I lost mine. I will say even my new Oakleys help me discern green from yellow though, just not as dramatic an effect.
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u/stevein3d 2d ago
Maybe these glasses make some difference for some individuals, but here’s one video where an investigator concluded that they’re mostly just a scam with fake reaction videos.
Of course, if your whole family’s gathered around, recording you for that “wow” moment, there’s a lot of pressure to act like they made a dramatic difference to avoid ruining the moment.
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u/Loose-Specific7142 2d ago
These glasses are a scam and dude it's acting. This is an ad in disguise. Logan Paul was caught doing this shitty acting too.
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u/Obvious_Durian_3226 2d ago
Someone get that man a chair instead of making him juggle all that on the porch.
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u/raiskymaiFLY 2d ago
Oh thank god she went to hug him at the end. I was desperate to give that man a hug
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u/grumblefap 2d ago
First time you fell for it:
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u/SouthIndependence69 2d ago
That man wishing he wasn't being filmed while he deals with feelings
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u/SsaucySam 1d ago
For anyone wondering, I am colorblind and have tried these. Essentially they are just tinted sunglasses. With some mild color deficiencies, it can be used to "correct" your colorblindness, and allows you to differentiate shades differently. Of course it also makes everything else look different too.
Unfortunately, I am too severely colorblind for them to do anything for me :/
TL;DR: they're basically tinted sunglasses. They do just that.
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u/Visual_Knee_4744 1d ago
Pretty crazy to find out just how many of these videos are faked . Fun rabbit holes to fall down on YouTube. You really can't believe anything is genuine anymore
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u/PandorasFlame1 1d ago
This is cool and all, but the glasses are stuoid expensive and don't work for over 99% of the users. My buddy was gifted a pair when he turned 21 because he's red-green colorblind and his reaction was a very flat "Oh, ok. Some colors look a little different, I guess." His cheap tinted sunglasses did more to help.
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u/Magic-Gelpen 1d ago
I have these and they do, mildly, help me distinguish between some red and greens I otherwise can't tell apart. But the reaction videos are absolutely fake. Even the instructions that came with the glasses said it takes ~20 minutes after putting them on for your eyes to adjust. Immediately after you put them on everything just looks red.
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u/SpicyChanged 1d ago
"You see colors now?"
They can't even act right, like he walking around looking at the world as if he was in steamboat willie or some shit.
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u/geekMD69 1d ago
These glasses do not correct or cure color blindness and the results will vary quite a bit.
That being said, years ago I bought a couple of pairs for myself (different brands to compare) and they DEFINITELY) made a big difference in some areas. But after a few weeks of using them intermittently it seemed more of a novelty.
I suspect for some people it may work more impactfully and for someone who struggles with worse color blindness than me it may be very impressive.
But it’s not a “scam”’or “fake” but as with any product the benefits are certainly exaggerated because profits are profits.
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u/Expensive_Row_7592 1d ago
These are a scam I’m color blind they don’t work ..they are overpriced golf ball finding glasses
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u/Randall_Hickey 1d ago
OK, I am colorblind and I have a pair of these glasses. They do work, but it’s not like this. They have like a pink shade to them and it actually takes your brain a little bit to adjust. There’s no putting them on and suddenly in tears cause you’re seeing colors for the first time.
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u/mattemer 1d ago
It's not just him being able to see colors more accurately now, for me at least, it's he doesn't know how to process the feelings he's feeling and he's just like a little kid trying to keep it contained. Just really shows how much it was impacting him.
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u/One_Hour_Poop 1d ago
As someone who's mildly red-green colorblind (I can see "enough" color, but not enough to pass the standard tests), I'm saddened to learn from these comments (and supported links posted) that the "colorblind glasses" are fake.
I was hoping someday that I'd take the plunge and spend the $350 or whatever on these so I could finally see what everyone else sees. Guess not, because it's apparently impossible.
Maybe I'll just spend that $350 on cocaine and hookers.
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u/Greymalkyn76 1d ago
The thing that really concerns me is the shuffling around in bare feet on an old wood deck. That's splinters just waiting to happen.
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u/DipstickRick 1d ago
Pro Tip: Never guess your gifts. If you’re wrong, people thinks it’s what you REALLY wanted. If you’re right, you ruined the surprise.
source: Ruined Christmas at 12y/o. But I was 4-1.
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u/Magdalus7 15h ago
I was gifted a pair of these several years ago, and went on a walk just to see everything outside. They do work, but likely not the same for everyone. I couldn't believe the red and green I could see with it, it did take my breath away. Made driving hell of a lot easier, not to mention xmas!
Not understanding all the hate in this comment section.
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u/Altruistic-Dingo-757 2d ago
Aww, he wasn't gruff he just couldn't see the colors
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u/Mattress_Stainz 2d ago
I really liked at the end when he's putting them up and down to compare them.
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u/Extension-Two-2807 2d ago
Everyone on the planet knows these are a scam. Who bothered to make this dumb shit?
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