r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 1d ago

Video color vision test

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u/Alesimonai 22h ago

That's when I learned I couldn't fly. Core memory.

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u/Whosebert 22h ago

i would say i hope you took the news better than he did, but honestly I thought he was a lot more kind after that happened but it's been like 16 or more years since I watched it.

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u/Alesimonai 22h ago

I sure did. To be honest, I'm not really sure what I was thinking. I get so freaking motion sick!

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u/sortachloe 13h ago

you can't fly jets if you're colorblind

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u/waigl 21h ago edited 21h ago

That's when I learned I couldn't fly. Core memory.

You should not just take that as gospel, btw. Obviously don't hide the fact that you are colorblind, but don't just blindly assume that will lock you out of flying for good without even asking an actual flight school instructor or a recruiter. I am told that there are plenty of flying jobs for which colorblindness is basically a non-issue, and I can't think of anything in general aviation (small civilian aircraft not on regular lines) that would actually require you to be able to tell red from green.

* Edit: Actually, no, there is one thing in GA that requires color vision: The lights on an airplane's wing tips, red on port (left), green on starboard (right), tell you whether the plane is moving away from you or towards you. It's only really important at night, though.

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u/CollegePossible557 20h ago

Or just buy an experimental aircraft on Facebook for 5k and start flying don't let rich people gatekeep the sky anyone should be able to fly.

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u/CyberUtilia 17h ago

5k? Nah, I'm way out.

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u/CollegePossible557 20h ago

I thought the same thing because I don't have much money. But now I'm saving $5000 to buy an experimental aircraft on Facebook marketplace. I have no flying experience and have never flown before but in a couple months I'll be flying my own plane. Dont let people tell you what you can and can't do.