Finally got a pair of prescription sunglasses for summer, but apparently polarised lenses are potentially dangerous for cyclists according to Redditors due to light playing weird tricks on you. On my first day wearing them the only interesting thing I noticed was my phone screen shimmering like a foil trading card

  • insurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    22 days ago

    Enjoy looking deep into water as you knock out all the polarised light from Brewster’s angle that gets reflected off the surface.

    Also you can see stress in transparent plastics as rainbows!