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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Oh. I thought it might have been because you’ve accidentally poked an eye with your hook hand while swatting a fly.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      sailors would sometimes lose an eye from ropes flicking up

      they would also lose a lower limb from a rope accidently coiling around an ankle

      ships are dangerous, the sails exert strong forces and anchors are very heavy

      the dark adapted vision thing is probably because they used sextants for navigation and that meant looking at the sun