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Re:Impossible Colors by enriquto on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:18AM (#24363233)
> a literal infohazard basalisk image that if stared at for a few minutes will alter your color perception for a significant period of time - potentially months

That's really scary! It's like looking at the sun.

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Re:Impossible Colors by skytreader on Thursday September 03, 2020 @08:57AM (#24363554)
This might be going off-tangent but I really find things like this fascinating! Reminds me of the Motif of Harmful Sensation[1], one of those tropes that sound fantastical and absurd even in fiction but is actually in real life.

[1] http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Motif_of_harmful_sensati... (Not TVTropes, because I also consider TVTropes as "harmful sensation".)

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Re:Impossible Colors by cuspycode on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:24PM (#24365641)
I am reminded of the "Pokémon Shock"[0] incident in 1997 that triggered epileptic seizures in a number of viewers, resulting in 685 people requiring medical attention.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon

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Re:Impossible Colors by ragazzina on Thursday September 03, 2020 @11:55AM (#24365297)
Thank you for the link, I've tried to look up the trope of "sound/video that kills/makes one go insane" on TVtrope but I haven't been able to find it. It's also strange that there isn't a wikipedia article about it. It's relatively common in movies and literature.
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