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re: Eclipse glasses are now a black market item
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:24 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:24 pm to CAD703X
shite is nuts. I got a coworker could only buy a 25 pack getting offered $25 per pair now. Bunch of assholes going to overwhelm the local infrastructure and going to make BR 5pm traffic look like an easy morning commute.
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:27 pm to metallica81788
Who gives any F's about looking at the sun. The Earth and work doesn't stop for another eclipse.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:37 pm to CAD703X
All these hipster retards don't know that all you have to do is go to Harbor Freight to get some welding gear...
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:48 pm to CAD703X
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be careful. you have to have #14 or greater welders glasses. not all are strong enough.
sounds like bullshite tbh
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:53 pm to CAD703X
I literally have 10 pairs I got for free about 2 or 3 weeks ago.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:06 pm to lsunurse
Do people really not understand you can't look at the sun only wearing sunglasses?
1 million people expected to come to Nashville.
1 million people expected to come to Nashville.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:14 pm to CAD703X
People going nuts for them now, but they'll be tossed in the gutter one minute after the eclipse is over.
See, e.g., Mardi Gras beads.
See, e.g., Mardi Gras beads.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 12:57 am to Twenty 49
Just sold 2 pair for $150 on eBay.
Some are selling for $995
This will only get worse the closer we get to Monday.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 1:02 am to CAD703X
Pic of sale?
Posted on 8/18/17 at 5:15 am to lsunurse
Not only do you need shade 13 or higher, you need electric arc welding glasses as only they block UV light.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 7:16 am to CAD703X
what a scam
Posted on 8/18/17 at 7:31 am to CAD703X
We sold 7,000 pair at work as part of our United Way fund drive. Probably could have sold another 1,000 easily.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 7:35 am to bucknut
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be careful. you have to have #14 or greater welders glasses. not all are strong enough.
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sounds like bull shite tbh
I saw websites saying 14 or greater, too...but NASA is saying that 12 is actually the minimum.
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Experts suggests that one widely available filter for safe solar viewing is welders glass of sufficiently high number. The only ones that are safe for direct viewing of the Sun with your eyes are those of Shade 12 or higher. These are much darker than the filters used for most kinds of welding. If you have an old welder's helmet around the house and are thinking of using it to view the Sun, make sure you know the filter's shade number. If it's less than 12 (and it probably is), don't even think about using it to look at the Sun. Many people find the Sun too bright even in a Shade 12 filter, and some find the Sun too dim in a Shade 14 filter — but Shade 13 filters are uncommon and can be hard to find.
LINK
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:07 am to CAD703X
I ordered some from Amazon a couple weeks ago. Earlier this week I received a credit for the glasses and was told not to send them back. Amazon said they couldn't verify whether they were legit or not. I can't see any light through them at all and they have that ISO logo, but I doubt I'll risk it.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:24 am to Das Jackal
what if you held your phone in front of your face and recorded it. that would be fine right?? 
Posted on 8/18/17 at 8:43 am to madmaxvol
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14 or greater
i'm just going to wear 14 pairs of sunglasses.
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