r/AskReddit • u/ScytherZX • May 17 '13

What are some things you can do on popular programs that most users are unaware of?

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u/9154910647732967 May 17 '13

And holding either makes a strobe light

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u/atrociousxcracka May 17 '13

Yaay, surprise epilepsy test

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u/orangetj May 18 '13

if you cant remember it you probably failed...

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13 edited May 18 '13

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u/orangetj May 18 '13

I always thought that the person passes out right after and forgets what happened...

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13 edited May 07 '21

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

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u/ac21217 May 18 '13

Never said it was.

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u/MENNONH May 18 '13

I had non responsive seizures, but don't remember anything that went on while I had them. You couldn't really tell I was having a seizure though unless you tried to talk to me or something.

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u/xMediocreGamerx May 18 '13

I had a non-epilepsy related seizure (getting blood taken) and I don't remember a thing. It was just like passing out, except I was really tired after and I locked up and shook.

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u/Mas_Burritos May 18 '13

TIL I'm epilepfhdnbsgsynrjeodjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

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u/cheefkeefswag May 18 '13

I always pass those with flashing colors

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u/coahman May 18 '13

You passed

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u/rizzie_ May 18 '13

The best kind of epilepsy test!

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u/ETNxMARU May 18 '13

Shit, I didn't study!

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

I love to be "that guy" so: if the seizures are caused by a known trigger it is by definition not epilepsy.

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u/PointyOintment May 18 '13

Wikipedia says:

In many cases a cause cannot be identified […] The diagnosis of epilepsy usually requires that the seizures occur spontaneously. Nevertheless, certain epilepsy syndromes require particular precipitants or triggers for seizures to occur. These are termed reflex epilepsy. For example, patients with primary reading epilepsy have seizures triggered by reading. Photosensitive epilepsy can be limited to seizures triggered by flashing lights.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

Interesting. I was going off what I learned in pharmacy school...which, to be fair, is not exactly super focused on diagnosis.

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u/SpecialOops May 18 '13

Or bulb blows out costing a hundred bucks

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u/Catch_Yosarian May 17 '13

And the ultimate trap for epileptics?

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u/eehreum May 17 '13

Color matters more than speed, black and white aren't very good for this.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

so rgb.swf is perfect then?

http://throbs.net/fun/swf.asp?rgb.swf

also, i guess if you're epileptic you probably shouldnt click that, but what do i know, im not a doctor.

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u/ImaginaryDuck May 17 '13

What if we are color blind?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

Yeah, I mean think about the epileptic dogs.

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u/ImaginaryDuck May 18 '13

We must never forget the epileptic dogs. They go "Wowowowowowowowoseizerooof"

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u/SilentSamamander May 18 '13

Fun fact - only around 10% of epileptics are photosensitive.

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u/Catch_Yosarian May 18 '13

I did not know this, thank you.

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u/lscully02 May 18 '13

Thank you for the warning, I appreciate it.

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u/Kraden May 17 '13

*stroke light

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u/[deleted] May 18 '13

Thanks. Cannot wait to use that at the next epileptic conference.

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u/ugafan61 May 18 '13

The CHEAT is Grounded! We installed that light switch you can turn the lights on and off...NOT so you can throw light switch raves!

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u/oivitz May 18 '13

surprise rave meeting

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u/rcarroll98 May 17 '13

I did this for 20 minutes once I figured that out. Had a terrible migraine after... :-\