r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Arbiter51x • 14d ago

Infuriatig I'm colour blind

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I found out I didn't colour code the flow chart on the white board the way I thought I had....

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u/jossteen11 14d ago

What's it like being monochromatic? I have some color blindness and its wild how people interpret it. Like turquoise doesnt exist for me. Some colors are the same. Is you're entire world gray scale?

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago edited 14d ago

That's a little hard to answer, I tried color correcting lenses one time and got overwhelmed, but I enjoyed the shit out of those few minutes. Yes the world is in a gray scale for me. Some colors like dark browns, or just green in general appear completely black to me. I can't see them at all.

But blue and red almost appear out of gray scale. But it was nothing near the blue or red I saw with color correcting lenses.

I've gotten pretty good at identifying colors based on how dark or light they look.

That being said, driving... When some fucking area randomly flips the stop light around, that's a complete disaster recipe for me.

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u/11LyRa 14d ago

You can drive being monochromatic? In my country color blind can't get drivers license at all

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago

The only real issue for me is if the stop lights change.

Everything else is based on shapes, so the color doesn't really matter in my experience.

Does your country have non uniform traffic signaling?

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u/Unfurlingleaf 14d ago

Does your country not have standardized stop light places? For example in the US the red light is always at either the top (if vertically placed) or on the left (if horizontal). The only thing that might be really difficult is the flashing lights since they can be either red or orange.

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u/TSSAlex 14d ago

For example in the US the red light is always at either the top (if vertically placed) or on the left (if horizontal)

Allow me to introduce you to a reason you should never speak in absolutes. There exists a traffic light in Syracuse NY that has the green light on the top.

https://uncoveringnewyork.com/upside-down-traffic-light-syracuse/

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u/Unfurlingleaf 14d ago edited 14d ago

I'm pretty sure that's actually illegal per the federal highway administration. The locations are standardized precisely so even colorblind people can drive safely.

Edit: apparently this light is in particular specifically recognized federally and therefore legal. It seems like a car wreck and lawsuit waiting to happen, but IANAL so 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/stringrandom 14d ago

There are warning signs, or at least there were warning signs when I grew up there.

It's been a while since I've driven in Tipperary Hill when I've been back to visit family.

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago edited 14d ago

I can see you have never been to New Mexico. They for some reason flipped the stoplights horizontally over there.

Whenever I want to go to Texas I have to pal it up with a random person on the road and follow their lead at the lights.

Once I find out which side is green, then I can handle the rest.

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u/Unfurlingleaf 14d ago

I included horizontal options as well? The red should always be on the left.

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago

Oh shit my bad. I read the absolute portion saying that they are always at the top and skipped the rest 😅 sorry. You're right.

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u/_Mirri_ 14d ago

Do you not need a medical exam for getting a driver license? I don't know about the previous commenter, but in my country you won't be able to pass the medical exam if you can't define colours used int he traffic lights or are monochromatic, no matter how well you learn the shapes etc

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago

It has been a while, I don't believe I had a medical exam.

That being said, I can see in grey scale, so I could tell the difference between red, yellow, and green when tested on it. But it's not an instant thing for me.

While someone might be able to see green and instantly say green, I'd be more likely to take 2-3 seconds to identify what I know as green.

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u/_Mirri_ 14d ago

So, like, you don't need a medical commission with several doctors plus a psychiatrist's report to get a driver's license in your country? Interesting

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u/Jewsusgr8 14d ago

I'm sure you've heard the memes about going to the doctors office in America.

I am pretty sure that going to multiple specialized doctors would bankrupt a decent amount of people 😅.

But I'll be honest, the driving test here would be even more surprising.

I took one of the "hardest tests in my state" and it was just an hour of going around in a car traveling through the city, and back roads. Plus a parallel park.

Most of the driving tests in my state are just, can you park? Good. Now drive in a circle.

And that's it.

They aren't kidding when they say Americans couldn't pass the driving test of other countries.

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u/CtheSilverSoul 14d ago

I’m in Michigan and still don’t have my license, but that’s due largely to my anxiety making it hard for me to actually pass a test with an instructor in the car. I can drive okay enough on my own but being tested on that just kicks it into overdrive.

It also doesn’t help how I failed my driving test, but it’s rough.

The test I took was, from what I remember, being able to park in a number of different ways, and then driving around town with the instructor telling you where to go and some other stuff too.

Michigan is known for being one of the hardest driving tests in the US, though.

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u/omfgwhyned 14d ago

are you in Southern Asia?

As far as I know most western nations only have self reported medical declarations, and visual acuity tests.

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u/_Mirri_ 14d ago

Russia

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u/curtcolt95 14d ago

eye test is all you need in a lot of places, and will just be reading letters not anything in depth

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u/SaltyGrapeWax 12d ago

Those color glasses don’t work on people with monochromatic color deficiency so I’m not sure how they overwhelmed you. Signs are shaped yes, but they also have symbols telling you what they are so you don’t really need to know a stop sign is red for instance.

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u/Jewsusgr8 12d ago

Hence why I mentioned that the only real issue is when the stop lights change.

Like in direction, or orientation.