I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

  • pistachio@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The belief that colour blind glasses work

    See megalag's videos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppobi8VhWwo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE

    • abbenm@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      Wow, I actually believed in this one. Is there a short text version of what the videos are explaining?

      • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        Main idea: They can't restore any color by filtering or let you perceive any new colors as their marketing likes to claim. At best they might be able to improve contrast of certain colors while reducing contrast for others - which is not at all what they say it does

        The video goes much more into depth about their deceptive marketing and such

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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          9 months ago

          It always weirded me out that people believed what the marketing implied. Like, it's a problem with the eye, no change in the color your eye is exposed to will somehow fix a problem that is within the eye. If those glasses were able to make you see blue or whatever, you wouldn't be color-blind!