Vision Test

[Angelicans/Romiians]

Originally posted by couslee:
It did however keep me from several career choice when I joined the USAF, which I think is the cause of most my sensitivty to the issue. Aircraft mechanic? NO, you go in the warehouse or build runways.

That can comprise fraud and can get you discharged if it is found out. I too am color blind and got a job in military intelligence. There are ALOT of jobs in the USAF that you can be colorblind in. Don't hand me the BS that you lied because you had to in order to get a 'good job'. Being colorblind and being a mechanic is not a good combo. It is dangerous for those that drive/fly the vehicles that you attempt to repair.

[couslee]

Excuse me, but the AF entrance exam is HOW I found out about my colorblindness. Based on my other test scores I had a number of career choices, then they entered the color blindness results and it dropped to two choices. Building runways, or working in a material warehouse. I chose the warehouse. I understand dealing with color coded wires on an aircraft require one to not be colorblind. What kind of moron would not understand that? And as for your jumping to conclusions, well, thats AF intelligence for you. oxymorons at work.

[ January 18, 2003, 11:26: Message edited by: couslee ]

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Angelicans/Romiians:

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Originally posted by couslee:
It did however keep me from several career choice when I joined the USAF, which I think is the cause of most my sensitivty to the issue. Aircraft mechanic? NO, you go in the warehouse or build runways.

That can comprise fraud and can get you discharged if it is found out. I too am color blind and got a job in military intelligence. There are ALOT of jobs in the USAF that you can be colorblind in. Don't hand me the BS that you lied because you had to in order to get a 'good job'. Being colorblind and being a mechanic is not a good combo. It is dangerous for those that drive/fly the vehicles that you attempt to repair.

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Umm it might be a good idea to read the Posts a little more carefully before you start accusing someone of fraud or lying. Couslee simply said that colorblindness limited his career choices is obviously true.

[DavidG]

On a lighter note (and getting back to the joke theme of the thread) For all you guys that could only see the first number have you ever come across a situation in life were you couldn't see some important information because it was surround by orange and red dots? How many of you would even know you are color blind if you hadn't had to take an eye test for some reason.

[couslee]

David, that is why I have hunted for a colorblindness test Online. The only way to tell if your colorblind is by that test. Also, some of the areas it does affect you are, color coded wiring, also different colors used in the same setting. Like the neutral race flags in SE4g. most of them, look the same color wise as the other similar shaded flags. looking at a purple flag, and a blue flag can appear to be the same color. it they are right next to each other, it's a little easier to tell apart, but if a yellow tinted one is inbetween, then one can't tell the difference at all. Thats why I have to be carefull i don't attack the wrong ship. I might bLast a friend in error.

being colorblind does not mean one sees less colors. I just learned different ones. for example, take two people. one is colorblind, the other has "normal" vision.
both as a child are given an apple, and told it is red.
the "normal vision" child learns that the color he is looking at is red.
The same thing for the colorblind child, that is the color he is taught is red.
But if the "normal vision" child were to look through the "colorblind' child's eye, he would see pink, or yellow, or green.
red is red to me, but my red is not the same color as your red.
Not being able to distingush shade borders on little dots because of colorblindness, is what allows the test to work. Who ever developed the test, was either a genius, or only colorblind in one eye. lol

Colorblindness also has different levels of severity. usually based on which primary and secondary colors cause problems. R/B/G color blind (me) is two primary, one secondary. most true colorblinds are 2 and 1, or 2 and 2. if someone is only colorblind to one color, they will get a lot farther in the test, but it is designed to catch even single color blindness.

colorblindness has it greatest effect when dealing with pastel colors. I can look at the paint on my wall, and the best i can come up with is "off white", or "earth tones". to go to the store and pick out a match for spot painting is a genuine gamble. Also makes matching clothes difficult. when looks like a good combo to me, may scream at other people.

the biggest problem, is a lot of people have never been tested for it. I have read the "most" men are colorblind, and "most" women are not, but I am not sure of the validity of that statement.. Likewise, I have read that people who are colorblind see better in the dark. But who knows for sure, without doing a lot of research.

the test on the joke page, is only about 1/3 of the circles that are in a complete test. (like the one the USAF gives, which makes lying on entrance impossible. sorry, had to go there).

[couslee]

And yes, i occasionally miss important information because i have little spots in my vision. (floaters, blanks areas, ect...) lol

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by couslee:
And yes, i occasionally miss important information because i have little spots in my vision. (floaters, blanks areas, ect...) lol

I have those when I blink at a bright light then look around a room. Sometimes I purposely do that for fun when I am extreamly board. (Strange I know, but that's me!)

But as far as colorblindness goes, as far as I know I'm not. That "test" Fyron posted I was able to see all the numbers except for the Last one, in which there was no number. Just colors.
So hopefully that means that I'm not colorblind but if I am then so be it. If I indeed am then I have adapted to it and it isn't noticable.
But as far as my eyes goes, I just got glasses a couple weeks ago due to my eyes being bad when I try to look at something far away. Up close my vision is better then 20/20. But far away it was around 20/50. But that's just a side topic.

[Ed Kolis]

oh man... you think THAT was freaky?

now if only I could find the link...

[Fyron]

Also makes matching clothes difficult. when looks like a good combo to me, may scream at other people.

Style is completely subjective. Non-color blind people have that problem too. What one person sees as matching, others may not.

[couslee]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
[QBStyle is completely subjective. Non-color blind people have that problem too. What one person sees as matching, others may not. [/QB]

No, you don't understand. some colors clash. purple and blue for example. blue shirt, purple tie. Brown suit. change clothes...... again. but it looks good. (sarcastic example)