# Bad, bad, bad Prosthetic eyeball optical illusion! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** fashion-clothing\ **Created:** [June 7, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606 "2024-06-07T20:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/1 "2024-06-07T20:12:29Z")
Here goes: In a crazy physics thingy, my eyeball got damaged. The fake one. The real one is ok. Oh, sorry yeah I have a missing eyeball. (Car wreck, long story) I can tell you the whole story of the broken fake eyeball, if you want. A physics conundrum is all I’ll say now. Could only happen to me. An eye patch just doesn’t go with my (ahem!) fashion sense. Well, I guess I could go with an emo, or goth look a few days. I’m definitely not doing the pirate look. My kerchiefs are in the laundry. The thing is I gotta get a new one. They ain’t cheap folks. Custom made and fitted to the implant inside my eye socket (grossed out yet?) $6800. The one I want is black with an 8 in a white circle(you know, the 8-ball) amazingly you can actually get a working Magic 8-ball, with custom fortunes. I’m not greedy tho’, those cost a cool $12k. Someone told me 8-ball eye balls are sexy. Could this be true? They also told me to get it crowd sourced. What do you think? Would you kind Dopers donate for me to get an 8-ball to replace my baby blue? Want the GoFundMe addy? I’m not serious, I have other prosthetics and am not in need. There’s no GoFundMe. This was a dare. Told you I’d do it, Zo. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/2 "2024-06-07T20:14:59Z")
I would totally make my fake eyeball out of Cadbury Creme Egg™ wrappers. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/3 "2024-06-07T20:15:05Z")
I always knew we needed to keep an eye on you. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/4 "2024-06-07T20:22:22Z")
I totally believed it! Only you, girl. Of course I believed the Parts Left out of the Kennedy book too so… I would personally opt for the Dunkin logo. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/5 "2024-06-07T20:26:39Z")
You can get any kinda eye you want. Anything! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/6 "2024-06-07T21:08:36Z")
Oh darn, I forgot Trump has 2 more felonies than I have eyeballs\*. I might rethink the GoFundMe thingy. good insurance\* ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/7 "2024-06-07T21:09:27Z")
More than 2 more, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/8 "2024-06-07T21:14:41Z")
Surely some size of these would work. > **[Amazon.com: Bflaae 764pcs Black Wiggle Googly Eyes Self Adhesive, 4mm 6mm 8mm...](https://www.amazon.com/Bflaae-764pcs-Wiggle-Googly-Adhesive/dp/B0CYWP8KPK)** > > We designed these googly eyes to meet the requirements of daily using, twith a total of 764pcs googly eyes in 7 different sizes, enough for your daily use. Ensuring the high quality of the googly eyes is our consistent purpose!We are committed to... ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/9 "2024-06-07T21:19:09Z")
You should totally get one that looks like the bottom of a Magic 8-Ball. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/10 "2024-06-07T21:22:34Z")
And when she bends down, then up…discobot will be out of business! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/11 "2024-06-07T21:26:11Z")
I aggravate the grandwrex with googly eyes all the time. I tell them I can see them thru the googly eye straight to the prosthetic. Well, they used to believe me. I stick them everywhere. School lunches, toys, pillows, the dogs head. You name it, I’ve done it. I talk myself into believing it makes them, at least think of me. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/12 "2024-06-07T21:27:24Z")
[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDF6SuYmqBM&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive) seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/13 "2024-06-07T21:28:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I aggravate the grandwrex with googly eyes all the time. My sister likes to go grocery shopping late at night, and she puts sticky googly eyes on produce, and on any end-of-aisle displays that feature pictures of a person. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/14 "2024-06-07T21:32:54Z")
Is that…allowed?🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/15 "2024-06-07T21:33:04Z")
I’m “totally” doing that. Real funny @Saint_Cad, you always got a video that makes me laugh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/16 "2024-06-07T21:33:46Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > More than 2 more, I hope. Nope. Just two. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/17 "2024-06-07T21:34:19Z")
Ehh. We don’t care if it’s allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/18 "2024-06-07T21:37:49Z")
30 on the bottom. 2 on the top. (That’s actually about teeth. An old joke I know. But… somehow it works here) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/19 "2024-06-07T21:42:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > An old joke I know. Well, you _were_ around when they were invented. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606/20 "2024-06-07T21:51:22Z")
I’ll take this opportunity to introduce an example of fine writing from the Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Collection. I believe this is from the “romance” category: > “If I may beg your pardon, my dear lady, I happened to catch your eye from across the room and I was entranced by the beauty therein, the pure and unveiled light of honesty flashing bravely at me, the sweet coyness couched in the depths of your green iris like a dolphin in the sea, the smooth marble of your soul in my hand which drew me hither to you,” said the dark stranger, returning the glass orb to his hostess, who gratefully popped it back in place with a soft sucking sound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-prosthetic-eyeball-optical-illusion/1002606.md?page=2)