# Eye Floaters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804 "2017-05-17T00:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/1 "2017-05-17T00:15:42Z")
How annoying are these fucking eye floaters?? They look something like this. Annoying little buggers, arent they??!! :eek: [![](https://www.psoriasisdietplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eye_floaters.jpg) ](https://www.psoriasisdietplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eye_floaters.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/2 "2017-05-17T00:25:12Z")
How annoying are these fucking eye floaters?? They look something like this. Annoying little buggers, arent they?! :eek: [![](https://www.psoriasisdietplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eye_floaters.jpg) ](https://www.psoriasisdietplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eye_floaters.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/3 "2017-05-17T00:35:26Z")
Yes they are. Yes they are. Question or opinion? ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/4 "2017-05-17T00:38:28Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > Yes they are. Yes they are. Question or opinion? I heard ‘beets’ and ‘apple pectin’ gets rid of them, but so far I havent tried them yet ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/5 "2017-05-17T00:44:07Z")
> [@Esco](#): > > I heard ‘beets’ and ‘apple pectin’ gets rid of them, but so far I havent tried them yet Do you eat them, or put them in your eyes? ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/6 "2017-05-17T01:02:33Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Do you eat them, or put them in your eyes? ROFLMAO 😃 Great question…(and of course, I dont know) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/7 "2017-05-17T01:35:55Z")
[Related recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825868) (you can get them removed, for a fee…). ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/8 "2017-05-17T01:43:59Z")
I’ve had them since I was little, as long as I can remember. they don’t bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/9 "2017-05-17T01:46:14Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’ve had them since I was little, as long as I can remember. they don’t bother me. They only bother me if I’m looking at a very white wall or ceiling (or both) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/10 "2017-05-17T02:00:54Z")
Here’s [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/535/what-are-those-threads-that-float-in-your-field-of-vision) on the subject from (probably) before you were born. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/11 "2017-05-17T02:36:44Z")
[Family Guy](https://youtu.be/gV3fcWF88qI?t=40) got it spot on (so to speak): ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/12 "2017-05-17T07:13:42Z")
They bothered me, intensely, when I was doing proof reading. White page, good lighting coming in over my shoulder on to the page, looking for blemishes and errors. And the damn blemishes were just above my centre of vision, and moved when I noticed them. ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/13 "2017-05-17T09:45:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [Family Guy](https://youtu.be/gV3fcWF88qI?t=40) got it spot on (so to speak): Ha ha… he nailed it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/14 "2017-05-17T10:42:41Z")
**Moderator Action** This seems more of a rant than a factual question. Moving thread from GQ to the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/15 "2017-05-17T11:15:31Z")
I’d think they’d have to be really, really bad to actually notice them. The only reason I notice mine now is that you brought it up. So thanks. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/16 "2017-05-17T11:37:03Z")
I’ve heard coroners really hate floaters. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/17 "2017-05-17T17:34:29Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > They bothered me, intensely, when I was doing proof reading. > > White page, good lighting coming in over my shoulder on to the page, looking for blemishes and errors. > > And the damn blemishes were just above my centre of vision, and moved when I noticed them. That’s where my big one is too, and yep, it’s worst with a white screen in a well lit room, so yeah, all day at work. I hate these things. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/18 "2017-05-17T18:05:12Z")
For people that are very near sighted, floaters can be sign of pending detached retinas, and you should see your ophthalmologist, asap. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/19 "2017-05-17T18:09:51Z")
They really get me when I’m looking through a microscope. Annoying as shit. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804/20 "2017-05-17T18:34:46Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > For people that are very near sighted, floaters can be sign of pending detached retinas, and you should see your ophthalmologist, asap. I had an incident where I woke up to a sudden dramatic increase in floaters, along with flickering in the peripheries. Fearing exactly what you’re talking about I called my ophthalmologist and he saw me that afternoon. Fortunately he found no problems, but he said that I did exactly the right thing based on the symptoms. It’s now been a couple of years, the excess floaters have mostly subsided and I’ve had no further problems. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/786804.md?page=2)