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Factual Questions
1

What’s up with seeing spots and squiggles? When I look at a a plain surface, such as a white ceiling or a blue sky or a snowfield, I see little dots and squiggles. When I turn my eyes, the dots and squiggles go with them. This has been the case with me at least since I was a teenager. My girlfriend has seen them only twice, and she freaked both times.

Is this something I should worry about? Is this common? Does it have a name?

2

Cecil Adams on What are those threads that float in your field of vision?

3

They’re called floaters, or, if you want to get technical, vitreous opacities.

Nothing to worry about, they’re just stray cells and other gubbins floating around inside your eyeball.

4

I see squiggly people…

5

Ah. So I don’t have to look in my toilet if I want to see floaters.

Thanks, peeps!