# What Happens When You're Blinded By Light

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-youre-blinded-by-light/483149>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-youre-blinded-by-light/483149 "2009-01-26T23:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-youre-blinded-by-light/483149/21 "2009-01-30T21:11:30Z")

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When I take a bath, and not looking at any light, I see a large bright lilac-colored patch with a black spot in the center. Very strange. Has anybody experienced this ?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-youre-blinded-by-light/483149/22 "2009-01-30T22:04:59Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> You can’t tell what the hell he’s singing about, but you know it sounds dirty.
> 
> Getting that song’s lyrics wrong is like misinterpreting static.

He’s singing about masturbation. You know, pumping your way into your hat.

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