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[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Most of the glasses say not to use them for longer than 3-5 minutes total over the course of the eclipse. So if people were sitting there staring at it for the entire event with the glasses on, their eyes going to hurt.