gmcnaughton (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gmcnaughton) wrote,@ 2008-09-06 07:46:00 |
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Polarization = Cheap Superpower
I know what you're thinking: "Man, I wish I had superpowers!" I'm here to tell you that you can buy one for only $14.99.
I love polarized sunglasses. Think about it: when you put on a pair you can see underwater, look through car windows, see the great circle in the sky, peer into office buildings, and see the checkerboard pattern of stress and polarized film on your windshield. I literally lost minutes parked beneath an overpass at Crystal Springs after being entranced by a rainbow cellophane candy wrapper.
The thing that impresses me most is that you gain this superpower not by seeing more, but by seeing less. You see only a portion of the light, filtered in such a way that you have access to information which normal people do not.
Imagine if you had a power that made you unable to see evil. You could instantly and accurately judge saints and sinners, politicians and serial killers. However, if everyone was similarly blind, then the man who could see evil would have the superpower ('He can see the demons! I thought they were only a legend!')
In the land of the blind, the man with polarized sunglasses still looks pimp.
I know what you're thinking: "Man, I wish I had superpowers!" I'm here to tell you that you can buy one for only $14.99.
I love polarized sunglasses. Think about it: when you put on a pair you can see underwater, look through car windows, see the great circle in the sky, peer into office buildings, and see the checkerboard pattern of stress and polarized film on your windshield. I literally lost minutes parked beneath an overpass at Crystal Springs after being entranced by a rainbow cellophane candy wrapper.
The thing that impresses me most is that you gain this superpower not by seeing more, but by seeing less. You see only a portion of the light, filtered in such a way that you have access to information which normal people do not.
Imagine if you had a power that made you unable to see evil. You could instantly and accurately judge saints and sinners, politicians and serial killers. However, if everyone was similarly blind, then the man who could see evil would have the superpower ('He can see the demons! I thought they were only a legend!')
In the land of the blind, the man with polarized sunglasses still looks pimp.
