I've been colorblind for about ... oh... all my life, and it hasn't really affected me much except in a few humorous situations, mostly because I've adapted and because my degree of colorblindness isn't all that severe. Today, however, it took a DRASTIC turn for the worst, I am barely able to type this because of the results of my color vision deficiency.
After my last class today, I took my usual walk into the student union to purchase substance to fill my stomach with. A grabbed the delicious cheese burger this time (wasn't in the mood for chicken) and then proceeded to open the cooling unit that held a multitude of drinks. I looked for Code Red Mountain Dew, and grabbed a bottle which read "Mountain Dew" on the side. The color at the time (with a quick glance and seeing it not to be the orginial Mountain Dew color of nuclear green but not as bright [thanks Erik]) appeared plenty red enough, but apparently they stock the shelves up with Mountain Dew "Live Wire" which is the color of.... well, at least to me, partically identical to "Code Red". Looking at it now, it might appear that it COULD be lighter... or maybe not as red, I'd need a code red bottle to compare though. I opened the drink open arriving home, took a swig and thought..... this tastes.... wrong.... can pop go that bad? I then looked at the bottle and read "Live Wire" and cried for many hours as I curled up on my bed sucking my thumb.
College is still a drag on my existance, nothing much else to say.
TUMEO.
Awww... That really sucks. I had a similar event happen to me when i was younger, not due to colorblindness however. Attempting to quinch my thirst i reached for the cup of tasty coca-cola that i had set down on the table, i quickly found out that i had mistaken it for an old cup of black coffie. Well i hope that helps with some of your pain. And you can start the healing process that i endured so long ago.
Posted by: cptnmat at April 5, 2004 11:57 PMRemember Coach Dean from 7th grade and his story about how he was colour blind and his daughter told him it was green light when it was actually red light at the intersection?
Posted by: Jay at April 6, 2004 05:52 PMOuch. That's why green is on bottom and red is on top.
Posted by: HardwareGuy at April 7, 2004 09:45 AMhehe, I do remember him, he was pretty cool.
not all stop lights go up and down, so are side to side.