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Turning Japanese!

  • 04-05-2012 11:48am
    #1
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17942181
    Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia - short-sightedness - a study suggests.
    Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light.
    The scientists told the Lancet that up to one in five of these students could experience severe visual impairment and even blindness.

    Working very hard at what exactly.:D


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  • #2
    flanders1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭flanders1979


    onanism


  • #3
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta




    :cool:


  • #4
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    As long as they can still make my electronics I'm okay with this.


  • #5
    Chamone MF
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Chamone MF


    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Working very hard at what exactly.:D

    Online role play games.


  • #6
    Kerrigooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,987 ✭✭✭Kerrigooney


    Ranking.


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  • #7
    Brendog
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    Actually thought this was going to be about how Humans will evolve to look Japanese.


    Thread, I am disapoint.


  • #8
    superstoner90
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    When I read the heading, I thought OP was turning himself japanese. I am dissapointed


  • #9
    TheBody
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    I'd say students are going blind from too much ****!!


  • #10
    cml387
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    superstoner90 wrote: »
    When I read the heading, I thought OP was turning himself japanese. I am dissapointed

    Cannot lead heading.Solly


  • #11
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Why bother doing anything in life, you just know a Japanese person is going to be a thousand times better than you at it. :(


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  • #12
    CardBordWindow
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    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Why bother doing anything in life, you just know a Japanese person is going to be a thousand times better than you at it. :(
    But i can open my eyes fully! :pac:


  • #13
    Nothingbetter2d
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    dolanbaker wrote: »
    Working very hard at what exactly.:D

    building robots and and excavators


  • #14
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    I saw an asian add recently from Sony saying "Caucasians, because they're just too damn tall"

    they were saying we're too tall to make microchips where as they can get closer to the board so their chips are better, more efficient and better built.

    Think I saw this on Crazy People. =- look it up


  • #15
    CreepingDeath
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    Professor Morgan argues that many children in South East Asia spend long hours studying at school and doing their homework. This in itself puts pressure on the eyes, but exposure to between two and three hours of daylight acts as a counterbalance and helps maintain healthy eyes.

    "Daylight affects the focusing of the eyes" ?
    That doesn't sound right.

    I would've thought it's the fact that if you spend a lot of time indoors then your eyes will be naturally focusing on near objects most of the time.

    Eye physiology link

    From the link above you can see that those small muscles in the eye are tense when looking at near objects.

    So they probably can't relax enough outdoors to focus on far objects correctly.


  • #16
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    you'd think with all their expertice in robots that they could build robotic eyes for themselves.


  • #17
    BizzyC
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    "Daylight affects the focusing of the eyes" ?
    That doesn't sound right.

    I would've thought it's the fact that if you spend a lot of time indoors then your eyes will be naturally focusing on near objects most of the time.

    Eye physiology link

    From the link above you can see that those small muscles in the eye are tense when looking at near objects.

    So they probably can't relax enough outdoors to focus on far objects correctly.

    Or the muscles for focusing on near objects are overworked and degrade...


  • #18
    CreepingDeath
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    BizzyC wrote: »
    Or the muscles for focusing on near objects are overworked and degrade...

    In general, when muscles are overused they get damaged and when they're repaired they're over-repaired and made stronger.

    That's what happens when you exercise.
    You damage the muscles in your legs/arms and they get bigger when the body repairs them.

    The researcher doesn't say whether the myopia is down to problems with the eye focusing, or that the eyeball is physically elongated which is the typical cause of myopia in young people.


  • #19
    BizzyC
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    In general, when muscles are overused they get damaged and when they're repaired they're over-repaired and made stronger.

    That's what happens when you exercise.
    You damage the muscles in your legs/arms and they get bigger when the body repairs them.

    Only to an extent. If you do too much you simply cause damage. Wear and tear adds up over the course of years.


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