Eye-Straining Visuals

Users report discomfort, strain, and aesthetic unpleasantness from a specific visual design, animation, or effect in the post, often describing it as hard on the eyes or distracting.

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Keywords

FF OCD eyes distracting eye aesthetically stare ripping animated fuzzy unpleasant bit

Sample Comments

nitwit005 Mar 4, 2016 View on HN

That perspective is quite hard on my eyes for some reason.

cubefox Aug 31, 2023 View on HN

I find this effect somewhat unpleasant to look at though.

soulchild37 Mar 1, 2017 View on HN

My eyes feel kinda uncomfortable after looking at it, perhaps they are just playing with designs

powertower Dec 24, 2011 View on HN

Kind of hard on the eyes if you ask me. The contrast is off.

jackmaney Jul 23, 2013 View on HN

Ow...that visual theme hurts my eyes.

SamDc73 Oct 24, 2024 View on HN

These things give me a weird fuzzy feeling when looking at !

warent Apr 29, 2021 View on HN

It's fascinating!... But am I the only one who finds this actually aesthetically unpleasant?

josefresco Oct 22, 2013 View on HN

I agree, it actually hurts my eyes to look at it. There's probably some science behind this...

high_5 Oct 19, 2023 View on HN

Yeah it's really frustrating for me to look at it because of such appearance.

to3m Jun 5, 2017 View on HN

It's me too. Looks almost unsettling!