Solar eclipse idiots

[Irregularelephant]

The amount of people on my social media feed i have seen using a colander to stare directly at the sun through it rather than casting a shadow with it to view. Or people who have permanently damaged their phones from the glare. Or the knock off glasses from dodgy websites that arent certified.
IABU: they will all be fine
IANBU: They have damaged there eyes and are silly

Yes. Lowest common denominator and covering their own backsides.

It's no different from

• zero alcohol in pregnancy, because they don't trust women to not interpret that as three bottles of wine. There's no evidence that a very small amount of harmful.
• not heating baby bottles in the microwave, because some idiots in the past took it to boiling and then fed their baby. So it's safer to have it as an absolute no, even though if you do it for the minimum time, swirl well and test it, there is no risk.
• often where there are limits (safety, dosing etc), they are done in the knowledge that many people will push the boundaries, so you make them lower, to create a buffer so it's not dangerous if they break the rules a bit.

On a national level it is much safer to be overly rigid with rules than assume people will use common sense.

Thank you.
Of course the downside is people panicking because they saw it for a second and also using up health services.

I stayed in and accidentally saw it for under a second.
I admit to a mild bit of panic until I talked myself out of it.