People are often told not to look directly at a solar eclipse. After the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse, a jocular line was posted on Reddit—Jokes:
“If I had a dollar for every time someone said not to look directly at the eclipse…I’d have enough money to pay for the eye surgery I need now!”
Twitter
Taylor Belmer
@TayBelm
#SolarEclipse2017 if I had $1 for every person that has said “do I need glasses for the eclipse? Why? I look at the sun all the time!” #no
6:27 PM - 18 Aug 2017
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masterchef 😀
@CartJackedSZN
If I had a dollar for everytime my mom said not to look at the eclipse
10:25 PM - 20 Aug 2017
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ashley 🌙
@1967ashh
if i had a dollar for every time someone told me not to look directly at the eclipse
8:51 AM - 21 Aug 2017
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Hope Elaine 💋
@Hope_Frazier97
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me not to look at the eclipse, I’d be rich.
12:02 PM - 21 Aug 2017
Reddit—Jokes
If I had a dollar for every time someone said not to look directly at the eclipse…
submitted August 21, 2017 by _Skooks_
I’d have enough money to pay for the eye surgery I need now!
Twitter
Brian Hayes
@BrianHa30710460
If I had a dollar for every time someone said not to look directly at the eclipse… (Link to Reddit is shown.—ed.)
4:19 PM - 21 Aug 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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