Far out, man

[Rgarner]

The phone suddenly switched to some kind of blacklight color scheme, or I guess that's what it is. Why would it do this? It looks kind of cool, but it can be a little hard to tell how a picture's supposed to look. How do I switch it back, and is it harmful?

 

[Hadron]

Depends why it happened. Can you post a screenshot? If that looks the same it means it's a software option of some sort (have you checked display or accessibility settings - you've not got the high contrast mode turned on or something?). If the screenshot looks normal that would suggest a hardware problem (normal data being sent from the GPU but the display unit not showing it correctly - a screenshot shows what the phone is trying to display, so hardware problems never show up in screenshots).

 

[Rgarner]

Actually, it was just color inversion. Who knew they even had that? I guess I must have hit it by mistake, sorry.

 

[Hadron]

Ah, from the accessibility options. I guess there must be some eye condition it helps with, but it's not obvious to me what that might be.

Anyway, good news that it's a false alarm

 

[Rgarner]

Maybe they're trying to help stoners see things in the only way they can. I guess that makes sense because they're doing everything else for them. I can hardly wait until they legalize meth and heroin.

 

[lunatic59]

When you enable it on my phone (G6/Nougat) it says "for people with low vision" whatever that means.

 

[Rgarner]

Did they destroy their sight by using too much dope? There's a reason they call it that. I guess there's a down side to everything, even pot.

 

[lunatic59]

Actually, cannabinoids are beneficial to vision, specifically in helping reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients. It's also therapeutic for people suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy.

 

[Rgarner]

I did not know that. I had heard or read that it was good for people with cancer or maybe seizures. You can bet it wasn't legalized for that, though...money. It's a funny thing but I guess centuries ago people were growing hemp to make clothing and ropes and things that way. Apparently it didn't become illegal until the twentieth century.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Suprisingly you can't take a screenshot of that "Which I found out to my chagrin" it posts with the original colors.

 

[Rgarner]

Ain't that a bummer. Why would they not let us do that? All those in favor of allowing trippy color combos to be photographable, say aye.

 

[Mikestony]

I just turned on my color inversion to see what it appears like. I think I burned out a couple rods and cones