Mecury

[Ibis]

Why does getting near mecury on dx make vision expand and minimize

 

[Ibis]

My home thermostat does the same exact thing every time, is it the mecury?

 

[nau5ea]

dx as in dextromethorphan?

 

[Ibis]

Yes,
1st plat noticeable
2nd and 3rd
Pretty huge.
It is pulse like
Big big big small small

 

[CrypticArc]

do you mean mercury? lol

 

[Viv]

If it's the planet, you shouldn't be flying that close to the sun. Remember what happened to Icarus.

 

[Kittycat5]

Theres not much mercury in much of anything.

 

[Solipsis]

Something's in retrograde here, but it's not mercury ;p .
Although perhaps I'd count it, if some were running uphill a la Leidenfrost effect.

 

[Jabberwocky]

If it's the planet, you shouldn't be flying that close to the sun. Remember what happened to Icarus.

The May 9th transit of Mercury begins at 7:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (11:12 Universal Time), though the first contact might vary by a few minutes depending on your location..

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astr...s/live-webcast-of-may-9th-transit-of-mercury/

Nicely done Viv, some timely astronomy humor

 

[swilow]

I love these sort of questions. Behind it, there is that assumption that the expansion of mercury molecules when on DXM is a well know phenomena. To be honest, I have never heard of this before.

I tend to think that the sudden alteration of macro phenomena when tripping is more likely to be perceptual rather than real-life.

 

[Solipsis]

If it's looking at mercury etc in an old thermometer, I wonder if other mirror-y substances also produce that effect for you - and yes it just seems to be a perceptual thing with being unable to focus well on it since it mirrors.

If you think it's the mere presence... do a blind study with a box containing mercury and an absolutely identical box containing something else and see if you can sense the mercury not knowing in which box it is. : P

NSFW:

http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aBYe8jD_700b.jpg

^ tho thats probably a plasma arc