The Eye-color Effect

[rompsku]

This is similar to the butterfly effect. (metaphor, not movie)

I was sitting on the train merrily on my way to work listening to some Aphex Twin when across from me sits this gorgeous young lass. I noticed something peculiar about her... she was black (well, a very light brown to be precise. Definitely of mixed race) but she had the most striking blue eyes (they weren't contacts. I asked her).

I've never seen that before. It was damn hot. But I digress...

It got me thinking. A black chick with blue eyes. She must get a lot of attention because of that. I wondered how it affected her life. Then I got all philosophical and thought even deeper. How different would her life had been if she was born with brown eyes like the majority of COLORED people.

So my question is, do you think something as (seemingly) insignificant as eye color can have an effect on somebody's life? And, that if they were born with a different eye color, they're lives could turn out completely different.

Am I the only person who noticed the racist language?

Apologies. I'm from South Africa. We have Blacks, Whites and Colored. Coloreds are people that have mixed race heritage. I am colored myself. My father is black and my mother is white. I am, officially, listed as a Colored.

Here's a wikipedia article which goes into greater depth regarding this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured

Apologies if I upset anybody. I had no intention of making any racists comments.

 

[Jaythulhu]

OP: You'd have loved the woman I used to date way back in the mid 90s when I was at university. A black woman from new york who had skin so dark it almost reflected blue in the sunlight, and the most vibrant emerald eyes I've ever seen in my life. I still regret not marrying her at the end of her student visa, but meh, I was young.

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Slightly off-topic:

A lot of my friends try to get my drunk on weekends so they can watch my eyes change colour from pale blue to dark green. If I'm really, really tired, then my eyes change to a flat grey. Occasionally they'll sort of cycle between the three colours just for the hell of it. I've only met one other person who's eyes did similar, but that doesn't mean it's not a common thing (I've got limited biology knowledge). Actually, anyone else on here have colour shifting eyes?

 

[wooty]

I might get more conpliments if I ever really looked anyone in the eye, im always in deep thought you see

 

[A.I. Sigma]

This is similar to the butterfly effect. (metaphor, not movie)

I was sitting on the train merrily on my way to work listening to some Aphex Twin when across from me sits this gorgeous young lass. I noticed something peculiar about her... she was black (well, a very light brown to be precise. Definitely of mixed race) but she had the most striking blue eyes (they weren't contacts. I asked her).

I've never seen that before. It was damn hot. But I digress...

It got me thinking. A black chick with blue eyes. She must get a lot of attention because of that. I wondered how it affected her life. Then I got all philosophical and thought even deeper. How different would her life had been if she was born with brown eyes like the majority of COLORED people.

So my question is, do you think something as (seemingly) insignificant as eye color can have an effect on somebody's life? And, that if they were born with a different eye color, they're lives could turn out completely different.

Am I the only person who noticed the racist language?

No, you weren't, but I can't be arsed with Political Correctness right now. Let them make their own mistakes. I'm comfortable calling black people black.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

This is similar to the butterfly effect. (metaphor, not movie)

I was sitting on the train merrily on my way to work listening to some Aphex Twin when across from me sits this gorgeous young lass. I noticed something peculiar about her... she was black (well, a very light brown to be precise. Definitely of mixed race) but she had the most striking blue eyes (they weren't contacts. I asked her).

I've never seen that before. It was damn hot. But I digress...

It got me thinking. A black chick with blue eyes. She must get a lot of attention because of that. I wondered how it affected her life. Then I got all philosophical and thought even deeper. How different would her life had been if she was born with brown eyes like the majority of COLORED people.

So my question is, do you think something as (seemingly) insignificant as eye color can have an effect on somebody's life? And, that if they were born with a different eye color, they're lives could turn out completely different.

Am I the only person who noticed the racist language?

Apologies. I'm from South Africa. We have Blacks, Whites and Colored. Coloreds are people that have mixed race heritage. I am colored myself. My father is black and my mother is white. I am, officially, listed as a Colored.

Here's a wikipedia article which goes into greater depth regarding this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured

Apologies if I upset anybody. I had no intention of making any racists comments.

I see. Culture difference. My bad. In America and here in the UK it's considered politically incorrect to refer to non-caucasians as coloured.

 

[rompsku]

This is similar to the butterfly effect. (metaphor, not movie)

I was sitting on the train merrily on my way to work listening to some Aphex Twin when across from me sits this gorgeous young lass. I noticed something peculiar about her... she was black (well, a very light brown to be precise. Definitely of mixed race) but she had the most striking blue eyes (they weren't contacts. I asked her).

I've never seen that before. It was damn hot. But I digress...

It got me thinking. A black chick with blue eyes. She must get a lot of attention because of that. I wondered how it affected her life. Then I got all philosophical and thought even deeper. How different would her life had been if she was born with brown eyes like the majority of COLORED people.

So my question is, do you think something as (seemingly) insignificant as eye color can have an effect on somebody's life? And, that if they were born with a different eye color, they're lives could turn out completely different.

Am I the only person who noticed the racist language?

Apologies. I'm from South Africa. We have Blacks, Whites and Colored. Coloreds are people that have mixed race heritage. I am colored myself. My father is black and my mother is white. I am, officially, listed as a Colored.

Here's a wikipedia article which goes into greater depth regarding this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured

Apologies if I upset anybody. I had no intention of making any racists comments.

I see. Culture difference. My bad. In America and here in the UK it's considered politically incorrect to refer to non-caucasians as coloured.

No biggie. I didn't want to say 'colored' for that specific reason, but it totally slipped my mind. I know it's politically incorrect over there.

 

[jesse.]

I really have no idea, I guess if you had like bright yellow eyes your life would be different

 

[Xanian]

Yes, the color of your eyes will effect your life, probably in some of the most seemingly benign ways possible. You will be considered more attractive, which will make you more confident. This confidence will do things that help you in your life. Hell, research shows that teachers treat students better if they are considered attractive, (pretty, handsome, not necessarily sexually attractive.) It might not be a great impact, but I'm sure it would be a notable one.

[Off topic--many of my friends assume I have the same color eyes they do when they meet me, and don't realize my true eye color until they get to know me better. I think maybe it's because of my glasses? My eyes aren't groovy and don't change color, they are just brown, but I had one friend who was convinced my eyes were blue for three months, and didn't notice until I pointed out to her my eye color one day.]

 

[Shadowfaze]

I have hazel green eyes. it freaks people out. Eye color reminds me of nazis, actually... blonde hair blue eyes... you know what i mean

 

[tmujir955]

Different colored eyes could be pretty life changing.

 

[KaiRai]

I get the feeling I'd be single less often if I had green eyes.

Everyone tells me how great green eyes are =[

Did you ask her how she had blue eyes?

Her mom is white, Dad is colored.
I didn't have much time to talk to her, but it seemed she got lots of attention because of her eyes and she sounded very proud of them.

She could have a very recessive gene maybe? If her dad is mixed race (I.e half and half) he might have a blue eye gene from his mother or father. If the girls mother has 2 blue eyed genes, and her father has one brown and one blue gene, there's every chance she could have blue eyes.

 

[Triscut900]

Well, my eyes are like a weird sorta blue/yellow/ green when they mix sorta eyes, its fairly striking...

I think that if people have braces though... that is a big differnece in there early life, me though, why i have awesome teeth...

im getting braces this morningD:

Gooood luck with that, hope they turn out good.

they hurt owww
but i missed most of school