View Poll Results: What shade are your eyes?
Light - eg blue, green, hazel etc
243
75.23%
Dark - eg brown
80
24.77%
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What colour eyes do you have?
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I also fail to see anything silly about the idea. Eye color has been shown to correlate with lower reaction to some other chemicals, and they posit that it be the same for alcohol. I don't have the background in biochemistry necessary to evaluate that claim.
Our informal poll shows that light eyes have a higher incidence in our sample than in the general populations it is (primarily) taken from, so clearly there is correlation between having light eyes and posting on the alcoholism sub-forum of SR. Anything else is interpretation.
Incidentally, my eyes are brown and golden around the edges.
I'd be careful with that argument.
Populations that haven't been exposed to alcohol do have a more violent biological reaction to it, but there's a lot more going on than that. For instance, alcohol has been produced in southern France for as long as people have lived there, but alcoholism was still a major problem up until the early 20th century.
For that matter, there is evidence of wine-making in my home country going back to the late neolithic, but alcoholism is still a huge problem, especially in the countryside.
Our informal poll shows that light eyes have a higher incidence in our sample than in the general populations it is (primarily) taken from, so clearly there is correlation between having light eyes and posting on the alcoholism sub-forum of SR. Anything else is interpretation.
Incidentally, my eyes are brown and golden around the edges.
Originally Posted by john44
It's simply saying that eye color can indicate membership in a genetic group that has more or less experience with alcohol than other groups i.e. light-eyed northern europeans have much less experience with alcohol than people of mediterranean or middle eastern descent and thus higher rates of alcoholism.
Populations that haven't been exposed to alcohol do have a more violent biological reaction to it, but there's a lot more going on than that. For instance, alcohol has been produced in southern France for as long as people have lived there, but alcoholism was still a major problem up until the early 20th century.
For that matter, there is evidence of wine-making in my home country going back to the late neolithic, but alcoholism is still a huge problem, especially in the countryside.
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Originally Posted by Someguy23 
I also fail to see anything silly about the idea. Eye color has been shown to correlate with lower reaction to some other chemicals, and they posit that it be the same for alcohol. I don't have the background in biochemistry necessary to evaluate that claim.
And I have brown eyes.
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My eyes are two different colors. One is a gray-green and the other is a brown green. I don't know if that predisposed me to my alcoholism, but apparently it did predispose me to eye cancer in 2010. Nobody knows why melanoma of the eye strikes--it's pretty rare--but it often hits the browner eye of people with two-colored eyes. Sure enough! They did radiation for four days and saved the eye and much of my eyesight, thank God.
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Originally Posted by Gilmer
My eyes are two different colors. One is a gray-green and the other is a brown green. I don't know if that predisposed me to my alcoholism, but apparently it did predispose me to eye cancer in 2010. Nobody knows why melanoma of the eye strikes--it's pretty rare--but it often hits the browner eye of people with two-colored eyes. Sure enough! They did radiation for four days and saved the eye and much of my eyesight, thank God.
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Originally Posted by Gilmer
My eyes are two different colors. One is a gray-green and the other is a brown green. I don't know if that predisposed me to my alcoholism, but apparently it did predispose me to eye cancer in 2010. Nobody knows why melanoma of the eye strikes--it's pretty rare--but it often hits the browner eye of people with two-colored eyes. Sure enough! They did radiation for four days and saved the eye and much of my eyesight, thank God.
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My eyes were blue until about the age of 7, when they turned green. I have pictures to prove this oddity. Since then, they have been very green. (I am 35 now). When I am sober and in good health, I get a lot of compliments on them.
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My eyes are 3 colours... grey on the outside, green in the middle, then light brown on the inside, in the sunlight, they are quite remarkable (even if i do say so myself)
However, when I was drinking, they were mainly red
However, when I was drinking, they were mainly red
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Kidding!!!!!
Dark Blue, I saw the coolest service dog the other day for this lovely woman who was legally blind. She had blue eyes, the dog had brown eyes, in case you were wondering.
Dark Blue, I saw the coolest service dog the other day for this lovely woman who was legally blind. She had blue eyes, the dog had brown eyes, in case you were wondering.
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Originally Posted by TandoSt
My eye color is pretty well mixed. The doctor calls them hazel but they go grey-blue-green-brown-amber from the outside of the iris in, more or less.
When I get very angry or very sad they turn green
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Dark brown. Almost black though I'm white. Had natural childbirth and didn't really think it hurt, so I guess I have a high pain tolerance. But I also have a very high tolerance to chemicals. Most psych meds don't work on me, such as sleeping pills. And it takes a lot to get me drunk.
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