Stripes in modern life may trigger migraines and seizures

[tangor]

Stripes are ubiquitous in modern life, from City shirts and barcodes, to Venetian blinds and zebra crossings

But a new study suggests they might be making us ill.

Scientists in the Netherlands and the US have discovered that for some people, simply looking at vertical lines, either on a static image, or in real life, can trigger a neural loop of activity in the brain.

In severe cases it can lead to epilepsy, but researchers think it might also be responsible for migraines.

[telegraph.co.uk...]

Wonder why it took so long to figure this out? After all most prison uniforms are striped. Tigers are striped, so are Zebras ... and pin-stripe suits have been around for a century or two...

Where the migraines come from is umpires in various sports making dumb rulings on the field.

[keyplyr]

Then it might be advisable to stay out of prison.

[NickMNS]

Read between the lines people!

[tangor]

Vertical or horizontal?

[keyplyr]

The one that always gets me is the Tide laundry soap logo that has the parallel orange-red & blue swirly lines that appear to vibrate. Always gives me pain behind my eyes if I look at it for more that a couple seconds.

[lawman]

And how about those TacLight commercials that show off the strobe feature. I hate that part of the commercial and I don't even have photosensitive epilepsy.