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Eyeball caught in a swirling drain

Cory Doctorow at 8:05 am Tue, Nov 13, 2012

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Liammmin, a redditor, caught this incidental eyeball in a swirling drain. The origin story has a good moral: "My friend said something around the lines of 'Liam, you take too many photos.' So I ran around the room taking photos of everything and showing him all of them, then this happened and we got spooked." -- the moral being, "If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate."

Tried taking a picture of a sink draining, wound up with a picture of an eye instead. (X-post r/mildlyinteresting) (i.imgur.com) (via Super Punch)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • DreamboatSkanky

    “And when you gaze long into a bath, the bath also gazes into you.” – Mr Bubble.

  • sqyntz

    so, was this photo taken in the northern or southern hemisphere …

  • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

    The eye of Sauron burns because soap got in it.

  • quazi

    I sink into your gaze and gaze into your sink.

  • Over the River

    Is this a photograph of Hurricane Sandy taken from the Space Shuttle?

  • Boundegar

    “If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate.” - Best advice I’ve heard today!

    • Stan Rehm

       “Your first ten thousand photos are your worst.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668625566 Jake Bjeldanes

    Reminds me of the horizontal storm in Ringworld

    • Aeron Michaelangelo

      …aaand your girlfriend just flew into the event horizon. Don’t worry, we’ll find her chillin’ with natives in a few chapters. If you want to double your success rate, triple your luck stat. ;)

  • noah django

    this sink reminds me of a certain moderator…