i am sparticus: Mr. Moony Asks About Triangles

Mr. Moony Asks About Triangles

Mr. Moony Asks:

"What's the size of a right angle on an equilateral triangle drawn by a gentleman with one eye and poor depth perception without a protractor ?"

One of the things about being an young, untrained and entirely useless question answerer, is that you learn to recognise when a question is actually a cry for help. The poor gentleman in the question isn't concerned about angles, nor is Mr. Moony concerned about angles! Instead Mr. Moony is trying to raise awareness about the plight of this poor human being. He cries "What sort of a society is it, that allows a grown adult with monocular vision to live without a protractor and a basic knowledge of trigonometry?" What sort of society indeed.

Any attempt to change society to make it less dual-sighted-ist is going to require a lot of effort; what can one website do? Provide examples of other figures from history who have had to deal with the pain of monocular vision, that's what!

Polyphemus the Cyclops

Perhaps history's most famous, and indeed most tragic, one eyed person. While the first generation of Cyclopes were revered because of their metal working ability, Polyphemus (a second generation cyclops) was treated as an outcast because he lacked another eye and had to survive as a shepherd. He was cruelly blinded by Odysseus after a misunderstanding over Odsyessus' crew. A depressing story of how society treats those different to itself, but there is hope, as seen through the fitting in of the first generation cyclopes.

Leela from Futurama

Possibly the most successful person with one eye careerwise ever. She stands as a testament to what is possible, regardless of any depth-perceiving ability. Unfortunately, her use as a role model is somewhat limited, seeing as she is a cartoon character from a thousand years in the future.

Dr. Mind Bender from GI Joe

Proving that people with one eye can work in all sorts of areas. Dr. Mind Bender is an evil genius of epic proportions. Creator of Serpentor and many other terrifyingly evil weapons, Dr. Mind Bender just goes to show that having only one eye is no barrier to working in high level science jobs.

I'm sure there are many other role models, but I hope that these few enable Mr. Moony's poor one eyed friend to go out into the world and become a fully functioning member of society!

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