Why don’t we see a lot of common infections that specifically affect eyes? Is the immune system that effective even though it can’t fuck your shit up?
If people had sex by touching their eyes together, we’d probably see more. Otherwise, it’s hard for an eye only disease to spread.
SpongeBob SquarePants and Midoriya Izuku probably have to worry about eye infections, since in their worlds you can cry with the force of a yard sprinkler.
If they had sex like that?
Conjunctivitis
My immun system
we need to maintain vision basically 24/7
I don’t know about OP, but I tend to close my eyes when I sleep
You still have vision even when your eyes are closed, and even the small amount of light that gets filtered through your eyelids as the sun rises in the morning is a significant enough stimuli to trigger the biological responses that are related to regulating sleep and managing your circadian rhythm.
But if a bear wakes you up in the middle of the night, it’s pretty helpful to have your eyesight maintained, even while sleeping, in order to just wake up and go
I’ve never been wakened by a bear, but so many times by babies! Not lately, bc I’m old and they somehow survived to adulthood. But I’m glad my sleep deprivation was not compounded by blindness.
…or bears.
Maybe you shouldnt have eaten their porridge and slept in their bed.
I don’t know about you, but I like to watch dreams when I sleep