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== Real Life ==
* The McCollough effect often effects the victim for over an hour and has been known to stick around ''3 and 1/2 months'' after it is induced. If you look at an image that causes the effect for a handful of seconds you should be fine.
* The anti-McCollough effect sticks around for quite a while too.
* Not to be confused with the real-life [[wikipedia:Brownian noise|"Brown noise,"]] which is completely harmless.
* The movie ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' seems to be getting a reputation for this. Several people walked out with motion sickness from watching it in 3D, [http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html others suffered depression and even suicidal thoughts,] and one man even died, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583351,00.html apparently from over-excitement.] <ref> [[MST3K Mantra|It's just a movie, you really should relax.]]</ref>
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