Gregoryno6, 6 days ago
A good question, and I’m glad you asked.
I establish the rating thus: first thing in the morning, about five am usually, I stagger into the study, carefully avoiding the light switch. I power up the computer while still groggy and bleary, and go straight to the images. At which point I scream “MY EYES! DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, MY EYES!” or something very like that.
The volume of the cry is a vital factor in the rating as is the recoil, ie, my velocity as I leap away from the desk.
It’s all very scientific, Kitsmumma. I wouldn’t want you to think I was just, y’know, picking numbers at random.