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[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

Am I the only one would prefers the place to be very very bright (not white light, but lots of warm lights)? At least when I want to be awake... night time needs to be super dark for sleeping and being restful, the morning needs brightness to get me up or I feel in a funk. It may also be exacerbated from the 'comedown' of my meds, but if I had electric blinds again or if I could have someone open my curtains for me in the morning to get me up, I would definitely do it.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Full of sunlight, yes. Light bulbs..nah

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago

this, a lot of places have TERRIBLE lighting, if they had proper modern LED bulbs with good CRI that replicate sunlight i would actually enjoy them.

Even better if they have giant panels that literally look like sunlight shining through a window, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bqBsHSwPgw

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[-] cynar@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

We (aspies) tend towards binaries. We like it either very dark, or fully lit up. We either need silence, or lots of loud noise.

I know I have mental issues with "shades of grey" thinking, and it seems to be common. My personal work around is closer to newspaper print, a mix of completely black and completely white that approximates grey. It tends to annoy a lot of people, I dissect things a lot more than (apparently) necessary.

[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah. I'm the neurodivergent person who usually turns on the light when they come into work. All my coworkers seem to enjoy dwelling in darkness (and cONsErVe eNErGy) but I apologize in case I'm waking anyone up and flip that switch anyway. We get a lot of visitors and the place shouldn't look like a frigging bat cave. Plus, I need the energy that the light gives me, like you said.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

We get a lot of visitors and the place shouldn’t look like a frigging bat cave.

A genuine laugh here, that's me, too. The energy saved is minimal.

[-] mac@infosec.pub 6 points 4 months ago

Sometimes I like it to be light and sometimes I like it to be dark.

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

I'm the same. I hate dark rooms, they make me sleepy and downbeat. I prefer natural light, but any light is better than sitting in a dark room. I also prefer to sleep in a room that's not totally dark and have no issues with sleeping in a moderately light room. I don't like pitch black darkness, makes me feel uneasy.

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

I like sunlight but I work on a computer. The light from the window hurts my eyes while looking at the screen. So my blinds are only open when I'm not working or entertaining myself at my computer, and if that's the case I usually am in another room, outside, etc.

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