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Attendees at Bored Ape NFT event report vision loss and extreme pain (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by LesserAbe@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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It's likely because some light fixtures that emit a ton of UV light also look "cool" and get used in the wrong setting. They're supposed to be for stuff like disinfection. Looks like the bulbs outlining the dj both could be the issue. It wouldn't be any of the professional fixtures. (Pic in comments because I don't think you can upload an image in this community for the main post)

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[-] swicano@kbin.social 57 points 10 months ago

I hope they weren't blasting UVC disinfectant lights directly at the audience. That would not be great for their health

[-] cestvrai@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

I remember someone raising a similar idea before:

https://youtu.be/vfLZOkn0chc

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 7 points 10 months ago

Honestly I'd forgotten that this moment was so bad.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

It was 2020, so it got pretty wild.Nothing was unimaginable at the time.

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[-] ultra@feddit.ro 3 points 10 months ago

They were, IIRC the company in charge of lighting confused blacklights with UV lights

[-] cestvrai@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Blacklights are UV(A) lights.

[-] ultra@feddit.ro 5 points 10 months ago

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