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Why do older people choose such terrible lighting? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
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I swear, they like to live in a news studio-level brightness. Its all overhead lighting and bright, cool light at night

Absolute sensory hell for me.

Straw poll: which looks better?

Theyre both too brightly lit imo but the warm is definitey nicer. I want to escape any room place lit like the right

Tap for spoilerNow, imagine its like the cool white, but its even brighter and o'erhead💀

Skeleton's be cool white...

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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

As one ages, their eyesight gets worse. Lots of light helps. In the warm light I wouldn't be able to read anything, knit, do crosswords or a whole number of activities. I'd still need to sit on the end of the sofa with the lamp in the cool light one to do much. The real annoyance? I still have 20/20 vision but I feel that I can't see half of what I could when I was younger.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 7 months ago

    20/20 vison but lower acuity of when younger

    Thats insane, my vision is emphatically not 20/20 but since an eaye is nearsighted, i think it helps improve my low light reading somehow. I dunno, !RemindMe 10 years haha

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