Damn.

Then again, this may be like a "Simpsons did it" thing. If you're trying to make nerd jokes, guess you'll inevitably and involuntarily do something xkcd already did at some point.

I finally started putting white labels over a bunch of these the other day. It had just gotten out of hand. A Minisforum mini-PC with a blindingly bright power light was the breaking point

that took three layers of label to bring the brightness down to a reasonable level.

I've also started actively trying to get devices that don't have power or status lights, where possible. I don't really need a USB hub with status lights. Used to be just PC components with unnecessary RGB bits that I avoided.

If you are growing away for a while turning them off isn't a bad thing. I leave my pi on but my dl380 is off.

Are you telling me I unknowingly did a comic on something called "vampire load" without any according pun and thus robbed myself an opportunity to do some Dracula joke about sleep mode and ramming a piece of wood through something to finally get it to really turn off? Damn.

It's still a tiny amount compared to global consumption.

Those little LEDs are a tiny amount

Sorry for nitpicking, but those leds just indicate that something is still consuming power. Usually a transformer feeding voltage to a board that's waiting for some input. The LED itself really is negligable.

And even if there is no LED, many devices don't even have a proper "off" mode.

Could be a local-only NAS

Well this makes sense, do you think people are that observant?

Glasses.

why would I?

No

No, I often watch TV when I'm gone. I've got a couple public sites on there as well

I think it's a dark room, can just see them from that spot. Tv, charger, microwave, etc

I cover those blinding little bastards with black electrical tape, then use a pin to poke a tiny hole in it. Still brighter than green or red but significantly reduced.