• Pencilnoob@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Hey now there’s nothing weird about being completely unable to focus under fluorescent lights.

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      5 months ago

      For me it can be the opposite, I often focus better with artificial light than with sunlight.

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      5 months ago

      I learned recently that not everyone can see the fluorescent flicker. It’s unnerving and feels a bit like being buzzed on caffeine. It’s not so bad in the offices with indirect lighting. Also, cheap LED lights can flicker. I clung to my incandescent lights until they all burnt out.

      • yokonzo@lemmy.worldOP
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        5 months ago

        Wait they can’t? Although now that I think about it, there’s certain cheap LED lights that I can see the flicker and my girlfriend cant