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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    As someone with their phone set to the bottom third of the brightness spectrum almost always (unless I’m outside), I really don’t understand this. Brightness is perhaps my most adjusted setting, since I use it a half dozen times a day or so. In fact, brightness is the least interesting spec when looking at a device, since I rarely run at max anyway. In fact, my computer screen I use for work is usually at 50% brightness.

    How can people stand getting blasted with lumens all the time?

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      8 hours ago

      As someone who finds that most “dark mode” offerings aren’t dark enough, I don’t understand how they can tolerate it either. I suspect it’s rather like spicy food: given enough exposure, you don’t notice it’s spicy (or bright) until reaching a level far above what people who aren’t exposed to it on a constant basis would think was acceptable.

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        8 hours ago

        I like that analogy, because I love spicy food and many things I consider “mild” are too hot for others.

        But surely exposing yourself to that much light causes actual problems like eye strain and poor sleep (esp. at night).

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          7 hours ago

          The thing is, would they make the connection? Some people aren’t very good at linking up cause and effect where the link isn’t practically screaming in their face.