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Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by colesantiago »

ceejayoz wrote: post #3

Cited in the article: https://twitter.com/crypto_birb/status/1721222853394121193 "Thanks for great apefest logistiscs guys @yugalabs & @BoredApeYC. Incredible event and met plenty of amazing people. Still, as dozens of others, I’ve almost lost sight this night." I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

> I’ve almost lost sight this night.

> I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

Seems like an event to keep these crypto / nft bag holders blind to their losses and to encourage them to keep buying worthless jpegs.

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by scottyah »

samspenc wrote: post #6

I wonder how much they charged and made in ticket revenue. They couldn't even hire stage and lighting professionals to determine the right amount of UV and lighting at a conference hosting hundreds or thousands of folks?!?! > On social media, some suspect photokeratitis — damage to the eye caused by UV exposure. If that’s what caused the Apes’ agony, they likely won’t be blind forever: it’s a temporary condition. Peo…

Or were those affected just not used to the amount of sunlight they were exposed to while travelling there?

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by pavlov »

whalesalad wrote: post #7
ceejayoz wrote: post #3

Cited in the article: https://twitter.com/crypto_birb/status/1721222853394121193 "Thanks for great apefest logistiscs guys @yugalabs & @BoredApeYC. Incredible event and met plenty of amazing people. Still, as dozens of others, I’ve almost lost sight this night." I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

nft enthusiasts are not the sharpest tools in the shed

Crypto on the whole is a scene where Sam Bankman-Fried was considered very smart while he was busy conducting the most inept financial crimes in modern history. The bar is low indeed.

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by throwaway20222 »

If I remember correctly, your eyes don’t adjust to black light the same it would as full spectrum, and will stay mostly dilated as if it were in the dark. This can increase the chances of photokeratitis, or basically sunburn on the eyes with high powered shows like this.

I am obviously not a dr

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by ceejayoz »

whalesalad wrote: post #7
ceejayoz wrote: post #3

Cited in the article: https://twitter.com/crypto_birb/status/1721222853394121193 "Thanks for great apefest logistiscs guys @yugalabs & @BoredApeYC. Incredible event and met plenty of amazing people. Still, as dozens of others, I’ve almost lost sight this night." I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

nft enthusiasts are not the sharpest tools in the shed

"Not the brightest bulbs" was right there.

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by latchkey »

ethanbond wrote: post #16
ceejayoz wrote: post #3

Cited in the article: https://twitter.com/crypto_birb/status/1721222853394121193 "Thanks for great apefest logistiscs guys @yugalabs & @BoredApeYC. Incredible event and met plenty of amazing people. Still, as dozens of others, I’ve almost lost sight this night." I mean, c'mon. "Thanks, incredible event, it almost blinded me"?

This industry is truly the gift that keeps on giving

s/gift/grift/

Re: Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

bertil wrote: post #17
iNerdier wrote: post #8

Could someone have used uv-c black lights thinking they looked cool and not realising about the severe health hazards?

Yes, and it’s apparently not the first time it happens in Hong-Kong. Easy access to electronics, no real control.

Leave it to NFT bagholders to find new ways to get burned.
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