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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shit, this isn’t really that funny when you find out what happened. Welder’s Eye can make you permanently blind.
Some ApeFest attendees posted on X (formerly Twitter) after seeking medical attention, with one person reporting that they had been diagnosed with Photokeratitis — aka, “welder’s eye,” a condition caused by unprotected exposure to ultraviolet radiation — and another saying the issue was a result of UV from the stage lights, leading to speculation that the injuries were caused by improper lighting used at the event.
“I woke up at 04:00 and couldn’t see anymore,” said @CryptoJune777. “Had so much pain and my whole skin is burned. Needed to go to the hospital.”
Thank you for saying this, it’s what I was coming here to do.
I was laughing, until I read the article. It’s fucking horrifying. Schadenfreude should be proportional.
NFT morons losing their money? Hilarious.
Losing their eyesight? Not funny. Not proportional. Just horrific.
Now, if the Nazi fetishizing scam artist asshats that run BoredApe were blinded by the light at their own convention? That, in my view, would be proportional Schadenfreude.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photokeratitis
Healing is usually rapid (24–72 hours) if the injury source is removed.
So… it’s unlikely to be permanent blindness, just temporary eye pain. I feel pretty OK at laughing at them for that.
They used UV sterilization bulbs as lighting. For convention. It does not sound like the flash of an arc welder.
UV-C depending on intensity and exposure time will eventually permanently damage vision.
I mean, basic, boring, red light, depending on intensity and exposure time will eventually permanently disable vision too.
nazi fetishizing?
not doubting you, but… go on…
You can do your own searches if you want a surface level dive into it, or you can dive all the way in with Philion’s excellent video on the topic.
Sphank me Übermench!
Something can be both sad and funny.
Like it really sucks for the victims but it’s also darkly hilarious that every single time these libertariany scammy I’m smarter than everyone types do a thing they get an abject lesson in why communities have like safety rules and “red tape”.
This is such a good way of putting it. Yes it’s fucked up, but man it’s also funny as shit.
Karma’s a bitch with a sense of humour
what are you going on about libertarianism? this group is almost certainly not libertarian, they are more hypebeast/streetwear adjacent.
If they were libertarians they would sue the event so much that this never happens again. Unfortunately, this happens at nightclubs too.
Shit hurts. It feels like you have sand in your eye. For days.
Thin slices of raw potato on your eyes helps.
blockchain verified proof that you own a link to the location of some unique slices of raw potato is as good if not better
You’d think they were already blind with all a crappy art they are shilling for
“art”
what the actual fuck
As a former welder, I’ve had arc-eye and it’s really unpleasant - like someone put sand in my eyes and I couldn’t get it out.
However, it heals pretty quickly, so I’m gonna carry on thinking this is pretty funny.
On job sites they told me that it was permanent, were they fucking with me?
Welding arcs can make you permanently blind.
Yeah, they were. However, getting grinding sparks in your eye and letting them sit there for 24 hours because you thought it was just a bit of arc eye is a little more permanent, and you get told off by the nurse at the eye hospital while she’s picking rust off your eyeball.
This is false, you can go permanently blind from exposure to high intensity ionizing radiation, which is produced by welding equipment.
Infrared light of welding can permanently damage the retina, UV the lens.
I mean, it worked right?
Depends if it burned the retina too
I suppose it’s recoverable on low intensity, but they had to scale up the warning because of “manly job dudes” who ignore safety precautions all the time.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve experienced this, though I aquired it the old school way; from welding.
Mine was luckily a minor case and went away in a day. Quite literally feels like you have sand in your eyes. Moved from safety squints into welding mask then.
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
When I took welding shop class in high school, our shop teacher literally called it “sand eye” when he explained why wearing a welding mask was not optional in his shop or in general while welding. Sure enough, there was that one kid who thought he could get by with his squints while teach wasn’t looking… He was out for days with sand eye and had quite the cautionary tale to share when he returned. Everyone got downright religious about the welding masks after that.
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It would be nice if we as a species could get from one generation to the next without needing to see an example of every failure first hand.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The smart ones can
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Mandatory Liveleak worker accident video classes in elementary school.
Yawnder@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I’m glad it went away sir!
Also, I would never laugh at you getting that, especially since welding is something quite useful for society, inline NFTs 😛