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[thunderpants17]

LEDs more like LEDeez Nuts

have any of you ever thought of how impressive LED batten lights are? i was recovering on my bed today and started staring at one and it occurred to me that at present, every single corner of my room is entirely illuminated. even if I were to turn off every light in my house right now, the light in my bedroom would make my presence clearly visible to any outsider. a singular bar, only a metre or so in length can so drastically alter visibility and lighting seems ridiculously futuristic even though it's an everyday appliance. it's not just the sheer luminosity- but the intensity of sheer white light that's so tone-neutral, not at all warm like cream but not harsh and cold like a blue lights. We often consider yellow lights as cozy since they're affiliated with the past, because of the colour yellow's associations and the comparative dimness of old bulbs that made lighting more moody. White lights on the other hand- complete and utter, rigid, sterile, bleak neutrality. Nobody even thinks about them because we're so used to it. I think it's also really impressive that rooms that once took meticulous planning to construct in such a way that with sunlight entering through windows, candles and lanterns and bulbs, a room could be properly lit, but now, offices and buildings are constructed without the slightest consideration for natural lighting because artificial lights fulfill any needs entirely. The thought seems almost a little dystopian to me, that we can go for days without even depending on the sun for light. Just to think that in all those horror movies and books that take place in abandoned mansions, homes for the elderly, dark city alleys, and basements and attics, the use of minimal lighting to build the suspense & dread and create familar 'fearful' atmosphere, would all by foiled by giving protagonists decent LEDs is kind of insane to me.