Bored Ape NFT event leads to at least 15 attendees reporting severe eye burn

So people bought a JPEG and now can’t even look at it? That’s horrible on all levels.

eye been hacked. all my vision gone.

Already on https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38169504

The usual suspects are high power blue LEDs. I can see massive fluorescence when relatively cheap, low-power consumer Hue bulbs are set to blue and 30% power in an otherwise dark room.

I'm sad that everyone on HN is so negative on crypto. I've really missed articles like this and I blame you all.

I got snow blindness once, very unpleasant.

What was the combination of activity x eye protection (or squinting)?

Went on high altitude walking holiday not expecting lying snow. Just didn't think of consequences.

Would have been funny if that happened at a libertarian event.

"I can’t see why we need state regulation".

So is this where the laser eyes meme meets real life?

Only in real life they have UV laser eyes