this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
907 points (98.4% liked)

xkcd

9814 readers
119 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

https://xkcd.com/2929

Alt text:

While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Evotech 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But then they would probably work in a well lit office too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, they don't change inside (I've had them). They do have a slight tint all the time though, which isn't a big deal.

[–] Evotech 2 points 10 months ago

Was it long ago? Mine have no tint

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The human brain is very good at smoothing over brightness differences, even an oppressively well lit office is still typically an order of magnitude dimmer than the sun.