Why do older people choose such terrible lighting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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I swear, they like to live in a news studio-level brightness. Its all overhead lighting and bright, cool light at night

Absolute sensory hell for me.

Straw poll: which looks better?

Theyre both too brightly lit imo but the warm is definitey nicer. I want to escape any room place lit like the right

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Now, imagine its like the cool white, but its even brighter and o'erhead💀

Skeleton's be cool white...

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I honestly dont get using overhead light fixtures tho, like the moment someone "turns on the lights" for a room (that comes from the ceiling), I'm like eeeeeeeeek! Turn it off!

Why not lamps with shades to indirectly light? It easier on the eyes and its more "at ease" I find

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 months ago

Overhead gives you the most coverage.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Right but its unnerving, its like having a spotlight on you cept its the whole room

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