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With respect, I feel like you have some phobias relating to electricity and magnetism and accidental blindness. I understand your recommendation and hope you fi

• gaze 5y ago
  No, that’s a completely healthy level of respect. Maybe you just don’t value your eyes or understand lasers. I’m sorry to tell you that you have to live in a world where other people do value their eyes.
• avianlyric 5y ago
  It’s not a phobia when it’s informed by the lived experience of others. I’ve messed with lasers before, I still have my eye sight, but it was a little horrifying to discover how innocent and non-descript a laser capable of blinding is. If we were talking about working with extremely strong acids, or radioactive sources, I doubt you would consider being worried about severe chemical burns, or radiation poisoning from accidental ingestion a phobia. For some reason people think lasers aren’t dangerous, or need be high power CO2 lasers for metal cutting to be dangerous. I suspect it’s because the majority of lasers that people encounter (such as DVD players) have scary warning on them, and yet staring into them is hardly dangerous. But eyes are extremely delicate and easy to damage. Our blink reflex provides all the protection you need for pretty much every normal day-to-day scenario you’re gonna encounter. But lasers are not a normal risk, and the blink reflex frequently isn’t enough to save you. I guess you also believe that safety glasses when using a saw is a waste of time as well. And there’s no point wearing a mask while welding either.