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What does that mean? I read it as people who have already lost an eye shouldn’t risk their only remaining eye, but I think I’m missing something.
by onionisafruit 3y ago
What does that mean? I read it as people who have already lost an eye shouldn’t risk their only remaining eye, but I think I’m missing something.
- ttoinou 3y agoYeah it's provocatively funny
- onionisafruit 3y agoThanks. I must be awake too early because it didn’t occur to me the sign is a joke.
- afandian 3y agoI think part of the joke is that damage is instantaneous so if you’re not prepared you can’t take evasive action.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoOn top of this, we can't see 800 nm light. That's well into the Infrared band so "invisible lightsaber for your eyes" is an exaggeration, but helps visualize what you could be dealing with.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoIt's tongue-in-cheek, implying that many people working with the stuff already lost an eye to it. It's part joke and part telling people "hey, this stuff is really dangerous, take it seriously or you'll lose an eye, or both". I don't think I've seen a single lab with high-powered lasers that didn't have a variant of this sign. A similar popular sign for chemical labs is "Carol Never Wore Her Safety Goggles. Now She Doesn't Need Them", depicting a blind woman with sunglasses and a white cane. (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/carols-safety-goggles https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/carols-safety-goggles)
- jakderrida 3y ago[flagged]
- bipson 3y agoInclusion goes both ways? On a serious note: What are you on about?
- jakderrida 3y ago> Inclusion goes both ways? Yes, I agree. That's why making it a girl is so hilarious. As to why you're so offended that I find it hilarious, I honestly don't know what to tell you. It's funny for the same reason I'll refer to a hypothetical serial killer as "him" and follow by saying "or her, of course" to females as if I'm pandering. The joke is that they weren't offended to be excluded from being serial killers.
- bipson 3y agoIt's not hilarious. And I'm not offended. I just have zero idea what your issue is. I never gave it any second thought what gender the person is. I don't care and I wonder what you're reading into it.
- NickM 3y agoI am curious, though, why they made Carol a girl. I guess depending on your political agenda they were either trying to be inclusive and promoting gender diversity in STEM, or they were being subtly misogynistic by implying that women aren't as careful as men. Or maybe it was just arbitrary and maybe we don't have to read anything into it? But what do I know.
- redog 3y agoI think that sometimes when humor is added, in this way, it is to make you pause first. At least in my mind when I encounter something oddly said/written my mind starts suggesting contexts and I can clearly "see" myself going blind by doing me like things.
- marcosdumay 3y agoIt emphasizes that you will only notice there's something dangerous around after you are already blind. It's a very well worded warning, that spread because it's effective. The official warning saying that you must take precautions even if you don't see anything wrong just doesn't work well.