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312 points

Books with white pages don’t emit light, a screen with white backgrounds does

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127 points

It’s like staring into a lamp.

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81 points

It literally is.

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13 points

I like to think of it as staring into a fire

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Stare into the lamp and it’ll stare back

Edit: also, u crazy, its just a lamp! —Ikea guy

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Yep. And a soft, warm desk lamp is a lot easier in a dark room that a bright white one.

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I’ve been reading a dark mode book on an OLED screen and it’s such a treat. The background is pitch black but I crank the brightness up so there is a high contrast and the white letters look really sharp. It actually makes it easier to read

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13 points

Unless it’s an e-ink screen… then, it doesn’t emit light

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23 points

And these also don’t need a dark mode.

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8 points

They don’t… But the option is still there if you want an emo-ink display

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6 points

They do reflect it, though…

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7 points

As someone with sensory issues, absolutely they do. I used to struggle so hard in school when I was supposed to stare at white paper in a well-lit room. I’m not sure if most people notice just how fucking bright paper can be xD

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Yeah for whatever reason, textbook paper always has a glossy finish to it. Combine that with bright overhead fluorescent lights in a school and I could see how that could be irritating as fuck.

Other types of written material don’t seem to have a glossy sheen like works of fiction and dictionaries. Do you still have issues with those or no?

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I’m with you. I’ve been using invert colors before dark mode became cool. If only I could do it in real life…

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Because we know. That’s how vision works. But it’s missing the whole point. Would you rather get shot directly from a gun or from a ricochet?

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2 points

Not with that attitude.

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Plus doing dark mode with a physical book requires a crap ton of ink - it would be very wasteful.

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Everything refects lights, that’s how our eyes see!

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15 points

emit ≠ reflect

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I think the point is that reflecting is ultimately just a form of emitting

it’s possible to have harsh brightly lit white paper, as well as dim white screens

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