It’s likely because some light fixtures that emit a ton of UV light also look “cool” and get used in the wrong setting. They’re supposed to be for stuff like disinfection. Looks like the bulbs outlining the dj both could be the issue. It wouldn’t be any of the professional fixtures. (Pic in comments because I don’t think you can upload an image in this community for the main post)

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These are the same people who think deregulating everything will make us safer

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Irony.

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Deregulating themselves would make it safer for the rest of us.

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this is the most simpsons-ass headline i’ve seen in a while

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How about: “UV exposure causes eye injury and sunburn for Bored Ape NFT enthusiasts”

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I hope they weren’t blasting UVC disinfectant lights directly at the audience. That would not be great for their health

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I remember someone raising a similar idea before:

https://youtu.be/vfLZOkn0chc

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Honestly I’d forgotten that this moment was so bad.

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It was 2020, so it got pretty wild.Nothing was unimaginable at the time.

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/vfLZOkn0chc

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.

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They were, IIRC the company in charge of lighting confused blacklights with UV lights

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Blacklights are UV(A) lights.

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Oh

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If you go to a bored ape fest, you deserve it.

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This is one of the most nottheonion headlines I’ve ever seen.

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