Are you serious, they did not use proper filters to block the really harmful UV? One can only hope that they get sued to shit.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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It's not that they didn't block UV, it's that they installed UV lights in the DJ booth because it would "look cool".
It was a purposeful choice, and no one stopped to think about why it was a bad idea. Which is totally on brand for people running a convention based around NFTs.
Apparently they were UV tubes meant specifically for sterilization. It's almost poetic.
So it wasn't just UV A or B which is found in normal sunlight, but the extremely dangerous and potentially cancer causing UVC radiation that your body does not have a natural resistance to and most sunscreen does not protect against either.
Monumentally stupid.
bored ape conference
Monumentally stupid.
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hey man, you can't just use youdontsay.png I have minted it using my lifesavings it belongs to me.
Damn, I got NFTed again :(
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The way I learned to remember it are
Aging
Burning
Cancer/Curing
Yes. It's got powerful germicidal effects mainly because it absolutely shreds and scrambles cell DNA with direct exposure. Bad for cells. Unfortunately it doesn't discriminate between single and multicellular organisms.
Probably a mix up of sorts and the responsibility lies with the contractor that installed it. I don't believe the Bored Apes crew organized everything themselves down to the lights, it's not their job. They just paid a company to do it for them.
Asia is much, much more serious than the West regarding sanitation, especially since COVID. UV door frames at the entrance of public transportation is a thing. Where I live, before entering a pharmacy during COVID I had to step in a pond of sanitizer, then was sprayed with the same, then had to wash my hands.
I'm not surprised the contractor had a stockpile of UV tubes to be used specifically for sanitation purpose. Now, did they just confused them with regular black light tubes or did they use them on purpose, or a mix of the two? I guess there's going to be an investigation to sort that out. Wouldn't like to be them, the Hong Kong judicial system is not known for being lenient, quite the opposite.
They thought it would be the "can't make babies" kind of sterilization. They were just trying to help prevent the creation of more crypto bros.
Scarcity creates wealth, according to their logic. In 2047 when all but the last two cryptobros have died from ingesting the LD-50 of jaegerbombs, those last remaing, blind, hairless brain damaged cryptobros will be valued at trillions.
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Nfters and not thinking ahead: name a more iconic duo
I saw a case of this in a documentary, a club installed 'pretty' powder blue UVC lights everywhere and it crisped up the attendees. The UVC part of the light doesn't register to your eyes, so your pupils stay wide open and the designers added tons of it because it wasn't that bright.
Well that's horrific
I had no idea this event was in Hong Kong, the last time it happened was in Hong Kong too.
Yeah was going to say why does this sound familiar... 100% lawsuit incoming.
Big Clive on YouTube just posted a reaction video to this story. He mentioned that it happened recently in Hong Kong at an event by the fashion label Hype Beast. He then goes on to look through pictures of the event and actually located what appear to be germicidal tubes used instead of black light tubes.
They used the wrong type of bulb. Ordinarily the bulb will be made of a UV blocking glass, and not be quartz based. I think? So it’s not usually the shroud that stops UV except in cases of Halogen bulbs. These would be CFL without any shield except perhaps a cage to protect against things thrown.
Sorry but who the fuck attends the "Bored Ape Conference"?
Damn, screwed twice by the same Ape...
Laughing at these people for getting their retinas burned like I see many people do (not just here) is in really bad taste imo. Even cryptobros don't deserve that.
“Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass.” ― Charles Bukowski
Which is saying something, coming from him. ~~Chinaski~~ Bukowski did not have a high opinion of humans, in general.
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Sounds like somebody accidentally bought some germicidal bulbs instead of regular black light. Not the first time this has happened. See BigClive's videos on the topic.
Come to think of it, Radioactive Man looks kinda like he could be a differently coloured "bored ape"
Misread this as Concerned Ape and became... Concerned. And also mad I didn't know there was a convention.
No this is not our Lord of Stardew :) These are actual dumb people that think NFT’s are a good idea and went to a conference for them. Ick.
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Please, don't post paywalled content.
It was paywalled after I posted it! Here's a link that's unrestricted https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23948464/bored-ape-nft-event-eye-injury-sunburn-uv-exposure
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New fear unlocked!
Not a particularly surprising sort of capstone to finish off this whole stupid NFT thing.
Does anyone have the full article?
No, but there are.many other articles covering the topic if you search for it, e.g.
I think so, because two comments clearly had more info than was available in my click.
it was already posted here on lemmy, idk where, but i remember it on my feed and the comments
Sorry this link has been paywalled for some people after I posted. Here's an article that is unrestricted https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23948464/bored-ape-nft-event-eye-injury-sunburn-uv-exposure
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