r/nosurf•
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r/nosurf? I am thinking about making some glasses that make it impossible to see a video screen.

Anybody know where I should get started or is there already something like this that I can just buy? I would be even more interested in some contacts because it would be harder to take them off.

Posted Jan 29, 2019, 8:43 AM UTC

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MacNulty•

Polarised sunglasses. Yes they already exist, they're called IRL glasses

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0Spryth0•

There are way easier methods to quit looking at screen.

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electricpete•

like the other guy said, IRL glasses can be purchased. Google it.

I guess if seeing a screen accidentally triggers you, it might help. But for most people trying to reduce screen time, the problem is not the screen they see by accident, it's the one they deliberately put in front of their face. in this case, irl glasses probably aren't going to help anything (it's easy to take them off).

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I don't think you can do something like this considering the fact that most (if not all) video screens emit visible light which is what we need to see basically everything. So, I guess start by taping black paper to your glasses (?)

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Syonyk•

Most LCDs are polarized.

The proper polarized lenses block such things.

It's quite annoying when you have polarized sunglasses that block things like your GPS or the gas station pump display.

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Bdi89•

What's that movie where the guy wears shades and he can see propaganda and alien life forms?

This is that movie.

Edit: OP maybe blue light glasses will help. They'll help cut down the strength of the artificial light which may as an aside help with endless scrolling (only sort of worked for me).

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mamiya220•

John Carpenter's They Live (1988)

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Bdi89•

That's the one. That movie is nuts

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Colausbra•

Wow don't think I've ever seen a post this stupid before.

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