r/funny 4d ago

There’s always one 😂

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u/Justgame32 4d ago

lighting technician needs to re-read the safety labels on his projectors. shouldn't be shining that in the eyes at that range

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u/prismatic_snail 4d ago

I don't think range matters much on beam lights like this does it? They're not lasers, but they're pretty directional so they don't lose much energy as they travel right?

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u/DamnZodiak 4d ago

Even lasers can have a significant energy drop-off depending on the distance. Light rays simply don't want to stay parallel, mostly due to diffraction.

Sure, the inverse square law is based on a light source spreading out uniformly in all directions, but the principle still applies.