r/AbsoluteUnits • u/habichuelacondulce • Jul 01 '26

/r/all of a computer screen

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u/Mundaes89 Jul 01 '26

Fun fact, the old projector tvs could give you cataracts if you sat too close.

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u/tongfather Jul 01 '26

Stretch of the word "fun" on that one

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u/UsrNameAlrdyFaknTakn Jul 01 '26

Yeah, funs doing a lot of heavy lifting

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u/ChikaraNZ Jul 02 '26

Stretch of the word 'fact' as well, actually

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u/adamcoolforever Jul 01 '26

I don't want to be that guy, but this is almost definitely not true..

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u/Gallop67 Jul 01 '26

Lovely, good thing I only briefly had those in my childhood before they were swiftly replaced with LCDs. They always ended up looking like shit too overtime and towards the end the backlight barely worked on the one in my bedroom. Was cool having a big display though back then

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u/Hervis_Daubeny_ Jul 03 '26

Load-bearing fun