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    Go find the thread at LPF where the guy (college physics student) got a small retinal burn while experimenting, then decided to verify it was a burn by doing it again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buffo View Post

    And finally, Laserbee (with a rep of ZERO) chimes in with what everyone should have said, which is "What an asshat." (My thoughts exactly, Jerry.)

    So of the first 5 replies to the thread, only one of them seems to think the guy is a fool. And what do you know? It's the guy with the lowest rep.

    Actually, LasersBee was banned from LPF.. His rep was 300+, but because of the ban
    it goes to '0'.

    So on one point you are mistaken, but it does back up another post
    in this thread.. LPF admin keeps the idiots and chases off the knowledgeable..

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    Ok, did I miss something? Was this wound a result of an accident(due to lack of safety of course), or was it done on purpose (GASP!) as a completely stupid stunt?

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    He says he was drunk...

    And that just brings me closer to feeling that the guy was dumb enough to even keep a laser around while he was drinking.

    And yeah, Lasersbee was banned... he had a lot forum rep. Oooh!

    Threads like that draw the attention of those that would be entertained by it.

    Guys like me didn't post there because once I saw that picture, I just moved on. I didn't even want to go there.

    Guys like Lasersbee, (if you know him well enough) will call him out for it. I'm just not the kind of person to call someone an a$$hat, even though they are quite the a$$hat.


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    Sorry, but LPF = like being perma-trapped inside 'Dude, What would Happen...'


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    I'm speechless... and that does not happen often...

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    No worries, didn't they have a pointer that would heals scars ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by -bart- View Post
    No worries, didn't they have a pointer that would heals scars ?
    No but they have ones that you look down and it makes it so you can't see them!

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    That has to have been done on purpose. I don't know the round trip time from pain to move, that it takes the nervous system to react to a stimulus like that but I have been bitten by yags and I was always able to avoid serious injury.

    If we are talking hundreds of watts of ir then I can see that but....

    Chad

    P.s. My friends and I came up with laser scarification 13 years ago for those body mod types. At least it would be more sterile that pushing a pigment into the skin with a reciprocating needle. lack of funding did us in, lol.

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    The trouble with radiation burns though is cellular (genetic) damage.

    That might be a burn now but I have to wonder if in 20 years it might not be a cancer.

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