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[โ€“] yokonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean I guess I could see that, I'm sure everyone has their own preferences about lighting.

Though I will say most of the floor lamps in my house do rise above a person who's standing up, otherwise they have a light pointing down.

[โ€“] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're right wrt personal preference. It's just strange to me how seemingly all the neurodivergents but me hate overhead lighting ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Floor lamps that are above head height are... Ok I guess, but that's still mostly head-on. Light that is clearly cast down is so much more satisfying. Personal preference, of course.
And to be clear I don't have anything against mood lighting or accent lights, I like them... Just not only them.

The impression I have (mainly from social media like tiktok and Lemmy) is that the desired lighting is head high and below which just... Puts me in a tailspin lol. Idk how people can live like that ๐Ÿคฃ

In my ideal room, there would be indirect overhead lighting that illuminated most of the ceiling to provide an indirect overhead area light, with a near-head level accent lights. I've looked into if I could use a short-throw projector onto the ceiling to provide some kind of crazy configurable overhead lighting, but they're simply not meant for that kind of application