Ravers lose sight at laser show

that's awful..."lets go party"..but come home blinded....

Do the drugs have anything to do with the sightlessness of these folks?

Stop Roliin, And you wont make dumb ass choices like staring into a laser beam...Dumb asses

that's a pretty heavy price to pay for liking bad music.

Wow, this is F'd up!

someone flashed me with a little laser pointer once by accident ... bounced the beam off my computer screen and got me right in the eye. it was crazy and i had a spot in my vision for the rest of the day. if a tiny little pointer could do that bouncing off an lcd screen, i can only imagine what a big laser could do in a dark room over the course of several hours.

right when raving was making a comeback! :(

bummer... and i just got a new neon unitard from american apparel.

I guess they won't need rose colored glasses.

i hope i t was worth it

And that's why we don't take a bunch ex and stare at the pretty lights

woah nelly

You know... this sucks. I really feel sorry for those kids, i really do. Lack of planning on the party thowers side I think.

That being said, I laughed a just a little./

lasers are pretty cool, but people treat them like toys way too often and don't take the correct precautions...

Those stupid planners should have looked into the risks of using so much laser power. That sucks. They'll probably have a few claims on their hands if they can be tracked down.

That's really messed up. You'd think that laser operators would know better. They should have their lasers taken away.

Those poor people!

I was at an outdoor party once (likely wearing some fat pants joshuaheller) and thought that some of those lasers were aliens coming down the hill to take over our planet. I actually freaked out for about 15 seconds. Then someone gave me a hug and a blow pop, and everything was ok...
I am so glad I got over that phase.

those illterate technichans!!!

I smell a class action law suit!

Always having to have fun does come at a cost.

Welding glasses, that's the answer! Silly kids, everyone knows not to look directly into a laserbeam.

I'm sorry, but this is an incredibly irritating question. Most people dealing with losing their hearing or their sight don't have a choice, or the opportunity to 'pick' one or the other. Both senses are precious. Both would be sorely missed if either were lost, in different and similar ways. Just take care of your eyes and your ears, people.

Dear Lord.
Okay, concert-goers.
Which is worse? Hearing loss or blindness?

Strobe lights just aren't good enough anymore.

im sure the "thizz" that eveyone was taking had something to do with it?

This is horrific. You'd never go to a gig if you thought this was going to be the outcome, but you can't always control what's going to happen on the night, like when you go to a gig and the sound's terrible and it hurts your ears. I carry an ear plug wherever I go just in case of dodgy sound engineers - looks like protective glasses are next!

and that is why I'm anti-laser parties

Yeah, hope it was worth the possibility of never seeing again. Wonder if the technicians will face legal troubles?

That sucks. I hope it was a fun party!