Lasers are dangerous, always have eye-pro when working with them. Sure, good eye-pro is not cheap (I just ordered some this week) but you only have the eyes you were born with. Pending new treatments/science damage is forever.
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>It has been brought to my attention that I have never actually written this story down before, merely told it in person to many students for valuable lessons and also for laughs over cocktails. It is a litany of bad ideas from several people that all came together at once to reach out and zap me.
I like to talk shit about safety guys but a good one is priceless in the right situations. This was very amusing, and another reason not to send you kids off to school lol
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