I blame Edison

[adrienmundi]

Had Tesla's technology become standard, flourescents wouldn't flicker, and I'd fit more easily into the corporate world.

Damned Edison.

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[servingdonuts.livejournal.com]

I, too, long to live in a world with broadcast power and giant robots. It would be much cooler. :)

Sorry to hear about your migraines. Electronics of all sorts definitely make noise all over the spectrum, from fan whir to transistor hum, and when I can't tune it out it drives me nuts. Maybe during your episodes you're becoming hyper-aware of your surroundings, rather than simply hyper-sensitive to them in a physiological sense? Regardless of ballast frequency, fluorescents put out light of a different spectrum than natural sunlight, and people are very good at noticing (consciously or not) subtle differences in light and color.

[adrienmundi]

I do become hyperaware of my surroundings; sometimes I can't tell if I'm getting tactile hallucinations, or hyperawareness of a certain patch of skin, for instance, and smell is even more pronounced.

If we had flying cars with sweeping fins, things would be better.