[nickpsecurity]

I'll add to your comment that light sensitivity in general is a known issue with many people (eg autistics). They actually feel pain from seeing lights that are too bright including lots of sunlight or artificial light. So, one or more of these people might have this condition.

[vsync]

Well, programmers historically have tended to stereotypically prefer a dimmer milieu. Not to mention there are a number of simple physical injuries that can cause photophobia: <URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophobia#Causes >

Overillumination has been known for some time to cause various other deleterious health effects anyway, and flicker aside fluorescents just put out plain terrible light. It completely baffles me why so many establishments install it (well, workplaces; retailers like it because it makes you buy more apparently).

[nickpsecurity]

Appreciate the link. It linked to something that applies to me: the photic sneeze reflex. It really sucks haha.