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Topic: you ever hear of blackout curtains? supposed to blackout the fuckin window? bullshit

boof started this discussion 3 weeks ago #126,077

There's still light at the topside of the window, you fucks. Don't call it fucking blackout if it doesn't fucking blackout for real you lying motherfuckers

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 36 minutes later[^] [v] #1,365,500

Are you 19 feet tall?

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,504

I've found them to be of average quality and overrated really. Unless someone has an aggressive streetlamp situation or cresting street bend with constant headlights or something... other options are fine.

Anonymous C double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,505

Also I figured this out back in my college days with my petey plant. That massive flourescent shine at the top of the window at 4am is a dead giveaway and some enterprising types tried breaking into my place while I was at work.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,516

They make a tinted cling film that works well

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 3 weeks ago, 3 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,526

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)

I've got this reverse mirror stuff. It works well in the day, but at night it doesn't work.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,766

Do they keep blacks out?

boof (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 14 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,906

mmm yes the film, the film.

anyway, I found sites that explain that blackout at the top can be achieved if you build a whole other fucking structure at the top of the window, so there's no way these curtains can really blackout your room on their own. So they should be called opaque curtains. Fucking marketing department

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 9 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,939

@1,365,766 (E)

> Do they keep blacks out?

Whiteout doesn't work on the annoying office lady at my job and we have like 4 or 5 bottles.

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 3 weeks ago, 25 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,944

@1,365,906 (boof)

Are they not called that because they don't allow any light through? So from the outside it looks black?

boof (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,949

My understanding of the word blackout is from the electric power term when there is no power delivered, so no light, or being unconscious so you see nothing.

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 3 weeks ago, 9 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,953

@previous (boof)

No, it's from the term where your windows are muffled, as made famous in ww2 when blackout regulations were in place to prevent enemy bombers from identifying the target.

boof (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 9 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,954

so you mean to say that the purpose of the blackout curtains is to provide a means to prevent targeted bombardment

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 3 weeks ago, 14 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,956

@previous (boof)

Yes!

boof (OP) replied with this 3 weeks ago, 5 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,957

ah so

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU replied with this 3 weeks ago, 32 seconds later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,365,958

@previous (boof)

I never knew you were Chinese
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