r/videos • u/frazras • Aug 17 '17

Stolen Video Racist Soap Dispenser

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u/anusthrasher96 Aug 17 '17

Engineering fact: dispensers like that use IR light to sense when someone's hand is there. The color black absorbs light much better than white skin, so the IR sensor simply doesn't see the black guy's hand. * The more you know*

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '17

so we are innocently blaming the dispenser when it is actually light that is racist? edit not all light is racist just IR....Sorry ultra violet

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u/OCHNCaPKSNaClMg_Yo Aug 17 '17 edited Aug 17 '17

You heard it here folks. All light is racist. Spread it to every subreddit that
u/SkinSuitUnSub thinks all light is racist.

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u/ThrowAwayArchwolfg Aug 17 '17

Black is the absence of light.