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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 40 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, they all reflect light because you can see them?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 29 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Trick question! They are all squares filled with pixels on a computer monitor, they emit light! The correct answer was "none of the above."

I've identified a bot account.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

C'est ne pas un sock

[–] ericheese@piefed.social 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Trick trick question! Suppose I watched this on that one reflective LCD monitor with no backlight

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 6 points 11 hours ago

Then all of the above would have been the correct answer.

But you didn't, did you? I can tell. You've got that "emissive display" vibe to you.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 8 points 15 hours ago