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When you combine The Office and A Quiet Place, you get A Dwight Place
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YouTube user Media Muse recently shared a video that takes footage from NBCs hit comedy The Office and mashes it with scenes from the trailer for A Quiet Place. - photo by Herb Scribner
Have you seen this yet?

YouTube user Media Muse shared a video this week that uses footage from NBCs hit comedy The Office and combines it with scenes from the trailer for A Quiet Place. It is titled, appropriately, A Dwight Place.

John Krasinski, who played Jim on The Office, wrote, directed and starred in A Quiet Place, a new horror and suspense film currently occupying the top spot at the U.S. box office.

The parody trailer, which you can watch here, centers on the creepiness of The Office character Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), his cousin Mose Schrute (Michael Schur) and Schrute Farms.

The trailer arrives as The Office continues to attract pop cultures attention. The show became a pop culture touchstone during its run from 2005 to 2013. Krasinski said in a recent interview with Uproxx that hes been surprised by the shows resurgence among teens and young adults.

He said he recently learned that teens are having parties centered around The Office, where teens gather to watch the show.

And I was like, what alternate reality am I in that kids that young are watching this, getting it, loving it, understanding it, and have seen it multiple times? he said. Like, the Netflixes of the world, the streaming of it all has opened up the floodgates. But the thing I feel so honored by is that people get to choose 'The Office' now, you know what I mean?

In fact, The Office YouTube channel jumped in on the popularity, publishing a fake murder documentary about the Scranton Strangler, a fictional murderer in the show. The mockumentary pokes fun at "The Office" character Toby Flenderson, who, as a long fan theory says, might be the actual murderer.

NBC executives have fueled rumors for months that the hit NBC show will make a return in the future.

Krasinski told IndieWire that he hopes to see a Christmas special episode, if nothing else.

I think the U.K. thing that I always have pitched and wanted to do is that Christmas special thing, where we do a Christmas special this year and then two years from now, or three years from now, we do another one, he said. I love that idea coming back finding out where everybody is. I would totally be down for that.
Its toxic: New study says blue light from tech devices can speed up blindness
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A new study from the University of Toledo found that blue light from digital devices can transform molecules in your eyes retina into cell killers. - photo by Herb Scribner
It turns out checking Twitter or Facebook before bed is bad for your health.

A new study from the University of Toledo found that blue light from digital devices can transform molecules in your eyes retina into cell killers.

That process can lead to age-related macular degeneration, which is a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to the researchs extract.

Blue light is a common issue for many modern Americans. Blue light is emitted from screens, most notably at night, causing sleep loss, eye strain and a number of other issues.

Dr. Ajith Karunarathne, assistant professor in the UT Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said our constant exposure to blue light cant be blocked by the lens or cornea.

"It's no secret that blue light harms our vision by damaging the eye's retina. Our experiments explain how this happens, and we hope this leads to therapies that slow macular degeneration, such as a new kind of eye drop, he said.

Macular degeneration is an incurable eye disease that often affects those in their 50s or 60s. It occurs after the death of photoreceptor cells in the retina. Those cells need retinal to sense light and help signal the brain.

The research team found blue light exposure created poisonous chemical molecules that killed photoreceptor cells

"It's toxic. If you shine blue light on retinal, the retinal kills photoreceptor cells as the signaling molecule on the membrane dissolves," said Kasun Ratnayake, a Ph.D. student researcher working in Karunarathne's cellular photo chemistry group. "Photoreceptor cells do not regenerate in the eye. When they're dead, they're dead for good."

However, the researchers found a molecule called alpha-tocopherol, which comes from Vitamin E, can help prevent cell death, according to Futurism.

The researchers plan to review how light from TVs, cellphones and tablet screens affect the eyes as well.

"If you look at the amount of light coming out of your cellphone, it's not great but it seems tolerable," said Dr. John Payton, visiting assistant professor in the UT Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "Some cellphone companies are adding blue-light filters to the screens, and I think that is a good idea."

Indeed, Apple released a Night Shift mode two years ago to help quell blue lights strain on the eyes, according to The Verge. The screen will dim into a warmer, orange light that will cause less stress on the eyes.