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Honestly, reading this article was the first time I saw a documented case of strobes causing seizures. It's possible (and this is purely speculation) that the attacker sent the strobe to give some comedic punch to the statement "you deserve a seizure" not expecting or hoping that it would actually cause a seizure.

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>Honestly, reading this article was the first time I saw a documented case of strobes causing seizures

It's been common knowledge at least since the Porygon episode of Pokemon[0] in the late 90s.

>It's possible (and this is purely speculation) that the attacker sent the strobe to give some comedic punch to the statement "you deserve a seizure" not expecting or hoping that it would actually cause a seizure.

It's possible but knowing people and the internet, it's more likely they were hoping an actual seizure would be the "comedic punch."

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon

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