is the ps1 swap trick dangerous to your eyes?

[DAAAAA!!]

i have only done it a few times (and it actually works!)

but i remeber my cousin getting pissed because i would take out the gamecube disc too quickly after turning off the gamecube because he said the laser would leave me blind.. should i be wearing sunglasses when i do it or is it fine to look directly at the laser when it is reading the disc?..

[lisalover1]

[noiseredux]

oh man you beat me to it haha

[elmagicochrisg]

[BoringSupreez]

It's PS2's laser you don't wanna look at.

[Hobie-wan]

All lasers can be harmful but you have to look directly at them and they would need to be close to the focus range too. As long are you aren't messing with a system with no lid and smashing your face into the system to look at the laser you'll be fine.

[Bradtemple87]

That picture made my night

[D.D.D.]

I can't imagine why you'd look directly at the laser but that's another discussion altogether.
But sadly no, you will not get cheap laser eye surgery that way.

[Dylan]

Didn't the PS2 have a radioactive warning on the laser's case? I always thought that was amusing.

[elmagicochrisg]