And now it's not even working properly

Guys, my new monitor is blindingly bright after pulling the protective film off.

nice lifehack

Wife actually accidentally did this once

Props to her! My gf struggles when peeling a banana

Yeah sure, the “wife”…just stand up to your own mistakes

I do … she just had a real moment that day.

To be fair, the screen surface did protrude past the bezel, which is rather unusual.

Wear polarizing sunglasses and now only you can see the screen. Hardware based incognito mode.

Pull the layer off, make glasses out of if. Voilla, privacy monitor

The wife probably:

I have definitely seen TVs where there is a top transparant plastic layer that looks like protective film but is absolutely not supposed to come off. I’ve even seen two models of OLED TVs that are very similar, and have plastic on the metal backing. On one of them it says to absolutely not remove the plastic. On the other it says to make sure to remove it, otherwise the TV will overheat.

Even if you know a lot about these kinds of things, don’t be proud and just read the manual / quick start guide. It will tell you what plastic needs to be removed and what needs to stay.

Why can’t your right hand peel a banana?

Gotta love those taco flavored kisses!

Using old monitor panels and the diffuser is actually a genius way of installing fake windows.

it’s made with a non-slip surface.

You were supposed to soak it in water first

RTFM is a superpower. Manufacturers also spend a ton of time making these.

What a baddy.

What they peeled off looks like the layer of dark stuff, the polarized sheets look different and are usually behind the indium tin oxide coated layer of glass.

I’ve disassembled a lot of monitors.

*acetone