Day 249: Too Good To Be True

2026-10-13Back doing some interior decoration at home...Hello! I'm glad I didn't go out and buy a salt lamp.For starters, there's many plastic imitations of the salt lamp that don't give the same colored glow that a real salt lamp would. If I'm going to lean into the aesthetic of bright rock, I should do it right.But a real salt lamp is expensive and heavy. More than that, it doesn't last long on a shelf, and it's inconvenient to replace the bulb if it ever burns out.The main reason I didn't purchase one is the snake oil quackery surrounding it. There's generic claims of health benefits like air quality and relaxation, and I don't want to be that guy that spent on pseudoscience.The final nail in the coffin: the light emitted from the salt lamp just isn't that good. A real block of salt has patches of dense rock that makes the light uneven. So what's the point? Thank you for visiting this blog! Reply by email, subscribe via RSS, or join the 1Day1Photo newsletter, where you can get this…