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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
11th Sep, 2019 05:47:39 AM
Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes seems good enough here.
Alice is wearing night vision goggles in a dark room and doing fine. Then Bob comes in and turns on the lights, resulting in howls of anguish from Alice. I've seen it a bunch of times, usually Played for Laughs, most notably in Archer ("My retinas! Seared like tuna steaks!!"). Blinded by the Light and Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes are kind of like it but don't quite fit.