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This feels like the old Coke vs. Pepsi blind-taste challenge.

Pepsi won a majority of the time on first taste because it is instantly sweeter.

But long term people prefer the flavor and full experience of Coke.

In my experience this translates: the dark-theme instantly feels more clear and crisp.

But over time I find that the dark creates too much contrast and slows me down.

Personally I'm a fan of dark backgrounds that use a dark grey background with various earth tones for the foreground. Rather low contrast.

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