Why do polarized lenses cancel each other out?

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According to the usual explanation, polarized lenses work by only allowing light with a specific kind of polarization. It’s a simple explanation, and makes a lot of sense.

Why is it then, than when I look at a screen with two polarized glasses, one at an angle from the other, the image does not dim in the overlapping region, when it does in the glass closer to my eyes?

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If two polarised lens don’t block light when u rotate them, then one or both are not properly polarised. You can do this as a quick test when buying polarised Sunny’s at a store, test two of the same pair and rotate one pair and if the lens don’t fully black out, then you’re getting scammed

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