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Remember when laser pointers were a thing?

Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:53 pm
Posted by TDFreak
Coast to Coast - L.A. to Chicago
Member since Dec 2009
8130 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:53 pm
You’d be in class. A movie theater. An LSU game. Landing your 747. And out of nowhere that red dot would appear and just piss everybody off? And the perp would not reveal himself.

This was like 15-25 years ago. You don’t see them around much anymore.

What caused their demise? People just too interested in their smart phones, etc.?
Posted by financetiger
Member since Feb 2008
1798 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:54 pm to
Yeah, they arrested the guy doing it.

27 year old

This post was edited on 9/3/24 at 7:58 pm
Posted by TDFreak
Coast to Coast - L.A. to Chicago
Member since Dec 2009
8130 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:55 pm to
And that was that. Ok! Thanks!
Posted by Thecoz
Member since Dec 2018
3369 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:56 pm to
What caused their demise?

My dog caught them all..
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:58 pm to
Posted by Mr Roboto
Seattle
Member since Jan 2023
4336 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 7:59 pm to
Yes I remember
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
3531 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 8:04 pm to
I will say the Internet (folks annoying everyone in public ) and cat lady's dying off is the demise of laser pointers.
Posted by PureMetairie
Metairie
Member since May 2017
1006 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 8:08 pm to
I remember doing this in the mid 90s in Navarre Beach thinking I was the coolest little shite on the beach.

We'd order them from those mail order catalogs. Fun times.
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14497 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 8:21 pm to
Glad he got arrested. He was a stupid son of a bitch.
Posted by AUin02
Member since Jan 2012
4412 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 8:22 pm to
Laser pointers are still all the rage!

-My cat
Posted by Naked Bootleg
Premium Plus® Member
Member since Jul 2021
2692 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 8:32 pm to
My son bought one of those several years ago. Does all the different patterns. The power of that thing in single beam mode is ridiculous.

Kid is in front yard, I’m in backyard. Low clouds.
Posted by financetiger
Member since Feb 2008
1798 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 9:56 pm to
Do you know him personally or just saying that in general?
Posted by FutureCorridor49
US 90
Member since May 2023
535 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 9:59 pm to
My laser pointer doubles as an infrared thermometer. I use it to take the temperature of my floor while playing with the cat.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
11666 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:12 pm to
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
2448 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

This was like 15-25 years ago. You don’t see them around much anymore.
What caused their demise? People just too interested in their smart phones, etc.?

I bet they are still a thing for people 15-20 years younger than you baw.
Posted by charliemurphy69
Member since Nov 2023
516 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:17 pm to
I was in a movie theater back in the mid 90s watching a movie about the Hindenburg and this dude screams out “that’s gotta hurt” as the Hindenburg is going up I flames thinking it was funny.
Well then this dude pulled out a laser pointer and the whole place lost it it was quite the thing to see
Posted by AUbagman
LA
Member since Jun 2014
11026 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 10:37 pm to
The irony, I use a laser measure everyday with a red dot. Maybe it’s a sad, sick joke reminding me of the little shite I used to be.
Posted by BPTiger
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2011
5744 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 11:26 pm to
Imagine being threatened with or sent to jail over shining a light at a helicopter or plane.
Posted by Sevensblue
Las Vegas
Member since Apr 2022
1750 posts
Posted on 9/3/24 at 11:35 pm to
We used to shine it on the buildings downtown at night from the outskirts
Posted by ScubaTiger
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Member since Dec 2003
4449 posts
Posted on 9/4/24 at 12:07 am to
I think they used them all up during the Arab Spring.
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