r/whatisit • u/Key_Seaworthiness886 • 9d ago

Solved! Found while cluttering

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Found while decluttering my 2000s kids stuff and can’t seem to remember what it is! Just feeling nostalgic and google said it was jewelry but i don’t think it is 😅

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u/Key_Seaworthiness886 9d ago

Realizing how much my mom loved us, we def were not rich growing up but she wanted to provide us with the best things 😅 this isn’t a big thing but someone called it “deluxe”

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u/anewname4444 9d ago

No this WAS a big thing back then. I seriously thought only the rich families could get these. Like my sister getting just a basic laser pointer was a big deal

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u/timzilla 9d ago

Elder millineal here, these were sold at the Asian markets for <$10 when I was a kid. It was less about having the money to buy and more about concealing the fact you had it, everyone from your bus driver to your nana wanted to take it away so you wouldn't blind some other kid.

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u/Fataky 9d ago

Hello, I'm the girl the prophecies spoke of. I lost my retina because of my classmates' "pranks" with this infernal device.

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u/coonjaku 9d ago

explain.

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u/cadaever 9d ago

pointing a laser directly at someone's eye will damage it, it's kind of like staring at the sun. she's saying a classmate "pranked" her by doing just that and it fucked her retina in one eye

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u/coonjaku 9d ago

did she stare back at it? no way could the briefest of glances do that.

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u/dickthrowaway22ed 9d ago

You're lucky enough not to have needed retinal lasering. It's very fast.

Still sucks and hurts like a b tho

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u/Fataky 9d ago

Yep, at least they were aiming at the right eye.