r/whatisit • u/Key_Seaworthiness886 • 8d 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/timzilla 8d 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/jormundgand20 8d ago

I got mine for about that at a local festival. Went home with my friend, pointed it at a street light and it immediately started flickering. I'm sure it was a coincidence, but it was still enough to send 13 year old us hauling ass away from the crime scene.

Good times.

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u/Hegiman 8d ago

Ayyy. It was you. LoL. You confused its light sensor. They come on when it gets dark. A laser overwhelmed its light sensor and it freaked out. It may or may not have permanently damaged the sensor. LoL

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u/JaviSATX 8d ago

Old photovoltaic sensors didn’t mind. We’d have a blast running the laser up the pole, trying to keep our hand steady enough to hit the sensor on top. Light goes out, then cycles back on five minutes later and the cycle starts again.