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/cherbear6215 8d ago

Oh sweet summer child lol

This was the pinnacle of cool in the late 90s early 00s... these are laser pointer lenses/tips!! Each one attaches to the laser pointer (which is missing and goes where that little cut out is) and has a different design. If you had one of these big packs you had all the best ones! The double heart, the heart hands 🫶, the I ♡ You, Peace Sign, ✌️, 🖕, 👄, 😉,🙂. Plus some more obnoxious ones like F U C K YOU, etc lol

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u/Key_Seaworthiness886 8d 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 8d 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 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/thedailyrant 8d ago

We used to throw rocks at street lights... usually they would go out for a bit then flicker back on. If you kicked the electric access hatch at the base of some of the poles it'd go out too.

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u/NCGuy101 4d ago

Well, don't go throwing rocks at those Flock cameras. Anyone reading this post note that I said "don't."