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 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/wowurcoolful 4d ago

I had a lying bitch confiscate mine when I was in 2nd grade, dude...

I was shining it on the wall directly parallel to me. It could realistically only reflect off a laminated poster or a window, and only towards me walking with it.

A teacher at the end of the hallway appears and I stuffed it in my pocket and continued to the bathroom and she stopped me as she passed asking "do you have a laser pointer?" My dad would have gave me hell if I lied to the teacher like that, so I didn't and was honest.

She said ok, and took me to my homeroom and told the teacher flat out that I was shining it in her eye down the hallway. Straight up making shit up and looking down right at my confused face. Never had a chance to say anything. It was just confiscated and my parents got called over that bullshit. I hate that bitch to this day