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    he’s just a guy who’s autistic for flashlights why are you all being so mean

    his point about the ui needing to be simple is immediately clarified by his allusion to their lack of flashlight enthusiasm or experience (not any disdain for the female brain)

    much better people to bully

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        I like to imagine the person is just complimenting their strong mothers, aunts, sisters, etc. Obviously they deserve the right tool for the job, not some chintzy product that is colored pink. So many companies, which once made reliable products, no longer make anything worth the paper money needed to purchase them. Plus it’s a flashlight, less features means less ways to break, so it really needs one or two buttons. Some of the best tools are simple. At least the person didn’t use feeeemale as a noun.

        Probably a chud, though, but I like to give the benefit of the doubt.

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    This is what happens when someone is so hollowed out by hyperconsumerism that buying a fucking flashlight becomes a substitution for an identity.

    This sad motherfucker soyfaces over flashlights like they were funko pops and knows more “boutique” flashlight brands than he knows people.

    He has strong opinions on every minute detail of his purchases like the bevelling on the glass rims or the best method to turn the fucking light on.

    He probably follows the companies’ management on twitter and has intense opinions on the companies, in the way a lib redditor will know every minutiae of his political party’s niche actors and figures.

    A perfect consumerist zombie with no thoughts or actions that aren’t filtered through consuming his Product™.

    Absolutely horrifying.

    • I got sucked into the flashlight subreddit years ago and have a small collection (11) of cool lights. I have some that can actually start fires, customizable UI, lots of fancy shit. I will say, having a good flashlight has actually saved my ass and likely helped me save lives more than once when happening across car accidents. I literally helped outfit a small group of people to rescue a husky that got out in the middle of the night one time. Power outages and camping too of course.

      Do I need all the ones I have? No, and there’s probably only 3 that I would keep if I sold them off. But they’re fun things to tinker with, the charm wears off after a while though. Some people go on that subreddit and just show off their disposable income to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, individual lights that cost $1k+, it’s wild.

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        In my oppinion it never hurts to always have a few tools at hand. A knife, a light, and something that can be improvised as a screwdriver or a hammer is ideal (most of the time that may be the knife and a sturdy flashlight). Man or woman or anything in between or out of bounds, does not matter, having things, when they are needed, is always helpful.

        Ofc you could also go the “survival” route and pack survival kits and emergency bags, to have everything for every opportunity at hand, but that may be overkill.

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        and likely helped me save lives more than once

        “Mam! Are you alright!?”

        "OMG she’s having a seizure!

        “Mam!?”

        “She’s an epileptic, turn that fucking strobe function OFF!”

        “Oh shit!” click click

        “Turn it off!”

        “Fuck!” click and hold

        “WTF ARE YOU DOING!?”

        “It’s a new UI!”

        “What dose that even mean?!”

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          This is gold, thank you!

          The actual story is I’ve come up on accidents when it’s completely dark out and the lights on the crashed cars were inoperable from the battery being broken. I have a diffuser wand thing to attach to the light to redirect traffic. Other times it’s been in fog or white out conditions.

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      Some have many modes (high-mid-low beam, fade output, lock switch,… A lot) but most only have 1 push button - the combination of hold / click / double-triple click can get complicated.

      My Thrunite has “only” 4 main functions that I use, and probably at least 2 or 3 more that I am not aware of.

      Disclaimer: I’m a tech for theatre, I live in the dark and use it all the time!

      No, I don’t get the gender part either. Tho I would go with rechargeable for someone not used to them, it’s easier to plug when needed rather than cry because the batteries are dead and the shop is closed.

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          Mine’s not bad: Long press will activate 2lm crawl-like-a-ninja mode, single-click activates Last State of normal operation, and back button bangs the 2000lm output

          When switched on “normal”, long press will fade up or down

          It took a bit of research I must say

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        Serious, use everyday:

        • ultra-low 2lm output for crawling in aisles, not bothering/disturbing anyone
        • ultra-high 2000lm for pointing at things, and for emergency illumination where the brightest, the best (point at ceiling to not blind anyone)
        • fade-up or down the mid-range for general work situations where ambiant light isn’t sufficient (or you’re just getting old, uh)

        Some people would argue about the strobe and S.O.S functions out in nature, or even sell the 2000lm as defence against aggression

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        Very low, low, medium, high, turbo

        Enthusiast/custom lights may have more complicated lights that have different patterns, custom programming, presets, etc

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        The instructions for my Emisar flashlights look like a map to a pirate’s treasure but in space

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    you can go onto so many places where people will argue about like… the water taste in new york vs boston and form a mob to kill you if you have the wrong opinion

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        My aunt and uncle went to Lebanon to visit his extended family. They were extremely lovely hospitable people to my Aunt and Uncle. They were also visibly disturbed that my aunt and uncle pronounced words like a Syrian, the Arabic tapes they were learning from were Syrian. Also apparently it is very bad to buy Syrian Za’atar. Based on the way my Aunt told the story they’d absolutely be willing to throw hands over who makes the best Za’atar. So, I think feuding over niche inconsequential things is pretty universal.

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    Complicated UI? It’s a torch, or “flashlight” as this guy calls it. It has like, 2 buttons at most, maybe a button and a twisty thing on the end. I don’t think this guy knows what “complicated” or “ui” means.

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      What about the vibration setting?

      But really, it amazes me the fact that people assume woman can’t figure out how to use tools or appliances. My wife was repairing drywall the other day, she spent the week prior watching YouTube videos and reading about different methods. It’s not hard to read, comprehend, and utilize the knowledge in order to build up a skill, in fact it’s the same way the manly men would handle it.

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        I don’t think they can make them too complicated, because they’re a tool designed to be used in the dark, so having a complex UI would make it really difficult to use (even if you’re a big brained alpha chad man)

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      I lost my nitecore flashlight keychan, I was so devastated had that thing for almost 10 years.