This is like the wholesome flipside of prepperism.
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It's like the guys who carry expensive pocket knives everywhere hoping someone will need to cut something.
You haven't lived until some needs a knife to open something on christmas and 5 of the 6 adult males in your family are just standing there holding their pockets knives for you to choose from.
And then the guys look around & start geeking out over each other's knives.
I always go out with my HP 50g in case someone needs to solve a numerical integration and I'm the only one with a graphical calculator.
I used to work next to this guy. If a box came in, I would just cut the packing tape open with a house key from my pocket… unless he saw me looking like I was about to open the box.
Then I needed to wait for him to walk over with his damn leatherman and flip it to just the right thing. Whole ordeal usually added time to the stupid box opening.
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I dunno, hopeing for a power outtage, just so he can flex his equipment is kinda prepperism.
Doesn't read like flexing, reads like finally getting to use your toys.
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Preppers who keep stuff so they can help everybody when it happens are cool.
Fair point. Unfortunately the prepper movement seems to have many people who lowkey, or highkey are hopeing for societal collapse, so they can use their preperations to an advantage and gain of power.
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Your phone can't put out 4000 lumens
Galaxy note 7 has entered the chat
It was the Galaxy S3 mini for me. It was twice as bright as my friends S5.
I think the joke is the Note 7 blows up.
Is that a challenge ?
Oh my god I recognized this picture right away but no way did he say something that dumb... Rewatched the diablo immortal announcement and holy shit
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Theres also one on lemmy c/flashlight
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Thank you, kind stranger.
Run while you can. I like to think I am a normal person. But there are so many high performing flashlights and batteries for certain situations that I now have a set of 7 flashlights. They are part of my everyday carry. I have a laser beam flashlight that can reach a nearby island.
I have a laser beam flashlight that can reach a nearby island.
I'm going to hate myself for this, but...
Link?
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7? Psh.
Try 40.
No but seriously, it's addictive. One moment you're like "I just need a good flashlight" and the next you're telling somebody how the flashlight they got from Lowes has terrible tint and CRI compared to your hand-assembled copper and titanium pixel camo Emisar D4v2 with dedomed Nichia 519As you got for like $120 from a Chinese guy named Hank.
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Every time I see them on my feed I always misread the name of the community. Really weird when I see one about how their dad used the same one and I think they are talking about fleshlights....
This is why we call them torches
I get so aggravated by video games with weak flashlights. Like, we live in an age where my keychain flashlight can light up the nearest mountain.
Where the heck y'all live where the power goes out so often?
I'm in the middle of the frozen tundra in Canada, we're powered entirely by renewable energy, we've got snow storms, blizzards, floods and some serious thunder storms and I can't even recall the last time we lost power for any noticeable amount of time. If anything having to reset the clock on the microwave is the only reason I'd know it went out. There's talk of moving to a smart grid system because ours is dated, so wtf are you people working with?
I do love me a good flashlight though, I've got a couple around the house just in case and one in my bag at all times.
The US hasn't invested in infrastructure since the 50s, with a few exceptions
Likely Texas, they have a private grid(as far as I last checked) and are prone to rolling blackouts.
I am also in Canada. Our province runs the power grid on coal and sold the utility to a private company that doesn't bother with the expense of upkeep on infrastructure. They built a sweet skating rink though.
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This is similar to the feeling I got a few days ago when I finally got to use the shopping cart wheel unlocker that's been in the back of my mind since watching the Defcon talk about it. Instead of the misconfigured and disabled cart being a giant roadblock in the store I was able to take it and use it normally. Feels good.
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I have solar panels and a backup battery. I was actually disappointed when the power didn't go out when it got cold here in Texas last week.
Something so satisfying about the frantic beeping of the UPSes all over the house being silenced by the big "katschoonk" of the switchover relay followed by the faint hum of the inverter. It's the house saying "I got you buddy, you go ahead and worry about other stuff".
I value having good tools. I bring a small flashlight when I travel. How often have I needed it? Not often, but when your in some hotel and the power goes out, it's my time to shine!
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I've got one of those fuck-you flashlights from when I first found out about "enthusiast" flashlights a few years ago. It gets bright enough to burn dark colored objects if you concentrate the light on a small part, works like a giant magnifying glass/ sun combo. I need to buy a charger for the battery so I can play around with it again, it was too much fun seeing people's faces when I made it daylight for an entire street.
I have three niblings (2 nephews, 1 niece). Each one is getting a flashlight and a tiny Nitecore whistles when they get to a certain birthday, not sure which age yet. I know their parents would never forgive me if I gave them the whistles now.
The power was off for a little over two days, so we used our flashlights and other lights a lot. It really doesn't take much money to prepare. A lot of the gooseneck lamps these days use USB, so you can combine a lamp and a power bank to create a task light away from the backup battery.
I can tell you from experience of being a boy scout camp counselor: Do NOT give whistles to minors!
Tho tbh, would've probably helped with what was happening in scouts in the 80s.
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Imalent MS03 my beloved
I'm not like a full prepper but I have a rechargeable flashlight in every room of the house in case the power goes out...
Not because it does often but because I stub my toes on shit even with the lights on and I'm not going through the gauntlet in the dark.
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