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Originally Posted by look 171

what's the application of laser flashlight or laser for the general public beside pointing at a screen during a presentation? I am kind of dumb but can't seem to figure it out.

Some folks use stronger (but not crazy strong) green lasers for astronomy, especially when there are outreach parties where a bunch of folks setup a bunch of telescopes at a location and invite non-stargazers to look through the scopes. From what I understand, a green laser is the easiest/best way to point at something in the sky so that the other person can tell what you're pointing at.

Then don't forget there are pilots that lots of morons like to point them at.

I'm sure a lot of it is that it's "cool." When I was younger, I'd have loved to have a visible laser. That would be every kid's dream, especially considering all of the sci-fi movies had lasers as weapons.

Some folks never grow out of that, which is fine, but then some of those folks have their heads up their rears and end up doing stupid stuff. Fortunately, those folks are the tiny minority but also the folks that we hear the most about.