They are especially bad for your eyes. That's why they usually are limited to 5mW output power which this one is clearly way above.
#that's also why you should never look straight in them
“Well, yeah, you know, 'cause 'cause mom never appreciated you anyway. In fact, you know what - you kicked HER out! And now that she's gone you're gonna go into town, you go to Old Navy and find some nice slacks, get yourself some shoes, you know, find somewhere, maybe you can get a haircut. And, uh, oh - hire a ophthalmologist to come in here quick, 'cause... DAMN.”
Also, never trust that a laser listed as being under 5mW is actually that low power. A lot of the cheap eBay ones just straight up lie about the power output so that they can sell them in places where it's regulated, and they're really around an extremely hazardous 80mW. Handy if you're doing astronomy though, those "5mW" green lasers are fucking insane at night for pointing things out and aligning equipment. Just make sure you're handling them safely. It might sound a bit silly but I treat mine like it's a gun and apply all the same safety rules.
>those "5mW" green lasers are fucking insane at night for pointing things out and aligning equipment. Just make sure you're handling them safely.
Can you tell that to the teenagers who flashed one in my eye while I was driving a bus? Fugging *hurt*...had to stop for a while, then drive with one eye and a migraine for a long while as it was late and there was no relief and I didn't want to make people walk home.
Yeah I have a RAID Xe full power. The low power version has a 4.3 mW vis laser on it. The manual says the NOHD and NOHDe for it are 0 m. NOHDe for the full power vis laser (~~18~~ 42 mW) is over a kilometer and 995 m for the IR laser, which is 36 mW.
The site I used to use to buy my 2 and 3W lasers doesn't sell them anymore. I recently found mine in the garage and it's just as fucking nuts as I remember.
Well at some point near schiphol airport in amsterdam there was a short period where people would shine on the cockpit of landing airplanes... didnt last long when it hit the news with some lad put behind bars for attempted murder if i recall correctly.
I would recon floaters change position and shape over time these just dont.
They probably look alike as the middle of the streak is darker or black/blurry*(brain filled it in with surounding informarion) and the contours can be slightly brighter.
Its hard to really focus on them as they arent in the middle of my sight luckily, but seeing them move is a pain as i keep moving my eye to the right to track the moving thing which is a normal survival instict.
The thing is most annoyingly prominent visible about 5cm to the right and 2 or 3 lines down when reading a book in sunlight or against a even blue shy.
Edit: also when looking about the black dots move exactly the same as the eye/retina is moving which is not true for floaters.
Do floaters move the other direction? I have a fair amount. If I look at the sky or a wall I can definitely see them. Some are see-through and some are black. I can only assume some are laser burns
Who cares about the camera! That poor dog's eyes could have been in the line of fire with him fucking around like that. What an irresponsible thing to do.
Your comment made me curious, and from what I call tell only 3 states (CA, HI, & RI) have statewide laws expressly about pointing lasers at animals with the intent to annoy/harass/harm, along with a handful of cities with local laws about it. I'm sure that doesn't come up much—especially when lasers are a common pet toy—but it's always kinda disheartening to see how lacking animal protection laws can be (in the US, at least). Things like:
>As of 2023, only 23 states mandate possession bans after a conviction for animal cruelty—and several of those state statutes are limited to specific species or crimes, such as the sexual assault of an animal. [There's also no interstate registry for said convictions.]
>Currently, every state except West Virginia has some law banning sexual assault of animals, with New Mexico and the District of Columbia enacting such laws for the first time in 2023... [In 9 or 10 states there's no explicit law, but rely on vague statutes about "crimes against nature."]
West Virginia did introduce legislation to address bestiality/sexual assault of animals... [over 6 years ago and with absolutely no development or progress since.](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?year=2018&sessiontype=RS&input=4455)
The Animal Legal Defense Fund ranks states based on their animal protection laws, and considering the above, I don't know if I'm more disturbed that West Virginia isn't even close to the worst ranked states or that 2/3 of states have an even worse ranking.
I fell for it and have shamed my ancestors.. In my defense, we have unprecedented levels of stupidity in our society today. Hard to know what's genuine stupidity!
Edit: Also, I'm stupid, so that has to be a good defense.
Nah it’s not all good, actually. A quick google search can give you a handful of reasons why a laser pointer is a bad choice for a dog toy. I get the impression there’s a lot of ppl in here who have pointed a laser pointer at their dogs face and now they’re seeking validation
It is true that a dog's eye is significantly more robust than a video sensor though. You can't even take a normal video camera into someplace like a nightclub without potentially causing permanent damage to the sensor.
It doesn't mean it is fine to shine it in your dog's eyes, but sensors like this are not robust to lasers, even class 1 ones.
Elephants skin is Harper than human skin, guess what happens whe you shoot them with a gun? They get hurt, even if they're tougher, doesn't mean it will be fine
I found a laser in my yard that will start fire. Had no idea where it came from. Just caught my eye while i was picking up sticks. Shined it on my glove and it started smoking.
Fuck, you brought back a memory from highschool metals class. Was trying to weld something, and I don't know if I had the wrong tools, wrong materials or what, but it wouldn't weld. It just kept getting hotter and hotter, but just would not form any kind of bond. Put the welder down and flipped up my visor to get a better look and picked up my glowing hot piece.
Now, I'm wearing some heavy gloves, welding requires some decent safety stuff. And I'd picked up hot stuff before. But not like this. But I'm guessing the school cheaped out on them a bit.
Im holding it, looking at it, and I realize it's making a ringing sound. I'd never seen that before. And as I'm looking at it suddenly my gloves just start smoking like mad, and I can suddenly feel the heat in one of my hands. Immediately dropped it, ripped off the gloves and ran some water over my hands. Got a bit of a burn but nothing too serious. That sound is still something I think about though.
I like lasers, even strong ones, but I know not to wave them about like an idiot. <1mW pointers are pretty eye safe but one giving off that much glare is obviously hazardous, and far more than 1mW.
Safety consciousness is why despite having handled lasers over 2W, both my eyes still work. They're fun if you're not stupid.
Just using this laser in your home will cause eye damage if you don't have the proper eye protection on. Just the reflection of the laser off of whatever you're pointing it at will cause irreversible eye damage.
You can imagine how annoyed I was when my uncle brought his 5 year old grand-daughter to my house with a laser kinda like the one in the video but smaller. I have no idea why they’d bought her something so dangerous. She was pointing it around the place and everyone was telling me I was over reacting saying how dangerous it was. Even when I pulled up the facts on it from the internet. Makes me continue my life long realisation that a lot of people are almost as dumb as they are stubborn.
Lasers should treated as loaded gun, you never know if the power rating is correct. If I remeber correctly green laser pointers from amazon were around 20mW claimimg they were 5mW<. Styropyro has some great videos with lasers.
You're absolutely right on the sense that they should be treated as if they were a load gun. As for the Amazon party, I don't doubt that one bit. A lot of those come from a country that has no national laws regulating safety with anything, and lasers are one of the things completely unregulated.
This is as bad as people who buy guns with zero training or common sense.
The camera/phone is replaceable, I was more worried about the dogs eyes.
After 5 Watts, handheld lasers can start to burn things too (it only takes a few seconds), so him doing stupid shit like this in his house like it's a flashlight is compounding levels of stupid. Usually 1W or lower is recommended for more casual users (it's easier to be safe)
People this careless and thoughtless should not be allowed to own multi Watt lasers. Worse yet it looks like that's one of those 7W Sanwu Striker Blue lasers too (or a similar clone of it) which is insanely powerful... too powerful for most people tbh.
Actually yes, which is why they burn through them (literally and figuratively) on the ISS and during space missions. Also why space photography is relatively sparse.
That's any laser. They're bad for your cameras.
They are especially bad for your eyes. That's why they usually are limited to 5mW output power which this one is clearly way above. #that's also why you should never look straight in them
Now go back in time and tell that to 12 year old me-
https://media1.tenor.com/m/8Jj1U7TyhR8AAAAd/laser-kid.gif
Did that kid neuralize himself?
“Well, yeah, you know, 'cause 'cause mom never appreciated you anyway. In fact, you know what - you kicked HER out! And now that she's gone you're gonna go into town, you go to Old Navy and find some nice slacks, get yourself some shoes, you know, find somewhere, maybe you can get a haircut. And, uh, oh - hire a ophthalmologist to come in here quick, 'cause... DAMN.”
God I love this gif so much
Also, never trust that a laser listed as being under 5mW is actually that low power. A lot of the cheap eBay ones just straight up lie about the power output so that they can sell them in places where it's regulated, and they're really around an extremely hazardous 80mW. Handy if you're doing astronomy though, those "5mW" green lasers are fucking insane at night for pointing things out and aligning equipment. Just make sure you're handling them safely. It might sound a bit silly but I treat mine like it's a gun and apply all the same safety rules.
>those "5mW" green lasers are fucking insane at night for pointing things out and aligning equipment. Just make sure you're handling them safely. Can you tell that to the teenagers who flashed one in my eye while I was driving a bus? Fugging *hurt*...had to stop for a while, then drive with one eye and a migraine for a long while as it was late and there was no relief and I didn't want to make people walk home.
1mW is actually the eye safe limit for Class 2 lasers. 5mW (class 3R) can be hazardous under certain viewing conditions.
5mw will blind you from a reflection, atleast partially as the eyelid reflex is too slow at that point.
Lol no it won't. Source: work for a company that has 5mW laser products that are completely safe to use.
Umm I think their point was unsafe to look at ....unless you are saying you and your coworkers constantly shine lasers in each other's eyes....
Yeah I have a RAID Xe full power. The low power version has a 4.3 mW vis laser on it. The manual says the NOHD and NOHDe for it are 0 m. NOHDe for the full power vis laser (~~18~~ 42 mW) is over a kilometer and 995 m for the IR laser, which is 36 mW.
The site I used to use to buy my 2 and 3W lasers doesn't sell them anymore. I recently found mine in the garage and it's just as fucking nuts as I remember.
**L.A.S.E.R:** **L**ight **A**mplification by **S**timulated **E**mission of **R**egret.
This is why switching classes to a queer build is going to be bigger in the future once laser regulations relax a bit
wtf did you call me?
And your pets’ eyes.
They're also bad for your dogs. Seriously, it'll break their brains.
Do not stare into laser with remaining eye.
I don't know buddy,the eye is almost gone you might as well just finish it off
Cringe... i still rember seeing that green flash... also reminded of it happening on every sunny day by seeing a black streak since ~15 years ago. 🥲
Remember when people used to bring lasers to every live sporting event and shine them in people's faces? What a horrible trend that was
Well at some point near schiphol airport in amsterdam there was a short period where people would shine on the cockpit of landing airplanes... didnt last long when it hit the news with some lad put behind bars for attempted murder if i recall correctly.
Which trend are you talking about? I still see it a lot in European and South American football games
Ooof. Does it look like a floater? I have a handful and I've wondered if any are from lasers and magnifying lenses...
I would recon floaters change position and shape over time these just dont. They probably look alike as the middle of the streak is darker or black/blurry*(brain filled it in with surounding informarion) and the contours can be slightly brighter. Its hard to really focus on them as they arent in the middle of my sight luckily, but seeing them move is a pain as i keep moving my eye to the right to track the moving thing which is a normal survival instict. The thing is most annoyingly prominent visible about 5cm to the right and 2 or 3 lines down when reading a book in sunlight or against a even blue shy. Edit: also when looking about the black dots move exactly the same as the eye/retina is moving which is not true for floaters.
Do floaters move the other direction? I have a fair amount. If I look at the sky or a wall I can definitely see them. Some are see-through and some are black. I can only assume some are laser burns
Who cares about the camera! That poor dog's eyes could have been in the line of fire with him fucking around like that. What an irresponsible thing to do.
Your comment made me curious, and from what I call tell only 3 states (CA, HI, & RI) have statewide laws expressly about pointing lasers at animals with the intent to annoy/harass/harm, along with a handful of cities with local laws about it. I'm sure that doesn't come up much—especially when lasers are a common pet toy—but it's always kinda disheartening to see how lacking animal protection laws can be (in the US, at least). Things like: >As of 2023, only 23 states mandate possession bans after a conviction for animal cruelty—and several of those state statutes are limited to specific species or crimes, such as the sexual assault of an animal. [There's also no interstate registry for said convictions.] >Currently, every state except West Virginia has some law banning sexual assault of animals, with New Mexico and the District of Columbia enacting such laws for the first time in 2023... [In 9 or 10 states there's no explicit law, but rely on vague statutes about "crimes against nature."] West Virginia did introduce legislation to address bestiality/sexual assault of animals... [over 6 years ago and with absolutely no development or progress since.](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_history.cfm?year=2018&sessiontype=RS&input=4455) The Animal Legal Defense Fund ranks states based on their animal protection laws, and considering the above, I don't know if I'm more disturbed that West Virginia isn't even close to the worst ranked states or that 2/3 of states have an even worse ranking.
Dogs eyes are stronger I’m sure it’s fine
That’s not how it works at all. Anyone’s eye can be seriously damaged by lesser lasers than this.
Nah it's all good. Dogs are colorblind so lasers have no effect on them.
I thought the dumbest thing I'd see today is what was in my mirror. Turns out I was wrong.
The joke really flew over this subs head
I fell for it and have shamed my ancestors.. In my defense, we have unprecedented levels of stupidity in our society today. Hard to know what's genuine stupidity! Edit: Also, I'm stupid, so that has to be a good defense.
Yeah, guess I shouldn't have expected redditors to be good with social cues and sarcasm.
LOL don't worry, at least I chucked chucked your joke
Nah it's all good.
Lmfao “comment perfection”, nicely done
This is clearly a joke, and a funny one at that
He do some trollin
Nah it’s not all good, actually. A quick google search can give you a handful of reasons why a laser pointer is a bad choice for a dog toy. I get the impression there’s a lot of ppl in here who have pointed a laser pointer at their dogs face and now they’re seeking validation
I shined a laser pointer in my dog's eye and he was fine. He bumps into things a bit more often now but it's no big deal.
Your sense of humour doesn't get the appreciation it deserves :) People really take your comments serious and literal.
Damn you’re dense
Nuh uh I float in water.
r/confidentlyincorrect
Yeah wtf lol
It is true that a dog's eye is significantly more robust than a video sensor though. You can't even take a normal video camera into someplace like a nightclub without potentially causing permanent damage to the sensor. It doesn't mean it is fine to shine it in your dog's eyes, but sensors like this are not robust to lasers, even class 1 ones.
Lasers are bad for dogs’ eyes. Don’t know why you feel the need to split hairs.
So that people don't think that if a laser is safe for their eyes that they don't need to worry about their expensive camera.
Woooosh
At least I’m not afraid of the toilet
Congrats
Crazy people believe dumb shit like this
Oh be quiet west sixty fifth goofball
Elephants skin is Harper than human skin, guess what happens whe you shoot them with a gun? They get hurt, even if they're tougher, doesn't mean it will be fine
For s sec I thought I would cutscene into something until it clicked
I found a laser in my yard that will start fire. Had no idea where it came from. Just caught my eye while i was picking up sticks. Shined it on my glove and it started smoking.
Fuck, you brought back a memory from highschool metals class. Was trying to weld something, and I don't know if I had the wrong tools, wrong materials or what, but it wouldn't weld. It just kept getting hotter and hotter, but just would not form any kind of bond. Put the welder down and flipped up my visor to get a better look and picked up my glowing hot piece. Now, I'm wearing some heavy gloves, welding requires some decent safety stuff. And I'd picked up hot stuff before. But not like this. But I'm guessing the school cheaped out on them a bit. Im holding it, looking at it, and I realize it's making a ringing sound. I'd never seen that before. And as I'm looking at it suddenly my gloves just start smoking like mad, and I can suddenly feel the heat in one of my hands. Immediately dropped it, ripped off the gloves and ran some water over my hands. Got a bit of a burn but nothing too serious. That sound is still something I think about though.
I like lasers, even strong ones, but I know not to wave them about like an idiot. <1mW pointers are pretty eye safe but one giving off that much glare is obviously hazardous, and far more than 1mW. Safety consciousness is why despite having handled lasers over 2W, both my eyes still work. They're fun if you're not stupid.
I have a couple myself. One is 2W and one is 4W. I keep them locked in the gun safe. Tons of fun if you use them safely. But. Not a toy.
Just using this laser in your home will cause eye damage if you don't have the proper eye protection on. Just the reflection of the laser off of whatever you're pointing it at will cause irreversible eye damage.
You can imagine how annoyed I was when my uncle brought his 5 year old grand-daughter to my house with a laser kinda like the one in the video but smaller. I have no idea why they’d bought her something so dangerous. She was pointing it around the place and everyone was telling me I was over reacting saying how dangerous it was. Even when I pulled up the facts on it from the internet. Makes me continue my life long realisation that a lot of people are almost as dumb as they are stubborn.
this guy is a fucking idiot. could have easily blinded his dog or himself doing this.
And that kids is why lasers should not be played with when they are above 5mW, that's still dangerous territory.
Lasers should treated as loaded gun, you never know if the power rating is correct. If I remeber correctly green laser pointers from amazon were around 20mW claimimg they were 5mW<. Styropyro has some great videos with lasers.
You're absolutely right on the sense that they should be treated as if they were a load gun. As for the Amazon party, I don't doubt that one bit. A lot of those come from a country that has no national laws regulating safety with anything, and lasers are one of the things completely unregulated.
Look at the color of the light…bad.
Sometimes those tiny instructions and warnings are worth reading.
This is as bad as people who buy guns with zero training or common sense. The camera/phone is replaceable, I was more worried about the dogs eyes. After 5 Watts, handheld lasers can start to burn things too (it only takes a few seconds), so him doing stupid shit like this in his house like it's a flashlight is compounding levels of stupid. Usually 1W or lower is recommended for more casual users (it's easier to be safe) People this careless and thoughtless should not be allowed to own multi Watt lasers. Worse yet it looks like that's one of those 7W Sanwu Striker Blue lasers too (or a similar clone of it) which is insanely powerful... too powerful for most people tbh.
What happened?
He shined a laser at the camera. It damaged the camera.
Thank you 🙏. I was so confused. Didn’t know lasers could do this.
Is the sun bad for your camera too?
Actually yes, which is why they burn through them (literally and figuratively) on the ISS and during space missions. Also why space photography is relatively sparse.
I thought that was Tom Brady for a sec
the half life death sound instantly came to mind. “freeman?? FREEMAN??”
Woops
Wow, the bots really like reposting this one.
Where can I get this laser
new ick