Why are all flashlights marketed as "tactical"?
What if I want a strategic one?
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@thomasfuchs I used to have a 6 D cell Maglite with open ended orange cone on the end . .
That felt to me like a strategic flashlight.
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@thomasfuchs cause if you're strategic you have lighting fixtures where you need them
Good question. I was wondering the same about underwear...should I go strategic or tactical?
@thomasfuchs Toxic masculinity.
@thomasfuchs They help you see now. They don’t help you see into the future.
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c.f. XKCD What If #13 "Laser Pointer"
There *is* a strategic one, but be careful what you wish for...
https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/
@thomasfuchs I think an operational flashlight would be practical, but a grand strategical flashlight sounds fancy
@thomasfuchs My pacifist torch is quite the thing.
@thomasfuchs This thing and a trolley, probably. https://egopowerplus.com/portable-area-light-lt1000/
Tactical means it's big and heavy enough to beat somebody with.
Strategic means it's small and useful for looking at maps, perhaps with a red lens to save your night vision.
@thomasfuchs then there’s classical flashlights which perform far better than the b-roke ones.
@thomasfuchs If you have a fusion powered razor, you simply must also have a tactical flashlight.
@thomasfuchs The strategic flashlight is a 2×1030 kg fusion reaction 95 million miles away.
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Hypothesis: Strategic lighting is the wired one, in the walls.
@thomasfuchs I settle for one thats operational