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RB astro
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<<< WARNING >>> Eye injury and what to do in an Emergency.
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RB astro
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Grix
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Actual Laser Laws by Country
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
xoul
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Hit in eye with 1000mw 445nm blue laser
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InfinitusEquitas
InfinitusEquitas
madmacmo
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Get Some Safety Goggles Now!
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Bionic-Badger
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Fda import form number
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madmacmo
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The Club
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crazyspaz
crazyspaz
madmacmo
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Irreversible Vision Damage - Don't Turn a Blind Eye to Laser Hazards
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ujelytek
ujelytek
nzoomed
Have I been exposed to dangerous levels if IR from my 5mW green laser?
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GSS
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Safety Goggles for looking at the beam? (Not the dot or dot reflection)
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paul1598419
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Laser glasses tolerance
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Encap
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laser legality in Australia
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paul1598419
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Laser goggles on top of glasses?
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Lighter
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A sign for inadequate laser goggles?
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paul1598419
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Goggles from laserpointerstore safe?
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hakzaw1
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Lasershooting safe for eyes?
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BowtieGuy
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Is it legal to sell a laser system on eBay?
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hakzaw1
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Looked at 1200mw 445nm laser dot without protection
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Lifetime17
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Hit in the right eye with a 12mW 515nm Laser Pointer
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ElectricPlasma
ElectricPlasma
WizardG
Sooner or later the banhammer is gonna fall
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Alien Laser
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Safety of small China manufactured stage lights
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paul1598419
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AllanJH
Legality of laser for self-defense/deterrent?
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Laserbran
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I got a laser in my eyes 9 years ago
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Anthony P
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Hong Kong student arrested for carrying laser pointers
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paul1598419
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Playing with a 1.5w Blue laser and my eye hurts
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d4rkey3
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Is there a way to build/buy a safety toggle or cap for a Sanwu Striker?
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
Ainus
Are these ok to use
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Ainus
Ainus
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I looked into a geofennel laser
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paul1598419
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The dangers of infrared - exaggerated?
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WizardG
Another bad idea
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Encap
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MajorLazor
Are these OK to use?
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
MajorLazor
Got my new shades
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MajorLazor
MajorLazor
kuhny1
Laws about Being in Possession of a Class IV Laser
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Alaskan
Alaskan
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Decent quality safety goggle for 445nm (blue) lasers from Europe?
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RedCowboy
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Jurisdiction
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Encap
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Indirectly got hit in the eye with a red <5mW 650nm “class III” laser pointer
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RedCowboy
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Laser Pointers, Liquid Crystals and Pilots.
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
Elyekim
Can I look at the dot of my 1.2W 532nm without goggles?
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RedCowboy
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1064 mm 1.5 watt PL-E Pro DPSS safety and availability
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RedCowboy
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what color goggles for blue lasers?
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diachi
diachi
Kaiden57
Customs & my address
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Mosc007
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Customs import taxes etc.
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Encap
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Hit in eye by reflection from 100mW 405nm
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ArcticDude
ArcticDude
scide
Laser goggles: Remaining visible light / How bright are high power lasers through safety goggles?
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diachi
diachi
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beam expanders illegal in the UK?
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Benm
Benm
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Lasers into Australia
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Immo1282
Immo1282
Nutball
How Much Laser Power Gets Through Goggles
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paul1598419
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1up
Best Laser For Security - Pointing Out People In Crowd...?
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
EngineerVsMBA
Best way to validate safety claims of 3rd party?
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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532 Nm Laser Engraving
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
thesk8nmidget
laserpointersafety.com/ thank you ILDA and Aixiz
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
marks47
New halloween store display... safe?
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
rebane2001
Question about showlasers
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
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Risk from a moron at a gun show?
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Benm
Benm
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You're gonna go blind if you keep doing that. ;-)
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
hakzaw1
More bad press for HH Lasers
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paul1598419
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Look at the dot of a 1W Blue laser
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steve001
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1W Laser for Self Defense in an Active Shooter Situation
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droidlaser
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What would be an approximate "safeish" mw level.
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Benm
Benm
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Question about saftey goggles
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GSS
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Safety glasses
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Gazen
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Ears and Eggs
Warning to Canadian Members
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paul1598419
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WizardG
Sigh, another one.
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cyberdoc
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scanning laser in german laws
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Encap
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Ky-004 laser safe (can't find class)
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lasersbee
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Looking for the best laser safety glasses
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ArcticDude
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About lightsaber attachment
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paul1598419
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pschlosser
One Dumb Ass With Wicked Laser Ruins It For All Of Us
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paul1598419
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How is one supposed to use safety goggles?
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Benm
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Possible Diffused Light Damage?
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RB astro
RB astro
Durge
Argon goggles for only Argon lasers?
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Durge
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Floaters following green laser exposure
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paul1598419
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Safety Glasses age
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Benm
Benm
CurtisOliver
New: Laser Laws (UK) - 20th December 2017
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FishBulb32
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Safety Windows
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diachi
diachi
brendon7358
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Budget, tested laser safety goggles. OD 5+
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brendon7358
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rules for the netherlands
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WizardG
Ain't karma a b*tch
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Alaskan
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Where to get safety glasses in Canada?
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Encap
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Neobenedict
UK laser laws - regarding unterminated beams in the sky
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hakzaw1
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Help 1 Watt Blue laser worried (eye damage)
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ElectricPlasma
ElectricPlasma
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Sanwu pocket 445 nm 800 mW illegal?
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BobMc
BobMc
dontblindmebro
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Problems with left eye
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Encap
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Green Laser shined in my eye
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Hap
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Msan
Sanwu glasses
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Merpie101
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Eye hit with 100mW, 532nm, class III green laser.
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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Laser safety goggles ok for Solar Eclipse ?
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RB astro
RB astro
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Pangolin safetyscan type of lens
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diachi
diachi
Jombo23
Looking for some basic laser glasses for <50mw ~ >400-<540?
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Jombo23
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Questions about a 7W handheld
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paul1598419
paul1598419
paul1598419
FDAs Proposed Ban Of Laser Pointers
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Benm
Benm
Richie89
this is why I don't like my friends knowing my hobby.
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Hap
Hap
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High powered laser diodes for engraving
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tuskiomi
Should I register my lasers with my university as weapons?
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Alaskan
Alaskan
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200mW Red Fat Beam Laser Curtain Safety?
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Benm
Benm
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Wicked lasers unboxing and experience
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Encap
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Ships targeted by lasers traveling the Chesapeake bay
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Benm
Benm
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FDA wants to restrict green & blue laser pointers as "defective"
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Radim
Radim
BowtieGuy
Man points laser at police cruiser.
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
WizardG
Who thought this was a good idea?
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BobMc
BobMc
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Affordable laser goggles for 532 nm and 650 nm?
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paul1598419
paul1598419
RedCowboy
Laser fire safety.
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Benm
Benm
WhiteFang
UVEX Orange Glasses
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WhiteFang
WhiteFang
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Hit my eyes with a <5mw 650nm red laser
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Crazlaser
Crazlaser
kuhny1
How i see what aircraft are in the immediate area for star pointing.
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Alaskan
Alaskan
Jhop
Some dumbass shined a laser at a helicoptor in Detroit
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Alaskan
Alaskan
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An idiot pointed a blue-violet laser at my face.
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diachi
diachi
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Eye safe laser to kill mosquitoes ?
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Radim
Radim
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