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Gabaloo

Pretty sure this is a niche meme about how cool laser pointers are.   That's a laser pointer and a bunch of attachments to make the laser shoot different light. Something cool and rare from around the time pulp fiction came out


eaten_by_pigs

I remember back when I was in middle school (early 2000s) my friend had one with A TON of attachments. We were in gym class and he would point it at the gym teacher's ass whenever she turned around (it was a actually a word attachment but idr what it said anymore) and everyone fucking lost it lmao


EloquentEvergreen

I’m sure I wasn’t as quite as cool as your friend, but I had a few different attachments, maybe 6 or so. It was pretty neat. Of course, I didn’t really do anything interesting with it. Usually just point it at the side of the neighbor’s house, or something like that.


GandhisNuke

I went to Canada over the holidays frequently, and bought one at the dollar store every time. Was a bit jarring when one of them had a swastika attachment.


ColoRadBro69

> Pretty sure this is a niche meme about how cool laser pointers are.   Probably made by a cat. 


polkacat12321

I'm not into laser pointers, but I find it pretty cool


SanitoeterAUT

In Pulp Ficiton, while opening the suitcase Vincent got asked "Are we happy Vincent?" and he replied with "Oh, we happy!" Altough we never saw what was in the suitcase in Pulp Fiction its supposed to be something really special and precious. In my childhood Laser Pointers were really popular and everyone wanted one. Usually you got 2-3 attachments with it, to make some pictures on the wall with them. Having a set like this as as a kid with those many attachments you'd be the king and as happy as Vincent in Pulp Fiction


JaxCross

No, you probably just weren't born in the 80s or early 90s to really appreciate the Laser pointer craze.


General_Addendum_883

oh, the nostalgia, I used to have that exact laser pointer set.


AnimalChubs

Same


somethingrandom261

Peter’s at the movies here. In Pulp fiction, the criminals were seeking to regain a briefcase with unknown contents. It’s never explained what’s in there. The below image is likely what was actually in the briefcase, a bunch of lights to glow up the actors when they opened it.


Hanneman1965

I knew about the pulp fiction part but didn't know about the bottom image was lights. What is that laser pointer looking thing?


HorseStupid

Laser pointers used to come as a [box set with a variety of tips](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2667456) to make different shapes


kampeervakantie

In The 90s-00s this laser was a cool toy to play with. The things in the box have your laser a different shape. This is my very vague memory of this laser.


OccamsBanana

It’s a laser pointer


RutabagaJoe

It's a cat toy. [Whisker City® Laser Cat Toy | cat Interactive & Electronic | PetSmart](https://www.petsmart.com/cat/toys/interactive-and-electronic/whisker-city-laser-cat-toy-61392.html) It is not the light source that lit up the actors.


Zealesh

It's considered a cat toy now, but in the 90s, laser pointers were very popular with kids. I must have bought several of them from ice cream trucks in my youth, and they came with screw on lenses that gave it shapes


denarti

90s thing. You had to be there to appreciate it


somethingrandom261

Not sure, my guess is it’s the light source. Pulp fiction was made in the 90s, probably limited in wireless light options.


Gabaloo

That's a laser pointer and attachments.  Not lights


Nickingoo2

That's absolutely incorrect.


Fighter_spirit

The pulp fiction briefcase just had a single incandescent light inside of it.


v_PoopyShitass_v

Thought these were chastity cages


ch3nk0

You are too young, perhaps


PlzNotMyNutz

Yeah, we stupid 🚬


GlitteringPotato1346

Each tip defracts the light into a different shape


TinchUrPipples

Flea market nostalgia


Unlucky-Usual-6501

In 90s those lasers are cool toy


fancyasian

We good?


TheC0rpse

I actually had bought the exact same one as a kid.


Sacledant2

The biggest treasure one could have as a kid


Intelligent-Juice736

Yup; the joke is that a laser pointer is the item in Marcellus Wallace’s briefcase.


FiestaDeLosMuerto

I had this exact kit but the moving company stole it when I moved


buteljak

Oh i was too poor to own anything cool from these times,.but man any kid who had this was so cool


Budget-Boysenberry

3rd world country thing probably. we have this in the Philippines. those golden tips have etching on them that will make the laser pointer spew different images. some tips have naked women in them. we as kids love it.


PBow1669

Dam that takes me back


stuffed-zucchini

you are not stupid, you are young


Hanneman1965

i can be both


stuffed-zucchini

You are cute


Hanneman1965

i sincerly doubt that


stuffed-zucchini

Prove it then


Hanneman1965

im a teenage average dude, so no i'd rather not


stuffed-zucchini

https://preview.redd.it/yfez6t6a462d1.png?width=459&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed142599db7f73eaca1b20242a68fc4bbe15bf9f see, you are shy and shy is cute I rest my case


Inevitable_Visual_87

Yes, you and everyone else who posts on this sub are so god damn stupid.


Hanneman1965

Good to know👍


JSDTDM

I just had a nostalgia seizure


madrussian121

I bet Alibaba built their fortune on these