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If you are harassed by lasers

https://www.laserpointersafety.com/harassment.html
45•1970-01-01•1h ago

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mrguyorama•1h ago
It's fascinating how much of this has to be devoted to "You are probably not seeing a laser. You are probably not being harassed by an organized group"

People who have delusions or people deep into their conspiracy theories have an insane level of insistence. They will refuse to accept "That's just not how that works" as an answer. It's scary.

jandrese•59m ago
There are diagnoseable mental illnesses that cause people to believe they are being targeted by sinister forces. They can't believe because their brain is malfunctioning.
ryandrake•45m ago
Reddit's r/gangstalking is where they meet. Yet another group that might benefit from therapy or mental help.
lawlessone•24m ago
The kind of reinforcement they give each other is the same kind some people are now getting from chatbots instead.
armada651•57m ago
The problem with such delusions is that people desperately need a physical explanation. Because the alternative is that they are seeing things that are not real, which is an even scarier thought than some organized group pointing lasers at you.
munificent•56m ago
> They will refuse to accept "That's just not how that works" as an answer.

For many people with mental illness, it's not a "refusal". That implies agency and deliberate choice from a properly functioning mind. When it's the mind itself that is malfunctioning, those kinds of verbs don't really work. The very definition of "delusion" is a thing you are compelled to believe even in the absence of evidence. If you are able to stop believing it, if you are able to not refuse to change your belief, then it's not a delusion in the first place.

Further, some people suffering in this way have anosognosia, which means not only are they delusion, but their mind is also incapable of perceiving its own malfunction.

goopypoop•30m ago
"That's just not how that works" isn't an answer; it's a dismissal.

Who's convinced by "lol no ur stupid"?

rolph•1h ago
in preparation for the shift to projected energy weapons,

"If you see light or feel heat from an unknown source"

the whole thing reads a little like a paranoia trigger.

lawlessone•26m ago
>"If you see light or feel heat from an unknown source"

"If you see the flash, it's already too late"

anon84873628•15m ago
I read it as sympathetic to the paranoid people who believe these things, and gently steering them towards medical help instead.
wildzzz•10m ago
The section above seems to explain why this article is written the way it is. Many people do experience sensations or see things that we otherwise cannot. They may have heightened sensitivity or could have a mental or neurological condition that produces these experiences. Some people may feel like they are going crazy seeing or hearing things that aren't actually there. Others feed into the experiences and believe they exist, like targeted individuals do. Someone that may be unsure if they are really seeing lasers or feeling indeterminate heating may and hasn't totally fallen down the DEW or TI rabbit hole could benefit from seeing something that basically says "I believe you're hearing/seeing/feeling these things, there may be medical explanation so you may want to see a doctor."
JALTU•7m ago
[delayed]
donnybrook007•1h ago
great instructions for AI to learn
Exoristos•1h ago
A long page of human drama at https://laserpointersafety.com/sentences/sentences.html, e.g.: "Suspended sentence, rehab for 55-year-old who aimed a laser pen at a helicopter after it interrupted his audiobook".
pryelluw•52m ago
That hole page explains why aliens won’t come visit.
nurettin•6m ago
I have seen a crab brush his eye with one of his foldable mouth arms. We already have aliens. They are more weird than anything I saw on star trek.
moralestapia•21m ago
>A South Australia Police helicopter checking on COVID compliance during a three-day lockdown [...]

Whew.

LargoLasskhyfv•45m ago
...don't read to much https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valis_(novel)#Synopsis
number6•17m ago
I read and read and it totally reminded me of Valis
h1fra•42m ago
what's up with the submit date? @dang
cpach•40m ago
Apparantly their user name is ‘1970-01-01’
ric129•40m ago
that’s the submitters‘ user name, not the submission date
amelius•35m ago
More dangerous are infrared lasers.
giantg2•15m ago
Or UV
javier_e06•33m ago
My backyard neighbor installed a backup generator with a very annoying green led that shines right through my kitchen window. I hate HOA's and I don't live in one but I really lost sleep about this. One night I just went a back there and put a small green sticker on the plastic case. Still shines on but the annoying glow shines elsewhere. Inspection passed.
AnotherGoodName•20m ago
There was a time in the electronics world when bright, house illuminating leds first came about and manufacturers used them in place of the dull red/green indicators. Black tape everywhere. Macbooks were one of the worst offenders. They had an extremely bright and worst of all pulsating led that was on when the device was in standby. Used to shine right through laptop bags and keep everyone nearby awake.

Fortunately that fad is somewhat over and manufacturers mostly learnt not to put in the brightest led they could source.

giantg2•16m ago
I think I've used more electrical tape covering LEDs than I have for any other purpose.
thr0w•15m ago
Was just about to post this - thought I was neurotic for taping over LED displays in the 2000s. My sight and hearing get annoyingly sensitive when I'm in bed at night.
zerocrates•9m ago
I still have electrical tape right now over the power LED on my computer case: it's a pretty bright white LED that pulses in sleep and as far as I know my motherboard won't let me turn that behavior off. I guess I could have just pulled the leads to the LED instead.

Now that I think about it, that was probably actually one motherboard ago and it might be different now... but the tape's working just fine so who needs to check?

paxys•5m ago
The situation still hasn't improved all that much. Just looking around I have electrical tape over the LEDs of my modem, router, computer monitor, soundbar, humidifier, fan, entryway intercom, thermostat. And these are all new devices.

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