News article on Australian Flashlight collectors

[FPSRelic]

Apparently we call non-flashlight people "Muggles"?

Australian 'torch nerds' join international community obsessed with flashlights

Spending 20 hours of your free time testing and reviewing a torch for social media may not appeal to everyone, but for a large community of self-professed "torch nerds", enlightening regular "muggles" with the right information can be incredibly rewarding.

www.abc.net.au

 

[hamhanded]

As far as I can tell, that term gained popularity from the Andúril 1 “muggle mode” that disables advanced features. It may have been used by some before that, but it definitely helped its spread.

 

[idleprocess]

The term has been borrowed in various circles for decades to refer to the uninitiated.

 

[fulee9999]

not that I know of... I've only seen it once, when someone referred to his non-flashoholic friends as "muggles" when lending a flashlight.
Other than being cringe, it's also kinda fascist to be honest

 

[hamhanded]

I’m with you on the cringe, but I’m not seeing the connection to fascism…

 

[fulee9999]

oh I meant it in the ancient rome kinda way, not the post-WW1 italy kinda way, I meant it's pretty elitist/pompous/arrogant

 

[knucklegary]

^^ Oh yeah! Just go ask Caligula what a muggle mode means to him

 

[chip100t]

Did Jk Rowling not invent muggle?

 

[KITROBASKIN]

Harry Potter enthusiasts having fun with Harry Potter terminology. There are bound to be some humans who will be sensitive about something, right?

Too bad the article did not cover the wonders of exploration in darkness; Maybe discuss more details of technological advances and showcase the high art of flashlight fashion.