Bull-Dozer
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Disclaimer: these are the ramblings of a grumpy old guy with low blood sugar and back pain. Is what it is.
In the vein of Gomez shouting "An impostore!" (1991 Addams Family), I am stricken with offense by what I have come to consider imposture flashlights. Half joking but fully annoyed I cannot detail what exactly I find so unlikeable about them nor can I argue it objectively. I can only say some things have no soul.
Maybe it is my love of lights that loathes the degradation and careless afterthought of attaching otherwise respectable devices of illumination to unrelated and often hokey gadgets. To be fair I have no defined boundaries for critiquing, it is no more than a gut feeling. None the less, the list of repugnant mutations is as follows: cell phone lights, battery bank lights, drill and driver lights, weather radio lights, Swiss Army knife lights and many, many more.
Again, I have no defense for such disgust. To me these abortions are akin to duct taping a lighter to a cell phone. I mean, sure it might work but can we not corrupt every last feature? I enjoy cheap and cheesy truck stop chachkies and Walmart impulse aisle junk as much as anybody with three bucks burning a hole in their pocket but some combinations are unforgiveable.
I used to ignore the old timer curmudgeons, now I think they have more valuable things to say than most or maybe I've simply joined the club.
In the vein of Gomez shouting "An impostore!" (1991 Addams Family), I am stricken with offense by what I have come to consider imposture flashlights. Half joking but fully annoyed I cannot detail what exactly I find so unlikeable about them nor can I argue it objectively. I can only say some things have no soul.
Maybe it is my love of lights that loathes the degradation and careless afterthought of attaching otherwise respectable devices of illumination to unrelated and often hokey gadgets. To be fair I have no defined boundaries for critiquing, it is no more than a gut feeling. None the less, the list of repugnant mutations is as follows: cell phone lights, battery bank lights, drill and driver lights, weather radio lights, Swiss Army knife lights and many, many more.
Again, I have no defense for such disgust. To me these abortions are akin to duct taping a lighter to a cell phone. I mean, sure it might work but can we not corrupt every last feature? I enjoy cheap and cheesy truck stop chachkies and Walmart impulse aisle junk as much as anybody with three bucks burning a hole in their pocket but some combinations are unforgiveable.
I used to ignore the old timer curmudgeons, now I think they have more valuable things to say than most or maybe I've simply joined the club.
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