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[[A person approaches another person sitting in a chair]]
Person 1: Remember how flashlights sucked when we were kids? Always dim and finicky?
Person 2: I guess?
[[They walk to the door]]
Person 1: Well, I discovered there are now internet flashlight enthusiasts.
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And the technology has... improved.
Person 2: Ok, let's see.
[[As they walk outside into the night, Person 1 turns his flashlight on. An enormous incandescence springs forth. Person 2 shies away for a moment.]]
<<FWOOSH>>
Person 1: See how it lights up the whole forest?
Person 2: ..the trees are on fire.
Person 1: Real bright, though.
{{Title text: Due to a typo, I initially found a forum for serious Fleshlight enthusiasts, and it turns out their highest-end models are ALSO capable of setting trees on fire. They're impossible to use without severe burns, but some of them swear it's worth it.}}
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