Last night, as I was squatting in the backyard, sniffing in the dark, scanning my iPhone’s flashlight low over the ground in search of the poop my dog had just taken, I had a thought:
Did smartphones kill the flashlight industry?
I know flashlights still exist. People use them for camping and having around in case the power goes out and probably other things. Like being a security guard, Should have led with that. If cinema has taught us anything, it’s that security guards need their flashlights. But are flashlights as common as they used to be? There are no flashlights in this home beyond those in my phone and my wife’s phone. Is that reckless? How old is the youngest age at which everyone still has a flashlight in their home? Do flashlights take a long time to burn out, and will they thus not be affected by this for another few years at which point we’ll get a big Wall Street Journal story on the demise of flashlights? Were flashlights produced and sold as part of a varied enough assortment that it didn’t really matter?
If you know someone who works in flashlights, please put us in touch. I’ve got questions.
I’ve had a flashlight in my bedside table since college. Comes in handy during power outages.
umm, typo? you meant to type an “e” right? hehe
Hey pal, do you wanna die today?
no
god i hope so. flashlights are the devil’s lighthouses.