idk what y'all talking about, i look at bright lights regularly and it's not even that bad, I can look into a torch no problem wait am i the weird one here
Usual (= in-store available) laser pointers are deemed harmless but the more poerful the output, the greater the risk to harm the eyes (be it immediate/accute damage such as retina burning, or more long-termed harms such as opacifying the crystalline/eye lens).