>>9372815i'm autistic about lasers because fiction has given people unrealistic expectations for what to expect from real life lasers
we have laser weaponry, but it's not "shooting beams from guns," it's "burning holes in drones and missiles." they're also big, require a lot of power and coolant, and have massive amounts of computer and math attached to them so the tiny fluctuations in the atmosphere don't hurt their ability to perform
but some people think we're a generation from satellite beams eradicating cities or something