Forget about them. Go ahead with the flashlight hobby!. No matter what they say/understand
Thank you very much guys/girls(?).
I really like your stories, i appreciate it very much. 
Was alot interesting reading all stories.
I just always play them down ..when they say " that's bright " I say .."not really " "the batteries kind of weak.."
and I hand it to them to play with and comment how damn expensive it is .. "these are crazy expensive ..but you're right they are pretty bright " 25$ is pretty pricey for light .."But you get what you pay for ".
Worst thing you can do is try to impress people with a light ..Best just to act like you don't care at all.
If you don't have 100 lights ...you're not really trying :P