Fleshlight inventor backstory

No no, it's fine. I just didn't expect this to be the backstory for the guy who invented the fleshlight The Fleshlight was designed by Steve Shubin,[2] whose 1997 patent filing for a "device for discreet sperm collection" was granted in July 1998.[3][4] Shubin was a linebacker on his college football team, then went to the police academy and worked on the SWAT team in Los Angeles County for about six years.[5] "I've killed people before. I've done everything. I have choked hundreds of people unconscious" he said, calling the police force his favorite job. Dissatisfied with the pay, he then ran his own power washing company in Los Angeles. In 1995, he filed a patent for a sex doll torso and eventually pivoted to the Fleshlight.[2] i swear i once read that he made it look like a Maglite flashlight so that it would be more discreet for cops to have in their kit for the express purpose of jacking off in the car during long stakeout operations or security shifts. but i may be incorrect.

A screenshot of an X thread shares the bizarre backstory of Steve Shubin, the inventor of the Fleshlight, who was formerly a linebacker, police academy graduate, SWAT team member, and power-washing business owner. A second post jokes that he designed it to resemble a Maglite flashlight so police could discreetly masturbate in their cars during stakeouts. The humor comes from the absurd contrast between a serious law-enforcement background and the unexpectedly strange origin of an adult product.

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