Commercial airplanes constantly flash exterior strobe lights

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Once a plane enters active runways or the sky, blindingly bright white lights on the wingtips flash aggressively. They are so obnoxious that pilots actually turn them off when parked in clouds to avoid blinding themselves with the reflection. They exist purely to scream, 'Do not crash into me.'

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