this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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What is this thing?

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  • Fidget and other sensory toys because I feel like moving in a certain way purely for the sake of itself isn't in the spirit of these challenges.
  • Alternative "wellness" products that largely function as placebos by being in the general vicinity of a person such as crystals and "energy focusing copper coils" and the like. Weird looking traditional instruments like a special type of gong or something are acceptable.
  • Specialty massage products are fine provided they're mostly used to massage an area other than the genitals (at least, assuming I can tell, but I'm fairly knowledgeable in that area). I do not use sex toys at all for these challenges (that's just not what my aim here is). It's also still ok if the specific massage philosophy claims to have other, pseudo-scientific benefits such as for chiropracty or acupuncture, as long as the tool itself is an actual massage tool.
  • objects that are mostly or entirely ornamental / decorative in nature like jewelry and sculptures. I'll still use something that is an ornamental version of something that has a specific non-ornamental purpose (ex: a lot of traditional fibercraft tools or recreational drug equipment for weed or caffeine). Hair ornaments and pins are fine as long as they have some specific niche use such as ornamental hair rollers or having an interesting closure for pinning your shawl in a specific way or something.
  • tools that are too broadly applicable such as specialty abrasive drill bits or specialty brushes where what makes them use specific is stuff like size shape and bristle stiffness which are still pretty broadly applicable (a little brush with a long handle has a looot of different uses, think about everything you can do with a used toothbrush).
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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yup! Figured this was an easy one.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tool for measuring profiles for sawing/cutting/milling

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Called a... Shit I can't remember. I have 3 or 4 of them, ol style brass with steel pins, and a plastic one.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, that’s what most of my tools are called!

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Mine are just all wrenches. Especially pliers; all pliers are wrenches I just call them by whatever color the grip is. In my defense, my partner wouldn't know which ones to hand me without the color of the grip anyway so...

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thing to copy the profile shape of something and transfer it somewhere else. Not sure if it has a name.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah I've seen enough of these on YouTube that I figured it probably wouldn't be too hard.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have an orange one of these. Super helpful little tool.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

u/01189998819991197253

me: dafuq

@infosec.pub

me: ...yeah that tracks.

Hahahahah!

This will actually explain my seemingly random username.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not really a challenge. Goes viralon a semi-regular basis.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

yeah I kinda mailed it in on this one. I've got more I could do but a lot of them aren't as interesting as previous rounds. I seem to have gotten some growth here so I might go find my new shiny interest soon. I'm really enjoying the murderbot diaries right now my AuDHD is THRIVING.