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Sleeveless posted:Serious question, what is the appeal of fountain pens over ballpoint pens for just basic stuff like taking notes? Like I get how for like specific calligraphy or art projects it could be useful as a special tool but otherwise it seems like the office supply version of being the kid who wears a suit and carries a briefcase in high school. I just liked how they felt to write with, in terms of the friction/movement on the page, and I like the slightly variable stroke. Purely aesthetic/indulgent. E: if I'd known I was sniping I'd have done something more elaborate with "slightly variable stroke"
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So is it true what they say about how cutting sandpaper will sharpen your scissors?
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Jul 10, 2019 04:41
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The only thing anyone uses a pen for these days is signatures, and fountain pens make signatures look better. Ergo, everyone should use fountain pens.
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I literally write for a living and I'd never do it with anything other than a box of bics and a $0.99 notebook. What's the point of anything more?
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Jul 10, 2019 06:43
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Does BUDK sell any tactical tick removal tools? Something which can kill a zombie, dig a hole (maybe? I dunno) but also remove ticks. Bonus if it comes with a tactical light.
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Dicty Brojangles posted:Evidently goat hooves, too, according to the reviews... drat, I'll never own any goats but now I'm hella tempted to buy a pair just so I can brag AND HOOVES!!! whenever I cut the sales tag off new clothes. A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:These look great and I don't know why I never thought of using snips.
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hemale in pain posted:Does BUDK sell any tactical tick removal tools? Something which can kill a zombie, dig a hole (maybe? I dunno) but also remove ticks. Bonus if it comes with a tactical light. EorayMel posted:You've seen the tactical scissors, but are you ready to buy the tactical TWEEZERS?
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Jul 10, 2019 14:22
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I might be gullible or whatever, but it seems like that might actually be kind of handy.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:I literally write for a living and I'd never do it with anything other than a box of bics and a $0.99 notebook. What's the point of anything more? If you’re doing massive amounts of writing or you’re in a situation where pens could get lost or damaged, an expensive pen is an unnecessary indulgence. If you can afford to, why not? It’s like asking why anyone bothers cooking when frozen food exists and works just fine.
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chitoryu12 posted:If you’re doing massive amounts of writing or you’re in a situation where pens could get lost or damaged, an expensive pen is an unnecessary indulgence. If you can afford to, why not? It’s like asking why anyone bothers cooking when frozen food exists and works just fine. Yeah because that's a terrible comparison. It's more like asking why anyone would bother paying hundreds of dollars for a set of Cutco knives when you can get a single decent chef's knife that does the job better for a fraction of the cost.
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Jul 11, 2019 00:59
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cormorant posted:So is it true what they say about how cutting sandpaper will sharpen your scissors? Uhgh it was cutting aluminium foil that would sharpen your scissors?
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I’d guess that expensive pens meet diminishing returns way lower on the price scale than chefs knives.
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doctorfrog posted:I’d guess that expensive pens meet diminishing returns way lower on the price scale than chefs knives. A sharp knife is a sharp knife but pen-enthusiasts completely delude themselves and ignore the nine out of ten times they get a pen and it WRITES FOR poo poo because "oh I need to treat this point in [x] ways" whereas normal, sane people just use a biro that will work 11 times out of 10 without problem, because quite frankly biros are not a scam and literally 100% of fountain pens are.
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Jerry Cotton posted:A sharp knife is a sharp knife but pen-enthusiasts completely delude themselves and ignore the nine out of ten times they get a pen and it WRITES FOR poo poo because "oh I need to treat this point in [x] ways" whereas normal, sane people just use a biro that will work 11 times out of 10 without problem, because quite frankly biros are not a scam and literally 100% of fountain pens are. How expensive do you think fountain pens are? Because mine costs like $15 and uses replaceable cartridges. It's not like owning a fountain pen means you have to spend $400 on something exactly the same as a Biro.
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chitoryu12 posted:How expensive do you think fountain pens are? Because mine costs like $15 and uses replaceable cartridges. It's not like owning a fountain pen means you have to spend $400 on something exactly the same as a Biro. I use a Staedtler Stick 430 M that I bought for around 9 FIM back in 1998 and it was without a cap for two decades and still works just fine 
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Jul 11, 2019 02:31
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I mean that's like a 15000 times markup to a normal pen. That makes cutcos 2-4x markup look pretty affordable.
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zedprime posted:I mean that's like a 15000 times markup to a normal pen. That makes cutcos 2-4x markup look pretty affordable. Not everyone makes every decision in life by doing a cost-benefit analysis to maximize their savings down to the penny.
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Yeah but a lot of people choose the objectively 100% better tech that also happens to be about 40 000 times cheaper and it's never a fountain pen, a Mac, the United States of America, or liberalism.
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Jul 11, 2019 02:37
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lol if you dont use single ply toilet paper
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Platystemon posted:lol if you dont use single ply toilet paper They don't even sell single-ply here.
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Jul 11, 2019 03:53
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Just do a handstand in the shower like an adult
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Jul 11, 2019 04:32
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gently caress I forgot about those
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Jul 11, 2019 08:56
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Thought of this thread when I flicked open a simple 2.5 inch folding knife at my office to open a package from the vending machine in a mostly empty lunchroom and the maintenance guy says to me "don't let security see you with that!" "What, this little folding knife?" "Yeah, we had to get special permission for one of my guys to have even a leatherman!" I was a little bewildered because to me it's just a normal rear end cutting tool, not some multikill blood channel serrated skull pummeled ninja butterfly ballistic knife or something. Like our "no weapons" sign shows a crossed out 1911, to me that's a weapon, not something akin to what my Dad carried in his pocket to trim loose threads and cut dead skin off his toes. Weird how nowadays carrying a little cutting tool elicits the same response as brandashing a fuckin' katana. Sad times if you ask me.
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Owlbear Camus posted:Thought of this thread when I flicked open a simple 2.5 inch folding knife at my office to open a package from the vending machine in a mostly empty lunchroom and the maintenance guy says to me "don't let security see you with that!" If you were in Britain they might actually arrest you for that.
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Jul 11, 2019 20:30
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Nah, it would be small enough. Unless it's some serrated nonsense of no practical purpose. Unless you're a kid. Or you (threaten to) stab someone with it. Then you magically have no possible justification for carrying a knife on your person.
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I don't think I've ever needed a knife to open something from a vending machine. That said, I haven't eaten anything that came from a vending machine in a long time, so maybe such things are harder to open now.
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I'm guessing some people just like to collect things and use them even though they may not be good at it. edit: regarding pen chat... which is a big BUDK derail unless it's a tactical pen.
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Jul 11, 2019 20:41
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They are these clamshell plastic things around samwiches and stuff they tape closed with a full wrap around strip, then secured under the product labels. Like you certainly can remove it by hand peeling all the poo poo off, but it's easier just making one slice. Didn't some like MP dude or someone in the UK earnestly suggest equipping every kitchen knife with a police-accessible lojack that would light up at dispatch or whatever if you took it out of your flat? Lol
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goatface posted:Nah, it would be small enough. Unless it's some serrated nonsense of no practical purpose. https://twitter.com/mpsregentspark/status/974645778558980096?s=21 *ahem*
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lol, some of the comments are great. https://twitter.com/RennaW/status/983389835242196992
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Jul 11, 2019 21:44
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“Plierscrime Island” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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That would probably be the "is a kid" clause. Or the universal crime of "incorrect ethnicity in front of a police officer".
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:I literally write for a living and I'd never do it with anything other than a box of bics and a $0.99 notebook. What's the point of anything more? Don't let these idiots get you down, I'm right there with you. I see these morons in the office all day wearing their expensive button down shirts and tailored slacks and I laugh in their stupid faces. I buy a pack of shirts from Walmart every few years and that covers my shame just as well, if not better than, those foolish indulgences do and at 15000th of the cost! Like seriously, you fuckin sheep, what's the point of anything more than the bare loving minimum in this time on the dumb, gay earth?
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That whole Twitter is hilarious. Oooh, eight nickel bags of lovely brick weed. I'll sleep better at night now! Also the wide range of BudK weapons with "undoubtedly a life saved!"
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Jul 11, 2019 22:04
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A few ads from a 1982 issue of Soldier of Fortune:   
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Owlbear Camus posted:They are these clamshell plastic things around samwiches and stuff they tape closed with a full wrap around strip, then secured under the product labels. Like you certainly can remove it by hand peeling all the poo poo off, but it's easier just making one slice. I think I know what you're talking about, those triangle shaped packaged sandwiches. Yeah, I could see how slicing through the top wrap is easier than worrying the edges with your fingers until you peel off a big enough piece. Either that, or those subs that are mummy-wrapped.
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Jul 11, 2019 22:12
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I would buy the shirt on the right.
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"Breed my wife, please!"
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