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Vlaphor
Dec 18, 2005

Lipstick Apathy
This will always be my favorite way to open a bottle.

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ph9qujREui1xaugd1.mp4

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eSporks
Jun 10, 2011

Tarkus posted:

I agree but who tf has a lighter on them anymore?
You can use a vape too.

Strong Convections
May 8, 2008
I'm not sure about this suggestion algorithm.
I think this may be a little more than I need for my home crafts:


US $90,000.00 + $888.46 shipping
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002503613678.html

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Tarkus posted:

I agree but who tf has a lighter on them anymore?

look at this loving zoomer who's never encountered an actual cigarette

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

goatface posted:

That dpad looks painful.

Deal with it

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

CMYK BLYAT! posted:

look at this loving zoomer who's never encountered an actual cigarette

I always carry matches (just in case) and people who ask me for a light look at me like I'm some sort of cave man when I pull them out.

e: Come to think of it, they look at me like I'm some sort of cave man even before I offer them matches I wonder what the ook ook is up with that :thunk:

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


3D Megadoodoo posted:

I always carry matches (just in case) and people who ask me for a light look at me like I'm some sort of cave man when I pull them out.

e: Come to think of it, they look at me like I'm some sort of cave man even before I offer them matches I wonder what the ook ook is up with that :thunk:

I keep matches in the bathroom. I strike one after every poo poo. You would be amazed how quick the poo poo smell is neutralized. I find those sprays terrible but the matches really work.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


goatface posted:

That dpad looks painful.

Fukin casual gamers tainting our thread!

goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.

3D Megadoodoo posted:

I always carry matches (just in case) and people who ask me for a light look at me like I'm some sort of cave man when I pull them out.

those fuckers are huffing propane. don't listen to them. we're beautiful geniuses

Horace
Apr 17, 2007

Gone Skiin'

I used to keep a box of Swan Vestas ("The Smoker's Match"), because striking them on the wall or the surface of a table looks cool. Unfortunately they've changed them into ordinary strike-on-box matches recently, which is much less fun. Something to do with the cost of shipping the ingredients used in the strike anywhere formula.

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

Lead out in cuffs posted:

I had to look this up, but here it is, in case anyone is wondering:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002130757955.html



My partner calls this a Game Boid

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

Strong Convections posted:

I'm not sure about this suggestion algorithm.
I think this may be a little more than I need for my home crafts:


US $90,000.00 + $888.46 shipping
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002503613678.html

i was looking for a machine that can reduce a mouse to a soup-like homogenate. we are you showing me this!?

Everett False posted:

My partner calls this a Game Boid

it looks even harder to hold than a gameboy micro, even for someone with my delicate and ladylike appendages.

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


Everett False posted:

My partner calls this a Game Boid

:golfclap:

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

goblin week posted:

those fuckers are huffing propane. don't listen to them. we're beautiful geniuses

Would it not be dangerous to light propane?

Horace posted:

I used to keep a box of Swan Vestas ("The Smoker's Match"), because striking them on the wall or the surface of a table looks cool. Unfortunately they've changed them into ordinary strike-on-box matches recently, which is much less fun. Something to do with the cost of shipping the ingredients used in the strike anywhere formula.

I have a bunch of Russian matchboxes (with Russian matches therein!) because the "domestic" Sampo ones (really made in Sweden I think, but it's an old Finnish brand) are just so feeble. One time I decided to try striking a Sampo on a Russian matchbox and it flared up to such a degree I almost dropped it. I guess I should've known it's the striking surface that makes the difference, not the head, but I'd never thought about it.

Anyway: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002640510854.html

e: Oh hey I guess Sampo matches are made by the same company as Swan Vestas. Ironic, considering they were originally a response to the Swedish match industry (whose agents kept sabotaging Finnish match factories etc.)

3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Aug 19, 2021

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020
Ali watch stuff

Basically Casio released a new g shock during the pandemic called ga2100. It looks like the uber fancy PA royal oak and it became a hot seller. So metal kits showed up on aliexpress that let you mod the watch to look even more like the royal oak. I already knew the metal bracelet is too heavy and big for my taste, so I only got the metal bezel version.



Here is what it looks like with the brushed metal bezel and nato strap adopter, on the right.


On the left is the a fake bootleg I also got on aliexpress for $35. I buy a lot of g shock modding accessories on ali. It's very rare to see ali sell actual bootleg with casio branding on it. I just want to get one to see what the quality is. It's okay. About 90% like the real thing. It's thicker and the glass is not scratch resistant, but the movement itself is about on par. However its glass and the bezel is glued into one piece, I can't couple the metal kit on it like the real thing. So I blacked out the branding and swapped the nato mod on it.

Snowy
Oct 6, 2010

A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense



I wish AE had some merch with this on it

norp
Jan 20, 2004

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil

Snowy posted:

I wish AE had some merch with this on it



A goon a few pages back had custom blanket printed from a movie poster, you can probably just get whatever you want made!!

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


norp posted:

A goon a few pages back had custom blanket printed from a movie poster, you can probably just get whatever you want made!!

https://www.foryourparty.com/

That70sHeidi
Aug 16, 2009

Humphreys posted:

I keep matches in the bathroom. I strike one after every poo poo. You would be amazed how quick the poo poo smell is neutralized. I find those sprays terrible but the matches really work.

we do this too! Mainly because sprays give me migraines from the scent, but the sulphur smell is also very effective. I thought we were the weird ones.

wheatpuppy
Apr 25, 2008

YOU HAVE MY POST!

That70sHeidi posted:

we do this too! Mainly because sprays give me migraines from the scent, but the sulphur smell is also very effective. I thought we were the weird ones.

Willing to admit I am the weird one here, but I just really enjoy the scent of a freshly struck match. I am always burning unscented dollar-store candles just for an excuse to strike one. My roommate, who does not understand, keeps buying me different types of lighters and scented candles for birthdays/Xmas. :(

So as not to be completely off thread topic, has anyone bought decorative unscented candles from Ali? I figure they must be from the same source as the plain white tealights I get at the dollar store, but maybe there's something fancier out there?

eSporks
Jun 10, 2011

Match smell lovers should try palo santo. If matches are vanilla ice cream, palo santo is vanilla bean ice cream.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


eSporks posted:

Match smell lovers should try palo santo. If matches are vanilla ice cream, palo santo is vanilla bean ice cream.

Thankyou!!!

Bees on Wheat
Jul 18, 2007

I've never been happy



QUAIL DIVISION
Buglord
..say what now?



Checked the tracking number with USPS too, my stupid Aliexpress sweatpants are definitely in the Netherlands. Can't wait to see where they end up next, or if they gave me a bogus tracking number. :downs:

VictualSquid
Feb 29, 2012

Gently enveloping the target with indiscriminate love.
What could you want from a deformable led flashlight?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33010672361.html

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Would buy an attack head cerberlight

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

it almost makes sense for biking so you can have a near and far beam except it doesn't include a bicycle mount

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!
Anti-falling too, I guess it has a complicated series of magnets and gyroscopes to keep it suspended in air if you let go of it.

Heffer
May 1, 2003

Chemmy posted:

A regular can opener does the same thing by the way, I do it all the time to use empty cans to dispose of hot oil or grease while cooking.

I’d probably open the pop top before canning.

God drat that's such a pro tip

HELLOMYNAMEIS___
Dec 30, 2007

I recently ordered this e-scooter, in gray and shipped from Poland (I'm in the EU). I was looking every few days, and it did not get shipped. Then, when the shipping window closed, I went to send a message to the seller to ask what's up - only to find that there were several messages per day from the seller saying "we're out of gray, is red ok?". Now, I got 0 notification of these messages, even though the single "email notification" setting is "enabled" in my AliExpress settings.

So now, I need to wait until I get my refund and re-order, and the item listing says "no longer available". I can not find this model in the store listing any more... I mean, the listing's there, just that the item page says "not available".

I guess I missed my chance for one of these?

r u ready to WALK
Sep 29, 2001

do you get any aliexpress emails at all? maybe they got spam filtered

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001196771332.html is the same bike but twice the price
it looks fun, but not $1000 fun

with a recommended max weight of 75kg i'm much too fat to ride one anyway

HELLOMYNAMEIS___
Dec 30, 2007

r u ready to WALK posted:

do you get any aliexpress emails at all?

Yep, I get other AliExpress emails, even ones I'd like to opt out of - but there is no more granular control than just "emails on/off", and apparently, there's no notification for message center messages even if email notifications are on :/

Yeah there's other listings of the Himo H1, like this one, with a wonderful fake price in the listing image:


My cancelled order was for $633 incl. shipping, which is about the maximum I'm willing to spend. That seller also at least claims to be the brand's "Official Store".

Hirayuki
Mar 28, 2010


HELLOMYNAMEIS___ posted:

Yep, I get other AliExpress emails, even ones I'd like to opt out of - but there is no more granular control than just "emails on/off", and apparently, there's no notification for message center messages even if email notifications are on :/
Do you use the app at all? I get push notifications and messages in the app that never show up on the site unless I go digging for them. Even then they're usually marked as being for a different version of the message center or some such nonsense, and I'm directed to read them in the app. :iiam:

It sucks that you lost out on a pretty sweet-looking ride. I hope it comes back in stock soon (at a more reasonable price).

HELLOMYNAMEIS___
Dec 30, 2007

Hirayuki posted:

Do you use the app at all? I get push notifications and messages in the app that never show up on the site unless I go digging for them. Even then they're usually marked as being for a different version of the message center or some such nonsense, and I'm directed to read them in the app. :iiam:

No, but it's good to know that the "read in app" messages are shown even in the app... I have lots of those in my inbox, and I've wondered what I would see if I used the app.

I found a listing on eBay for this scooter, but it's still 150€ more than the deal that fell through... I'll have to think about it, at least. I'm hoping the Ali seller will respond and/or put the item back on sale, so that I can get it that way.

Everett False
Sep 28, 2006

Mopsy, I'm starting to question your medical credentials.

I've had a TON of messages slip through the cracks that way, I have never in my life been notified that a seller messaged me something I actually wanted to know. Trying to turn on notifications of any kind just gets me fake deal alerts and still doesn't tell me when a seller messages me directly. It's the jankiest aspect of an already jank website.

EL BROMANCE
Jun 10, 2006

COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬



Bees on Wheat posted:

..say what now?



Checked the tracking number with USPS too, my stupid Aliexpress sweatpants are definitely in the Netherlands. Can't wait to see where they end up next, or if they gave me a bogus tracking number. :downs:

Based on my own address based issues with Ali (where it completely made up my address in the same way for 2 orders despite it being correct on the system) I can only imagine that the maps they bought from their own vendors have gotten Amsterdam and New Amsterdam confused.

Catpain Slack
Apr 1, 2014

BAAAAAAH

HELLOMYNAMEIS___ posted:

Yep, I get other AliExpress emails, even ones I'd like to opt out of - but there is no more granular control than just "emails on/off", and apparently, there's no notification for message center messages even if email notifications are on :/

Yeah there's other listings of the Himo H1, like this one, with a wonderful fake price in the listing image:


My cancelled order was for $633 incl. shipping, which is about the maximum I'm willing to spend. That seller also at least claims to be the brand's "Official Store".

Lmao I won't order something that costs 50 bucks off of Ali, much less 600 loving dollars, good lord.

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

wheatpuppy posted:

So as not to be completely off thread topic, has anyone bought decorative unscented candles from Ali? I figure they must be from the same source as the plain white tealights I get at the dollar store, but maybe there's something fancier out there?

Tealights are meant to be unfancy, it's the holders that can be as fancy as you want.

Check Ikea, they have loads of cheap candles.

stephenthinkpad
Jan 2, 2020

Catpain Slack posted:

Lmao I won't order something that costs 50 bucks off of Ali, much less 600 loving dollars, good lord.

Every electric powered personal transportation vehicle comes from China via mail order (until its over $3000 and comes with a Germany Bosch drivetrain). I wouldn't buy that micro bike though. I rather get a electric kick scooter that can fold up much more compact when you are not using it. If you really want a seat there are scooters that come with detachable seat.

SubNat
Nov 27, 2008

wheatpuppy posted:

I figure they must be from the same source as the plain white tealights I get at the dollar store, but maybe there's something fancier out there?

You could make your own? Ali has a ton of silicone molds for candles and the like, and basic candle wax + wicks are pretty common to find in hobby shops.
If you just look up stearin for candle making you can buy it by the kilo, melt it down and dump it into a mold of your choosing.



But yeah if you just want basic tealights, Ikea and the like sells like 100-packs or whatever for pretty reasonable prices.

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Just Chamber
Feb 10, 2014

WE MUST RETURN TO THE DANCE! THE NIGHT IS OURS!

Any one bought any smart watches off Ali that are fairly cheap but also pretty fashionable to wear with a nice outfit?

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