Lockpicking: Like solving puzzle boxes in the sense that its also nerd shit

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I have some lockpicks that I was playing with pretty regularly for a while, but I haven't picked them up in ages for two reasons:

Didn't have enough locks to practice on or the spare income to justify buying more.
I never really felt like I was doing it right. Like, I could pick probably 75% of locks I tried pretty quickly, and even the trickier ones (of the ones I tried so probably nothing even remotely difficult for someone who's actually good at it) eventually, but I couldn't feel the individual pins or when they were set or anything like that. I think locks are mostly just so easy to pick that you can do it with basically no skill. I can look at the diagrams and see how a lock works conceptually, I can watch someone else pick a lock and explain what they're doing/feeling and it makes sense. But when I do it myself, I'm almost poking around blindly. Still, it's kind of fun to do, and something to keep your hands occupied while you watch TV or whatever. Or to bring along to a party and hand around to give everyone a go.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2023 08:44

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