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Rope tool? (startrek.website)
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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 5 days ago

Dd you find out what it is?

I'm pretty sure I've had or used one before, but I don't remember where. The top part is for securing a strap or rubber band. As you can see from the wear it's exposed during use, while the bottom is not. The stick has a shape that could be sown into something. My guess is that it is used to close a bag or securing a tarp to a trailer or the hood for a baby pram/stroller. Something to be used outdoors anyway.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I think it's for fixing a tire.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are you thinking tire lever for a bicycle?

Looks too thick fore that, but does look like a levering tool of some sort.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

More like a tool for inserting a tire plug in an automobile tire, maybe, but it's not quite the right shape for that either. (Or at least, if it is that, it's a really cheap one because usually they're made of metal.)

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yea, its not that, too thick/square, handle too small, etc. You'd never get a plug in with it (I've done thousands of them - tires are really tough). But I get how it looks like a plug tool.

Looks like some kind of levering tool.

As an aside, check out the screw-type tire plugs available today (basically a plastic #8 screw with glue on it). Way easier than the traditional plugs and work just as well.

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

No, it's not that.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

tire plug? what are they doing with those pretzels. patch? stem? i am so confused. i need more pretzels

i am growing to hate ai. it's not bringing me enough pretzels

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The "pretzels" are the tire plugs. They're actually sticky rubber strips. You poke them into the tire, then pull the tool out quickly so that the plug stays behind:

(Also, I'm aware that you were probably just joking, but I figured somebody reading this might be genuinely curious so I gave a sincere reply anyway.)

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Just a note for those still curious, after you insert it and it looks like the pic above, you’re supposed to trim it flush with a razor blade.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago

That was my first thought, although it's the first time I saw one with more than one opening.

[-] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

OP, is that metal or some sort of plastic? I can't tell for sure from the picture

[-] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago

Its plastic. It feels hard but shaves off easily with a knife, and the shavings melt.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

I hope this isn't your approach to every object you can't identify...

[-] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 week ago

"When cut, it did emit some red fluid, and the object moved and made a lot of noise - perhaps some sort of hydraulic mechanism? The shavings don't melt, so it's probably not plastic."

[-] like47ninjas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Bahaha - reading this and taking a drink - bad combo, almost out the nose.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"What is this thing? It's made of flesh and bone. It feels soft and shaves off easily with a knife, until you get to the middle and then it is much harder and cutting it requires a hacksaw. And the shavings don't melt, but taste similar to pork. It keeps screaming its name is "Sharon McMillan". Can anyone ID?"

"Oops, found its Drivers License. Turns out its name was in fact "Sharon McMillan." I feel silly now, but mystery solved!"

[-] happysplinter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

This comment got me good 😂

[-] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

My best guess is some sort of "pin" for holding some other components in place or in alignment. It has those fins along the side that are chamfered in both directions and that notch at the end...

I almost thought it was like a "key" for turning something but I don't think the handle is big enough and I don't think plastic would be strong enough

Maybe some sort of packaging?

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Could be some weird packaging thing. I think I've seen something like this when I bought a pack of ratchet straps.

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Claude says it's a

spoilertent stake

[-] Steve@startrek.website 25 points 1 week ago

Claude is a

Tap for spoilerWorthless waste of energy

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I was going to see what it came up with regardless of what you think. If I post what it says that saves other people from wasting even more energy asking it the same thing.

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

People generally ask questions here because they want to get information from other people. If OP gave a shit what a slop engine thought, they could've gone directly to the source.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Claude says "why, why was i programmed to feel pain"

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Why do you think I put it in spoiler tags? If you don't want to know, don't read it. Maybe someone wants to know and doesn't care how I figured it out? It's not a creative writing community. I'm not passing it off as art. There was a Supreme Court case that said you can't copyright the phone book because it's not a creative work. I would put this in the same category.

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Lmao "I pUt It In SpOiLeR tAGs" as if that somehow makes it not slop. Try using your brain for once instead.

[-] Anarki_ 12 points 1 week ago

Sloperators will be blocked.

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh is that a rule? Are you a mod?

[-] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Tell it was right and thank it profusely

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Claude says to go call your mother. She's a classy lady and misses you.

edit: i had to clean that up a lot claude has a filthy mouth

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Might be a landscaping stake

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