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@ediculous@feddit.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?

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People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?

@ediculous@feddit.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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  • Travelator
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    42•1 year ago

    Screwdrivers are not actually pry bars.

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      Says you. I have a set of old, cheap screwdrivers specifically for use as tiny prybars.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
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        5•1 year ago

        A screwdriver and a hammer together make a great tiny wedge.

        And you can use a flathead on Phillips heads, if you have enough gumption.

        Multi-tools psh. The flathead is a multitool.

    • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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      15•1 year ago

      You’ll have to pry it from my cold dead hands!

      • @DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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        “Your offer is accepted!”

    • @kboy101222@lemm.ee
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      5•1 year ago

      Blasphemy!

    • @PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      But combined with a torch, they make quick and dirty soldering irons.

    • @blindsight@beehaw.org
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      Well, big flathead screwdrivers aren’t for screwing things in. Small ones have a place for decorative screws, like on light switch covers, but big flathead screws should never be used.

      So big flathead screwdrivers are better as pry bars than as screwdrivers.

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