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

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[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Scouts, when we got issued our first pocket knife, they had a whole thing to go with it about care and responsibilities. One part that still sticks to me this day is, "never ever loan your knife to someone. There's a reason they don't have one, and it might be a good reason. Either they aren't allowed to have one, or not responsible with their last knife and lost it, or broke it, or had it taken away. The same will happen to your knife if you give it to him."

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is terrible advice, most people don't carry a knife because it's just not necessary in everyday life. That quote was clearly written for young boys playing with other young boys: if I asked a buddy for his knife and he said "Where's yours? Guess you're not responsible enough for one" I would get a new friend before I got a new knife.

the absolute man-child energy coming off of the downvoters...

[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Most people don't carry a knife because it's just not necessary in everyday life."

See? There is a reason you do not have one, and would never ask for one.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

No, genius, that's a reason to ask for one.