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this old guy had an honest to goodness hook hand. there were two hooks kinda next too each other. sort of like this but without any manipulating apparatus or grippy pads, just two iron hooks. it was grim and weird but not badass, because he walked with a cane and was a feeble old man. all in all i was pretty disappointed to finally meets someone with a for real hook hand who is barely ambulatory and not cool at all. i bet it was diabetes and not ashark, alligator, crocodile, lion, tiger, or jaguar.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:17 |
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I guess the younger generation is so infrequently exposed to hook hands that they're an oddity now. Sounds like the world's becoming a better place.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:20 |
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Frog Act posted:this old guy had an honest to goodness hook hand. there were two hooks kinda next too each other. Those hands have to use that cable to open or close the hooks and that usually requires the cable to wrap around the back of the neck and attach to the other shoulder so it can be manipulated by the other arm. And that can be horrible if both hands are missing. Those 3D printed hands you keep hearing about tend to operate the same way, but the fingers can be adjusted individually then connected to the cable or just tied down closed for holding objects. On a similar note, I saw a guy on the subway who had an external fixation apparatus for a bone fracture he got being hit by a car. I didn't even think that stuff was still in use because it requires drilling through skin and bone which could cause infection.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:33 |
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Young Freud posted:Those hands have to use that cable to open or close the hooks and that usually requires the cable to wrap around the back of the neck and attach to the other shoulder so it can be manipulated by the other arm. And that can be horrible if both hands are missing. with all that in mind i wonder why would someone opt for the old-fashioned unadorned hook
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:38 |
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if i were that guy i would go out to makeout peak and scrape my hook across a teenager's hood.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:50 |
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...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before?
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:56 |
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Frog Act posted:with all that in mind i wonder why would someone opt for the old-fashioned unadorned hook yeah i wonder why old people dont have enough money to buy new things
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:58 |
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Frog Act posted:if i were that guy i would go out to makeout peak and scrape my hook across a teenager's hood. i do this anyway
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:59 |
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opus111 posted:...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before? this guy lives on.a pirate ship and hes not afraid to tell it like it is
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 03:59 |
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opus111 posted:...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before? i live in Virginia and while it's possible I have seen hook hands before, and not noticed them, I feel like most people use less culturally loaded prosthetics huskarl_marx posted:yeah i wonder why old people dont have enough money to buy new things i dunno he seemed like an affluent dude
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:02 |
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I saw the same thing! He was working the tool rental at my local Home Depot
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:04 |
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Volume posted:I saw the same thing! He was working the tool rental at my local Home Depot that seems very outgoing for a person with his condition, i wonder what practical uses for his hook-hand he has developed around the store
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:11 |
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opus111 posted:...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before? I've never seen one and I've been a sailor and a fisherman for most of my life.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:23 |
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I played pool against a guy with one of those a while ago
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:31 |
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Frog Act posted:i live in Virginia and while it's possible I have seen hook hands before, and not noticed them, I feel like most people use less culturally loaded prosthetics Wealthy people often won't spend money they don't see a need to spend. He probably has had that hook for years. He's used to it. So he just keeps it. A new fancy hand would seem like a waste of money to him. Like if he drove a serviceable car even though he could afford any new one.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:43 |
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The bartender at a clubhouse I went to had this hand. he was about 30 and lost it in a motorcycle accident. He was very bad rear end. That is my hook hand story. Thank You
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:46 |
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There used to be this guy, idk ~50, where I used to work with one. He would come in every so often with a team that came in to pull fiber in the data center. I was at the grocery store one day and I saw the same guy working in the meat dept. He was working two jobs w that hook. Pretty amazing really.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:47 |
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I've got a prosthetic leg. I've often considered making myself a old school peg leg from one of my old legs but I'm really bad at carpentry. Also it would probably be really awkward to walk on.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:51 |
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It might be more utilitarian than something that will protect bystanders' precious feelings and make them less uncomfortable. There was a guy that worked at a local department store for years who had one of the pincer-type hook hands. I'm guessing it was more useful than some mannequin hand thing would've been.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:52 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:I've got a prosthetic leg. I've often considered making myself a old school peg leg from one of my old legs but I'm really bad at carpentry. Also it would probably be really awkward to walk on. whats up replacement body part buddy
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:53 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:I've got a prosthetic leg. I've often considered making myself a old school peg leg from one of my old legs but I'm really bad at carpentry. Also it would probably be really awkward to walk on. CaptainSarcastic fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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opus111 posted:...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before? On shore
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 04:58 |
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EugeneJ posted:On shore plenty of people in this thread are sharing their hook hand stories, it seems that im not alone in finding them a regular and comforting sight.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:08 |
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I guy in my hometown had two hook hands. He lost them fishing with dynamite... on two separate occasions.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:14 |
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Is op Richard Kimble? Where is your wife op?
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:17 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:I've got a prosthetic leg. I've often considered making myself a old school peg leg from one of my old legs but I'm really bad at carpentry. Also it would probably be really awkward to walk on. Make a peg leg w the bottom half a pogo stick.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:17 |
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I used to work with a guy who had a hook hand like that. He rode motorcycles too, had to modify them so he could ride one-handed but he was pretty badass.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:21 |
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I saw one too a couple of days ago. What the gently caress? Are these guys taking over? We've gotta come up with ways to trip these guys up just in case.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:23 |
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fatman1683 posted:I used to work with a guy who had a hook hand like that. He rode motorcycles too, had to modify them so he could ride one-handed but he was pretty badass. He also had a panther tattoo on his back!?
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:23 |
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CaptainSarcastic posted:It might be more utilitarian than something that will protect bystanders' precious feelings and make them less uncomfortable. how is a hook practical and utilitarian
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:25 |
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Frog Act posted:how is a hook practical and utilitarian You could carry a six-pack with it.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:28 |
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A bunch of landlubbers in this thread.
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 05:51 |
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This guy lives in my town and has a double hook hand. He also paints/draws things with his mouth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMlxoLegYV4
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 06:15 |
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a telescopic golf ball retriever would be cool
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 06:51 |
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don't hookshame op
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 07:11 |
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Frog Act posted:i live in Virginia and while it's possible I have seen hook hands before, and not noticed them, I feel like most people use less culturally loaded prosthetics as far as prosthetics go, they're pretty normal replacements for hands advanced robotic hands notwithstanding, they're easier to use to manipulate things than anything actually resembling a hand would be
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 10:32 |
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hook hand less weird than like those fake prosthetic hands because you know what it is right away
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 20:43 |
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personally I can't wait to get all aug'ed up
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 20:44 |
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opus111 posted:...op where on earth do you live that you've never seen a hook hand before? hhahahah what the gently caress i didnt know UK healthcare was in such bad shape
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# ? Jul 7, 2015 20:45 |
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Moridin920 posted:personally I can't wait to get all aug'ed up Arrrrgmentations didn't ask for this, me hearties
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