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Roblo posted:Friend of mine works at a jewelers and we're planning to make some beads to fleece EDC people. They're like nerds, big disposable income, it seems. The Venn diagram of EDC dorks and nerds is a circle. Just make a bunch of vaguely rectangular pieces of sheet metal, paint them black and call it the Mk3000 Omni-Stealth Tactical SpecOps Assault Multitool and they'll throw their money at you.
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"No, it's a spudger. It spudges."
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Nov 11, 2018 12:49
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I have really tiny and mostly useless tweezers as part of a tiny and collectively useful travel sewing kit I carry in my massive purse. Maybe these guys and their functional pockets need sewing kits instead. Or maybe if I could cram a crank flashlight and a flint into a sewing kit....
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Nov 11, 2018 13:14
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I miss the good ol' Rambo knife that was all the rage in the 80s. A complete survival kit in the handle of a nice big knife. Also, I can guarantee that nobody in the EDC crowd would even begin to know what to do with a sewing kit.
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Nov 11, 2018 14:25
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If your tweezers dont have the little led light, they're useless. And you keep them in the top drawer of your toolchest at your welding job so you can yank the inevitable steel splinters out of your hands and fingers (and on rare occasion, that new hire's loving eyeball) cuz that one coworker is just too god drat stupid to get even passably decent at using an angle grinder.
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Nov 11, 2018 14:30
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It's real cool how in the thread making fun of EDC nerds a bunch of goons come kramering in all "even though my pants are filled with metal and sharpened sticks I'm one of the good ones!"
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Nov 11, 2018 14:48
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I had a little trouble figuring it out, but I confirmed that yes, combat beads do absolutely nothing. There's a suggestion that you can put them on a lanyard to make it easier to grab out of your pocket, but it's basically just decoration. Like hanging charms from your phone in 2005.
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chitoryu12 posted:I had a little trouble figuring it out, but I confirmed that yes, combat beads do absolutely nothing. There's a suggestion that you can put them on a lanyard to make it easier to grab out of your pocket, but it's basically just decoration. Like hanging charms from your phone in 2005. Damnit, I wanted to see youtubes of dorks killing watermelons with those little nubs.
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Nov 11, 2018 15:07
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evobatman posted:I miss the good ol' Rambo knife that was all the rage in the 80s. A complete survival kit in the handle of a nice big knife. That approach to EDC was mercilessly dunked on in a codec call in Metal Gear Solid 3. https://youtu.be/7Q3jgrPuzX0
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Nov 11, 2018 15:34
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Biplane posted:It's real cool how in the thread making fun of EDC nerds a bunch of goons come kramering in all "even though my pants are filled with metal and sharpened sticks I'm one of the good ones!" Tell us your thoughts on sportsball and religion now.
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Nov 11, 2018 16:38
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Tell us your thoughts on sportsball and religion now. drat... this is how it feels like to be owned
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Nov 11, 2018 16:40
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If you spend time in tall grass for whatever reason it's nice to have tweezers ready to pull the ticks off. Definitely not an EDC item unless you're ranch hand or something though.
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Nov 11, 2018 16:42
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autism ZX spectrum posted:If you spend time in tall grass for whatever reason it's nice to have tweezers ready to pull the ticks off. Definitely not an EDC item unless you're ranch hand or something though. I work in a lab and use anywhere between 2 and 4 different pairs of forceps on the daily and the idea of carrying them around with me sounds like a big pain in the rear end. I definitely get for a ranch hand though, hadn't considered that. They're nice for getting cactus spines out too, maybe I should get a pair for my field kit.
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Nov 11, 2018 16:52
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Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse *they're buying more machetes
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Nov 11, 2018 17:03
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse Some lucky raider's gonna hit the jackpot in the first five minutes of the apocalypse
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Nov 11, 2018 17:47
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse That's...that's two bags. And two rifles. And a third thing that looks like another bag? And a hydration pack?
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Nov 11, 2018 18:31
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evobatman posted:I miss the good ol' Rambo knife that was all the rage in the 80s. A complete survival kit in the handle of a nice big knife. Oh they're still common enough, it's just that most people who buy knives have learned that the knife blade will snap off if you try using it as a knife because they're generally just a knife blade attached to the end of a tube with a bolt. Nowadays the popular ones are either large and expensive Rambo knives that tout how TOUGH they are because they're made out of 3/4 inch thick tool steel, or small fixed blade "bushcraft" knives because people started buying those Swedish ones with the red handle for $10 and knife makers realized they could get in on that too. Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse Wow only two guns and neither of them is a AR15 or handgun? They better turn in their PREPPER CARD.
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Nov 11, 2018 18:36
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse No toilet paper.
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Nov 11, 2018 18:39
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse I like the survival guide. Sure, having a reference book on hand could be handy in any sort of survival scenario, but in this case it's most certainly there because the guy hasn't bothered to even read it once, let alone memorize the important bits. Also all the machetes and knives and crap and not very many actually essential things like, idk, water.
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Nov 11, 2018 19:05
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse
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Nov 11, 2018 19:06
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Why the tweezers? Does their unibrow grow that quickly that they need to pluck on the go? Tick tweezers would be useful but those aren't them. Six-Of-Hearts posted:Some preppers WIP* bug out bag for the apocalypse Where's the baby stroller to cart all that around? 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 19:44 on Nov 11, 2018 |
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Nov 11, 2018 19:42
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Holy poo poo that walmart tent in there. Those things are bulky and leak like sieves unless you tarp them over. Definitely my first choice for an apocalypse kit.
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Nov 11, 2018 20:16
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No way to purify water or store it except for the little hydration pack too and no way to resharpen those seven different knives Just post the link of where you found it because we deserve to see all the poo poo he’s getting
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Nov 11, 2018 20:56
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Oh wait what about ammunition for his two guns?
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Nov 11, 2018 21:05
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Jerry Cotton posted:Oh wait what about ammunition for his two guns? He doesnt need extra because he will get a headshot with every round
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Nov 11, 2018 21:18
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Sniper Party posted:The compass and whatever fire starter things those are, still wrapped in plastic and entirely unused, fill me with confidence. Wouldn't you want to test the products in your Mad Max cosplay bag before putting them in?
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Nov 11, 2018 21:21
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This seems to be the place it started from .
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Nov 11, 2018 21:22
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The box that says "Hiker Pro" is a water filter thingy. Make that TWO boxes that say Hiker Pro. His propensity for multiples makes me think this is a pic from his "let's make bug out bags for everyone" party. Which is why everything is still in the original packaging, too.
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Nov 11, 2018 21:23
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OK I'm about 100% that's about one car-load more than the SAS would pack.
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Nov 11, 2018 21:23
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queserasera posted:Wouldn't you want to test the products in your Mad Max cosplay bag before putting them in? I bought that fire starter for one of my very first camping trips because it was the absolute cheapest and I can attest it sucks poo poo because it’s so small and the included striking rod is too awkward to use but I guess it’s a moot point since he can just use one of his seven knives to create sparks Also that compass looks like it’ll bottom down just from existing
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Nov 11, 2018 21:26
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GoodyTwoShoes posted:The box that says "Hiker Pro" is a water filter thingy. It's a setup for 2 people from what I can tell. There are two full sized backpacks in the second shot of the gear. Having one each is probably the least stupid idea in this whole kit.
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Nov 11, 2018 22:39
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Have you ever seen anyone include a set of spare batteries in any of these kits?
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Nov 11, 2018 22:42
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The dumbest thing about preppers is that they want to survive the zombie apocalypse or nuclear winter or whatever. Sign me up for a seat in the "it was an average ride, at best" car heading to the afterlife.
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Nov 11, 2018 22:49
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:The dumbest thing about preppers is that they want to survive the zombie apocalypse or nuclear winter or whatever. Sign me up for a seat in the "it was an average ride, at best" car heading to the afterlife. They want to shoot black people. It's not the surviving thing they care about at all.
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Nov 11, 2018 22:58
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Like i said. Sign me up for the "not surviving Skynet's bullshit." 
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queserasera posted:Wouldn't you want to test the products in your Mad Max cosplay bag before putting them in?
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Six-Of-Hearts posted:The dumbest thing about preppers is that they want to survive the zombie apocalypse or nuclear winter or whatever. Sign me up for a seat in the "it was an average ride, at best" car heading to the afterlife. I'm not going to make it, but I'll at least leave an interesting loot cache and skeleton.
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Nov 12, 2018 21:08
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The "I'm Going to Shoot Up a Yoga Studio" starter kit
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