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[–] dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@ObviouslyNotBanana Aglets, BTW, are precisely the right size to go into a seat belt buckle, jam, and not come out again. That cost me a couple of hundred dollars and it turns out I'm not the only one...

Perfectly mildly interesting fact

[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 97 points 5 days ago (7 children)
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

Friendship: POSSIBLE

[–] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I know this because of phineas and ferb

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Shoelace foreskins.

[–] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 86 points 5 days ago (4 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 26 points 4 days ago

Nobody expects the Kommentblitzkrieg

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Korrekt ist Nadel. Wenn sie aus Metall ist, kann man auch Pinke dazu sagen.

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 28 points 4 days ago

Those are shoe laces. They help keep your shoes on your feet.

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Telomeres, right? Then why is nobody saying telomeres?

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Telomeres are a structure on DNA. These things, aglets, are a common metaphor used to describe the function of telomeres as aglets basically do for shoelaces what telomeres do for DNA

[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Reverse the metaphor.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are you kidding me? Has usb D dropped already??

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aglets & I got to know this from Phineas & Ferb

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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 4 days ago

Yet another example of the US being under the thumb of big agletculture.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 18 points 4 days ago

Do I get a pass if English is not my first language?

No, before now I did not know the name for it in my first language either.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Those are the ends of what are called shoelaces, friend.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Damn, I was joking and now I'm at -1. Should've added the /s I guess.

More seriously, aren't those called aglets? Always forget the name when I want to remember it.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Lace nipples

[–] sunnie@sopuli.xyz 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

food. given how much i chew on them

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[–] Edward@lemmy.4d2.org 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 31 points 4 days ago (4 children)

They're called aglets. If you didn't already know that, I'm going to assume you have a life and aren't a gigantic nerd, and hope you still invite me to parties despite occasionally spouting useless information.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's a slur and I'm offended^~~happy~~ that you would call us that 😏

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[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)
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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] raoulduke85@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (9 children)

The Simpsons told me what an aglet is years ago.

The question is, do you know what this is?

[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

An awl? Am I missing something?

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[–] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"The plastic tips at the end of shoe laces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister."

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[–] bodaciousFern@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't know the name but I can tell you how sad they make me when they break and tear off and you have to use a lighter on the now extremely frayed end(s) of your shoelace for just a few seconds, and then pinch off the flame just lightly burning your fingies while molding the shoelace end into a cohesive black carcinogen.

Source: I am cheap

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Aglets. Now you know.

[–] Acidbath@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

It don fuckin matter what its called, it better have teeth marks on it brother.

[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Looks like Sandstorm by Darude

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[–] JiminaMann@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

Aka if you don't watch phineas and ferb, you're not my friend

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah, but once you know of the aglets, do you know what you put the aglets through? Maybe you should be friends with people who don't know aglets but do know the word for the holes

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ooiiieee not my eyelet holes.

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They're clearly words. Letters if you want to be more specific.

That's a pretty cool unrelated picture of aglets, though. Totally random lol

[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I've spent hours looking for them so I could finally craft the Lightning boots.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 13 points 4 days ago

Aglet gang, rise up

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago

I don't remember, but I know for a fact that cats are their natural predators

That's easy: they are the Tube nipples of the tube titties

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