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    • BlueMagaChud [any]
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      1 year ago

      as someone who works in the trades, I'm almost always carrying a pocket utility knife, though I probably use the screwdriver part more than the knife part

      • Mindfury [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        yeah, living rural or if I were into hiking, i could see the use.

        but being a suburbanite australian like 90% of people here, it just seems so alien to me to actually need to carry a knife

        • GriffithDidNothingWrong [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          Well, in the late eighties Australian men would frequently flourish knives as a part of a competitive mating ritual in front of the females. After which point the challenged male would exclaim, "That's not a knoife. THIS is a knoife!"and attempt to produce a larger blade. This trend continued until Prime Minister Bob Hawke was grievously wounded by a zweihander after which carrying knives without a permit was banned in Australia

          • Mindfury [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            This trend continued until Prime Minister Bob Hawke was grievously wounded by a zweihander after which carrying knives without a permit was banned in Australia

            as we all know, Hawkey was actually wasted and mistook it for another yard glass

          • Mindfury [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            tfw accidentally pommel striking my wife as i take my "pocket knife" out of its scabbard because a homeless man looked at me

          • Mindfury [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            What do you open boxes or letters with?

            a stanley knife I keep in my cutlery drawer

            What do you pry the caps off bottles with?

            a bottle opener keyring because I'm an alcoholic australian, otherwise a lighter or the side of a table/plank of wood

            • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]
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              1 year ago

              Ever since I quit smoking I been opening em with a closed pocketknife the same way.

              What about cutting stuff? What do you use to cut stuff?

          • raven [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            You find an edge of something you won't damage and use that to pop the lid of course.

            letters and boxes you carefully open with your hands without ripping them.

          • anaesidemus [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            What do you pry the caps off bottles with?

            anything, spoons, countertops, other bottles, a key (painful), not teeth, anything except the tool designed for it

        • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          I work IT; having a little knife around for boxes or as a screwdriver if you use a multitool type can be surprisingly useful. I don't really do desk visits/onsite anymore, but definitely helped then.