Only after learning to do it reliably on the padlocks I had did I ask myself what I am actually going to do with this skill. I'm not going to rob my neighbors' storage compartments or break into any school lockers. So why do I feel so accomplished? And I do. I do not see myself ever using this and there is no way it ever comes up in casual conversation, but I still feel like this was a great use of my time. On reflection it may have something to do with my current easy access to empty beer cans.
Sometimes just the thought process that gets us to a conclusion is enough to apply to different situations. After watching a number of lockpicking videos on youtube that were mostly just "wasted" time I was faced with a problem at work where the company was too slow at fixing the med boxes so I'd end up providing patient meds too late because we'd have to ask for a maintenance person to come and fix it while I then request the pharmacy to send a whole set of new meds I can actually touch. A little looking around the box found a super big security flaw where the latch was unprotected and only kept in place by a spring so all I had to do is use a screwdriver, something we had a few of on the unit, and just push on the latch laterally as I pulled down and lo and behold the box was then opened in less time than it took for it to open correctly. I also didn't have to risk getting yelled at by my manager for propping it open, just had to make sure they didn't see me pick the lock.
Also there's no real thing as wasted time as long as you feel accomplished, this idea of laziness came about because bosses wanted another excuse to drive into people that didn't work to their fullest capacity to exploit their surplus value. We don't need to be productive at all times, the sigma grindset types say that if you're not learning a skill then you're wasting time, but sometimes just doing something for the sake of doing it is its own reward even if there is no big payoff.
Because,
I feel so accomplished
Sounds worth the time to me. Plus it's not an extremely uncommon hobby, so I wouldn't rule out the chance of meeting people who also like it
No doubt worth the time. I already know I feel good about it. The why of it doesn't really matter, but is kind of fun to think about.
Maybe the bourgeoisie will lock all the surplus value behind a standard padlock? Don't worry, I can deal with that!
Won't really make me better at picking in general, since you just exploit a "hack" in the latch mechanism and do not really interact with the lock itself, but on the other hand I already know I enjoyed it so speculating about why is also just for fun!
Oh, this comment made me realise I know this one already. Idk, may come in handy one day, but you could also use repeated blows of a hammer
I dunno you might drive into a park one day to take a nice naturewalk right before the gates to said park are locked up for the rest of the night and the following morning and end up trapped inside a park with bears wandering around your car.
It happened to me a few years back and the only thing between me and freedom was a fucking masterlock padlock. Thankfully there was some construction vehicles nearby with some empty aluminum cans on them. Sadly I never actually practiced unlocking padlocks without destroying the mechanism so I spent my night struggling to unlock it and running into my car when the black bears came out to play with me.
Comrade, if you listened to my story of having a few beers and learning to open padlocks with the cans and went "Sounds like the time I was trapped in a sea of wild bears trying to eat me" I must tell you that they are not the same. Your story is more interesting.
I'd rather have your story than mine lmao, I had to abandon my car after that and run through the woods blasting heavy metal as loud as I can to scare the bears off and then ran face first into a bored bull moose that didn't like heavy metal. Or me for that matter!
Eh black bears aren't that much of a threat to a full grown person, that is unless it was a mother with cubs then yeah back away slowly and make yourself look as big as possible.
Of course the one time I encountered a black bear I was like 15 and she had 3 cubs. Luckily though I was at a good enough distance that I just got to watch them romp around off the side of the trail for a bit before they went on their way.
Oh yeah they were mother bears with cubs crawling on my car, of course ima duck back in where it's safe lmao
Yeah nope fuck that lol, possibly hungry with their young is the one time when they go from "giant raccoon" to "will possibly kill you and eat you"
idk but show your work I wanna see how its done
*don't do this I don't want you to get arrested
