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What would you bring to an adult show and tell?

I don’t necessarily mean adult as in NSFW.

I’d probably bring in my RG280V. It was my first handheld emulator. I had emulated games on my phone in the past and even used a Bluetooth controller but playing on it felt different. More real in a way.

I grew up with the Game Boy so the idea of having thousands of games on the go is pretty neat to me.

https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/2d3c0a5b-ed03-4847-9f73-243975ae0275.jpeg

I’ve since moved on to the RG405M.

What about you? Do you have anything neat or special to you that you could talk about for a couple minutes?

Would love to see photos as well

Melobol ,

I would bring all the different handicrafts I tried… From crocheting animals (amigurumi), needle felting, diamond painting, miniature building kits, tatting (tho I haven’t have much experience with this), cross stitching, polymer clay, bracelet making, braiding (Kumihimo), beading, “light” jewelry making - depends how much time I have :D

BTW I am open for more craft ideas - I do try to find new ones I haven’t tried before. :)

thegiddystitcher ,
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I immediately thought of tatting just because it’s kind of interesting that you can do it two such different ways with such different tools, and also because using a shuttle looks like actual witchcraft.

Melobol ,

Do you have any projects? I would love to see some of your work

thegiddystitcher ,
@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee avatar

Alas, not really! I have a cheap shuttle and am still trying to get the hang of “the flip” but I’ll get it eventually. I did manage a sort of wonky snowflake but that’s about it so far. Trouble is, as you know, all the other hobbies getting in the way 😄

Currently working on cross stitching a dragon from the Discworld books, knitting some crazy speckly socks and a shawl that is way behind where it needs to be to be finished on time, and planning various sewing projects. RIP my free time.

Just left another comment with links to some of the more active craft communities on here, we’d love to see what you’re working on if you ever want to share!

Melobol ,

I’m trying needle tatting, but my experience is to end up with exactly what I started with, namely a thread waiting to be used :) While it’s easy in theory, I still have problems of grasping the building blocks.
My last big project was a “never again” cross-stitch from aliexpress. Totally understandable where you are :) And thank you for the links, I missed one of those from my subscriptions!

ArcaneSlime ,

I just looked up amigurumi after reading it here, how hard is it to get started with 0 experience?

Melobol ,

It isn’t that hard. You need a crochet hook, some yarn and stuffing. And maybe one needle with a big eye - but that’s not that important. I watched some youtube tutorials and learnt that way. The big trick with it is to use the “magic circle” to start the project. Here is a random video for beginners: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ushHnIxLdYw&ab_channel=ol…Hope you can try it :)

*forgot that you need a marker too to see where the “row” starts. (I usually just use a piece of those twisty ties that comes with packaging, but you can use a simple paperclip or even a big safety-pin.)

ArcaneSlime ,

Thanks! I’ll give it a shot!

OftenWrong ,

The magic circle can be a struggle. If you do check it out and this ends up as a point of frustration keep looking for more tutorials. I went through a few before someone did it in a way that made sense to me lol

thegiddystitcher ,
@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee avatar

I’ve taught a few people to crochet and all it really takes is patience, and and accepting that you’re going to feel like you’ve somehow got both too many and also not enough hands for the first little while. There’s no shortage of tutorials online so it’s just a question of finding a beginner one that clicks with you and going from there.

And if you get stuck, need to ask newbie questions, or just want to show off the first few wonky rows of stitches you make to people who will understand what an achievement it is, !crochet is the community for you!

DharmaCurious ,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

You and I would get along I feel.

Melobol ,

If you are into this stuff I’m sure we could be virtual craft besties :)
I kinda miss this thing from 100+ years ago when women (mostly only women) gathered together and did handicrafts while sung songs or told tales and gossiped about everything :)

thegiddystitcher ,
@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee avatar

We do a lot of hanging out and gossiping on fedi tbf. Mastodon is really big on crafts, and on Lemmy we have places like !knitting, !crochet, !lemmy_stitch, !sewing etc for specific crafts.

For the crafts a bit too niche to have their own active community, !imadethis loves to see completed projects!

Gonna tag @DharmaCurious and @OftenWrong too because I feel like a lot of folks don’t realise how much craft stuff we have on here!

DharmaCurious ,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

I’m down to be Internet crafting buddies! :D

Also, if you’re at all lefty and within a reasonably drive of a major city you can probably find a group of anarchists or communists who still do quilting bees and crafting bees. A lot of what I know I learned from people who absolutely do not look like they’d be sewing and knitting. Haha. Spike mohawks and full punk vibes, plus knitting needles and gossip. It’s awesome.

Melobol ,

:) Right now I’m back to digital crafting = programming. So nothing to write home about. I did try to find some like-minded people over here, but it’s not easy here. I’m living in Las Vegas. And that means we are immigrants from dozens of different countries and basically 10% of born Americans were raised here. No history and virtually no community in this facade of a city. Probably I would have more luck in a small one gas station town :D
What are you crafting these days?

DharmaCurious ,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

Hey, sorry I haven’t replied. I switched to a different account (@dharmacurious) and haven’t checked this one.

I’ve been doing a lot of sewing. Mainly dog toys and pillows for making life a little more comfy :)

dharmacurious ,

The new Dharma has arrived.

OftenWrong ,

I could bring all of my new hobbies that lasted about a month too! We could trade lol.

Melobol ,

Nothing wrong with a month long hobby. Life is too short to not try new things. ;)
I had a bad mindset “cheap one minute joy” was negative in my mind. Now I know there is no such thing. :) Joy is joy - and by it’s nature fleeting. And if you don’t mind sharing, what were your hobbies that you really liked even if they haven’t lasted?

shit_of_ass ,
@shit_of_ass@sh.itjust.works avatar

my stuffed dog

Professorozone ,

I’m an antenna engineer. I’d bring an antenna because after hearing a lot of adult show-and-tells I figure people could probably use some sleep.

evranch ,

99% of audience dozing off, 1% fascinated by the mystical art of antennas and radio waves. I know the science behind it, but I still don’t know how you guys came up with some of those designs.

Professorozone ,

To be honest, we learn about the basic antenna designs, and there are many, and then usually new designs come from altering some idea to fit a new need, until there is nothing of the original idea left. LOL. Usually, we’re asked to size reduce but it’s just not physically possible to do what is often asked of us. There is a running joke in the industry that customers always want an infinitely small antenna with infinite gain. Usually we start with something like a monopole design and change the physical parameters until we can no longer meet the spec. Hopefully the antennas fitsb in the required space. At least that how did it. Necessity is the parent of invention, after all.

CanadaPlus ,

Do you still use nec2, or do you have some sort of proprietary thing?

Professorozone ,

Never used that myself. There are many programs we use depending on what property you are looking to calculate. I’d say the main tool is HFSS. I personally used CST mostly because when I was learning all of the licenses were usually in use and CST was always available since it was not as well known. But seriously, I’d estimate there are literally dozens of programs plus programs that each of us writes, usually in Matlab.

CanadaPlus ,

Matlab

That might be the barrier. I seem to remember NEC2 was the only game in town for amateur use, which is why I have it installed. It’s the only thing I’ve used that still expects punch cards.

knittedmushroom ,

I’d bring my Split ergonomic keyboards I’ve built/am working on.

I’d love to get others into the hobby or crowd source help in coding QMK from those who are already in it. Online forums are a great resource but for some there’s no replacing an in-person teacher.

I’ll hopefully come back and edit this post when I get home to share a picture.

spittingimage ,
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I’d like to bring a tall ship sailor. Preferably from the 18th or 19th century. I bet they’d have some interesting work stories to tell.

CanadaPlus , (edited )

I own a sextant. I have other cool stuff, but that’s the one that probably has the most universal appeal.

This has been a very cool thread.

riskable ,
@riskable@programming.dev avatar

My custom designed, fully 3D printed analog keyboards (which use 3D printed switches and stabilizers)!

imgur.com/CmaEsP6

That’s my AHEK-95 (typing on it every day) which was reviewed by a semi-famous keyboard YouTuber 😁

youtu.be/iv6Rh8UNWlI?si=vsgg9F5dr1fBagyU

I’d also show off my Low Poly Rose Twist Vase design:

imgur.com/bdxnr27

shalafi ,

Neat! I’ll be there!

KeenFlame ,

Those switches seem so cool

riskable ,
@riskable@programming.dev avatar

Print your own!

github.com/riskable/void_switch

Devi ,

You know, I think an adult show and tell wouldn't be too different to a kids one, we don't change that much in what we find cool from 7 to 70.

I'd bring some pets, I have geckos that are an all female species and reproduce only through parthenogenesis, most people find them cool.

Cysioland ,
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If we could go outdoors I could probably bring my bootleg pelican case full of ham radio equipment, deploy an HF station and try making some contacts while explaining how each of the parts works

timothyredburn ,

I’d bring my best girl Laika, because she’s awesome and I don’t have any interesting junk.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/332c200e-5744-47f7-ae83-c9bc26e03b56.jpeg

Cysioland ,
@Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml avatar

I would gladly attend that show and tell

wuphysics87 ,

My gitlab repos. There are over 100. Most of which are useless, but those are the fun ones. One of my favorites is called grubbed grub. It’s a bash script that adds a picture of a hollow knight grub to your bootloader.

LowtierComputer ,

How long did it take you to make that?

I like the idea.

wuphysics87 ,

Not long at all. It’s less than 10 lines. It copies the image to somewhere on /boot. I don’t remember where I’m on my phone. And then it’s a grub version of bootctl to refresh the bootloader.

whotookkarl ,
@whotookkarl@lemmy.world avatar

Probably either a Ken Payne bronze called The Trail of Change or my Ibanez s521 guitar with the ocean fade paint job.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a3f0ee9d-d5f0-49d9-ac68-5fe21b50c75a.jpeg

Inherited it from a family member who loved southwestern and native American culture and history they shared with me so it’s some sentiment along with an interesting statue.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/dde6437d-72b2-4a6f-912b-e2903aa1f9e5.jpeg

Most of what I own is minimal and function over form but I just think it looks awesome and is fun

Dinsmore ,

I’ve got one of those guitars too! Super light, really fun to play, looks awesome.

Professorozone ,

That’s one of the coolest guitars I’ve ever seen!

nickwitha_k ,

Probably, my grandfather’s blades as they tell pretty incredible stories. In order of when he was received them:

  • USMC Kabar knife. He was issued the knife when he joined in WW2. He was lucky to avoid combat. Really, really lucky. He was on a troop transport en route to Kyushu when the surrender was signed on the USS Missouri and Operation Downfall was cancelled.

He went on to join the rubber industry, working for a major manufacturer in Indonesia. He kept his Kabar with him and used it a lot but never in violence. The combat knife became a tool of agriculture. The original leather rotted away in the tropical heat and humidity, was replaced with an improvised aluminum one. He was an avid gardener in his retirement and continued to use it somewhat like a hori-hori. The aluminum handle is falling off at this point, so, I’m going to eventually replace it with one made from olive wood to complete the “swords to plowshares” symbolism physically.

  • Indonesian Parang. This blade is similar to a machete in design, about 20-24in (~51-61cm). My grandfather was given this blade at the rubber plantation by a deeply despondent man. The man had been pressured into taking part in an honor killing but didn’t have a violent bone in his body. Not knowing what to do and not wanting to murder another human being, he came to my grandfather who was well-respected in the community (he was ceremonially adopted by the local tribe). They came up with a solution. If he didn’t have his parang, he couldn’t perform the killing. So, he left it in my grandfather’s hands, making him promise to never return it.

While that man is probably long gone, I keep that promise myself and strive to ensure that the blade is never used for violence. Perhaps I’ll see if I can figure out a good mount for it to permanently prevent its removal from the scabbard. Its continued existence, to me, provides tangible evidence that there’s always another way.

Welt ,

I appreciated this comment, that’s a great show and tell story.

birdbrain5381 ,

I play Warhammer and D&D…and have extensive mini collections. I’m envisioning a diorama.

Or a few of my favorite knives and a good whetstone, to show how easy it is to do and teach a good skill!

bradorsomething ,

I have a jar of tar sand from the BP oil spill

aurelian ,
@aurelian@lemmy.ml avatar

What’s the story behind how you got that?

bradorsomething ,

I went out there as medical support when the event horizon caught fire. Spent some time in the skimming fleet, and found a better role supporting beach cleanup. My brother asked for a jar, so one night I gathered several from one of the tar sand piles.

It was quite an experience, BP was throwing money at the problem and the Cajuns were sucking that teat as hard as they could. The shrimp boats stopped running, not because of the spill, but because the recovery paid double and was easy money.

LowtierComputer ,

Let’s not give BP any credit there. I’m pretty sure they didn’t pay any taxes while they were doing that cleanup.

aurelian ,
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Wild story thanks for sharing!

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