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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

deadbeef79000 ,

My kids. “LOOK, I made these myself!”

the_third ,

“Don’t worry, we all have to start somewhere.”

RizzRustbolt ,

Professional level landscaping accessories.

Folks always seem fascinated by my keyring.

CorrodedCranium OP ,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

Like what?

Whatawiffer ,

my Akai MPC 2 I’ve played a bunch of instruments my whole life but this thing was the missing piece that allowed me to record full songs. Wish I knew about it a decade ago so I like introducing it to people.

makeshiftreaper ,

I’d probably bring this. It’s the actual award that the Movie V for Vendetta won for being certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes

Pulptastic ,

How did you get your hands on that? Are you James McTeigue or one of the Wachowskis?

makeshiftreaper ,

At one point when Republicans did their latest shitty thing to trans people the Wachowskis decided to auction off a bunch of props/awards/memorabilia to fundraise for a charity and I won one of the lots with this in it. Amongst other awards

Pulptastic ,

That is simultaneously shitty and awesome! Glad you got some memories and supported a good cause.

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 ,
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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 ,
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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 ,
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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?

MadBob ,

My knives, because it’s sort of weird even for me that I carry these knives around for work, and a weird thing becoming humdrum is the sort of thing I’d like to hear about at the show & tell.

SuperSynthia ,

I would bring my modular synthesizers. I brought my eurorack set up to a synth meet up and it was the most popular station next to the theremin

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

DharmaCurious ,
@DharmaCurious@startrek.website avatar

An amethyst crystal I found in my (gravel) driveway a full 4 years after moving in. It’s a good 8 inches/20cm long, and shaped like a tear drop. It’s amazing and I love it.

Trail ,

Nice, I love amethyst, I can’t imagine how great it would feel to have found one myself. Anywhere.

JimmyBigSausage ,

My autograph collection.

SnotFlickerman ,
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…and then have some paper set aside to get everyone’s autograph from the show-and-tell.

Brkdncr ,

I’d roll up in my classic car that I’m restoring.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

What you got?

Brkdncr ,

61 Lincoln sedan.

ianovic69 ,
@ianovic69@feddit.uk avatar

So, which one is you? :)

https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/508a49c3-90cc-4cc9-8cfb-ce41f433990a.webp

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shalafi ,

Fired and unfired pistol, rifle and shotgun ammo. I think I could give an interesting talk on the differences and the history of various cartridges, no fine details, only a broad overview. To keep it fun, I’d sprinkle in lots of things most people probably don’t know.

For example, did you know an AR-15 round is actually kinda wimpy, especially compared to a typical hunting round? In some states, ARs are illegal to hunt with because the bullet is deemed too small to make a clean kill. It’s basically a hauling ass .22.

And .22s are a neat topic by themselves. There’s crazy variety out there, even tracers!

ianovic69 ,
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I can’t tell you how happy I am that some of the replies here are about electronic music machines.

I’ve found it very difficult to find anything like r/synthesizers and it’s fellow circlejerk in Lemmy. If I’ve missed the obvious, please let me know.

For my show and tell I would bring my little analogue synthesiser and my special echo foot pedal. They are very simple but have unusual attributes that are easily demonstrated.

Rai ,

My Bad Dragon collection!

Wait, how adult are we talking?

Buffalobuffalo ,

It’s really important you demonstrate the ‘show’ part to everyone, but I’d be impressed more on the tell. I.e., is using a toy like this more strength focused (dragon bonk feel good) or dexterity focused (filthy dexterity user)?

DozensOfDonner ,

cat

DrugsMcChrist ,

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SnotFlickerman ,
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