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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

problematicPanther ,
@problematicPanther@lemmy.world avatar

I’d bring some beer that I make in my garage.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Some very good beer you purchased with a fake id?

s3rvant ,
@s3rvant@lemmy.ml avatar

My board game prototypes! Can always use more playtesters :)

Gabu ,

Depends, is it a casual thing or more serious? If it’s casual I’d probably just bring a Trading Card Game deck (MTG, YuGiOh, Pokémon). If it’s more serious, I’d bring in some of my junk like a broken microwave magnetron, to simultaneously bring attention to the problem of short product cycles, explain a bit about how what most people see as a magic appliance functions, and show that even complex things can be broken down into simple parts.

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

My papercrafts.

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 ,
@aurelian@lemmy.ml avatar

Wild story thanks for sharing!

pixelscript ,

I have a fair amount of crap, but not a lot of it is of much interest to most people.

Unless someone out there wants me to show up with a laundry basket full of Fumos and subject them to an unsolicited three hour lecture on Touhou lore…

Gabu ,

Yes, please! BTW, Marisa is best girl.

LowtierComputer ,

What is a Fumo?

Sunrosa ,

A Touhou Project plush

pixelscript ,

Collectible marketable plushies of anime girls from a very specific franchise. Have a bit of a meme cult following. Both the franchise itself as a whole and this product line in specific.

Google will show you what they look like, and /r/fumofumo on Reddit has a collection of memes and shitposts to see, but if you don’t get the appeal that wouldn’t be surprising.

FiniteBanjo ,

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/452ce194-e34e-465c-9957-0111deee298d.png

I used to paint back in college but I haven’t touched the brush ever since. I just don’t have the drive for it I guess.

wanderingmagus ,

Those are amazing!

clark ,
@clark@midwest.social avatar

I quite like that very much.

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.

inb4_FoundTheVegan ,
@inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

So I’m trans. And what I would bring is the Christmas ortament I got from a friend after coming out that says “Name’s first Christmas”.

Nath ,
@Nath@aussie.zone avatar

That’s both hilarious and thoughtful. I love it and am totally stealing this idea.

inb4_FoundTheVegan , (edited )
@inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

You absolutely should! It’s funny because she was kinda nervous about the idea because she was worried that it might be insulting since I’m not like, a baby. But I laughed so hard when I opened the box, and it’s slayed everyone I’ve shown it too. 10/10, best gift ever.

Specially because that was otherwise a pretty bleak Christmas, had no blood family or girlfriend anymore. But my best friend from high school became my new family, so it all worked out I think!

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

That’s super sweet and special, love it as a show-and-tell.

Silentiea ,

My friends came and threw me an “It’s a girl!” party. Friends are great.

inb4_FoundTheVegan ,
@inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world avatar

Hahaha aww, that’s cute and awesome!

The only acceptable use of a “gender reveal party!” 😉

SharkEatingBreakfast ,
@SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz avatar

I would bring a bunch of fossil rocks & Petoskey stones!

Or my enormous collection of rare (not gonna say the brand) plushies! I’m one of the handful of people who have a special “good community citizen” plush from them!

Or my dumb lizard who was born without scales. I like to educate folks on why they should never get one.

CorrodedCranium OP ,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

Never get a lizard or a lizard without scales?

SharkEatingBreakfast ,
@SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz avatar

A lizard without scales! At least this particular lizard. It makes their natural instincts vs. their physical sensitivities a nightmare to balance.

platypode ,
@platypode@sh.itjust.works avatar

This little bronze orc:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/05676f7d-b0b5-4356-b613-fb63bec7c6f2.jpeg

It was a gift from my father, who in turn received it from its sculptor, Sterling Lanier. Lanier was a family friend and an editor at Chilton Books, where he insisted that a book he had read in Analog Magazine be published despite it having been turned down by a score of other publishing companies. The book was initially such a commercial failure that Lanier was ousted from Chilton–a grievous injustice, as the book in question is Frank Herbert’s Dune.

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

I was about to answer that I don’t really have anything to bring, but the many pointy bits of metal I’ve stuck in keyways and the many hours I’ve spent watching defcon talks actually has me ready to give a whole presentation on security

I’m bringing my lockpicks and showing how easy it is for someone to rake a standard kwikset lock. Be aware of your security’s limitations. Even if you have the best lock on the world, you do not have plexiglass windows. If you don’t have a security system beyond a simple lock, and there are a lot of break-ins in your area, it’s time to invest in an electronic security system, and then put a sign out front advertising a different system.

Kusimulkku ,

Beer. Not to show, just to enjoy it.

Scrath ,

I have a couple ideas though I’m not sure how good they would actually be. I guess anything you use for a hobby or are interested in could be used.

A 3D printer was already mentioned but would probably be the most fascinating (and bulky) thing I could bring. In that case I would probably talk about the workflow that goes into making a part, what to look out for when printing and how a print is actually made.

For simpler stuff I have 2 ideas. Firstly, I am kind of fascinated by pocket watches and have one that belonged to my great grandfather or something and is probably ~100 years old at this point. My grandmother gave it to me on my 18th birthday. The scale of the parts inside such a watch and how they work really interests me but I don’t dare take any of the watches I have apart since the parts are so small (though still larger than modern mechanical wrist watches). Did you know there are so called “railroad grade” pocket watches? They were used by train conductors and had to have a certain minimum accuracy since time differences in planning could otherwise lead to train collissions.

The second small thing I could talk a bit about are fountain pens. For that I also have an older pen (A Pelikan 140 which was manufactured some time in the 50s or 60s) which is a piston filler pen, meaning it requires using ink bottles to refill. This allows usage of some really nice looking inks. Interestingly, the color of the ink on the paper can vary greatly depending on various parts of the pen (Nib thickness or the feed of the pen impacting the wetness) and the paper which may be more or less absorbant. I have a nice green ink which will have a red shimmer on wetter line parts if I use the correct paper. On other paper types it is just green.

Truffle ,

I can think of three options:

My crossbow. I am not a hunter but I thought it would be super cool to learn how to use one. SO got it as an anniversary gift for me.

My horse hair embroidery sculpture things… I am not sure what to call them yet, but I like unusual art and these fit the bill.

My succulent collection . I have many different kinds and love propagating them.

Ps. I don’t know how to upload pics to lemmy. Everytime I try an error pops up.

residentmarchant ,

Any propagation tips? I’ve tried a few times and they just go so slowly!

I mainly just pluck a petal off a healthy one and put it on top of moist dirt

Truffle ,

I am gladly going to share my most guarded secret regarding succulents, obligatory “I-am-not-in-the-usa” disclaimer. I live in a place near the tropics but with very cold winters.no snow though.

Neglect is your friend. I forget to water mine all the time, if I find gnats or whatever on one just spray it lightly with rubbing alcohol or pinesol, etc.

Specifically for propagating: Cut your petals/leaves clean off of the mother plant. I use my hands but you can use a pair of very clean scissors, then put them in an empty terracota pod no moisture and leave them be until they can “heal” the “wound”, sort of like scarring (spelling?) Then when you start seeing tiny little roots THEN place them on moist soil and proceed to ignore so they start doing their thing. My soil mix is 70 or 80% mineral material and the rest regular dirt. Hope this helps

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