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Rope tool?
(startrek.website)
It looks a bit similar to this?
I'm thinking it's this sort of thing but not specifically. It looks like you insert it into a hole to undo a clip, such as to access the detector you link or to pop open a box to replace the toilet paper in a restaurant toilet or anything where you want something to keep out the kids but don't need full lock security.
Specifically I haven't seen and haven't searched up anything quite like this, but it does have that vibe to it.
OP, is that metal or some sort of plastic? I can't tell for sure from the picture
Its plastic. It feels hard but shaves off easily with a knife, and the shavings melt.
I hope this isn't your approach to every object you can't identify...
"When cut, it did emit some red fluid, and the object moved and made a lot of noise - perhaps some sort of hydraulic mechanism? The shavings don't melt, so it's probably not plastic."
A very sturdy IUD.
I think it's for fixing a tire.
Are you thinking tire lever for a bicycle?
Looks too thick fore that, but does look like a levering tool of some sort.
More like a tool for inserting a tire plug in an automobile tire, maybe, but it's not quite the right shape for that either. (Or at least, if it is that, it's a really cheap one because usually they're made of metal.)
Yea, its not that, too thick/square, handle too small, etc. You'd never get a plug in with it (I've done thousands of them - tires are really tough). But I get how it looks like a plug tool.
Looks like some kind of levering tool.
As an aside, check out the screw-type tire plugs available today (basically a plastic #8 screw with glue on it). Way easier than the traditional plugs and work just as well.
tire plug? what are they doing with those pretzels. patch? stem? i am so confused. i need more pretzels
i am growing to hate ai. it's not bringing me enough pretzels
Claude says it's a
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Claude is a
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Worthless waste of energy
I was going to see what it came up with regardless of what you think. If I post what it says that saves other people from wasting even more energy asking it the same thing.
People generally ask questions here because they want to get information from other people. If OP gave a shit what a slop engine thought, they could've gone directly to the source.
Why do you think I put it in spoiler tags? If you don't want to know, don't read it. Maybe someone wants to know and doesn't care how I figured it out? It's not a creative writing community. I'm not passing it off as art. There was a Supreme Court case that said you can't copyright the phone book because it's not a creative work. I would put this in the same category.
Claude says "why, why was i programmed to feel pain"
Sloperators will be blocked.
Oh is that a rule? Are you a mod?
Tell it was right and thank it profusely
Claude says to go call your mother. She's a classy lady and misses you.
edit: i had to clean that up a lot claude has a filthy mouth
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2026
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