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[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 41 points 11 months ago

Do you remember those playground contraptions that let you shovel up sand?

That shit went crazy.

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago
[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

I believe you get two levers. One of them lowers the scoop and the other does the grabbing motion. You can then rotate around to put the sand somewhere else.

[-] danisth@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

My son is 2 so it means I get to play with these and no one looks at me weird. It’s great.

[-] btfod@hexbear.net 34 points 11 months ago
[-] bubbalu@hexbear.net 36 points 11 months ago
[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 33 points 11 months ago

nothing screams more "im operating a contraption" than piloting a helicopter

fite me ill die on this hill

[-] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago

piloting a helicopter

die on this hill

Expected result tbh.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago

live by the contraption die by the contraption

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

Piloting helicopters is not a very usual thing to do for the average person, but yes

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

the post says modern man not average man checkmate liberals

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I'll fite you in in Streetfiter 6. Although if you're already ill then it might not be a fair fite.

Surely cars are also contraptions

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Only if it looks like the Hanna-Barbera show about racing cars, you know the one

I can accept that compromise

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Wacky Races

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Only manual count i guess.

Edit: also i guess that person didn't do much manual labour work.

[-] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

holy crap we can have Unicode in usernames how am I only seeing this now

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 5 points 11 months ago

Only display name can have unicode though.

[-] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 11 months ago

That’s a display name?

[-] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

If you got a Model T or something old. Modern cars are filled with gizmos and gadgets. Even engines are regulated by like 3 computers. It's the gadgetization of life.

[-] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

go karts are the outer limit of what can be a contraption imo

[-] SwitchyWitchyandBitchy@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

The key phrase is gives the experience of riding a contraption.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago

Doing Jules Verne shit to own the car brains.

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

not a primmie, not a techie, but a steampunk

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sailing boats?

Is a row boat a contraption?

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

a sailing boat can be with the pulleys a row boat isn't complicated enough to be a contraption

[-] gramathy@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

I feel like a contraption needs a continuously moving bit to qualify, and the distinction from a gizmo is whether it’s hand-held or not

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

I think a wind surfer could put in an application to be a contraption. I feel a sailing boat is straight up a vehicle as you could live in one.

[-] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

ok fair enough it's a vehicle that has contraptions on it though

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

A bicycle is a vehicle as well though, or am I misunderstanding something?

[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

A bicycle tows the line. I'm no expert in contraptions because my schooling and early career helped me work in the adrenochrome factory instead of for Lockheed Martin

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago
[-] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Definitely a collection of doohickeys, doodads and gizmos

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

a large thingamabob at best

[-] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Not even making a joke here, a small boat would be called a Dinghy

[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

and a slightly larger boat, a:

spoilerpinnace

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago

Manual transmission cars too. But when you're stuck in traffic it sucks.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 9 points 11 months ago
[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Left foot strong 💪

[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Especially if its an uphill start too yea

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Gotta use that handbrake lol.

[-] Arbiter@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

People missing the point on this are so funny, like "surely my heated toilet with bidet is a contraption too"

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