Spyke
lemmy.world

10mm socket, commonly known by mechanics to be the single most lost tool on the planet. Most cars use them a lot, but they're always nowhere to be found

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I've been wondering why I've been having issues with missing 10mm's lately.

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Clarification: it is actually The Ten MM Socket.

(In Middle Earth they do not exactly have machine shops, so they were only able to make one of them.)

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jlai.lu

It's the One Ring crafted in secret by Sauron, a corrupted Maiar. The One Ring to rule them all, the One Ring to find them; the One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.

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10mm socket

famously know by all mechanics to dissapear

mostly its just a common size, and since its used often, its odds of dissapeaing are high

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Feddinat0rreply
feddit.org

That a 10mm nut, that always get lost and youll never find again

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Feddinat0rreply
feddit.org

Thanks, in german it is "nuss" therefore nut :)

If i hear socket i think of lights like E14 and E27 socket

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It is a zip tie, frequently used to attach two things although in most cases it is pulled tightly and this is a rare case of it being used as a simple loop.

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lemmy.world

How would losing the ring save middle earth? Sauron would have won if the ring wasn't destroyed.

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fooreply

No, but what they're saying is ... Well, it's funny because... Just shut up! Coming around here with all your LOGIC! Ruining our jokes.

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lemmy.nz

Has anyone stopped to consider that we may have the causality backwards here?

We know that frodo becomes invisible when wearing the ring, perhaps the reason we can never find the 10mm is that this was already done?

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I also wonder if we're approaching this the right way. The Ring hast strange powers and works in subtle ways to get to its chosed ringbearer.

Maybe this is the trick to never lose your 10mm again. At least not for very long.

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lemmy.world

Am I missing something about the zip tie shown here? Those things are pretty easy to cut open, easily defeating this lock or w/e.

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slazer2aureply
lemmy.world

It's not about locking it.

Mechanics will always misplace a 10mm socket head so the joke is attach the ring to the socket and now the ring will never be found.

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Oh I guess I misread the other comments, I assumed they were talking about a wrench or something to use on the socket rather than the socket thing itself

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But Sauron doesn't need to have the ring to draw power from it. Even without knowing where the ring is, he'll conquer Middle Earth unless it's destroyed.

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I dont do tools, or work on cars or anything, but I literally just bought a $20 rachet set with like 50+ pieces, and the one time I use it on my car to remove the battery, I lose the 10mm... I didn't realize this was so common. I must have spent like an hour in the parking lot looking for it and felt a fool for losing it. This isn't so much humorous as it is vindication! I am not a fool! Or atleast, we all are.

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I think the image of the 10mm is supposed to go behind the ring. Otherwise the zip tie creates an impossible perspective, I think.

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