^ This ^ is where I learned the word "aglet" and (looked up) what they were. First time I found them in Terraria, I thought surely it was a typo for "anklet" or something, since that was back in the beta days.
Telomeres are a structure on DNA. These things, aglets, are a common metaphor used to describe the function of telomeres as aglets basically do for shoelaces what telomeres do for DNA
I don't know the name but I can tell you how sad they make me when they break and tear off and you have to use a lighter on the now extremely frayed end(s) of your shoelace for just a few seconds, and then pinch off the flame just lightly burning your fingies while molding the shoelace end into a cohesive black carcinogen.
Ah, but once you know of the aglets, do you know what you put the aglets through? Maybe you should be friends with people who don't know aglets but do know the word for the holes
They're called aglets. If you didn't already know that, I'm going to assume you have a life and aren't a gigantic nerd, and hope you still invite me to parties despite occasionally spouting useless information.
I forgot what they were called as well, I just remember someone saying that guy became a millionaire when I was a kid, and at the time I thought there was still hope for me.
@ObviouslyNotBanana Aglets, BTW, are precisely the right size to go into a seat belt buckle, jam, and not come out again. That cost me a couple of hundred dollars and it turns out I'm not the only one...
A-G-L-E-T
Friendship: POSSIBLE
I know this because of phineas and ferb
Justice League Unlimited, animated series from the mid aughts, for me. The Question played by Jeffrey Combs was amazing!
Exactly what I was thinking of. I'd still like to know what the real, sinister purpose of aglets are.
They break down faster than your shoe string and spread microplastics. Just my guess.
I am reminded of this term about once a year and then promptly forget because it never comes up except in internet memes.
It's actually an eyelet
Nah, eyelet is the hole that your lace (and aglet) goes through.
I prefer my truth
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own."
Schnürsenkelendungskappe
isn't 3 am yet
Nobody expects the Kommentblitzkrieg
My German friend loved that when I showed them.
Korrekt ist Nadel. Wenn sie aus Metall ist, kann man auch Pinke dazu sagen.
Ich dachte es wäre immer Pinke.
friendship: TYSKA
Was?
Why do I have you tagged as "loves stealing" lmao
I think we agreed on that. I have tagged myself that too. Not sure why anymore but tags are awesome
Senkelblech
Shoelace foreskins.
Those are the ends of what are called shoelaces, friend.
Friendship: DENIED
Damn, I was joking and now I'm at -1. Should've added the /s I guess.
More seriously, aren't those called aglets? Always forget the name when I want to remember it.
aglets in english
English in English
Is that a problem you run into regularly?
Are you kidding me? Has usb D dropped already??
2000 ways to orient it, neat.
food. given how much i chew on them
Are you a cat? Who chews on their shoelaces?
Those are shoe laces. They help keep your shoes on your feet.
The Simpsons told me what an aglet is years ago.
The question is, do you know what this is?
An awl? Am I missing something?
Home Improvement is where I learned that, hence the picture of Wilson, who's the one who brought it up.
That's a Wilson.
Alrighty neighbour
(Awl, neighbour (Wilson) to the right)
Icepick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE
🎵I want it awl, I want it awl, I want it awl, and I want it now🎵
(The song that gets stuck in my head whenever I use an awl)
And now it will be in mine as well. So thanks for that.
Augur
Awl that jazz.
For specialized pokey tools, my favorite is the regulator. The only thing handier than a regulator is two regulators.
Yet another example of the US being under the thumb of big agletculture.
Aglets & I got to know this from Phineas & Ferb
Jimmy Neutron taught me
"The plastic tips at the end of shoe laces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister."
Their purpose is to be a component for Hermes Boots
^ This ^ is where I learned the word "aglet" and (looked up) what they were. First time I found them in Terraria, I thought surely it was a typo for "anklet" or something, since that was back in the beta days.
Looks like Sandstorm by Darude
Okay I'll bite,
The rude who?
Aka if you don't watch phineas and ferb, you're not my friend
They're clearly words. Letters if you want to be more specific.
That's a pretty cool unrelated picture of aglets, though. Totally random lol
Telomeres, right? Then why is nobody saying telomeres?
Telomeres are a structure on DNA. These things, aglets, are a common metaphor used to describe the function of telomeres as aglets basically do for shoelaces what telomeres do for DNA
Reverse the metaphor.
Do I get a pass if English is not my first language?
No, before now I did not know the name for it in my first language either.
Lace nipples
I don't know the name but I can tell you how sad they make me when they break and tear off and you have to use a lighter on the now extremely frayed end(s) of your shoelace for just a few seconds, and then pinch off the flame just lightly burning your fingies while molding the shoelace end into a cohesive black carcinogen.
Source: I am cheap
Aglets. Now you know.
Really?! No one posted it?
Thanks. This is what I was looking for
Ah, but once you know of the aglets, do you know what you put the aglets through? Maybe you should be friends with people who don't know aglets but do know the word for the holes
Ooiiieee not my eyelet holes.
I'm the only one that can have eyeholes
Whack
It's worth the risk. They melt in your mouth! They're delicious!
I have no idea.
They're called aglets. If you didn't already know that, I'm going to assume you have a life and aren't a gigantic nerd, and hope you still invite me to parties despite occasionally spouting useless information.
I forgot what they were called as well, I just remember someone saying that guy became a millionaire when I was a kid, and at the time I thought there was still hope for me.
That's a slur and I'm offended^
happythat you would call us that 😏Friday at 9 pm we're hangin' out, wanna join?
Aglet gang, rise up
I CAN LEARN
...and then forget it later
forget what?
Shoelaces
It don fuckin matter what its called, it better have teeth marks on it brother.
Shoelace boners.
And so it was written. Well done.
I don't remember, but I know for a fact that cats are their natural predators
5% increased movement speed
A man of culture, I see.
That's easy: they are the Tube nipples of the tube titties
I've spent hours looking for them so I could finally craft the Lightning boots.
They are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister.
Wait, what's their true purpose?
To slowly disperse neurotoxin when you chew on them.
Haha, sorry, just a reference to this scene: https://youtu.be/QkEBvqaXXHc?t=26s
Their true purpose is sinister.
Ah, I have heard the name of those before.
Egrets, right?
Get that AI slop out of my face before I block you.
How can you tell it's AI? /gen
I can recognise the Font/lack thereof.
It's a bit on the nose. Like, to have that in your back pocket and remember to use it is kind of nuts.
Thingamabobs
I called them string snibbets when I was little
Flugelbinder of course. Everyone who were alive in the 80s know this
I thought everyone called them shoelace condoms.
Whappers
Cardaço
Floogelbinders
A man of culture, i see!
You are correct. Everyone else is wrong.
Ferrule
Fadenendstücke
Herrete
Schlammer Jammers
look nobody in my house was rich enough to afford jackets with those things
PUNTALE
I didn't watch the english dub when i was little :(
I used to know what those were, but then I got zapped by a laser
Skuwka in Polish.
N E S T E L
Nestel
Niet vergeten
Those are thingamabobs/whatsits. 🤓
@ObviouslyNotBanana
Pinke (Danke Phineas und Ferb)
Solid matter.
Johnathan?
(This lives rent free in my head: https://youtu.be/kHHyPhSLRy0)
same, brother, same
Flooglebinder!
@ObviouslyNotBanana Aglets, BTW, are precisely the right size to go into a seat belt buckle, jam, and not come out again. That cost me a couple of hundred dollars and it turns out I'm not the only one...
Perfectly mildly interesting fact
I only know the name in Spanish 😔
Is it worth noting that I only know this because of the spoof horror movie Repossessed?
Education takes many forms
dubb :)
Baby pigs 🐖 😋