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What is this thing?

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[Challenge-Solved] ok round two (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Apytele@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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I'll try to space them out a little after this I'm just mad you all got the last one so fast.

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[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Manual nose hair trimmmer

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Was that too fast?

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

and I specifically picked the image without the water advertising that it's washable because I wanted it to be less clear that it was a personal care product too

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

That's what he said.

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

too fucking fast. -but I think I did a little better this time.

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

I bought one recently and my recommendations are full of them https://i.imgur.com/pb1Afy9.jpeg

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And a damn good one too. Made by a Korean steel company for some reason.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Link for purchase?

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

The company is Royal Metal Industry from South Korea. Golden Birdie www.royalmetal.co.kr Never thought I would be enthousiaste about a nose trimmer but yeah that little gadget is well built, mechanically simple yet elegant and and don't have random nose hair tickling me anymore. (Guess I'm c/dullmen material now)

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Oh you squeeze the bottom part. Mine looks the same on top, you just spin the outside part.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 21 points 5 days ago

It's called a birdie and is for trimming nose and ear hair.

Have one, would recommend.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Looks to me one of those nose/ear hair trimmers.

[–] silmarine@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 days ago

Despite having not yet participated in these, I'm enjoying it a lot. I try to guess before looking at the comments and got my wife joining in. Please more!

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Damn I was gonna jokingly say hand operated nose hair trimmer but apparently that's right? That's crazy. The tip is what gives it away I think.

[–] JackDark@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is it a wine bottle opener? Squeezing the handles drives the screw down?

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

ok but I'm glad that you did try though and I actually know for certain that you did not reverse image search this so thank you for the verifiably honest participation and I want you to know that you're my favorite <3

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I would suggest people hide their answers as spoiler. I came in thinking it was a bottle opener. That definitely doesn't look like a nose hair trimmer!

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It does if you've seen a nose hair trimmer before. This is how they've looked for decades.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I've never seen one before so there's that.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was guessing it was for starting charcoal fires.

[–] TisI@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I could see it being that now that you said it.