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A pack of 48 pencils is $1.88 at Walmart. While I certainly congratulate the engineers on their creativity, as a product this seems like a solution in search o
by ARandomerDude 5y ago
A pack of 48 pencils is $1.88 at Walmart. While I certainly congratulate the engineers on their creativity, as a product this seems like a solution in search of a problem.
- muzani 5y agoIt's in the spirit of not wasting.
- ARandomerDude 5y agoI get that, but is it even accomplishing that job, once you factor in petroleum for the plastics, the glue, the packaging, etc.? Is all that money, effort, and environmental impact worth it to salvage the last inch of a used pencil? I doubt it.
- muzani 5y agoAnother way to phrase it is it's in the spirit of finishing all the fries that come with the burger. We're not always calculative creatures. Sometimes the act of completion matters more.
- markvdb 5y agoA pencil is even 0€ at Ikea, but that doesn't make this less neat.
- nisse72 5y agoLast I checked, Ikea pencils are those stupidly short ones. Now you can take two or three and use this tool to make a full size one!