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(DIR) Post #B1YcaXqEZGUym2HObI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T00:57:38Z
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You are a criminal/artist in a cyberpunk and/or fantasy world with intricate fancy social codes. As a ner-do-well you have never needed your own symbol to stamp in wax for your letters (you just used your thumb) But, exciting new opportunities have you moving up in the world rapidly... suddenly you must pick a small object in your abode to make an impression: literally. What do you choose as an impromptu standard?With what object will you make YOUR mark?
(DIR) Post #B1Ycra89JKHmnOmc8O by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:00:41Z
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@futurebird my cat's face. my cat will not object at all
(DIR) Post #B1YcsOB3EoJg0sWdbE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:00:49Z
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@PsyChuan That's up to you. But you can't have something made to order. You are not that fancy... yet.
(DIR) Post #B1YctIWbjqpklx2dyS by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:01:02Z
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@futurebird I've cnc'd stamps in aluminum, so I'm probably going to choose some cool looking kanji like 薬 and mill that.As that's not really in line with the question, second choice would probably be a wee trilobite fossil.
(DIR) Post #B1Ycu6M2TQ5ZJeTuRU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:01:12Z
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@richpuchalsky Well, that's one way to bring the story to an unexpected end fast.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd2cwTCIxUhXaSX2 by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:02:41Z
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@futurebird my first thought was "a rubber duck" because it matches my avatar and I could replace it with a pottery duck if this is a pre-rubber fantasy society.But I don't know if either of those things would make a good wax seal impression for a letter, so really I'd probably just get some clay and bake some kind of customized cylinder seal.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd5ZsD3zHo3K08nY by msbellows@c.im
2025-12-24T01:03:12Z
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@futurebird The business end of my house key.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd6iQKl6AurQVNho by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:03:27Z
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@PsyChuan It needs to be a small object you can press into wax.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd7Sat6Bww3TnSXg by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:03:34Z
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@futurebird I 3D print a stamp from a sentimenally important photograph.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd8uMTLTtYSpkDZI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:03:53Z
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@floatybirb You don't have much time to make anything. You need to send out these documents right away.
(DIR) Post #B1YdJkT6T4UQy010CW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:05:50Z
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In the narrative arc of this story whatever you pick will end up being the symbol of a great movement or criminal art gang (or both)--But you have no time for design right now. Just a found object that can do the job.
(DIR) Post #B1YdXL6vXmeANL7hAm by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:08:15Z
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@futurebird I'll use the face of a die then. I got a pair of novelty dice that you roll to get a fantasy TTRPG alignment; the "Neutral" alignment face has a scale by it and the word "neutral". I'll use that, but upside-down.
(DIR) Post #B1YddC1qDvGbwgXG8u by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:09:20Z
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@floatybirb oooooh that's good!
(DIR) Post #B1YdhurLUBy08ysVxg by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:10:09Z
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@futurebird actually it's very... neutral(put on shades, but upside-down)
(DIR) Post #B1YdqvVMSJWskftLns by kennric@mas.to
2025-12-24T01:11:47Z
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@futurebird business end of a wrench. Maybe without noticing, I'd use the side with the size mark. What symbolism will the movement see in "3/8" in the years to come?
(DIR) Post #B1YdsvL22uwgoY0qv2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:12:11Z
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@floatybirb I roll those alignment dice to decide what kind of "problem of the day" we'll have. "Lawful Evil?""Chaotic Neutral?"
(DIR) Post #B1Ye5EQ2vhJlT3E8AK by JosephMeyer@c.im
2025-12-24T01:14:23Z
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@futurebird My oldest child’s baby tooth.
(DIR) Post #B1Ye6jYQegHYJyrddw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:14:42Z
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@JosephMeyer "Order of the tooth!"
(DIR) Post #B1Ye9HgMjsVmkLnCwy by jannem@fosstodon.org
2025-12-24T01:15:07Z
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@futurebird Either the end of a curiously shaped angular piece of flint I found as a kid. Or the end of a sanshin pick.
(DIR) Post #B1YeDEBffwX946Jeca by Onemeatball@mstdn.party
2025-12-24T01:15:48Z
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@futurebird KimiK2 says "I reach into my guts and pull out a single data-chip, a tiny brass octagon, I press it into the sealing wax.The impression is perfect: an octagon with a scar. Symmetrical but damaged. Official but punk. The kind of mark that makes a clerk squint and wonder if it's legit or if they should call security—but by the time they decide, I'm already gone.It's not my thumbprint anymore. It's better.It's the scar of the Sprawl, worn by someone who survived it.
(DIR) Post #B1YeH5lOw87k67s3zk by larrybiggs@infosec.exchange
2025-12-24T01:16:31Z
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@futurebird You have one expensive bottle of liquor that has a medallion hanging around the neck of the bottle.
(DIR) Post #B1YeIW9CKNRmDPgJIu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:16:43Z
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@tastytronic "The Broken House Key" sound like a very ominous criminal art gang.
(DIR) Post #B1YeP2BI8jAhItlgem by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:17:59Z
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I would use the end of my nail clippers sideways so it looks like the mandibles of an ant.
(DIR) Post #B1YeWAjyiLXvsTOd5U by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:19:16Z
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"The Order of the Open Maw"
(DIR) Post #B1YeciChDCA5OowmZs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:20:25Z
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@aloe Poor thing. :(
(DIR) Post #B1YekUMcYIUqnBIVxw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:21:51Z
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@datarama @richpuchalsky OK it's kinda expected I guess.
(DIR) Post #B1YfBKu9pS2hH3mnGC by 3janeTA@beige.party
2025-12-24T01:26:40Z
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@futurebird I am a potter and I literally could make a fired clay stamp to mark my wares but I have no idea what to make my symbol. So this is a good prompt!
(DIR) Post #B1YfG62WWZ1CcQy8ky by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:27:34Z
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@3janeTA In the context of the (contrived) question you are in a hurry and must use an existing found object. No time to design anything.
(DIR) Post #B1YfOGZfF0BTbkMkfA by ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp
2025-12-24T01:29:00Z
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@futurebird stegosaurus earring
(DIR) Post #B1YfSr4JUvRrx2tErg by jhavok@mstdn.party
2025-12-24T01:29:51Z
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@futurebird 10mm 12 point wrench
(DIR) Post #B1YfV8xpvwdq24x4U4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:30:18Z
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@ItsJenNotGoblin "Order of the Bird-Hipped Dragons"
(DIR) Post #B1YfXv5Zyf2BrttgQq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:30:48Z
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@jhavok "Order of the Tamed Nuts"
(DIR) Post #B1YgB3GRW3D8W7dcB6 by drgeraint@glasgow.social
2025-12-24T01:37:54Z
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@futurebird My captive enemy's fingerprint. Maybe the (institutionally captured, corrupt and digitally compromised) prime minister's fingerprint?
(DIR) Post #B1YgBNskrJjySjiUfg by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:37:54Z
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@futurebird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iGSAFjzBd8
(DIR) Post #B1Ygx6n3i2N1LwoE6a by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:38:44Z
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@futurebird (it doesn't make much more sense with context, but here's the context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcm-J7lQT3w )
(DIR) Post #B1Ygx7V14bX3YHNKca by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:46:32Z
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@JamesWidman It's perfect!~
(DIR) Post #B1YhDnpJT89VSep8oS by yatagarasu@dice.camp
2025-12-24T01:49:32Z
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@futurebird Face and abnormally tall brow of my mother’s fukurokujin netsuke.
(DIR) Post #B1YhLLpVRcNswmVu5Y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T01:50:50Z
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@buddhawilliams IDK"Order of the Mirrored Clef" sounds like a pretty good name for a criminal art gang IMO
(DIR) Post #B1YhXmktA5nzvjHbQu by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-12-24T01:53:08Z
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Fossil trilobite; a bit large but there’s enough detailConsidered some handmade craft-fair earrings but I think they’d get stuck in the wax and also bend with heavier use. Trilobite it is. Let’s hope they differ from each other@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B1Yi8uOTizggKqVD6G by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-12-24T01:59:51Z
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I know it’s how our world worked, but how odd that it’s the fancy rich people who have handily stealable signets. You’d think *they’d* use their noble thumbprints and I, Frida Protagonist, would use persona-specific and deniable doodads. @futurebird
(DIR) Post #B1YiraJdDnhD5xXS7M by Boorango@floofy.tech
2025-12-24T02:07:55Z
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@futurebird@sauropods.win hm. and I can't just carve something into a potato.empty pistachio shell? inscrutable truck part? inscrutable truck part. I shall use the end of an inscrutable truck part I think. although that might just be round so pistachio (and stop the shell from breaking by reinforcing it with wax and tape)
(DIR) Post #B1YizjsrWywJ5SuDdw by seufz@troet.cafe
2025-12-24T02:09:22Z
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@futurebird The plastic cup that normally sits on the end of the pipe that is my bedpost. It has some sort of thread.
(DIR) Post #B1YjERSUJnjkHla29Q by oheso@ieji.de
2025-12-24T02:11:56Z
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@futurebird Unused bicycle headset spacer
(DIR) Post #B1YjOg2uw9aYQLV4xE by david_preston@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T02:13:53Z
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@futurebird an old company seal I bought at an auction once, the business is long gone but I like think one day it could be the name of a collective bargaining co-operative I create to get better prices for people for things like childcare or nursing homes or something, it's also a nice designed stamp which is also totally unconnected to me so a little mysterious red herring
(DIR) Post #B1Ykym9xmf2hlRZaKW by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T02:31:37Z
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@futurebird For the fantasy version, you boop their nose into soft clay, then use it as a mold for the seal. Or the cyberpunk version you laser-scan their face and then 3d print the seal.This assumes that the seal is really the cat's nose, not their whole face, which would be too large anyways.
(DIR) Post #B1YlQBM6DNGZj5Jlcu by donelias@mastodon.cr
2025-12-24T02:36:33Z
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@futurebird an enamel penguin 🐧
(DIR) Post #B1YlloAR6ljgBFAt7o by Korcenton@mas.to
2025-12-24T02:40:30Z
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@futurebird bread tag!!
(DIR) Post #B1YlzPsuBhCcvHSnya by roger@mastodon.seattlematrix.org
2025-12-24T02:42:57Z
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@futurebird my ball peen hammer. It was the first tool a job bought me that I got to keep, and I've been using it ever since. Oddly enough, never for its intended use; it makes a pretty good smooth face finish hammer and the peening end is great for knockouts on boxes.I really like that the grip is shiny with wear and the steel has a good patina. I'll post a photo of it
(DIR) Post #B1YmAouRUDWFimcW1o by amberage@eldritch.cafe
2025-12-24T02:45:00Z
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@futurebird I'd use a guitar pick if mine weren't all Dunlop branded 😭 Idk… lighter?
(DIR) Post #B1Yn9ahGwTrdJ5RCd6 by SRLevine@neuromatch.social
2025-12-24T02:56:00Z
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@futurebird I have a glass that was etched with some chemical structures from my thesis (along with the publication details for that paper) so I'd attempt to use that (structure chosen based on what size wax blob I had), though I'm not certain the etching is deep enough for a wax impression. It might depend on the exact quality/temperature of the wax. It would give a raised image rather than an impression, so sort of different than most options for what people have around the home.
(DIR) Post #B1YngKm5A7tzTrIhxg by liferstate@mas.to
2025-12-24T03:01:56Z
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@futurebird A wine key (waiter's corkscrew). Haven't decided if I'll use the screw part or the part that braces against the lip of the bottle or maybe even the foil cutter. I guess I could change it up depending on the recipient, or the message I want to send about the letter's tone.
(DIR) Post #B1YqjB0mDWLRvsDlLM by Compassionatecrab@mstdn.social
2025-12-24T03:36:02Z
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@futurebird Probably a trinket from my charm bracelet. A tiny sad iron, if it works in wax sideways. Everyone who knows me would know it was my seal.
(DIR) Post #B1YtZrkEmTNtQxjk00 by 3janeTA@beige.party
2025-12-24T04:07:59Z
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@futurebird knitting stitch marker end - the safety pin kind with the circle on one end and U on the other (where the pin folds in). So I suppose…a safety pin end.
(DIR) Post #B1YwyQNFyt3ReCOEAS by catsalad@infosec.exchange
2025-12-24T04:46:01Z
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@futurebird :paw:
(DIR) Post #B1YzpThKYOS9DDCkwi by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T05:17:59Z
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@futurebird what's a "good aligned" math problem?
(DIR) Post #B1Z0c8KcmVwH8Smiv2 by yomimono@wandering.shop
2025-12-24T05:26:48Z
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@futurebird I have a lot of coins, so I’d probably spend way too long looking at all of them so I could select the Very Best and Least Incriminating or possibly Most Insouciant one.
(DIR) Post #B1ZA9HN162EeJOmea8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T07:13:41Z
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@floatybirb The answer is a whole number. No tricks or twists.
(DIR) Post #B1ZAWuhv0YQqySpX3Q by BritishKoalaTea@social.coop
2025-12-24T07:17:54Z
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@futurebirdI would choose my grandmother's sugar tongs, that I use to fish tea bags out of my mug. Two small spoon like shapes and a little embossed floral work on the outside, but put sideways it looks interestingly grabby and possibly dangerous.
(DIR) Post #B1ZAlO6OW1zaC8BFEu by neilk@xoxo.zone
2025-12-24T07:20:30Z
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@futurebird Sauce whisk. Because if you pressed it just enough, it would look like this
(DIR) Post #B1ZM6Mr9RSF9uLG05w by kitten_tech@fosstodon.org
2025-12-24T09:27:35Z
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@futurebird I am disqualified from this, as on my real desk I have a wax seal stamp with my kitten tech logo
(DIR) Post #B1ZOSumiB3QzPj3kcy by darkling@mstdn.social
2025-12-24T09:52:56Z
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@futurebird I can cheat a little -- I have a small block that I bought years ago with an engraved "H" on it that I already use on the odd occasions I want to use sealing wax.Failing that, the corkscrew and the sawblade (pressed separately, alongside each other) from a Swiss army knife.
(DIR) Post #B1ZOsrIXlMLI86JsUS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T09:47:22Z
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@kitten_tech Alaric I have not one but TWO ant-themed stamps right here. Hence, the context: you are a ner-do-well in your den/workshop.
(DIR) Post #B1ZSlcrlQCsT9wbHH6 by lffontenelle@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T10:42:17Z
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@futurebird @PsyChuan Seems like the story behind the heraldry of many houses (noble families) in A Song of Ice and Fire (the Game of Throne books)
(DIR) Post #B1ZVdlvu7xw2pEU2eu by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T02:02:15Z
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@futurebird thinking too much about this question, I think a better choice would be an ordinary 6-sided die, because were I caught by the secret police with one it would be less suspicious.I think I'd use the 3-side to mark the wax three times at 120 degree angles, making a pattern of nine dots in three rows, so it would be less than obvious that a die was used to make the symbol.1/2
(DIR) Post #B1ZVdnBBUdkggudl7A by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-24T11:14:30Z
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@floatybirb I was liking the "neutral" so much because it would also be mirrored as well I think.
(DIR) Post #B1ZVdr2T8z9of2ar5M by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T02:04:34Z
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@futurebird ... of course by the time I had that idea all the documents would have already shipped, and historians would later be scratching their heads at why the Neutral Revolutionary Front called themselves that and also used an upside-down scale as their symbol.2/2
(DIR) Post #B1ZcANOGzohBzPgP32 by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2025-12-24T12:27:36Z
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@futurebird The "stitch counter" (aka "pick counter" aka "linen tester") that my mom gave when I was a kid.If you're not familiar with these, it's like the one at the link below. (I'd take a picture of my own, but I have a cat in my lap.) It folds up into a delightful flat inch-long object that you can put in your pocket. It's perfect for looking at tiny things.Mine was a freebie from a fabric company, but it's very sturdy and has held up for decades.https://nationalscientific.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pick-Counter-Magnifying-Glass.jpg
(DIR) Post #B1a72tJrUyd7HGWwrY by NatalyaD@disabled.social
2025-12-24T18:13:35Z
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@futurebird Bone Anchored Hearing Aid connector, mainly cos it's always on my person and would look cool in wax.
(DIR) Post #B1c6GYPqIqIqrXCO2K by lxskllr@mastodon.world
2025-12-25T17:14:13Z
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@futurebird My Mjölnir necklace. The elk cord was replaced with combat boot lace, and it hasn't been removed from my body in ~10 years aside from getting Xrays/hospital stays.
(DIR) Post #B1dH5NDct0VDbVJdzc by courtcan@mastodon.social
2025-12-26T06:50:11Z
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@futurebird I would pilfer one of the extra gears from my dad's stash of old clock parts. (He repairs old clocks for fun.)
(DIR) Post #B1dH9XR0qUVeRjYyg4 by TeflonTrout@beige.party
2025-12-26T06:50:58Z
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@futurebird A 12 gauge shotgun cartridge powered rivet gun whose propellent consists mostly of hatred
(DIR) Post #B1dHW1qkRZNz9EKDKK by Vive_Levant@masto.bike
2025-12-26T06:55:00Z
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@futurebird a little Santa I picked up on the nearest Christmas tree and attached to my key ring.