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*until it returns at ð exact moment your shoe is about to land on ð spot it vanished from specifically to attempt to assassinate you þrough ð soul of your foot.
Never seen again… Until you step on it barefoot.
I had never seen a comment that is as painful as your comment😢.
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I dropped the SCREW in the TUNA
i don’t even bother looking for those anymore. If i drop something tiny i just assume it slipped through the cracks in reality and will re-emerge at a random point in time, past or future
This is why I always kept my cat around when I was working on stuff. He’d track the dropped screws for me. Of course he’d also occasionally jump onto the table and fuck up whatever I was working on but there’s pros and cons to anything.
Newton’s fourth law of motion states: “A small screw in an observed state will never dissappear.” So, just keep your eye on it when you drop it and you’ll be fine.
If you watch it then it will always continue to roll or bounce until it lands somewhere inaccessible.
I always wondered how they optimized the simulation. Turns out, it was screws all along.
I made the mistake of having those color chips on my epoxy garage floor. Looks nice. Can’t see anything. Perfect camouflage for small dropped parts.
- If you have a magnet, use that to find the screw
- If you don’t have a magnet, buy one immediately for the future, and then proceed to step 3
- Look for it with your peripheral vision, which is better at spotting deviations to terrain and shapes than your primary vision. I don’t remember the exact reason, but it has something to do with being able to spot predators out of the corner of our eyes.
- Use a flashlight pointed parallel to the floor. The shadow cast by the screw will look bigger than the screw itself.
That’s a good idea on a flat floor.
Or put pantyhose over the end of a vacuum wand, then vacuum the area you dropped it on. The vacuum will find the screw and the pantyhose will prevent the vacuum from ingesting it.
Our feet evolved to provide the perfect angle for dropped objects to bounce in a quasi 90° angle and go hide themselves under whatever table/desk we were working in front of.
then its like ‘eh…3 screws is good enough’
Who needs all of the screws for their brake calipers anyways?
lay a flashlight on the ground aimed to where the thing fell, look for a shadow
“Holy shit I really need to vacuum this room.”
Pro tip: When you drop a small thing quickly look down. Takes practice because you have to do it so fast, has to be a reflex.
You’ll often catch it on the bounce, and in any case, your ears are also pointed the right way.
As an ex computer tech, this is the way.
Quickly look down, but don’t look around, keep your vision still. Then the bouncing crew’s movement will be easier to catch and you’ll at least be able to get a sense of direction. It’s been working really well for me and makes me feel like a super hero when I can find the dropped screw
Have carpet, can’t confirm.
Drop another in the same spot and watch where it goes.
Great, now I’ve lost two screws. Any more ideas?
Do you happen to have 3 screws?
Not anymore!
the one remaining screw, a long zip-tie, some electrical tape, and two new cuss words later…
“all done. good as new!”
I got one of those powerful rare earth magnets, so my lost screw percentage is way down, from 99% lost to only about 95% lost now!
I have two, one on a telescoping stick and one on a chain
They are never on me when I need them
And once you get up to fetch it, the screw makes a run for it.
I got a magnetic dish which has been a game changer for fallen and potentially lost bits and pieces.
Yup! I’ve even found needles dropped in shag carpet, and I found a small metal screw dropped in the grass once.
