r/mildyinteresting • u/JobWide2631 • Jan 18 '26

engineering masterminds 👨🏽‍💻 This lock design

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u/And_Money_Hoes_710 Jan 18 '26

Would this be considered a latch more than a lock ?

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u/koolaidismything Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

A pain in the ass

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u/FrenziedTacos Jan 18 '26

This does, indeed, look like it could cause pain if you stick it in your ass.

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u/koolaidismything Jan 18 '26

It looks like it got its inspiration from procreation lol.

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u/KermitlyNotFound Jan 18 '26

Ya ain't supposed to shove it up your butt

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u/octarine_turtle Jan 18 '26

It's clearly not a lock, but that's the entire point. Calling it a lock is engagement bait.

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u/Royal_Cryptographer7 Jan 18 '26

Lol, yeah, most definitely doesn't lock anything. It does the opposite of that and keeps the door from closing.

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u/KamikazeFox_ Jan 19 '26

I should call her

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u/sturraro Feb 23 '26

you can easily unlock it if you pull the bar sideways out of the hoops

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u/Past_Ferret_5209 Jan 18 '26

A push latch! Machining youtuber This Old Tony has a neat explainer on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_wPH904a_8

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u/fx9TMK Jan 18 '26

Really OP? No NSFW flair??

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u/Tobias-Tawanda Jan 18 '26

Get that mind out of the gutter.

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u/Ha1lStorm Jan 18 '26

This is a gate not a gutter silly.

/s

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u/sexandliquor Jan 18 '26

I was about to say: I’m not the only one who is seeing it right?

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u/Ha1lStorm Jan 18 '26

I think you are though. It’s on the left for me…

/s

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u/Character-Dig-2301 Jan 19 '26

Oh no, that was right in the middle ;)

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 Jan 19 '26

everything reminds me of her.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

r/theyknew

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u/Loud-Log9098 Jan 18 '26

Peter, put your glasses on!

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u/shmiddleedee Jan 18 '26

That's a latch. It's also stupid because it can inadvertently open of something pushes into the outside side of the fence.

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u/FrameJump Jan 18 '26

This is more to keep door or gate open while it's in use, not closed.

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u/shmiddleedee Jan 18 '26

Ok yeah that makes more sense.

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u/Meltingteeth Jan 18 '26

These videos are all rendered slop that get posted to Facebook regularly. There's 100 iterations and most of them likely have never been fabricated and will never be used in a practical setting.

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u/Splodge89 Jan 19 '26

I quite like watching them. Not because they’re good, but because it’s fun to shout out how obviously flawed they are and how much of a nightmare they’d be to manufacture or maintain. Not to mention how damn useless they all are.

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u/thedudefromsweden Jan 18 '26

I was just gonna ask about the use case.

But even if it’s to keep it open, it’s not great because if you open it too much, it doesn’t stay open. You need to know to open it juuuust enough.

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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM Jan 18 '26

I imagine you'd feel the first stop, and it would also "pull" itself into place because of the curved shape.

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u/RedditLIONS Jan 18 '26

I think it’s used with a gravity hinge. Or the gate is tilted slightly. So, it’s latched securely in the open position.

You have to push further against gravity to let it swing all the way back.

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u/StraightAirline8319 Jan 18 '26

You start to get a feel for it….

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u/twhitney Jan 18 '26

Thanks for the context. I struggle with my fence gate and added some major latches because otherwise the wind kills mine. This wouldn’t last a second. Now I feel dumb because I hate when I need to keep them open and they swing shut. This really is perfect for that kind of concept

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u/Parking_Line_3704 Jan 18 '26

Nonetheless, it can be released with a strong breeze.

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u/Valoneria Jan 18 '26

A mildly windy day ruins the purpose of it latching in the first place

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u/Medical-Temporary-35 Jan 20 '26

How long until that yellow thing catches on something and the gate stays permanently unlatched - or worse, permanently latched?

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u/Tobias-Tawanda Jan 18 '26

I was just thinking that if someone tried to open the gate and failed and then angrily pushed it, it might actually open for them.

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u/mars935 Jan 18 '26

Makes me think of kitchen cabinets honestly lol

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u/-BehindTheMask- Jan 18 '26

"The design is very human"

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u/HeavyWaterer Jan 18 '26

Who keeps making these dumbass latch animations over and over these already exist e cost less stupid

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u/lolschrauber Jan 18 '26

It's a "trend" now. And with the help of AI, everyone can create this.

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u/KORZILLA-is-me Jan 18 '26

The audio of this one leads me to believe this is AI.

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u/Foul_Stranger Jan 25 '26

You forgot this....

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u/Portable-fun Jan 18 '26

I should call her

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u/porn_trooper Jan 18 '26

Don't

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u/SnooGuavas2056 Jan 18 '26

“To hell with you woman, goodbye”

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u/Lol_lukasn Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

r/mildyerotic

edit: r/OddlyErotic

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u/gronkey Jan 18 '26

Should be a real sub

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u/Lol_lukasn Jan 18 '26

it is. idky its not working https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyerotic/s/Bd0j9O8Gmp

edit: I think I was thinking of r/OddlyErotic anyway

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u/KikisGamingService Jan 18 '26

Because you spelled it mildy

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u/shas-la Jan 19 '26

I should call him ...🥴

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u/Makito88 Jan 18 '26

I miss her.

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u/JOOT94 Jan 18 '26

You should call her. WE should call her.

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u/wert_3079 Jan 20 '26

DE reference?

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u/kissmiss08 Jan 18 '26

I like this for two reasons:

1) really cool and functional 2) shaped like a heart

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u/somewhatcompetint Jan 18 '26

I'd love it if the heart part was on the door and in the middle

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u/Fyrchtegott Jan 18 '26

It’s really not that functional. Beside getting rusted, dented or whatever after a while, the spring would be so strong you most like damage the wooden door in the long run. Also, if you push I far while „locking“ it, it just opens again unintentionally.

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u/kissmiss08 Jan 18 '26

This is to keep a door open, not closed…

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u/Fyrchtegott Jan 18 '26

I meant getting loose from that thingy.

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u/Key_Yellow_8847 Jan 18 '26

This happened to my dogs once.

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u/happy_dad857 Jan 19 '26

I should call her

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u/DistrictDifficult723 Jan 18 '26

It’s ai yet again. Seen loads of this sort.

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u/ConstructionOwn9575 Jan 18 '26

AI, or CGI? It doesn't scream AI to me, and looks like regular CGI to me. What am I missing?

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u/Jeffgoldbum Jan 18 '26

AI is becoming such a generalized term that anything made WITH a computer is now "AI"

This is classic three dimensional computer generated image,

Not a Large language model. LLM or otherwise "AI" like chat GPT.

They'll try to argue that its still "ai" because they don't even know what they are rallying against anymore, just the term in general,

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

If AI can create complex live action shots then surely it can create simple CGI-like animations too.

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u/ConstructionOwn9575 Jan 18 '26

I'm not disagreeing. I'm on r/realorAI quite a bit to see how people are identifying whether an image or video is AI. Nothing I can tell in this video suggests it was created by AI. I'm trying to understand what OP sees that identifies the video as AI generated.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

Well Ai and CGI are not the same thing.

AI is very capable of making CGIs

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u/ConstructionOwn9575 Jan 18 '26

Yes. What about this CGI makes it created by an AI? I'm not trying to be combative. I honestly want to know as I can't identify anything that looks AI generated and I like to know what signs other people are looking for that is due to AI.

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u/parwa Jan 18 '26

It's not AI lol

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u/Educational_Smell292 Jan 18 '26

This is CGI Animation not AI.

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u/CharlesorMr_Pickle Jan 19 '26

Nothing about this seems ai to me, this looks way more like a low budget cg animation 

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u/LittlePantsOnFire Jan 18 '26

Cool, but a wind could open the gate... this design is good for indoors like drawers...

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u/TorontoTom2008 Jan 18 '26

Ban AI slop

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u/Hperevell Jan 18 '26

Agreed, but this is not ai

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u/CharlesorMr_Pickle Jan 19 '26

This ain’t ai bud

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u/edwbuck Jan 18 '26

Only about the fifth year in a row it's been featured.

It's a latch to keep a gate open, such that it's push to hold open, and push more to release. Easy to operate when on horseback, hands are full, working with livestock.

But if this is news.... then please consider the world already informed.

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u/feel-the-avocado Jan 18 '26

Is there some sort of indian university getting students to design lock mechanisms because it seems i see these animated lock videos constantly on my feeds?

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u/AzerothianLorecraft Jan 18 '26

My grandpa had one of these on his barn and he had to replace it because the wind kept activating the mechanism and slamming the door on him when he was trying to get the horse out.

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u/geeoharee Jan 18 '26

Yeah what I want is a latch mechanism that's behind the door, so I can't see it, and requires me to close it precisely halfway or it'll open again

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u/Shankar_0 Jan 18 '26

This is more of a door stop

Its design is graceful, but i worry about gunk building up and not letting the weight slide. That would potentially stick it in one position or another.

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u/AccomplishedIgit Jan 18 '26

I think this is how the cover on my gas hole on my car works.

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u/tyler00677 Jan 18 '26

Its called the penetrator

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u/Remote_Independent50 Jan 18 '26

This is a "where babies come from" video

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u/Sea_Violinist3328 Jan 18 '26

Oh…OH! Oh my!!

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u/kienbazzle Jan 18 '26

God Damnit Dead Internet! I swear I’ve seen this same stupid latch with slightly different designs about 10 times on different platforms over the past week.

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u/Adrict Jan 18 '26

Looks great until you have to drag your ass out of bed at 3AM, and find cinderblocks because your fence gate is clapping in 30mph winds that keep opening the latch.

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u/gummyblumpkins Jan 18 '26

Giant ass toe stubber right behind the gate door?!?! Again?!?

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u/Alternative_Work_916 Jan 18 '26

And that's how I became a father.

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u/Fantastic-Weather196 Jan 18 '26

Not so good if you have sheep pushing up to the gate...... 😐

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u/rawmarius Jan 18 '26

Men when they say "just the tip".

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u/Snoo_94483 Jan 18 '26

Is that where little gates come from?

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u/delet_yourself Jan 18 '26

Finally a mechanism that does not involve levitating parts

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u/TintexD Jan 18 '26

ah yes the famous pp in the butt lock

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u/KinsellaStella Jan 18 '26

So my horse would escape from this in about 23 seconds.

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u/JaggerJam69 Jan 18 '26

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like "what the fuck" and "call the police". I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this video. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post

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u/iwanashagTwitch Jan 18 '26

All fun and games until it gets bent, misaligns, and doesn't latch at all

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u/VioEnvy Jan 18 '26

The second hole

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u/StJimmy_815 Jan 18 '26

The wind gonna be opening your gate non stop

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u/oranke_dino Jan 18 '26

So wind could open that with 0 problem?

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u/crazyabbit Jan 18 '26

That's about as useful as a chocolate teapot

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u/WASP_Apologist Jan 18 '26

I really should call her.

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u/fire_hight1 Jan 18 '26

Wait wouldnt you have to be super careful when closing it since if you do it faster the moving latch wont get seperated and thus not fully locking.

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u/TampaConqueeftador Jan 19 '26

Imagine getting your foot stuck in the this…

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u/Derpywurmpie Jan 19 '26

Door's really spreading them cheeks

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u/Hrmerder Jan 19 '26

That was satisfying.

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u/MySchoolsWifiSucks Jan 20 '26

At least buy me a drink first

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u/mensachicken Jan 20 '26

Kind of an ingenious design, but how the hell do open the gate more than a few inches?

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u/Upper_Following8646 Jan 25 '26

How... lovely...

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u/Kylearean Jan 29 '26

I should call her

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u/nulyff Feb 02 '26

cool design just dont stub your toe on it haha

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u/WiseInterview623 Feb 03 '26

At first I was like this would not keep invaders out, then I realized this was for rich peoples’ gates as they open to let them pass as they drive by and enter their home

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u/Strict_Swordfish_847 Feb 08 '26

No doubt that was a vibrating sound when it locked in

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u/4_stickey_2fingers_0 Feb 22 '26

I would push it open with too much force and cause it to disengage ever time…

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u/bskinners Jan 18 '26

I guess this is how some people get stuck doing it

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 Jan 18 '26

They call this design the duck penis

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u/Nivelacker_rtx_off Jan 18 '26

I am so immature

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

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u/VioEnvy Jan 18 '26

It’s true

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u/SteelJunky Jan 18 '26

As useful as a screen door on a submarine.

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u/AlexMac96 Jan 18 '26

Bad render of a terrible design

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u/deeeeez_nutzzz Jan 19 '26

I like the other design better.

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u/Illustrious-Aerie334 Jan 19 '26

Thanks, i hate it.

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u/MagicOrpheus310 Jan 19 '26

So when the wind blows it's going to swing back and forth and open itself... Lovely

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u/mylittlepwny1991 Jan 19 '26

So the wind can just unlatch it? What a terrible design.

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u/SILE3NCE Jan 19 '26

Too many parts to break down and wear.

Traditional locks will last longer without maintenance.

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u/Ingrielliomurre Jan 20 '26

I can feel furries flocking here 🤣

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u/TokyoFlip Jan 18 '26

Down boy! Bad boner!