@ObviouslyNotBanana Aglets, BTW, are precisely the right size to go into a seat belt buckle, jam, and not come out again. That cost me a couple of hundred dollars and it turns out I’m not the only one…
Perfectly mildly interesting fact
A-G-L-E-T
Friendship: POSSIBLE
I know this because of phineas and ferb
Justice League Unlimited, animated series from the mid aughts, for me. The Question played by Jeffrey Combs was amazing!
Exactly what I was thinking of. I’d still like to know what the real, sinister purpose of aglets are.
They break down faster than your shoe string and spread microplastics. Just my guess.
I am reminded of this term about once a year and then promptly forget because it never comes up except in internet memes.
It’s actually an eyelet
Nah, eyelet is the hole that your lace (and aglet) goes through.
I prefer my truth
“I reject your reality, and substitute my own.”
Shoelace foreskins.
Telomeres, right? Then why is nobody saying telomeres?
Telomeres are a structure on DNA. These things, aglets, are a common metaphor used to describe the function of telomeres as aglets basically do for shoelaces what telomeres do for DNA
Reverse the metaphor.
Are you kidding me? Has usb D dropped already??
2000 ways to orient it, neat.
Do I get a pass if English is not my first language?
No, before now I did not know the name for it in my first language either.
Yet another example of the US being under the thumb of big agletculture.
Those are the ends of what are called shoelaces, friend.
Friendship: DENIED
Damn, I was joking and now I’m at -1. Should’ve added the /s I guess.
More seriously, aren’t those called aglets? Always forget the name when I want to remember it.
aglets in english
English in English
"Always forget the name when I want to remember it. "
Is that a problem you run into regularly?
They are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister.
Wait, what’s their true purpose?
To slowly disperse neurotoxin when you chew on them.
Haha, sorry, just a reference to this scene: https://youtu.be/QkEBvqaXXHc?t=26s
I have no idea.
They’re called aglets. If you didn’t already know that, I’m going to assume you have a life and aren’t a gigantic nerd, and hope you still invite me to parties despite occasionally spouting useless information.
That’s a slur and I’m offended^
happythat you would call us that 😏I forgot what they were called as well, I just remember someone saying that guy became a millionaire when I was a kid, and at the time I thought there was still hope for me.
Now kiss
Friday at 9 pm we’re hangin’ out, wanna join?
Thanks. This is what I was looking for
food. given how much i chew on them
Are you a cat? Who chews on their shoelaces?
Shoelace boners.
And so it was written. Well done.
The Simpsons told me what an aglet is years ago.
The question is, do you know what this is?
An awl? Am I missing something?
Home Improvement is where I learned that, hence the picture of Wilson, who’s the one who brought it up.
That’s a Wilson.
Alrighty neighbour
(Awl, neighbour (Wilson) to the right)
Awl that jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE
🎵I want it awl, I want it awl, I want it awl, and I want it now🎵
(The song that gets stuck in my head whenever I use an awl)
And now it will be in mine as well. So thanks for that.
Augur
For specialized pokey tools, my favorite is the regulator. The only thing handier than a regulator is two regulators.
I don’t know the name but I can tell you how sad they make me when they break and tear off and you have to use a lighter on the now extremely frayed end(s) of your shoelace for just a few seconds, and then pinch off the flame just lightly burning your fingies while molding the shoelace end into a cohesive black carcinogen.
Source: I am cheap
