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    Back in the 90s when the computer mouse was malfunctioning we would use the avocado's wooden ball when we were out of hard boiled egg yolks

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    • asidonhopo@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

      Back in the 90s when the computer mouse was malfunctioning we would use the avocado's wooden ball when we were out of hard boiled egg yolks

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      This is a much more humane option than the standard mouse balls.

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        This is a much more humane option than the standard mouse balls.

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        Vegan computer mouse balls are better for the environment too

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          I've heard of this before, and I don't understand... How far back do people bring their knife to whack the pit?

          I bring my knife a couple of centimeters up. I don't think I bring it down hard enough to do any serious harm to my hand... But the way people talk about this, it seems everyone is doing an anime stance of pulling a sword from their sheath, going as far back as they can, and scream while trying to cut the pit in half with their oversized sword. Obviously missing and cutting off their hand in the process.

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          The problem as I understand it is that people try to dig/slide the pit out of the avocado with the knife and their hand slips. The safer way is what you described - choose a knife with a bit of weight, draw it back a few cms and give it a nice whack, then with the knife firmly embedded, twist to release the pit.

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            But my hand heals. The table doesn't.

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            You can get a new table

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            • plaidbaron@lemmy.worldP [email protected]

              My toddler absolutely loves it when the avacado ball pops out.

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              Avocado is classed as an S tier "peekaboo food" in our household

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                We don't have to guess! There's apparently been 10 reported deaths worldwide since they were introduced 51 years ago.

                For context, 12 children die each day from gun violence in the US alone.

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                Only have to interpolate then!

                Thanks for that. Wouldn’t have checked myself this time, so appreciate it.

                Out of curiosity…

                Would you personally keep the ban? (No one wants dead kids, but we do want kids to e.g. ride bikes even though at scale bicycle fatalities are essentially inevitable, making it an honest question I hope.)

                “What did it cost” they say

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                  Reminder: put the avocado half DOWN on the table before whacking the pit with the knife. What's the matter, no cutting board? Afraid you'll accidentally whack the knife into the table? Let that sink in....

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                  I use a butter knife just fine to cut and pit an avocado

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                    Reminder: put the avocado half DOWN on the table before whacking the pit with the knife. What's the matter, no cutting board? Afraid you'll accidentally whack the knife into the table? Let that sink in....

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                    dont use a sharp knife for it tbh. avocados have no structural integrity.

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                      it's nature's gobstoppers!

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                        I never considered the oversized wooden marbles as edible

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                        You are not trying hard enough.

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                          I don't care about reposts at all, but stolen jokes on Twitter irk me when their main contribution is to add more exclamation points and question marks.

                          1000089532

                          Bonus meme reply thread:

                          https://imgur.com/gallery/still-upset-about-that-wooden-ball-you-got-avocado-steven-KOu9KeD

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                            I don't care about reposts at all, but stolen jokes on Twitter irk me when their main contribution is to add more exclamation points and question marks.

                            1000089532

                            Bonus meme reply thread:

                            https://imgur.com/gallery/still-upset-about-that-wooden-ball-you-got-avocado-steven-KOu9KeD

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                            Good find

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                              We don't have to guess! There's apparently been 10 reported deaths worldwide since they were introduced 51 years ago.

                              For context, 12 children die each day from gun violence in the US alone.

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                              But you can’t ban guns in US, because “mah freedom!”

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                                Only have to interpolate then!

                                Thanks for that. Wouldn’t have checked myself this time, so appreciate it.

                                Out of curiosity…

                                Would you personally keep the ban? (No one wants dead kids, but we do want kids to e.g. ride bikes even though at scale bicycle fatalities are essentially inevitable, making it an honest question I hope.)

                                “What did it cost” they say

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                                Well, UK Parliament did discuss the matter and concluded that because the choking was a result of playing with a toy with small parts, not to do with the fact that it was in an egg originally, that a ban would naturally extend to any toy with small parts.

                                None of the kids accidentally ingested the toys while eating the eggs - if you've ever had one you'll know why that would be impossible.

                                So I'd get rid of the ban. That law was not put in place to stop Kinder Surprise Eggs - it's an unforeseen side effect of a law that was genuinely intended to protect people when it was written.

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                                  I don't care about reposts at all, but stolen jokes on Twitter irk me when their main contribution is to add more exclamation points and question marks.

                                  1000089532

                                  Bonus meme reply thread:

                                  https://imgur.com/gallery/still-upset-about-that-wooden-ball-you-got-avocado-steven-KOu9KeD

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                                  Yeah! Stealing jokes sucks!! Why do they have to add so many exclamation and question marks anyway?!?

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                                    I don't care about reposts at all, but stolen jokes on Twitter irk me when their main contribution is to add more exclamation points and question marks.

                                    1000089532

                                    Bonus meme reply thread:

                                    https://imgur.com/gallery/still-upset-about-that-wooden-ball-you-got-avocado-steven-KOu9KeD

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                                    Yeah!!!! Stealing jokes sucks!!!1!!!1! Why do they have to add so many exclamation and question marks anyway??!??1?/!/!!/1!?

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                                      Back in the 90s when the computer mouse was malfunctioning we would use the avocado's wooden ball when we were out of hard boiled egg yolks

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                                      Wow, I didn't think it was possible for my soul to cringe, but congrats

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                                        Yeah!!!! Stealing jokes sucks!!!1!!!1! Why do they have to add so many exclamation and question marks anyway??!??1?/!/!!/1!?

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                                        1000089543

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                                          Well, UK Parliament did discuss the matter and concluded that because the choking was a result of playing with a toy with small parts, not to do with the fact that it was in an egg originally, that a ban would naturally extend to any toy with small parts.

                                          None of the kids accidentally ingested the toys while eating the eggs - if you've ever had one you'll know why that would be impossible.

                                          So I'd get rid of the ban. That law was not put in place to stop Kinder Surprise Eggs - it's an unforeseen side effect of a law that was genuinely intended to protect people when it was written.

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                                          Ohhh great insight of theirs, very interesting!

                                          Just thinking about it for a second I wonder if those same parents would’ve handed those same kids the same size toy. Maybe those kids did have equivalent size toys in the house in which case I would wonder if there was some kind of contextual “I eat chocolate, this toy was in chocolate” kind of issue.

                                          Pure speculation so if neither of those points mattered then maybe I would unban as well.

                                          typo edit: “hate” to “eat”

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