There are things in life we come across that we just don't have any idea what their purpose is, and if you have something, maybe someone on the internet knows what it is!

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Those white, plastic, spiky, flat, tab things that come with wrapped painting canvases. I think they're for hanging? But I can't figure out where they go on the back of the canvas, or if that's their function. Never bothered to look it up, either.

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Jas
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe they're for stretching the canvas after painting, because wet paint can make the canvas sag slightly. You pop them into the corners at the back, between the wood frame and the canvas :-)

Marlies Gerritsen-Feenstra
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are wedges. In the corners of the wooden frame, there are slits. Two in each corner. You slide them in with the flat side against the corner and tap them with a hammer to stretch the canvas and tighten the whole construction before painting. (You don't want to crack the paint by doing it afterwards)

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    #2

    Those tiny whisks

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    Marlies Gerritsen-Feenstra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use them instead of teaspoons to stir tea and coffee. This way at least you don't risk annoying people to put the wet teaspoon after stirring back in the suger bowl to scoop some more.

    #3

    The human race. All its done is destroy the world.

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    Who Panda 420
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was going to post simply "Life" but I think this covers that. Life in general is parasitic it must destroy to survive but it doesn't have to do it with the cruelty of humanity.

    Edith Chamberlain
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think our problem is that we destroy things but we aren’t being destroyed at a rate that would keep the balance

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    #4

    Very fancy China and stemware that are too precious to be used.

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    ᴠᴀ̈ɪɴᴏ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think those are kept for show

    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It really is just for that isn't it. Nobody really uses them which is a shame

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    #5

    Baby christenings. Let the poor kids make up their minds when they're old enough to understand what they're signing up for.

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    MetaMaxNL
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could choose even after christening. When turning 18 they asked if i wanted to stay as adult member (no)

    Huddo's sister
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my denomination, we do infant baptism, but it is more about the parents saying how they want to raise their child, not blind indoctrination. Then we do a confirmation when/if we chose to officially become part of the church.

    Lidpras
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only reason belief systems survived that long was because they were pushed onto kids before they develop critical thinking skills. Take away the indoctrination and…

    #7

    nft’s

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    #8

    The giant fins on the weird ancient lizard creature longisaquama? Theyre huge i cant figure out what they could be for, i saw it in a dinosaur book when i was little and im still really confused by it 😅

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