Also, never buy shock collars for pet discipline. Without proper training the dog won't even know why the pain is there, and with proper training it's not useful.
Don't abuse your pets, and make sure you have a safeword for any other shock collar uses.
Fire steels existed way before firearms: Ötzi the iceman had flint and pyrite, and he died like 5300 years ago. While they take some practice to use, I'd never say they're not convenient.
Fire steel, while portable, is not particularly accurate and thus requires a large prepared surface of flammable material that can be used to throw embers onto. This might work just fine if your only concern is lighting campfires, but in a household setting where you might wish to light up something more precisely it's now a multistep process with intermediary fire mediums, taking several minutes to complete. Most people would describe that as a hassle, not as convenient.
For comparison, the precursor to the lighter was the tinderbox. The process to use it was as follow: Unscrew the lid. Unpack the content. Insert candle from box into candle holder. Use fire steel to strike embers onto coal surface. Move fire from ember to matches. Move fire from matches to candle. Extinguish coal. Extinguish match. A long wick can be used to move fire from the first candle to other candles if needed. Repack the box. Very convenient, right?
until very recently, having access to a lit fire was a given in most every household, so the kind of portable fire starting you're describing wasn't something that was really needed Besides, if you want pre-firearm convenient fire starting, I'd say to look at Austronesian fire pistons. But I think fundamentally we have different definitions of convenient. I once spent over 2 months using nothing but a bow drill to make fire--That was, I'll admit, a bit of a hassle.
If the standard for lighting a fire in the household was to avoid doing it and instead ensure that they always have a fire going on somewhere that they can use as a seed, that only really speaks to the lack of a convenient fire starting tool, does it not? So not really a case of it not being needed, they simply lacked a convenient tool but definitely would've found a lighter useful rather than dismissing it as not needed.
I have a deaf kitty, but no vibration collar. He pays attention to vibrations and 'kitty sign language' like a non-deaf kitty pays attention to pspspspsp or their name being called. But, it is remarkably easy to 'sneak up' to a deaf kitty, whether you mean to or not. It's also hilarious to have a full conversation, in normal voices, over him while he snoozes until one of us makes a vibration.
He likes being held on chest slightly over my shoulder and stretching to my waist. He is a big boy. I often hum to him while burying my face in his fur or against his cheek. I dunno if he likes it or not. He regards it indifferently, like a cat. He can be a very cuddly kitty at times and then want nothing to do with us.
I dislike this one because it suggests sushi is defined by shape. Sushi is defined by the vinegared rice, and only the vinegared rice.
Popular misconception is that it's raw fish. Raw stuff is sashimi, which is just an optional topping for sushi. There is a *lot* of cooked and non-fish sushi.
A big fuck off octopus. A gigantipus. A huge fuckin monstropus. A GALAXIPUS!!! Sorry I’ve been drinkin and in a silly mood cos otherwise I’m done and fuckin offtipus
ALTEFFFOUR
dontrike
And every single time a state votes to make it illegal every republican votes against it. Almost like they're all pedophiles.
myr14d
I wasn't expecting and AOE.
chumpacabra
"I open-mouth kissed a horse once."
azazyel
https://msmagazine.com/2025/11/11/usa-child-marriage-congress/
Niagaran
The real secret is that the entire US is the real Epstein Island.
khety1890
Always a pleasure
originalhuman
I wasn’t the first human 😔
ikinsf1337
We had to fight to allow gay and interacial marriage, but ban child marriage
Drix1942
Yay, Republican majority. Disgusting reality. Pew-pew.
Merulast
graehall
You're really kicking ass under your new name @OP, this is great
squillis
I'm a bad person...
Halfwise
Then you have dumps where you like 1 image, and the rest is garbage, but they insist they deserve a like.
YoWilykat
Damn child marriage still legal in US? Just a guess, mostly the red states?
nlky
Nope! It's also legal in California with no minimum age limit.
Onlyhereforthelaughs
The Mall of America is owned by Canadians.
keyblader1985
Oh, you're cooking with this one.
NZSheeps
Onlyhereforthelaughs
The first Chainsaw was a medical device... To assist with childbirth.
SenseAmidMadnessWitAmidstFolly
And it was hand-crank powered!
sadurdaynight
L0rdinquisit0r
to deactivate the auto shock...
thetickcannothaveaspoontoobig
Zammurkele
MrDrMatt
I'm not at all shocked that this government believes that to be true.
SlayerOfGoat
silentjay01
Oh, I have been saying that since 2017. Even if he lives another 20+ years, they will never accept "natural" causes as a cause of death.
Mikeiller
https://imgur.com/Z1dPB19
itsthevoiceman
That's not the least bit shocking.
Thisisnottheend
sadly true, yanks are dumb like that.
NZSheeps
Remember JFK Jr's "return"? https://archive.ph/qCShb
KnifeKnut
We were having fun, then you showed up.
SlayerOfGoat
This is why I don't get invited to parties...
HeresYourSauce
I love it, not where I expected it to go either.
HeresYourSauce
Also, never buy shock collars for pet discipline. Without proper training the dog won't even know why the pain is there, and with proper training it's not useful.
Don't abuse your pets, and make sure you have a safeword for any other shock collar uses.
DustyBibbles
StevenFarmer
Lies.
Snooj
I do not like this, Sam-I-Am.
Invisibleman1921
The lighter was invented before matches.
quicksilver1
Thanks, Mike Skinner!
Colopty
And lighters were originally converted flintlock pistols, so we figured out guns before we managed to come up with a convenient way to light a fire.
parabolic000
Fire steels existed way before firearms: Ötzi the iceman had flint and pyrite, and he died like 5300 years ago. While they take some practice to use, I'd never say they're not convenient.
Colopty
Fire steel, while portable, is not particularly accurate and thus requires a large prepared surface of flammable material that can be used to throw embers onto. This might work just fine if your only concern is lighting campfires, but in a household setting where you might wish to light up something more precisely it's now a multistep process with intermediary fire mediums, taking several minutes to complete. Most people would describe that as a hassle, not as convenient.
Colopty
For comparison, the precursor to the lighter was the tinderbox. The process to use it was as follow:
Unscrew the lid. Unpack the content. Insert candle from box into candle holder. Use fire steel to strike embers onto coal surface. Move fire from ember to matches. Move fire from matches to candle. Extinguish coal. Extinguish match. A long wick can be used to move fire from the first candle to other candles if needed. Repack the box.
Very convenient, right?
parabolic000
until very recently, having access to a lit fire was a given in most every household, so the kind of portable fire starting you're describing wasn't something that was really needed Besides, if you want pre-firearm convenient fire starting, I'd say to look at Austronesian fire pistons. But I think fundamentally we have different definitions of convenient. I once spent over 2 months using nothing but a bow drill to make fire--That was, I'll admit, a bit of a hassle.
Colopty
If the standard for lighting a fire in the household was to avoid doing it and instead ensure that they always have a fire going on somewhere that they can use as a seed, that only really speaks to the lack of a convenient fire starting tool, does it not? So not really a case of it not being needed, they simply lacked a convenient tool but definitely would've found a lighter useful rather than dismissing it as not needed.
laserfrog
vibrate collars are super useful with deaf dogs, until that shithead decides to make eye contact and then turn away like he didn't.
hullabanana
I read dead frogs, maybe I need a bondulance
laserfrog
YOU SAW ME GESTURE COME YOU SON OF A BITCH, you do not get to play deaf to that. He was fun.
Rijacki
I have a deaf kitty, but no vibration collar. He pays attention to vibrations and 'kitty sign language' like a non-deaf kitty pays attention to pspspspsp or their name being called. But, it is remarkably easy to 'sneak up' to a deaf kitty, whether you mean to or not. It's also hilarious to have a full conversation, in normal voices, over him while he snoozes until one of us makes a vibration.
laserfrog
Do you ever put him on your upper chest while talking? or humming?
laserfrog
or a bass speaker up a little loud?
Rijacki
He likes being held on chest slightly over my shoulder and stretching to my waist. He is a big boy. I often hum to him while burying my face in his fur or against his cheek. I dunno if he likes it or not. He regards it indifferently, like a cat. He can be a very cuddly kitty at times and then want nothing to do with us.
MacroMoray
chd7hubx8m11666
No they aren’t!
SlayerOfGoat
Does that mean tacos are sandwiches?
aRabidGerbil
Yes
MadDucks
https://cuberule.com/
MacroMoray
No no, sandwiches are sandwiches silly
ProxyPlayerHD
lasagna is cake
IceWeaselX
I dislike this one because it suggests sushi is defined by shape. Sushi is defined by the vinegared rice, and only the vinegared rice.
Popular misconception is that it's raw fish. Raw stuff is sashimi, which is just an optional topping for sushi. There is a *lot* of cooked and non-fish sushi.
RyvaTheRenamon
Nah man, pigs in a blanket are infact sushi and thats why it's okay to eat a dozen of them at once
TheDreadPirateMontoya
So a pie is a calzone?
MacroMoray
If it's got a sealed lid and full crust
SlayerOfGoat
So hoagies are tacos?
NZSheeps
A rotated taco
Colopty
Yes.
MrRandom314159
I'll accept that, yes.
rusrsdude
A single layer cake is a calzone?
aRabidGerbil
I think this model considers it toast
MacroMoray
It would be toast
Bubbells
So is a tostada a toast, sandwich, or cake? Also would this make a pizza a toast?
savemebabyjebus
pizza is a pie, as in, when the moon hits your eye...
TinyOctopus
RyvaTheRenamon
I can't believe you'd do this to us
JadeRabbit21
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1aGVsdDU2dmtvNDdrbjlvc20xb3p4cGlybWdwaGVkenp0cWt4NHZzcyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Hk04hIz9UENuo/200w.webp
MisterBoxes
They a cuttlefish
Fizzypeach
Sounds like something an octopus would say!
iklu
Get outta here with your silliness
Table5
ErynGalen
Slander!
igglebotato
WHAt
mehimbored
That’s just what a tiny octopus would WANT you to believe…
KurtopiaCreative
Noooo! I refuse to believe it.
redpandabanana
What else are you lying about?! That there was no aurora borealis when you invited me over for an unforgettable lunch in!?
ElbowDeepinaTinyOctopus
*sigh*
TrappedInABubbleGumFactory
TheEvilPlatypus
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ejhheXN5YXBscG9hdzd2a2M3ZXZ5dGc4cWF2bHc2aXI2NWxyczQxYyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/12NlCFUvTokWXe/200w.webp
Valase
Woah! So much for "humane"!
My whole world-view got shattered, I now have to lay down for a while.
fractalsphere
I feel betrayal. Confusion. What is even real any more? O.o
hetjr
keillrandor
Clayman8
Im sorry what.
sevenfingerman
SlayerOfGoat
WHAT THE FUCK!?
InitHello
BigBlueWonder
Sh1tMovieGroup
pfft, next you'll be telling me you're not even tiny...
GlenL
What in the M. Night Shyamalan is this?
evilspock
fcib
Lies
DrProfessorRocketSurgeon
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NnF1b3ppanU5dTg5ZGpzcHRvdGZkN28xNHFzZjczcGZweGE1ZHdvaCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/vg1ewVKZkCwFy/200w.webp
Hatsodoom
EXCUSE ME?!
keyblader1985
keyserv
Omnislash9
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dHRiMWhkNTQwbzl6NmtzaGpiMzJ3enl1bWV0MmNjZnNjYXcwZzdnNCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/xU9TT471DTGJq/200w.webp
RalphH
TheMellowPeril
I feel betrayed
Halfwise
laserfrog
Scandal!
alphanius
@KittensForDays I can't believe it - why haven't you told us?!?
KittensForDays
Tiny swore me to secrecy!!
somecallmetimmmmkay
You’re telling US that you gave FRANK!!! TO A HUMAN!!!
KittensForDays
Ugh. I KNOW. What was I thinking?? 😫😫
NZSheeps
He only has two hands for petting Frank!
Blackmetalhappiness
Then...what IS TinyOctopus? https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N2ttY2dkMG82Ynh0dG0wdXBqaGN2eWdoYXp6ZXkzbGMweWE5bmFxcCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/eGxkm7b2hzDfkNvjo7/200w.webp
HeavenOrHellLetsRock
A smaller medium sized octopus?
Junktrunkjunkie
My theory is that TinyOctopus is in fact very large.
beatmacster
A big fuck off octopus. A gigantipus. A huge fuckin monstropus. A GALAXIPUS!!!
Sorry I’ve been drinkin and in a silly mood cos otherwise I’m done and fuckin offtipus
SeasonCat
"This is not my arm"
TheRealCrimesJohnson
@TinyOctopus is the Caretaker of Frank. What more do they need to be?
TooCoolForZuul
I'll do one better... WHY is Tiny Octopus?
TinyOctopus
A yOctopus made of Tin? Hmmmm.
xmaneds
@TinnyOctopus
TinnyOctopus
You rang?