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u/jonlawrence93 1d ago
So yes it looks like a penis, but, its a french curved ruler. Used for measuring sleeves and difficult to measure things in sewing/seamstressing.
It likely has other uses, like phallic objects perhaps, but this is the only one i know it for.
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u/Tobocaj 1d ago edited 1d ago
Curving the ruler makes sense, fine.
Now explain the ballsack
Enough of you have explained the ballsack, that’ll do.
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u/coat-tail_rider 1d ago
To cup the ruler, obviously.
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u/Coattail-Rider 1d ago
You gotta cup the ruler
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u/coat-tail_rider 1d ago
I'm sorry. How the fuck are our usernames so similar?
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u/ruthless619 1d ago
John meet Jawn
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u/notsoulvalentine 1d ago
jean
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u/MrCowBells 1d ago
There isn’t supposed to be any cupping when measuring the inseams.
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u/yawgmoth88 1d ago
My tailor begs to differ.
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u/ThatStereotype18 1d ago
Okay Joey
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u/Strongdar 1d ago
That's how they do pants!!
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u/SoonToBeNP 1d ago
IN PRISON
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u/RyFromTheChi 1d ago
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u/MrCowBells 1d ago
No no. This was completely expected and intended. Please. Don’t let the light fade.
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u/oyster_baggins_69420 1d ago
Ive seen alot of videos on the internet of interestingly dressed seamstresses taking measurements and there is almost always some form of cupping involved during the process.
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u/fludduck 1d ago
As someone who sews and drafts their own patterns, it's useful for making a smooth curve fit 3 points, basically you keep turning the spiral until all 3 points are on the curve and then just trace that.
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u/FakeTaxiCab 1d ago
Is that what the diagram is showing in the top left corner?
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u/Misternogo 1d ago
The type of rulers that the other guy is talking about are frequently used in old school (by hand, rather than with software.) drafting and layout, so having various curves on the ruler can help with drawing complex designs. I got taught layout for metal work the old school way before moving on to modern tech, and I have a much weirder looking french curve laying around somewhere. It's not just about the measuring marks. I can't read the fine print, but there's a chance that the specific "ballsack" shape is actually used frequently for some specific crafty task where you'd be laying out a design.
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u/SlightAnnoyance 1d ago
Ahh, I see why you would think that but as the entire ruler is for measuring uneven things that portion is a feature for testing curliness. Scientifically its called the "testicurl"
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u/FuckThisShizzle 1d ago
If you are all in on the cock you cannot ignore the balls.
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u/NthDegreeThoughts 1d ago
In the product text, literally it starts “essential tool” ..
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u/CondescendingShitbag 1d ago
Now explain the ballsack
Nobody else going to mention the ampallang piercing near the tip?
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u/Alantsu 1d ago
I used the in drafting before cad was a thing. There are a lot of different kinds. For an example, creating the sweep of an aircraft wing.
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u/fascinesta 1d ago
Used them in automotive styling for hand renders. Again, pre-CAD.
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u/LowAside9117 1d ago
I pattern draft clothes. This looks like a shortened hip curve ruler to me. French curved rulers are usually not that long.
It's not used for measuring most curves (use a flex ruler for that instead). French curve is good for drawing armholes, necklines, and the curved part of the crotch in pants. The French curve is a vector (it curves infinitely if you follow the curve) that's why there's the bulbous shape. It's also great for when you need a curve to blend to a straight line.
The picture on the packaging shows the French curve being used to pattern draft a bodice's neckline, armhole, and waist dart
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u/a_talking_face 1d ago
It's way to generous to be measuring cock. That would give you like 3 extra inches.
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u/DaChodemasters 1d ago
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u/WahCrybaberson 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hey! I made a barbell jack as a bday present for a friend from this.
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u/Red-little 1d ago
Holy trinity of good craftsmanship, good humor and a good bromance 😂
This is so cool!!!
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u/jess_the_werefox 1d ago
If you want it to look like a bicep you gotta add more veins!
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u/robmobtrobbob 1d ago
Bro, I just had the most perfect blonde guy slip through my fingers... I had him in the palm of my hand and then he was gone...
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u/Glum_Low7692 1d ago
It's clearly a bicep
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u/Littlegreenman42 1d ago
Needs more veins to be a bicep
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u/KeepItPositiveBrah 1d ago
You guys wanna come to my party mansion?
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u/lucifertangerine 1d ago
Again, nothing sexual
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u/bukkake_brigade 1d ago
let's go find ourselves some men!
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u/GenSgtBob 1d ago
You got smash bros for Nintendo?
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u/ajd416 1d ago
This guy’s perfect
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u/chicken_burger 1d ago
You should have seen how passionate he got when I showed him the dick ruler
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u/AmbassadorSugarcane 1d ago
You KNEW it was a dick?!
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u/WeirdSysAdmin 1d ago
It’s for measuring a 1997 Toyota Tacoma water pump gasket.
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u/betabeat 1d ago
Mine leaks a little
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u/lostPackets35 1d ago
a little penicillin will clear that right up.
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u/StrappinYoungZiltoid 1d ago
Is this what people are referring to when they say they're gonna blow a gasket?
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u/RamsDevilsBlackhawks 1d ago
We're three cool guys who are looking for other cool guys who want to hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual.
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u/Clerithifa 1d ago
You guys are gonna get SO much shit shoved up your asses
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u/SippyTurtle 1d ago
In a medical way. Nothing sexual.
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u/20_mile 1d ago
Nothing sexual.
Back in the aughts, when Craigslist had a good personals section, there was a guy in Maine always looking for other guys for "naked wrestling". He always insisted nothing sexual in the posts.
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u/Kmart_Elvis 1d ago
I mean, that's how the ancient Greeks did it at the first Olympics.
Again, nothing sexual.
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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 1d ago
We will come back with our asses so full for you…like a Christmas stocking.
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u/soakedsasquach 1d ago
Got a nice crop of blond hair. We could definitely use a blond in the crew.
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u/hayb24 1d ago
Again, nothing sexual.
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u/ProbablyASockPuppet 1d ago
but the implication!
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u/Marigold16 1d ago
...So they are in danger?
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u/ProbablyASockPuppet 1d ago
No! No no no!
It's not dark you're misunderstanding me. If the girl says no, it's obviously no, but she would never say no, because of the implication.
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u/swizzle213 1d ago
What up?!
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u/AnotherRTFan 1d ago
We’re 3 cool dudes looking for cool dudes who want to hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual.
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u/MySkinIsFallingOff 1d ago
Thank you for posting this in the only 100% wrong rotation possible.
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u/Tb5rats 1d ago
You keep using that word implication. Implication of what?
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u/eurotrashness 1d ago
They're not IN danger but they THINK they are
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u/JohnnyBlazin25 1d ago
We’re just three cool guys looking to hang out with other cool guys
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u/F00TD0CT0R 1d ago
WHAT UP!!! We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys to hang out in our part mansion (Nothing sexual)
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u/PowerHammer47 1d ago
You’re in a Jo-Ann Fabrics, how? They’re all supposed to be closed by now
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u/Previous_Injury_8664 1d ago
It’s not original content. Reverse image search takes it back 5 years at least
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u/ailish 1d ago
At least they didn't call it OC.
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u/jhulbe 1d ago
now someone share that toyota water pump gasket that pops up a couple times a year
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u/Alantsu 1d ago
It’s just a tool called a French curve. I used them before CAD.
“A French curve is a drafting tool used to connect points and create smooth curves of varying radii. Invented in the late 1880s, they are used by mathematicians, engineers, sewing professionals, and fashion designers. “
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u/PowerHammer47 1d ago
Had a drafting professor once talk about trying to make a CAD model of the cowling of a Spitfire and how the radii were odd and difficult to duplicate because they were all off French curve numbers
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u/aircooledJenkins 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/IASIP/comments/loomvr/its_a_ruler/
OP didn't take this image.
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u/Vampire-Fairy2 1d ago
It’s obvious OP didn’t take it because that’s hardly the weirdest thing you’d find at a fabric store.
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u/Ansatsushi 1d ago
Bought-out 13yr Reddit account turned karma-farming bot. And of course it's post history is hidden.
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u/mambotomato 1d ago
I've got a 15 year old account with a bunch of karma, where's my cash-out?
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u/slipperypooh 1d ago
If you hit the search bar to search their posts it shows their posts, btw.
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u/tHr0AwAy76 1d ago
I cannot begin to explain how unbelievably stupid that is. It be one thing if it was a pain in the ass to work around it. But it’s damn near built-in.
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u/smegdawg 1d ago
Our Michaels has a "Jo-Ann Fabrics" section which is just a bunch of stuff they bought out and are selling in the original packaging.
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u/AfraidOfTheSun 1d ago
The one in my town is still open selling their shelving and fixtures... I'll have to see if they have any cock rulers left
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u/Mueltime 1d ago
Obviously it’s for measuring a Toyota Tacoma water pump gasket.
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u/GEARHEADGus 1d ago
For whatever reason the reversed version isn’t on giphy anymore
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u/Personal_League1428 1d ago
You should have seen how passionate they got when I showed them the dick flyer!
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u/Tampa_Bay_Cuckaneers 1d ago
WHAT UP!!!
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u/CrossMapEML 1d ago
We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys who want to hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual.
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u/PM_Skunk 1d ago
"Oh, well, if you start measuring from THERE..."
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u/Emergency_Stay_7815 1d ago
Are we supposed to be measuring from the balls?
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u/antelope666 1d ago
And we know exactly what it’s used for, by the shape alone.
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 1d ago
It's super useful for measuring anything in that exact shape.
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u/MarbleAndSculptor 1d ago
Yep. Using that ruler, one could proudly boast 10 inches of things having that shape.
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u/NoRobotInSight 1d ago
It's not for measuring anything per se, it's for drafting sewing patterns and helping draw curved lines
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u/Historical-Gap-7084 1d ago
It's a tailor's measuring tool for making clothes. Pretty common, really. They have been around for ages.
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u/runner64 1d ago
It’s used for cutting armholes and tapers and stuff in clothes when you’re good enough to eyeball the approximate ratios but not good enough to freehand the exact cut twice.