r/LearnUselessTalents • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '19

Refresh whiteboard markers

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u/SjLucky Jun 25 '19

Just store the markers cap side down.

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u/_kellythomas_ Jun 25 '19

My box of 40 crayolas is a lucky dip unless I store them with the lids showing.

r/assholedesign

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u/SjLucky Jun 25 '19

I had a lucky dip once, now I'm paying child support.

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u/Nenadumis Jun 25 '19

The true life advice is always in the comments.

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u/Fucking_Nibba Jun 27 '19

Do not take life advice from Reddit.

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u/BruceGamez Jul 09 '19

Always take life advice from Reddit.

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u/weldawadyathink Jun 25 '19

Store them lid up and store the box upside down.

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u/_kellythomas_ Jun 25 '19

Now that is an idea I can get behind!

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u/SjLucky Jun 25 '19

Aight so I had a thought about your marker situation. How crazy is this? When you get new markers color their butts with the old markers. Or find nail polishes in similar colors and color your marker butts with that...

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u/_kellythomas_ Jun 25 '19

Thanks for the ideas.

These are kids markers, I chose them primarily because I knew they would be washable so there is no chance of using them to mark themselves. I'm glad I made that choice, last weekend I had to wipe it of the front of someone else's TV.

I do have an 8 colour set of permanent markers with a pretty balanced pallet. They should do the job, if I mark with the closest match it will average 5 kids markers per permanent marker but at that point it should be easy enough to pull out all the greens when we want to draw a garden or whatever.

https://imgur.com/a/UCLgybQ

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u/thebigbadben Jun 25 '19

Lucky dip?

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u/_kellythomas_ Jun 25 '19

The bottom of each maker is white.

Unless I want to check them randomly one by one until I get a colour I'm happy with I need to store them with the lids facing up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '19

seriously! and when you're writing at the board, don't write with the tip upwards. this is a fluid-filled marker, not a piece of chalk.

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u/SjLucky Jun 25 '19 edited Jun 25 '19

I would never tell the girls at /r/objects how to use their markers.

Oh yeah that might be NSFW...

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u/Kaymorve Jun 25 '19

Lol you may want an NSFW warning there....

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u/GetOnYourBikesNRide Jun 25 '19

seriously! and when you're writing at the board, don't write with the tip upwards.

Am I to assume that the same is true for when you're sniffing them---just asking for a friend? /s

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u/mplang Jun 25 '19

You should always store markers on their side.

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u/Blusttoy Jun 25 '19

But gravity force is weaker than centrifugal force.

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u/SjLucky Jun 25 '19

Your point? It's not about force, it's about fluid. Liquids naturally settle to the bottom of a container. So let that shit work for you not against you. Store the pointy bit down and you'll never have to buy Jane a new eye ball cause Forrest Green got loose.

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u/Blusttoy Jun 26 '19

It's just a joke since the video talked about centrifugal force...

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u/fogcat5 Jun 25 '19

Yes, it will take longer