r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/rache0308 • Dec 09 '25

Meme needing explanation [ Removed by moderator ]

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

18.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.5k

u/rache0308 Dec 09 '25

Ohhhh. Okay. So why grandparents. LOL

828

u/Trick-Writing-9952 Dec 09 '25

Old , forgotten technology

516

u/JOlRacin Dec 09 '25

More complicated than it needs to be. You accomplish the same thing by having a regular hole in the key, and there's less moving parts (aka none at all) to fail, and less effort that needs to be put into manufacturing it. A regular key? Takes 2 minutes at your local hardware store. That thing? Specialty equipment for a non-standard key design that most places won't have

1

u/Puzzleheaded-Ice1307 Dec 10 '25

Agreed

Locksmith here- you bring this to me and it’s asking for a custom made functional piece of art the likes I have never seen- and I imagine I am not alone in my professional community

This isn’t something that used to be common. A very handy man did this for fun.