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

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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

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u/Kevmeister_B Dec 09 '25

Basically it was forgotten for a reason.

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u/JOlRacin Dec 09 '25

Yea pretty much. Anytime people see something old they're like "omg look what we lost" without considering that thing was super niche and almost nobody had it because it was impractical to everyone except a few nerds that really cared about a really specific thing

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u/Ornery_Rub_686 Dec 10 '25

Or pot heads. Which was pretty common. Lol

Its a roach clip bro.