Comment on A drill technically becomes a screwdriver when you insert a drill bit into it

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The drill is the shit you insert

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• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If the attachment is what makes it a screwdriver, then the attachment is also what makes it a drill.

  An electric kitchen mixer is not a drill. At least, it wasn’t designed to be one. But I could weld a drill bit on there and turn it into something which can maybe drill - if terribly.

  Similarly, the ‘device’ part of what we call an electric drill can’t drill anything, not until you put the drill bit in. It’s not a drill in its base form - just a useless handheld spinny thing waiting for a purpose.

  But I could add a whisk and turn it into a kitchen mixer…

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