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Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0e7dee46-d59f-43f7-9b29-043d9c358a1a.png

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. A good engineering pencil can be used for anything.
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  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If I am somehow without my 0.9mm Graphgear 500 then I would have to go with 1.

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  • FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    6, which I guess is pretty similar to my pick for number 5 on the pen post. Looks like the weight and style would feel best in my hand. Sadly none of them have my favorite feature of having fairly long and good quality erasers on it like my current favorite (non imported) mechanical pencil. Can’t remember the name off the top of my head

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  • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Screw #8. Everyone here including OP missed out on the actual best Zebra mechanical pencil. The Zebra DelGuard.

    It has this crazy mechanism that resists lead breakage by dropping a shield down if you press too hard.

    www.zebrapen.com/…/delguard-mechanical-pencil?var…

    They even made limited edition Hello Kitty ones years ago I imported. Best 0.3mm mechanical pencil I’ve ever used. Image

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  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

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    • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The orange ones are basically the same but better. I use theese on a daily basis because they are military grade:

      • Cheap af.
      • Found everywhere.
      • Would survive a nuclear holocaust.
      • It’s going to last longer than I.
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    • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was looking for this one. Also great to improvise a bong with or a perform a tracheotomy.

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    2, always

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    • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      2 in theory but there’s never a good pencil sharpener lying around.

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      • mtchristo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You will never get a sharper tip than with a cutter blade.

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      • Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I actually bought like 5 pencil sharpeners looking for one that sharpens on a steep angle to get the tip style that comes out of the box instead of the long style you get with most sharpeners. Now I just keep them all over the place.

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No Rotring 600? For shame!

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  • oyo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Zebra M-402, which I’ve used exclusively for at least 20 years. (The same one.)

    Followed closely by the Ticonderoga.

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Am I the only one who’se only ever used wooden pencils in my life? In my part of the word basically no one used those plastic ones.

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  • podperson@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    #3 is the best mechanical I’ve ever owned, hands down. 3 all day long.

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    • Edge004@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I actually did stop using other pencils after getting one lol

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  • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Give me the black version of number 1 or a uniball precise v5

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  • hihi24522@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Already made up my mind and got a rotring 600. Plan to use it till the brass erodes

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Option 0: Keyboard.

    I cant write for shit, generally hurts my hand for anything beyond a short note.

    If i don’t have access to a keyboard something has gone catastrophically wrong in the world and I’ve likely got bigger problema.

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  • mick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nope. You’re getting some decent conversation out of this so those 30 minutes were definitely put to good use. And that’s a nice photo.

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just got photos off the internet, cropped them, and smashed them together in a docx.

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      • mick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Haha. I envisioned you meticulously lining them up and spacing them evenly with a ruler. I wondered how you did the lighting because there were shadows under some pencils but not others. That should’ve been a clue that it was a composite.

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  • curiousPJ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    #3 for me. Keeps my handwriting just a little bit more legible.

    #4 doesn’t work for my writing style it seems. I end up wearing large flats on the lead anyways.

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  • Condiment2085@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I guess I’m the only one but 7 is underrated

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I used to use them to before I tried the kuru toga

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  • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Someone do this, but with vibrators.

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    • Karjalan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “you can only write with ONE type of vibrator, ignoring diameter”

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Only one?

        downvoted

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  • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

    The GOAT

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  • slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Am I a psychopath for preferring to use a pen, even if it means ai have to cross things out every now and then?

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    • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pilot G2 has been my preferred implement since high school. Just have to be careful for smudges, but I hate the feel goopier ink like in a bic pen, so it’s a fair trade off.

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    • oyo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are a few things where being sble to erase the mark is important enough for a pencil, in which case good ol’ #2 fits every need.

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I also prefer pen. I only use pencil if it’s a drawing I’m likely to need to erase/revise. Not a fan of mechanicals though, using them puts my teeth on edge for some reason.

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      • amon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        the metal scraping on ur ruler or paper is painful

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    • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This, I’ve been writing in inc brand R2s for 16 years now and I will never willingly use a different writing utensil.

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    • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Stay strong brethren

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    #1 got me through college

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  • ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not sure I’ve ever seen #5 with the clip still intact.

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    • deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mine always stays intact. Until i let literally anyone borrow it. The worst is when you get it back and instead of being totally snapped off, it’s just bent up to a 90⁰ angle, and then you have to snap it off yourself because you can never get it to lie flat again after that. That’s why I would always keep a spare with the clip already fucked up in my bag when someone inevitably asked to borrow a pencil.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean most of these look pretty uncomfortable, 8 looks the most comfortable.

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  • starshipwinepineapple@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. Pen or bust
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  • gon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Out of the ones on this list, #1, but I think I’d prefer the GG500 actually.

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. Ticonderoga is the Cadillac of pencils.
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    • johncritzman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can I introduce you to Blackwings? They write so well and the eraser is a little bigger. Is it a lot if hype? Yeah probably, but its also just a good pencil. It’s like the Rolls Royce of wood pencils

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      • alcibiades@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Blackwings feel like writing with a pen it’s absurd. Plus they look great

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

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    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Don’t lose any of the plastic bits on that fucking nightmare.

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Gimme one of these bad boys and utility razor. Image

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    • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Got in trouble in school once for using one of those way back in the day. Dad was a construction supervisor so they were frequently lying around.

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    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reminds me of when I had to write a physics exam in university and it required a pencil for the Scantron cards. I basically never carried pencils so when my pencil tip broke I had to grab my utility knife out of my backpack and sharpen it to continue writing my exam.

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      • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s vietnam level shit going on there lmao.

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  • myster0n@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I prefer 2mm mechanical pencils instead of the 0.5mm ones.

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  • TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Erasable pen. Just because I’m contrary.

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hey same. I like that they have better contrast with the page, I feel like they’re more readable

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