• YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip
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    9 hours ago

    If I remember correctly, some of them would give out books of matches for free if you pressed a button. They were an important resource for GenX children up to no good.

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      2 hours ago

      I was younger than ten when I realized that, if you can flick a bottle cap, you can flick a spinning ring of fiery fuckery… ^(by taking one match, bending it around to the strike strip and folding the lid open to pinch it between finger [some prefer middle, others ring] and thumb, then hold it above your shoulder next to your ear and flick with your elbow as reticle)

      Don’t do this in a restaurant. Please.

      Also, if you can’t yet do a bottle cap… Start there. FFS.

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          Hold your hand like you were going to snap your fingers. Now, place a bottle cap on its side, facing your pinkie, with its bottom edge pinched between your finger and thumb. Sight down your forearm, and fire! Practice makes, well, mayhem?