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[KittyTac]

ASCIIPuter:

A seemingly regular computer that outputs everything in an ASCII display.

uh

you know that was once the only kind of display computers had, right?

This is not so much a "bizarre magical item" as a "totally mundane obsolete item".

Yeah, but it has otherwise top-end specs.

[Maximum Spin]

Yeah, but it has otherwise top-end specs.

Okay, then "totally mundane somewhat-inconvenient-but-not-technically-obsolete item of which I actually know people who have examples"

[wierd]

Sounds more like he has never administered a cloud services server\filer.

Those are basically really high end systems with no graphics hardware. You administer them using ssh almost exclusively.

[Maximum Spin]

Sounds more like he has never administered a cloud services server\filer.

Those are basically really high end systems with no graphics hardware. You administer them using ssh almost exclusively.

Yeah, I considered this but decided that a server doesn't really count as "top-end" from an ordinary end user's perspective, since the majority of the ordinary end user's perspective *is* graphics performance.

[Helgoland]

I dream of the day I can access my operating system purely via console... Together with vim keybindings for Firefox, I'll never need a mouse again.

[VoidSlayer]

New Shoes

These fine soft shoes are activated by touching your foot, while wearing it, with another persons foot.  This can be done through most forms of footwear.  The two feet are then instantly, irreversibly and painlessly swapped, with the ankles of each recipient altered to accommodate the new foot.  The shoes or other footwear go with the foot, so this can lead to some unfortunate circumstances in crowds.

[TalonisWolf]

New Shoes

These fine soft shoes are activated by touching your foot, while wearing it, with another persons foot.  This can be done through most forms of footwear.  The two feet are then instantly, irreversibly and painlessly swapped, with the ankles of each recipient altered to accommodate the new foot.  The shoes or other footwear go with the foot, so this can lead to some unfortunate circumstances in crowds.

...now I'm imagining two people faceplanting due to a shoe-to-high heel swap. This shouldn't amuse me as much as it does.

Pick-Up Truck: This truck is enchanted to harvest any resource within 13 meters of it and store said resources in the back of said truck. Some variations have people replace the 'bed' of the truck with a portal to instantly transport the looted resources.

[VoidSlayer]

New Shoes

These fine soft shoes are activated by touching your foot, while wearing it, with another persons foot.  This can be done through most forms of footwear.  The two feet are then instantly, irreversibly and painlessly swapped, with the ankles of each recipient altered to accommodate the new foot.  The shoes or other footwear go with the foot, so this can lead to some unfortunate circumstances in crowds.

...now I'm imagining two people faceplanting due to a shoe-to-high heel swap. This shouldn't amuse me as much as it does.

Pick-Up Truck: This truck is enchanted to harvest any resource within 13 meters of it and store said resources in the back of said truck. Some variations have people replace the 'bed' of the truck with a portal to instantly transport the looted resources.

You could also very easily end up with two left feet.

I wonder who defines resources, this would be quite dangerous in the hands of a slaver.

[Helgoland]

Never mind slavers - phosphate traders would just straight up extract peoples' skeletons.

[VoidSlayer]

Never mind slavers - phosphate traders would just straight up extract peoples' skeletons.

Nah, it doesn't protect the driver, so they would just instantly kill themselves.

Actually that truck would be real hard to even use for most collecting and is mostly just a death trap.  A worthy addition to this list!

[Blood_Librarian]

Sword of Board

A sword apt to only be used as a board in a construction project.

[TalonisWolf]

Sword of Board

A sword apt to only be used as a board in a construction project.

I pity the fool who mistakes it as a sword used in boarding enemy ships.

[crazyabe]

Sinking cap: Causes whatever the wearer is standing on to sink(Lower) on the point the wearer is standing with equal force as though the wearer weighed thirty tons.

[TalonisWolf]

Sinking cap: Causes whatever the wearer is standing on to sink(Lower) on the point the wearer is standing with equal force as though the wearer weighed thirty tons.

...I'd imagine that stepping on someone's chest while you're wearing these would be lethal?

[hops]

Itheberg: A crystal that disrupt higher brain functions when close to it.