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>be me
>4th grade
>bring 3 sharpners to school
>friend tells me thats a lot of sharpners
>bring 3 more sharpners the next day >friend gives me his sharpner to grow my collection
>start collecting more and more sharpners
>go to stationary every week to by more sharpners
>collect about 70 sharpners by the end of the month
>start bringing a tiny bag to carry thoes sharpner
>english teacher asks for a sharpner
>offer her the bag thinking she'd be impressed
>sees all my sharpners and writes a note to my parents
>only allowed to bring 1 sharpner
>idea.jpg
>make a huge sharpner out of cardboard
>dad helps me to color it with red and silver spray paint
>display it on my table during the english period
>get sent to the office

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[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just buy one quality sharpener that isn't shit and will last

As someone who parents kept buying cheap sharpners every few years I hate cheap sharpners because they often break the tips of pencils and get jammed unless you apply a amount of force that starts to get uncomfortable if done for a while

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

i don't think that the story was about sharpeners

but i can see that your sharpeners have traumatized you deeply and that's the 1st thing you hear when you read the "be me"

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What do you look for when searching for a quality sharpener?

[–] Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It must have a sharpener sharp enough to sharpen.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you can just dismount the little blade and sharpen it

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

While normies studied lessons, I was studying the blade.

[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not the original commenter, but high carbon steel blades, and preferably a magnesium body.

Something like https://www.jetpens.com/KUM-No.-410-Magnesium-Pencil-Sharpener-2-Hole/pd/16525#index=0

Or, hear me out, mechanical pencils. If it gets dull, rotate and click.