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submitted 9 months ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

I bought us a nice, thick , chromatic set.

kids lost a spoon here and there and now... we have this hodge podge of shit silverware.

when grabbing for me, I reach for the chromatic set every time.

the other ones are mostly too sharp around the edges, too heavy, or just too flimsy.