@ObviouslyNotBanana Aglets, BTW, are precisely the right size to go into a seat belt buckle, jam, and not come out again. That cost me a couple of hundred dollars and it turns out I'm not the only one...
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Perfectly mildly interesting fact
Telomeres, right? Then why is nobody saying telomeres?
Telomeres are a structure on DNA. These things, aglets, are a common metaphor used to describe the function of telomeres as aglets basically do for shoelaces what telomeres do for DNA
Reverse the metaphor.
Those are shoe laces. They help keep your shoes on your feet.
Shoelace foreskins.
Do I get a pass if English is not my first language?
No, before now I did not know the name for it in my first language either.
Yet another example of the US being under the thumb of big agletculture.
I have no idea.
They're called aglets. If you didn't already know that, I'm going to assume you have a life and aren't a gigantic nerd, and hope you still invite me to parties despite occasionally spouting useless information.
That's a slur and I'm offended^~~happy~~ that you would call us that 😏
I forgot what they were called as well, I just remember someone saying that guy became a millionaire when I was a kid, and at the time I thought there was still hope for me.
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Lace nipples
Those are the ends of what are called shoelaces, friend.
I don't know the name but I can tell you how sad they make me when they break and tear off and you have to use a lighter on the now extremely frayed end(s) of your shoelace for just a few seconds, and then pinch off the flame just lightly burning your fingies while molding the shoelace end into a cohesive black carcinogen.
Source: I am cheap
Aglets. Now you know.
"The plastic tips at the end of shoe laces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister."
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It don fuckin matter what its called, it better have teeth marks on it brother.
The Simpsons told me what an aglet is years ago.
The question is, do you know what this is?
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I've spent hours looking for them so I could finally craft the Lightning boots.
Ah, but once you know of the aglets, do you know what you put the aglets through? Maybe you should be friends with people who don't know aglets but do know the word for the holes
I don't remember, but I know for a fact that cats are their natural predators
Aka if you don't watch phineas and ferb, you're not my friend
Whappers
Aglet gang, rise up
That's easy: they are the Tube nipples of the tube titties
Fadenendstücke
They're clearly words. Letters if you want to be more specific.
That's a pretty cool unrelated picture of aglets, though. Totally random lol
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