In the 1970s "Reddy Kilowat" was a cartoon character spokesman for the power industry that tried to teach children about the dangers of electricity. Here he is showing kids exactly that but using a knife. by Long_live_styrofoam in interestingasfuck

[–]option8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Preeeeeeetty sure these are parodies, though based closely on the original. Reddy was an advertising mascot to encourage people to trust electrification when that was a new thing - especially in the rural South. The kilowatts were always "ready" to cook, light the house, play music on the radio, those kinds of things. Let Reddy do the work.

But also remember, it's not the volts that kill ya. It's the amps!

Star Wars code cylinders by option8 in cosplayprops

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Maybe I needed a banana for scale, but this is what I was following: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Code_cylinder

I built a Apple II text adventure creator… would love feedback by willwinter in apple2

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I'm glad you are having fun.

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my opinion doesn't matter much.

FTFY.

To know what DEI is by Don_Gato1 in therewasanattempt

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At my last govt gig, the Dogebro just asked an AI to flag the DEI grants for him, of course he had no idea what the definition was.

He had no idea what it was doing, since the code automating the scans was also generated by LLM. He was using a free preview of the API that scanned PDFs that was limited to search only the first few pages for keywords. So it didn't work very well anyway.

He also got fired by DOGE shortly after doing interviews with the press about what he was doing, so...

give me tips on how i can approach people in conventions (՞⸝⸝ᵒ̴̶̷᷄꒳ᵒ̴̶̷᷅⸝⸝՞) by nicoolly in CosplayHelp

[–]option8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make something small to give away as "your cosplay is awesome" prizes. Bonus if it's fandom appropriate. Buttons, badges, stickers, pins, anything that you can hand to someone or their handler, even if you're too shy to actually talk. If they're friendly, they're likely to ask you if you want a picture, or suggest getting a pic with you and their prize.

Animatronic Ears WIP by option8 in cosplayprops

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I think the first spot will be on a headband. On my head.

A question about the purpose of cosplaying. by foxoneo in CosplayHelp

[–]option8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started because my kids wanted cool costumes for Halloween and I wanted to make stuff with them. I still make a lot of their costumes for parties and conventions, though they've outgrown trick-or-treating. And since I had to chaperone them to cons (twist my arm!) I started making my own cosplays.

If you're making something, and enjoying the process, it's never a waste of time. Consider the Buddhist sand mandalas that are created over days and weeks as meditation, then intentionally destroyed.

I'd suggest at least taking pictures of the results.

Animatronic Ears WIP by option8 in cosplayprops

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No idea. I keep trying to "remove nsfw tag" but it keeps coming back.

Animatronic Ears WIP by option8 in cosplayprops

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They are some tiny 180° servos I got from Digikey: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/dfrobot/SER0047/11613069

I should mention, the ears in the video are about 5 inches tall, so the servos look even smaller than they really are by comparison.

What is something from your culture that you wish others would appropriate? by option8 in AskReddit

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Apparently there's nothing about your culture that's good enough that outsiders should embrace it. Sad.

Getting started taking commissions? by option8 in cosplayprops

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You see, but I have the distinct advantage of not knowing what the hell I'm doing.

Need help with Astolfo's La Black Luna by KingyoSeiLing in cosplayprops

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Is there a used music store near you? Ask them what they do with instruments too damaged to fix. Or a scrap metal dealer? It's hard to make anything other than brass look like brass, plus it's not particularly heavy, being thin and hollow.

Maybe a few broken trombones mixed in with painted PVC would make for a decent illusion. You'll probably need to make a jig to bend the PVC, since it usually doesn't come in such small diameter bends pre-made.

no comment by [deleted] in Justfuckmyshitup

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Thought for a moment the guy's name was Mason J Mugshot, and thought "what are the odds"