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Does an ordinary key hold a special memory for you? 🔑 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by 0094@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone! I'm an art student working on a project about keys, and l'd love to hear personal stories behind them🥺 Would anyone be willing to share a key that means something to them, along with the story behind it? ❗️Please avoid posting photo of your actual keys, just in case someone might misuse them.

It could be a house key connected to a special memory, something that happened in a particular place, or even a small part of your everyday life.
It doesn't have to be a house key, either. Maybe it belongs to a drawer, or something else entirely. Perhaps there's a reason you've kept it for years, or a memory attached to it that you've never really thought about sharing.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to anyone who feels like sharing☺️

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[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Just wanna remind people about being careful posting pictures of their keys, it's possible to reverse engineer the cut.

I don't wanna imply that op had bad intentions, I've had plenty of keys that have held meaning to me, they are all excellent keepsakes for remembering places and things you were familiar enough with to have some sort of connection to

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Omg, thank you so much for the reminder!! I honestly hadn’t thought that through carefully enough🥺I’ve now added a note to the post asking people not to share photos of their actual keys. If anyone still posts one, I’ll reply but also delete their comment to keep them safe x I really appreciate you looking out for everyone, this helps me a lot❤️ And yes, keys make wonderful keepsakes. They may look similar, but each one is unique and holds its own memories. Being a key collector is such a lovely thing :D

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Eh it's all good, so long as they're old keys that don't go to any particular lock anymore it's not as big a deal, moreso a reminder so people don't go making security risks for themselves unknowingly

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Yes! Better safe than sorry☺️☺️