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As a machinist a lathe is the first thing that comes to mind, you get some clothing or even a rope caught in the wrong place and it'll eat you alive

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today -1 points 2 hours ago
[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Most of my tools could - just a matter of how many swings it would take. Running them over with my work truck would probably be the quickest and chainsaw the messiest.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

But which one would be the most satisfying?

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Zip tying their hands behind their back and handing them over to the police, I guess.

[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Nail gun lobotomy? Or maybe that was my band name in the 00's. I don't remember for some reason.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

If there's one thing I've learned from horror movies it's that unless you have some weird satanic ritual, nothing can stop the bad guy.

But also, I'm a janitor at McDonald's; I could probably slow them down with soapy water or even just leaving the floor oily. I doubt they wear non-slip shoes. Pull some Scooby Doo shit, slick up the floor, Jason comes after me and slides into the freezer, which I then lock.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

I was a manager at our student union building in college, very occasionally I had to go to the back of the food court since I had the magic keys and all. The shear amount of oil coating the floor after mopping in the Sonic area made me never want fast food again. I had non slip shoes and it was still like walking on ice.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

Does it necessarily need to be the tools of your specific job? You might not use the deep fryer in the execution of your personal duties, but it is at your job and, I imagine, could have an impact if you could get your opponent to it. (Perhaps even combining it with your previously mentioned strategy.)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 minute ago

I was just assuming the fryer or other actual weaponry (like knives) wouldn't do any lasting damage to the supernatural horror pursuing me. But Home Alone style mayhem would be fun. Incorporate the grills, the fryer, etc into a Rube Goldberg machine of pain.

[–] modeler@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

You could Rorschach them with 🍟

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Graphic Designer so maybe if it was a lawnmower man situation

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I might be able to trick an AI into a paradox situation if I'm lucky, but that's all I got.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

I'm an auto mechanic, honestly like 80% of the things I touch every day could kill most things if applied properly.

Thinking about reach and convenience from my toolbox, I'm thinking the 5' steel prybar (effectively a 10 lb baseball bat with a sharp tip) or the cv axle I took out earlier. Honorable mention to one of a variety of possible chemical attacks or just straight up dropping a car on it.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Really big laser - meant for cutting through thick steel, could probably slice most monsters Bond-villain style.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 45 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm imagining the villain putting a gun to his head because of a one-star review.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Beating a villian through cyberbullying would be one of the funnier ways to win

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

That's the gist of what we're doing to Elon these days. In case you weren't aware, read up on how his PoE livestream went.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago

Usually: Power over Ethernet
In this context: Path of Exile

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I wanna see this venture bros episode

[–] Bitflip@lemmy.ml 19 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I work at a tool store and often fantasize about a zombie apocalypse or something starting while I'm at work. Should fit this situation, so let's go! If it happens in... Aisle 1: dual wielding a drill and heatgun Aisle 2: dual wielding circular saw and angle grinder Aisle 3: put on safety goggles, strangle them with AirTool hoses Aisle 4: dual wielding air nailers! Aisle 5: giant wrench Aisle 6: screwdriver to the face Aisle 7: steel automotive jack handles Aisle 8: wench snare traps everywhere Aisle 9: pickaxe Aisle 10: generator fumes Aisle 11: tumbling tower of tires Back wall: hammers!

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Feels like my local Harbor Freight...

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 8 points 21 hours ago

Almost like that weapons museum in one of the john wick movies

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

The autopsy saw. It's a gleaming monstrosity of stainless steel designed to part human flesh like Moses parted the red sea. You can stack zombies as deep as you want, the saw won't even slow down. The only thing that will stop it is the length of the mechanical arm it hangs from, because it's unfortunately too heavy for most people to lift.

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

The cardboard crusher probably, just have to tip them over the edge. Puts them nicely in 1.5x1.5x1m cubes

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

Recently retired from a place that makes rocket engines, and there's just so much. Start with a rocket engine itself - the combustion gasses are like 3300 C (6000 F) with more than 400,000 lb of thrust. But there's a lot associated. We dealt with lots of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. We have a giant braze oven that we can put a whole rocket nozzle into. It's quite an arsenal.

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago

Probably all the knives and the room full of people who spend 8 hours a day cutting things to bits with them. After a while, you get pretty good at finding where to cut through joints, so it doesn't take all that long.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I work from home...

Best I got is an old fashioned paper cutter that looked way too heavy duty.

Cue the scene from The Faculty where the bad boy twists off the blade of that thing.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago

TPS report cover sheet.

[–] Dagge@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I work with IT but in a meat processing plant, the giant saw that cuts pigs in half would certainly do it. Even though all of the slaughtering and butchering have been dismantled many years ago due to cutbacks, it would be a very good location for a horror movie or an augmented reality experience or something like that, it's almost like everyone just up and left.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The elevators that always breakdown. They were doing a repair today and knocked out power to the whole building.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

My mind immediately goes to the resident evil movie elevator scene...

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Carpal tunnel slasher can't hold a knife

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm unemployed rn so uh, some dab wax?

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I work in a restaurant, so... garlic?

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wanna see you with an electric cake mixer and a determined expression.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago

all day err day, bby

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

Gas/pressure cooker explosion, divert or bust lines to flood the freezer, I know industrial dough mixers can really ruin you

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

100' fall into the middle of an arena.

I work as a concert high rigger.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A server rack full of servers, dropped on the monster like a cartoon piano.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Don't need to drop the rack, the monster will be sliced to ribbons on the aluminum razor blades the rack is made from

[–] Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

From what I've seen, airplane crashes can be pretty fatal!

[–] viscacha@feddit.org 4 points 21 hours ago

Suffering through eight straight hours of „business alignment workshops“.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 4 points 21 hours ago

Crushing depression.

Although that’s not really for my job since I don’t have one.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The printing press. The monster's blood would be spread out over 70000 newspapers.

[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

What's black and white and red all over?

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

Would be an interesting way to spread a vampire curse

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Well, I work with IT, Ships, and industrial robotics, so I'm thinking that the villain gets maimed by a robot controlled by a perl script to the point where he is unable to prevent his ship from sinking.

EDIT: Oh, and don't gets me started on the seismic source: 4000 cubic inches of compressed air at 2000psi. Seismic sources are scary. In water ut will turn anyone in yhe water into jell-o. I've coordinated these with simultaneous diving ops, and the divers usually call us to stop if they're within 3-4 kilometers.

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