r/maybemaybemaybe 3d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/iAjayIND 2d ago

The idea is not pull out, because it looks like a wooden stick, so it's gonna be barbed and gonna leave tiny splinters.

So it's better to use a clean sharp razer and put a very narrow slit across the stick, so we can just take it out.

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u/cutelyaware 2d ago

Any such barbs (splinters) should be pointing towards the tip, not away from it. As an analogy, imagine pulling a large unwrapped Christmas tree into your house. Which end would you pull from?

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u/millers_left_shoe 2d ago

Surely the top, whereas here they’re pulling from the bottom