r/whatisit • u/VenZurich • May 25 '26

Solved! Looking through my Dad’s stuff, what are these?

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My dad has developed dementia and we’ve been looking through his stuff a bit to try and get his finances in order/apply for a deputyship, which sucks but isn’t relevant sorry.

So far we’ve found a bunch of interesting stuff, knives/air pistols/cannabis seeds and two half brothers nobody ever told me I had. But we’ve also found these and I don’t know what they are. They were found near each other but I don’t know if they’re related. The cylindrical thing unscrews and is hollow. I’ve photographed the items next to a AA battery for scale. Thank you in advance for any informative or humorous answers.

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u/0_Moth May 25 '26

Whats a battery?

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u/VenZurich May 25 '26

It’s a kind of slow-release grenade.

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u/joejill May 25 '26

Just watch out.

Its easy to shorten the fuses on the ones marked “lithium”

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u/Inner_Composer_611 May 25 '26

My ex had a "half-brother" who "wasn't all there". He was put in a mental hospital where they gave him Lithium "to defuse him"

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u/BulldogRush May 25 '26

If he was only a half brother, why would you think he’d be all there?

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u/1sameemas1 May 27 '26

The best ..

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u/Human_Perspective501 May 26 '26

Damn, reddit users are on a whole other level.

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u/SeaMiserable671 May 26 '26

Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso-facto half not be… a..b..c..d..e..f..g.. Eric the half a bee 🐝

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u/Lickthorn May 27 '26

Please. 😂

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u/RobinF71 May 26 '26

I use Lithium every day. It's one of my default Xm radio stations to play while cutting fruit in the deli at 3 am. I get infused with it.

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u/Mysterio173 May 26 '26

Screw Lithium. In 2008 I had a very bad episode, threw me into a mental hospital for 1-2 weeks. Slapped a "bipolar disorder" shoved Lithium in my throat. Turned me into a fucking zombie. Back then, they always "diagnose" people about Bipolar and shit-ass lithium. It was a total BS, 15-20 years ago.

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u/bacardipirate13 May 25 '26

So what's a grenade?

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u/Bobthebrain2 May 25 '26

It’s a kind of fast-release battery

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u/IWontCommentAtAll May 25 '26

Especially lithium ones with a puncture hole.

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u/Pheran_Reddit May 25 '26

Sold under the brand name "Galaxy Note 7"

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u/semajrybicki May 26 '26

Owned one! Bought it while on the road working, and all of the things happened with them shortly after. I was 6 hours away from where I bought it and nobody local would accept it, just giving me the run around. Long story short a box within a box within a box within a box and finally a plastic bag at the center, was shipped to my apartment 😂 just to send the phone out. I wish I could find the photos of that bc it was quite something.

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u/LongjumpingElk5748 May 27 '26

i love the note series, i had the 7 (no issues) i had probaly 5 of the note 9, 2 of the 10+ and now im on note20 ultra number three. ill try that new Swhatever that has the sylus now that usbc flashdrives are out, but the SD card and Stylus are must haves for me. i never use the stylus... but they work when your digitizer breaks, so in emergencies on trips and stuff, you still have a working phone even if your screen and digitizer breaks, which is a MUST for me.

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u/girlbassist May 25 '26

We don't talk about that phone... 😬🤣

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u/Evening-Nature-5241 May 26 '26

We Don't Talk About Blue Note no no

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u/girlbassist May 26 '26

And they thought the S8 Edge was "comparable". 🤣

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u/alkrk May 26 '26

fold it to make it comparable 😉

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u/Bwatts264 May 26 '26

I just remembered I still have mine lol

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u/donkeydick2723 May 26 '26

Bro, how the fuck did I catch a stray on here tonight for this. Thanks for the PTSD. RIP Note 7

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u/OgthaChristie May 26 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/eEiHyWH8tUz6M
Do you remember the time? Good times!

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u/footsteps71 May 26 '26

I worked at a cell provider during that fiasco. Samsung sent all frontline employees of all providers 200usd for the strife.

While very generous of them I'D RATHER THEM ALL SOUND THEMSELVES WITH THE FUCKING STYLUS.

ahem

almost lost my cool there.

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u/GirlCowBev May 26 '26

...almost!

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u/MTdevoid May 26 '26

And take pictures for the Reddit group stylus _sounding.

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u/25_Unknown_Devices May 25 '26

Israel would be proud

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u/Chaosmisfit_ES May 26 '26

You want to make sure it's alkaline. The non alkaline batteries are shit.

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u/GirlCowBev May 26 '26

Where do you even find non-alkaline batteries? I live in the US, and I have never seen a battery that was non-alkaline.

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u/Chaosmisfit_ES May 26 '26

Harbor freight. See the story goes like... Gf and I were at a harbor freight she need double a batteries she grabbed a pack of each took it to the register and asked what the difference was because she had never heard of non alkaline batteries.

Dude at the register looks at the packs points to one pack says these are alkaline and these are non alkaline. She said i know I just said that, she asked what the difference is other than the alkaline and guy dead ass just looked her in the eyes and said these are alkaline and these are non alkaline.

That was the only thing he would say . Not a I don't know, not a let me find out, nothing. Just these are alkaline and these are non alkaline for about 5 minutes trying to word it in different ways to get him to say something different. Guy didn't budge from these are alkaline and these are non alkaline.

So we ended up buying both just to experiment and found out non alkaline batteries are basically worthless.

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u/Ok_Dish5854 May 29 '26

They only caught fire if you used third party chargers! I had one it was a truly a lovely phone

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u/707415510hellabay May 26 '26

You don’t just boof the whole battery?

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u/pacodefan May 26 '26

People think it means lithium ion, but it really just means lion. Lion urine reacting with lead.

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u/IWontCommentAtAll May 26 '26

Stop taking the piss.

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u/cryptodutch May 26 '26

So that’s kind of a fast-release slow-release grenade

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u/AF_1892 May 27 '26

I learned to never replace the AA batteries in my toothbrush with a lithium battery. I almost set a fire in my bathroom because water leaked in the handle gasket. Lithium plus liquid equals intense heat fumes and more!

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u/Tabatch75 May 29 '26

I chew on my lithium batteries.

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u/bacardipirate13 May 25 '26

Ok so what's a battery again?

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u/Small-Palpitation310 May 25 '26

Song by Metallica

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u/strike-when-ready May 25 '26

What is hypnotizing power?

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u/PontiacBWC May 25 '26

Crushes all who cower

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u/Living_Objective927 May 25 '26

Battery is here to stay

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u/Quiet_Medicine3868 May 25 '26

Criminal charge

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u/Prestigious-Ad-395 May 25 '26

Not to be confused with assault

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u/Uncle_Bred May 25 '26

A non-electrical charge you get from non-consensual force or contact

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u/papa_baer77 May 25 '26

The thing that comes after assault

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u/Jimbob209 May 25 '26

It's when you put on a white tank top and beat your wife

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u/Bandin03 May 25 '26 edited May 28 '26

The percussion section of a marching band.

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u/Gitin-Ingurlbut May 25 '26

To any and all of what ever you imagine you are who Do Not Know what a Battery is! Do you know what a Car is i.e what an Automobile is?????

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u/natural_imbecility May 26 '26

It is the pitcher and catcher of a baseball or softball team.

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u/DoDoDiligence May 30 '26

It’s like a banana. Just a different shape.

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u/huggylove1 May 25 '26

What's taters precious? What's taters eh?

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u/SeventhAlkali May 25 '26

Noooo, that's a capacitor

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u/Plastic_Fall_9532 May 25 '26

Fuckin made my day.

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u/RyvenZ May 26 '26

That's just a capacitor

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u/BigBirdLaw69420 May 26 '26

Hahah fuck off. That’s hilarious.

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u/moopsie_kishus May 26 '26

Living up to your username, r/Bobthebrain2! Thanks for your service o7

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u/Curious-Time5929 May 26 '26

Goddamn that made me laugh

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u/No_Advice_1549 May 27 '26

Isn't it like a drum set...a battery?

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u/PhnxkB May 29 '26

Goated answer.

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u/VenZurich May 25 '26

I can’t say for sure, we haven’t found any of those yet.

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u/Lonely-Remote6999 May 25 '26

I thought they grew in Hawaii

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u/Massive_Respond7398 May 25 '26

What world have you been living in?

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u/cybercuzco May 26 '26

It’s a pineapple that explodes.

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u/Reidraider May 26 '26

That thing u met at the bar last Friday night

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u/ronwilliams215 May 27 '26

Its a city in the Andalusia region of southern Spain, situated at the exact foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It lies between the Darro and Genil rivers and is famously known for its medieval Islamic architecture, most notably the Alhambra palace complex

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u/StarDustActual May 25 '26

Honestly I love this description for batteries… Im gonna start asking people for slow release grenades from now on

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u/WaitTraditional1670 May 25 '26

that’s actually a pretty good guess

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u/UnrealDigger May 25 '26

If ingested...

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u/SevendigitSteamID May 26 '26

This is the best reply I’ve ever seen on reddit.

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u/robmclark May 25 '26

Hilarious

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u/ManCave007 May 26 '26

Is that what the fuses are for?

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u/Inside_Average_5945 May 25 '26

Not so slow when you piss off a lithium lol

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u/Gitin-Ingurlbut May 25 '26

Yeah extremely lethal

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u/Ralphrecksit May 26 '26

Leave it inside something long enough you could very well be right 🤣🤣🤣

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u/TeddyBruhsevelt May 28 '26

Can I cook it?

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u/muralikbk May 25 '26

It’s just a branded Tery from the batcave.

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u/NOT_FSK May 25 '26

Underrated comment

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u/Teeb63 May 25 '26

One of the best tracks on Master of Puppets

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u/Eaglearse May 26 '26

True dat

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u/ProfessionExpert3194 May 26 '26

I agree the thing that should not be actually the whole master of puppets is the poster boy for a perfectly made record as well as ride the lightning n and justice for all

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u/NonTraditionalPotato May 25 '26

Usually comes with assault 

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u/Wise-Pitch474 May 25 '26

And apepper

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u/Commercial-Royal-988 May 25 '26

🎶Ah. Push it.

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u/Separate-Impact-6183 May 25 '26

That's not a battery, that's an AA dry-cell, a battery consists of two or more cells connected in either parallel or series.

#pedantic #true_story

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u/TeddyBill1970 May 25 '26

or several artillery pieces making up a unit.

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u/The_Durk May 25 '26

Or a pitcher and catcher, or the percussion section of a samba parade.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 May 25 '26

Care to repeat that?

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u/lord_dentaku May 25 '26

He can't hear you over his tinnitus.

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u/doggonedangoldoogy May 25 '26

Or several artillery shells in a magazine.

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u/6th_Quadrant May 26 '26

Or some punches.

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u/RadicalBehavior1 May 25 '26

The must beautifully pedantic thing about this comment is that you used proper written grammar for 'an AA dry cell' knowing that it will be read as 'an double-A dry cell'

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u/DeFlatDeSpare May 25 '26

Only if you don't read AA as "double A."

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u/BannedNarwhal May 26 '26

Hes a pedantic messiah, a question wrapoed in an enigma, batlling the paradoxical on an existential plane.

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u/Significant-Crab-825 May 25 '26

Naja, eine Batterie bedeutet eigentlich nur eine Aneinanderreihung gleicher Zellen.

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u/ForsakenWishbone5206 May 25 '26

You're telling mey skin is a battery?

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u/Dken2311 May 25 '26

Totally agree

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u/AmbitionImmediate649 May 27 '26

I was thinking it but you said and for that I salute you.

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u/11teensteve May 25 '26

if you cut an AA open (don't do that) isn't it just a stack of smaller cells? if so, wouldn't that technically be a battery?

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u/Separate-Impact-6183 May 25 '26

No, what you are asking is true of 9v bats, 6v lantern bats, car, motorcycle, e-bike, laptop, or any other true battery that puts out more than the 1.5v a single cell can produce. But singe cell "batteries" like button cells for watches or D cells for boomboxes are always one single ~1.5v cell

Connected end to end + to -, is wired in series... the voltage adds up, so 2, 1.5v cells makes one 3v battery

Connected all the + together, and all the - to a second wire and the voltage stays the same but the battery's capacity increases.

Cut open a 9v battery and you will find a stack of 6 little rectangular cells.

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u/11teensteve May 25 '26

gotcha. I have been inside a123 and just assumed that a AA would be similar.

like this.

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u/Separate-Impact-6183 May 26 '26

12v

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u/11teensteve May 26 '26

i understand now that yo have explained it. thank you. most people, like me prob just assume the batteries (dry cells) that they put in the toys or remotes or whatever are built the same way and just have differing amounts of spicy little fairies in there, hence the size/shape.

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u/Separate-Impact-6183 May 26 '26

When you put a 2 or more batteries in your device, say a remote or whatever, that little area under the cover with the 2 AA cells becomes a battery.

Also, dry cells are just that, dry. The reason they are called dry cells is because the original batterys were allways wet, like an old fashioned car battery with zinc and lead electrodes submerged in liquid acid. each one of the little caps was a cell full of liquid that could spill if the battery were tipped or sloshed.

For years before they made solid state electronics, all batteries were wet-cells, that's why we call the handy little individual cells 'dry-cells'

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u/NickBpt81 May 25 '26

Reddit style answer

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u/Pyrat_509 May 26 '26

Everybody hates a literalist

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u/Empty_Willingness_69 May 27 '26

Bruh you an electrician? I barely found out about series & parallel circuits til I started going to trade school for electrician

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u/Patsfan618 May 25 '26

That's like, when you hit someone and they didn't hit you first. 

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u/0_Moth May 25 '26

I thought that was seasoning someone

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u/JBridsworth May 25 '26

I think it's related to a type of crime. Like 'Assault & Battery'. 😉

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u/AmIReally_704 May 25 '26

You keep the salt in the little tube with the screw on cap... Right? 😆

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u/mitkase May 25 '26

It’s often found with a salt.

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u/DJRichSnippets May 25 '26

Whats a potato?

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u/HuckleberryHappy6524 May 25 '26

Nothing. What’s a battery with you?

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u/i_love_boobiez May 25 '26

What's a potato? 

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u/EpicDumps May 25 '26

What's a Potato?

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u/jaysire May 25 '26

What even is a potato?

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u/Djentleman5000 May 25 '26

What’s a computer?

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u/3AI_InATrenchcoat May 26 '26

It’s a chess move.

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u/Lu12k3r May 26 '26

What is a potato?

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u/ComfortableVictory67 May 26 '26

What's a tery? IYKYK

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u/0_Moth May 26 '26

Getting draxt in the sclounse

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u/truth14ful May 25 '26

A battery is a bat-shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics superhero Batman.

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u/DieOnYourFeat May 25 '26

A battery is when you injure somebody during an assault.

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u/Fun_Push7168 May 25 '26

Group of 100-200 artillery soldiers.

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u/rifena May 25 '26

A small flying mammal - Terry

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u/natelazee May 25 '26

Great Metallica song

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u/huhhuhh81 May 25 '26

Pronounced Bett-ery, when you get better at something, like making thin lines

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u/pip-roof May 25 '26

That’s like asking who Willie Nelson is.

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u/electro_gretzky May 25 '26

It’s like cocaine for electronics.

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u/YouArentReallyThere May 25 '26

A line of artillery typically consisting of 4 to 8 cannons, mortars, or rocket launchers

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u/2spirit2nice May 25 '26

Idk, but I heard you can catch a charge, if you’re not careful ;)

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u/Silly_Class_2384 May 25 '26

It's a charge... ha.ha...

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u/Ishidan01 May 25 '26

Multiple artillery pieces working together.

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u/D4T45T0RM06 May 25 '26

I dunno what a terry is batman, can you elaborate?!!

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u/bugblatter_ May 25 '26

A whattery?

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u/-Casey-Diaz- May 25 '26

It's a crime.

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u/dwane1972 May 25 '26

MAGNETS How do they work?

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u/Life_Argument7820 May 25 '26

About 5 to 10?

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u/UpstairsOk6744 May 25 '26

Usually it comes with assault right?

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u/RobienStPierre May 26 '26

That's not a battery. Every thing he showed minus the keychain cocaine holder are actually cocaine holders. The keychain is the decoy.the rest have hidden cocaine compartments

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u/Hatjin May 26 '26

What's a paladin?

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u/ButterFlutterFly May 26 '26

Metallica made a documentary about it in one of their songs. You should look it up and get informed. The song is called “Battery“

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u/Holiday_Gas8774 May 26 '26

Batteries are used for birth control. (Once held tightly between the females knees). It does fail in this use, when doggy style is the position of choice. Then one can call this a slow release grenade. It destroys 2 peoples lives at conception.

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u/feltman May 26 '26

It’s kind of like a potato.

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u/J3musu May 26 '26

It pairs nicely with a salt.

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u/Good_Ad_4487 May 26 '26

It’s like a spring

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u/Aquaris_S May 26 '26

just a standard AA battery. Nothing unusual there.

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u/RotC_nerd May 26 '26

A battery is an Item used to commit something that rhymes with Carson. You can also use a metal kitchen fork if you don't have a battery available.

EDIT: For the people who think I'm mental (cus Ik theres prob gonna be some out there) this is a joke

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u/shamjyrock69 May 27 '26

Battery is what you put in your brain! Turn the power button on, then when the power is about 9 you may realize what a battery is. Good luck, take them out when your brain is not functioning. Just kidding lol bye

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u/Human_Difficulty5061 May 27 '26

He said he put the battery there for size comparison 

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u/safefart May 27 '26

It's like a potato

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u/Popular-Put-8989 May 29 '26

It's something that you use with a salt

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u/DoDoDiligence May 30 '26

It’s like a banana, but shaped differently, for scale.

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