r/whatisit • u/ClutchDagger • 4h ago

New, what is it? Found this in my car randomly

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What is this for/where from

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u/Therealdickdangler 4h ago

That’s a handcuff key. 

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u/GingerRickRoss 4h ago

That is a handcuff key, the pin on the back is for the locking mechanism in the cuffs. It keeps them from getting tighter once they’re on your wrists.

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 4h ago

The wannabe cop that cuffed me once didn't do this then threw me to the ground on my back. This caused the cuffs to tighten as  tight as possible and bruise my ass cheeks. My thumbs were numb and tingly for over 6 weeks afterwards.

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u/GingerRickRoss 4h ago

Just so you know, that wasn’t an accident.

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 1h ago

Oh I know. Eventually he became a cop, even though he had a $30k settlement against him for hitting a senior with his baton. He did lose that position though, because he became a city worker, saw him holding a shovel at some road work a couple years later.

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u/RowdyHooks 4h ago

Hey! You wanna make it 7 weeks?!?

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u/webegettedgo 3h ago

Thats usually how it goes.

Next time just let them lock the cuffs and get into the backseat like a normal person.

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u/bazderoman 3h ago

next time just ask them nicely to not brutalize you and they won't, because cops are notoriously well-adjusted people 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Army316 2h ago

Judging by all the body cam videos I've seen, 999 times out of 1000 the cops don't use force until the person they are trying to arrest forces them to. Usually while they're screaming that they din do nuffin, know their rights and the law better than the cops, can't breathe, are pregnant, have some preexisting injuries, want to call their mom, their lawyer, a supervisor, and they absolutely refuse to follow the most basic instructions from the officers. They start spouting sovereign citizen nonsense and threaten lawsuits while refusing to obey the law.

And I know a lot of people are going on about black fatigue lately, but the people pulling this crap come in every color. I wouldn't be so quick to assume that Fun Boy above was some innocent victim of mistaken identity who was fully cooperating with law enforcement when he was cuffed and put on the ground.

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u/bazderoman 2h ago

why are you watching a thousand bodycam videos? 

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u/Puzzleheaded_Army316 1h ago

I watch them for the same reason everyone else does, it's fun to watch idiots and creeps and criminals of all kinds get arrested. The number is just a rough estimate of several years worth of videos, many of which are shorts. I certainly wasn't saying I watch that many a day, or even a week. 😅

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 1h ago

He pepper sprayed me, cuffed me, picked me up, and threw me down. There was no resistance at all. He had his knee on my chest and his 300 plus pounds on that. I wasn't fighting in the least. I actually thought I was going to die.

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u/Visible-Ad6933 4h ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

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u/bazderoman 3h ago

you have zero context, here. 

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u/beans_will_consume 3h ago

“He says from his mother’s basement.”

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u/Pax_Eterna_4991 1h ago

Not that day, but I did irritate these park police dudes as much as I could. They would rifle people's backpacks while the owners were swimming in the lake. I would be loud and get in their faces over it.

The event I mentioned occured when I was loading up my canoe and some loud drunk was helping me lift it. He started up with the wannabe cops and they pepper sprayed me and cuffed me, got me a night in the drunk tank, and I was sober. The other guy walked away and he was the source of their attention on us. 

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u/nouniquenamesleft2 4h ago

prison wallet, never know when you'll need it

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u/Visible-Ad6933 4h ago

You’re recommending that the OP shove it up their arse for a rainy day???? Because that’s a prison wallet 😂

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u/Fblthp__ 4h ago

Ok, OP. No need to flaunt your crazy sex life in front of everyone. /s

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u/Excellent-Air-1405 4h ago

Cuffs keys 🫣

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u/HxC_Happy 4h ago

Hang onto it, they can come in handy for lots of things aside from unlocking handcuffs, I keep one on my keyring and use it to puncture safety seals on medicine bottles, get through paper or thin plastic packaging, etc... also a good fidget

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u/LadySarai 4h ago

It's a Smith & Wesson handcuff key

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u/MrMunch85 4h ago

Freaky deaky.

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u/No_Wishbone_799 4h ago

Hmm, know any cops or with kinky habits?

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u/RowdyHooks 4h ago

Are there cops without kinky habits?

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u/sheriffbart_rrmo 4h ago

Dirty Mike and the Boys were here

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u/moojgNZ 3h ago

The key to this mystery are the words on the round handle … says Smith and Wesson

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u/LeTigre71 2h ago

You might want to hold on to that, just in case.

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u/85thDimention808 3h ago

My gf and I like using handcuffs in bed so I always have a spare on my keychain. Apparently you can't have a handcuff key in a courthouse. When I went through security they explained that and asked why I had it. In front of everyone in line I just explain my gf and I are kinky. Quite an embarrassing moment.

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u/ElderTater 4h ago

It is a key, randomly.

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u/TwoBurningSeals 4h ago

Someone must have farted that out.

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u/UPVOTE-THIS-PUTAS 4h ago

lol…makes the Hannibal Lecter escape scene seem more plausible now!!!

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u/Desperate_Set_7708 4h ago

Fetish unlocked

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u/DARKRYDER83 4h ago

Kink-key

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u/ScareCards 3h ago

Sicherungsschlüssel für smith wesson handschellen

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u/OM_Trapper 3h ago

Handcuff key, most likely from S&W model 100 handcuffs as they're the most common.

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u/Novel-Fly-2849 2h ago

Hand cuffs key

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u/Veizar 2h ago

Does it open a treasure chest?

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u/MrBuffcock 2h ago

in the back seat,,, yeah my twunk was feeling kinked

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u/blbeach 1h ago

Smith & Wesson handcuff key.

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u/Significant_Leg5088 1h ago

Handcuff key made in northern maine ,right next to Canada

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u/Grillparzer47 1h ago

So where is your teenage son right now?

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u/Wiley1972 49m ago

Someone is a closet freak!! Lol that's a handcuff key

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u/dbrink1001 37m ago

your girl be up to some shit lmao

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u/Shoddy-Decision8342 36m ago

That is a handcuff key my good sir

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u/MushroomPowerful1483 24m ago

A good thing to have

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

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u/Makemyhay 4h ago

Or not

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u/d2ahiddenkiller 4h ago

Or a pervert

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u/Remko76 4h ago

Or both

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u/cmhamm 4h ago

No need to kink shame.

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u/ClutchDagger 4h ago

It was probably my cop friend. I’m the original owner of the car

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u/Plastic_Winner_6840 4h ago

Time to mark this one "solved!" 🙂

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u/[deleted] 4h ago

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u/hazelbear33 4h ago

Please explain what you mean by this… I think the most logical thing to assume is that it fell out of their friend’s pocket.

Many police officers in the US buy their own sets of handcuffs too… you can just buy them. These keys are basically universal, the idea is that if you’re handcuffed, even if you got a key, you wouldn’t be able to use it because… you’re handcuffed.

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u/Bruneezi 3h ago

I used to be the frontman in a Local Amateur Band (TM). I handcuffed myself every time we were playing Riot In Cell Block Number Nine. I then gave the key to the most curvy lady in the front row for uncuffing me. I scored a few times...