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For people that don’t know this is not how you use Calipers
please close and reverse the tool, then grip it tightly and drive it into the skull of the complaining customer
That’s why it has 4 sharp points right?
Wow! That’s a creative way to use a caliper.
That’s why teaching children about metrology basics is so important.Showed this pic to my co workers (steelworkers/blacksmiths) and only the old guys knew what was funny about the pic… Gen z think that calipers are toy guns…
I dunno, a lot of gen z and millennials probably use them when fabricating parts for things that you can’t get them for. I know I do for my printer.
Well… im an old millennial and know what it is and how to use it properly…
I use calipers frequently and didn’t realize it was upsidedown until reading this.
I thought it was a joke about clients always sending shitty low resolution pictures where you can’t actually verify their claim.
I feel like a boomer/millenial trapped in a young body when I read stuff like this 😭
I … Think this is everyone’s dream.
How do gen z-ers measure distances finely, then?
Realistically, how many people need calipers in their life? The vast majority never used one because a ruler or tape is enough for pretty much anything in a house.
It’s written on the label/signs where we bought it from.
I want to wholeheartedly believe the caliper has the size the customer wants and the pipe is bigger, therefore inappropriate. I’ve never met anyone who would use a caliper this way, I’ve seen people trying to eyeball it or use it as a ruler but not like this
It’s gotta be something like that, like the photo is presented out of context, the alternative is too depressing
A normal set of calipers has 3 basic modes of measuring things: inside, outside, and depth. It is amazing to me how many people in this thread don’t know at least one of those or use them wrong.
I am a certified blithering idiot and even I feel like a high society intellectual compared to this picture.
Next time, chose a smarter client.
They don’t exist.
Bold claim, also very true
Two of them did this.
Just for the fun of it: i’m making it 3 in my head. 1 extra to take the photo.
