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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange ("abadidea") wrote:
Kids these days don't know that erasers used to be so bad.
When I was little, pencils had these pink rubber erasers that were a pleasing color but absolutely terrible at their job. They'd just leave a huge smear, they'd disintegrate quickly and get pink shreds everywhere, they'd turn rock hard.
One day, my stingy penny-pinching grandfather somehow came across a pack of Japanese mechanical pencils at an inventory clearance warehouse sale and let me use them. They had these soft white erasers I had never seen before. And they worked WONDERFULLY. I begged to keep the pencils. They were priceless treasures to be rationed. When he got me another pack, which cost like $2, it was an entire Christmas for me.
Now, these soft white erasers are standard issue at the grocery store. Go and appreciate your good cheap erasers!