▲ 541 ▼ acceptable screws (sopuli.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by SSUPII@sopuli.xyz to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 315 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gorely@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) Easy to screw closed but not open. Gotta think about it in 3 dimensions. They are used in US bathroom stalls. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Opisek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Why though? Do they think a pervert will go and unscrew doors? I'd argue the occupant would notice before it's all unscrewed. Also, kicking it down might just be faster. Cool concept though, but as person who loves repairing their stuff, I must say f it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Red_October@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's less pervert prevention and more vandalism resistance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I firmly believe that without these screws, there would actually be less vandalism. Because of theft. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Ah I understand. So like people just unscrewing things out of boredom? permalink fedilink source parent [–] anlumo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I've seen them used in power supplies that are not supposed to be user-servicable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stops tampering. Nowadays they have learned that people have hex sets so they are moving to security hex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) Why though? Do they think a pervert will go and unscrew doors? I'd argue the occupant would notice before it's all unscrewed. Also, kicking it down might just be faster. Cool concept though, but as person who loves repairing their stuff, I must say f it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Red_October@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's less pervert prevention and more vandalism resistance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I firmly believe that without these screws, there would actually be less vandalism. Because of theft. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Ah I understand. So like people just unscrewing things out of boredom? permalink fedilink source parent [–] anlumo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I've seen them used in power supplies that are not supposed to be user-servicable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stops tampering. Nowadays they have learned that people have hex sets so they are moving to security hex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's less pervert prevention and more vandalism resistance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I firmly believe that without these screws, there would actually be less vandalism. Because of theft. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Ah I understand. So like people just unscrewing things out of boredom? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I firmly believe that without these screws, there would actually be less vandalism. Because of theft. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Ah I understand. So like people just unscrewing things out of boredom? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* I've seen them used in power supplies that are not supposed to be user-servicable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Stops tampering. Nowadays they have learned that people have hex sets so they are moving to security hex. permalink fedilink source parent