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Perfect for if you want to stick it to the man by spending most of your unnecessarily long workday manipulating the entrance to your office!

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I bet if you put some automation behind it with a raspberry pi or something this would be pretty cool. Program some different doorways etc…

Thing is, it’s really not private enough to make a difference aside of looking and being cool to show to someone.

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Ooh, that’s actually a pretty good idea. But it would require each “tape” to have its own motor, right?

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There are ways to drive multiple things with a one or two motors but I’d question if it’d be worth the trouble.

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8 points

That sounds either expensive, or very unreliable. If you’re unlucky, both.

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3 points

Why are you describing everything I’ve cobbled together at home. I feel attacked

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Until a coworker hits the retract button, scaring the shit out of you as it rapidly retracts back into itself while making a racket.

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That’s true for everything in life, though.

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45 points

I’m sad you didn’t go for “tape rule” as the title

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Would have been good but wanted people to imagine numerous horrible things these tape measures could produce

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63 points

I can hear this image.

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37 points

DiWHY

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8 points

ATBGE

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2 points

GABDAHLI!

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YABADABADOO!

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