r/oddlysatisfying • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 6h ago

Spirograph K in two colors

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u/Nilsss 6h ago

I was scared it could be r/gifsthatendtoosoon

Step 1: Create custom feed with r/oddlysatisfying and r/gifsthatendtoosoon

Step 2: Browse it without looking which subreddit it's from

Step 3: Suffer.

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u/happygiraffe91 6h ago

Step 4: Profit???

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u/ConflictMaster3155 5h ago

Step 3.5: Live stream your suffering.

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u/AliensKindaLoveMe 3h ago

Trying this

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u/Wai_Ammailykdis 6h ago

This is already my feed T-T

Except it also includes r/BestFinds and r/DIWhy

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u/Past-Distance-9244 4h ago

The first sub you mentioned is banned. :(

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u/CategoryExact3327 6h ago

Wait, did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it.

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u/christdw 6h ago

Was hoping to find this.

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u/minnieboss 4h ago

What is it a reference to?

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u/schuckdaddy 4h ago

Simpsons

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u/UnderstandingLocal56 6h ago

I will.

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u/Kazinam 4h ago

No you won't

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u/MrOceanB 3h ago

I will

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u/Training_Molasses822 3h ago

Can a correlation be direct or would that be a causation?

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u/gemutlichkeit78 2h ago

Thank you Professor Jonathan John I.Q. Nerdelbaum Frink, Jr.

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u/Ed_Trucks_Head 25m ago

Every damn time

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u/YoutubeAmazonChatGPT 6h ago

I'm irrationally upset that the top right leg sticks out further than the bottom right.

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u/valgatiag 6h ago

And the bottom right leg does not go to the baseline. It’s an awkward k

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u/HeadyReigns 4h ago

Special K

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u/SpecialKay1a 2h ago

I have been summoned

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u/oyvindi 5h ago

I thought to myself, "ah.. from that person's view, it probably looks ok". But nope. No sleep tonight for me.

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u/oystertoe 5h ago

at 16s he messes up the pattern on the left side drives me crazy

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u/Spiritual_Wall_2309 2h ago

That line pops so clearly in the final result. Just need to redo it. Can’t post it like this.

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u/mandeezbowls 1h ago

Cutting chives everyday until Reddit says they are perfect but a Spirograph version. Sign me up!

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u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ 3h ago

Then you probably shouldn't go back and watch the video and see the f****** he made on the left side after about the 6th or 7th pass...

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u/_clever_reference_ 1h ago

f******

Are you trying to write 'fuck up'? You can just write that on the internet.

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u/Wordnerdette999 6h ago

Having done a lot of spirograph as a kid, I was waiting for the base pieces to shift slightly, or the pen to pop out of the circle. I rarely got a satisfying, symmetrical, complete image.

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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk 4h ago

Or the damn circle to skip some teeth on the base pieces.

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u/Replicator666 4h ago

Is it magnets that hold the tracks in place? I was very worried it would slip

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u/haruku63 3h ago

That’s why some of the first computer graphics software I wrote in the 1980s was on parametric curves to generate Spirograph-like images…

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u/BigBananaBerries 52m ago

Having also done a lot of spirograph as a kid, I was waiting on the paper chewing up at a well trodden area.

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u/thesplendor 5h ago

waaoooooooooooooooooooooooooow

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u/boohoosheroo 4h ago

Came here to see if anyone else heard this lol

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u/BrahnBrahl 3h ago

Bro says wow like a gust of wind.

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u/Perfect_Librarian873 6h ago

He made a mistake :/

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u/macrolith 5h ago

I would have made so many mistakes. Spirographs are really hard especially on convex shapes.

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u/LostMyKeyboard 6h ago

We're all here because of past mistakes

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u/dictatednotwritten 6h ago

Can't unsee it!

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u/Vollkommen 3h ago

I love that he kept the mistakes in tbh, it's so realistic to the spirograph experience.

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u/SirSignificant6576 6h ago edited 2h ago

I would have fucked that up several times. My brain doesn't like that kind of super repetitive motion. Ever been going down a lot of stairs, and suddenly sort of forget how? It's like that.

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u/AVTheChef 3h ago

This is why no matter what instrument I have tried I can't pick anything up. I can find a rythym for about 20 seconds amd then my brain/appendages seem to stall for half a second. Even with something like just clapping or tapping my foot...

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u/OrangeLemonJuicey 6h ago

Ever been brushing your teeth and then had to consciously remember the motion like you’re piloting a mech suit for the first time? Same energy

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u/whyliepornaccount 5h ago

wait, you mean to tell me people don't consciously think about brushing their teeth?

I have always basically planned out which tooth and at what angle I'm doing next in my head as I brush them. Is this not what everyone does?

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u/Stunning-Bird7881 6h ago

I remember having spirograph as a kid

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u/Agnosticologist 6h ago

Kind of a wonky K to start with.

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u/Agitated_Carrot9127 6h ago

Reminds me of bishop putting his hand over terrified Hudson’s hand and he says ‘ trust me’

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u/rackemronnie7 6h ago

That’s weirdly satisfying to watch, the symmetry just pulls you in

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u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 6h ago

And the way the last white spaces “disappear”

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u/rotttin_ 6h ago

the symmetry is giving my brain a massage

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u/Flaccid_Artery 6h ago

Someone should make a font of this. I would use it for sure

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u/ijustbluemyself0 6h ago

This becomes r/mildlyinfuriating with that bottom leg of the k being shorter than the stem.

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u/weefees 3h ago

Thanks but my name is actually spelled with a C

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u/dospinacoladas 24m ago

Spirographs were some of my favourite toys when I was a young kid in the 1970s.

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u/PrometheusMMIV 5h ago

Isn't that just one color?

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u/Vollkommen 3h ago

Before the video is halfway through he switches to a green pen, you can pause the video to verify.

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u/qdtk 3h ago

No. Can’t you see the red and the green?

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u/viperfangs92 6h ago

Things like this will teach you patience.

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u/JohnnyRevovler 6h ago

Brought to you by the letter x

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u/ARobertNotABob 6h ago

How do you know when you've actually finished?

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u/andersonfmly 6h ago

Spirograph… Where my love of, and very successful 30+ year career, in graphic design began.

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u/queenblondebae 6h ago

I had no idea you could use a spirograph like this and now I need to know what other letters this person has made because my afternoon is gone.

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u/TheSuggi 5h ago

My name is "Kevin, the almighty super mega slayer69, Smith".

Please now do the rest of my name, thank you :)

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u/Silver_ferns 5h ago

How long did it take

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u/j5kDM3akVnhv 5h ago

If I tried that the paper would rip when I was 75% of the way through attempting it.

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u/Daily_dad_jokes 5h ago

How do you know when it’s oK to stop???

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u/pencilbride2B 5h ago

is nobody gonna comment on the WOOOOOOOOOOW

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u/kinglouie493 5h ago

Am I the only one who was fixated on that last sliver getting filled in?

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u/ZephyrZephZephyr 5h ago

I like it PiKaso

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u/BearClaw345 5h ago

He f'ed up. During the speed up on the left side you can see a messed up line.

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u/freedomfun 4h ago

Did you know there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it!

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u/12aq11 3h ago

I missed the plastic piece and thought the person was doing it by hand/eye.

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u/Lexi_Banner 2h ago

As a kid I always remember the piece on the paper slipping halfway through the thing. SO frustrating. LOL

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u/BettaSplendens1 2h ago

ʷᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒʷ

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u/Specialist_Bad9820 1h ago

That was a fun watch! A slow down in the middle to show the color switch would have been nice.

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u/Impressive-Equal-433 1h ago

I never got this far as a child😅😂

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u/Universalwolf24 1h ago

I love how simple this is. I think it looks cool

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u/TrekkingTrailblazer 36m ago

Looks upside down to me

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u/kvothe5688 6h ago

it's been 30 years and children are still playing with the same toys

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cake176 4h ago

Did you know there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity? Think about it!

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u/koolaidismything 6h ago

I’d not wanna pay the last two digits.. the 64

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u/DouglasBubletrousers 5h ago

Actual footage of me replying to my wife after she just spent 7 minutes texting why she's upset with me.

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u/FrankHightower 5h ago

Ahhh I finally know how banknotes are made

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u/QwertySanchez5000 5h ago

Passive aggressive spirograph

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u/Augusto0660 5h ago

the king

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u/Ok_Rip_2119 5h ago

How much time do you have?? Yes.

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u/rarehighfives 5h ago

But what is he going to do with the little bit of water?!?!

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u/InternetHolon 5h ago

Oh hey it's the shape of the economic recovery or whatever

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u/tabor_national 5h ago

Every time I try to do one of these I always slip and mess it up

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u/SabbyFox 5h ago

This is so cool!

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u/igwaltney3 5h ago

But its one color....

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u/lvl99link 5h ago

Its a candy K-ne.

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u/Bad_brazilian 4h ago

How does it not move? I'd mess this up so fast.

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u/iggyfenton 4h ago

Need the Bill Nye voice over guy for the end

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u/Funcron 4h ago

Ruined it on the left a couple of times.

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u/getTheRecipeAss 4h ago

I can smell it

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u/joshthor 4h ago

i think everyone who finds this satisfying should just go out and get a kit. you can do something like this yourself with little to no effort for like $10.

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u/paraworldblue 4h ago

Is the second color in the room with us right now?

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u/DespondentDastard 4h ago

It looks like the K is wearing a thong. 

Or maybe that's just my issue

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u/jagaimoPerson 4h ago

kkkkkkkkk

OH sorry korean language came out!

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u/i__Sisyphus 4h ago

Cool, can you do it twice more?

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u/ninjlzrd 4h ago

Really wish I had kept mine, this gets me in the feels

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u/SleevedRedElk 4h ago

Maybe choose two brighter colors?,

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u/fuglymcbitch 4h ago

I didn't realize that I never actually finished a Spirograph

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u/Lucy_Lastic 4h ago

What I want to know is, where’s the bit where you’re nearly done and the cog slips and completely ruins the entire thing? That was always my experience :-(

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u/T4mG 4h ago

Did Owen Wilson make this?

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u/rossco001 3h ago

Potassium fans are like “Finally! A post for me!”

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u/ScubaFett 3h ago

Is the amount of teeth on the cog the amount of laps he had to do?

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u/DCLXV11VXLCD 3h ago

Stop, you’re going too fast!

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u/SpecterGT260 3h ago

Wtf happened at 16 seconds on the left side there?

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u/Coulomb111 3h ago

Did he really have to choose the worst combination of colors

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u/Just_the_questions1 3h ago

If you're ever bored on the internet here's an online Spirograph to dick around with.

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u/ImTheShadowWolf 3h ago

how does he know when to stop?

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u/janicejolpin 3h ago

I kind of want this as a new hobby

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u/IronGin 3h ago

The reply from my aunt when I send her a two sentence message.

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u/Eraesr 2h ago

In the full unedited video they spell out kaleidoscopes. It lasts 3 full days.

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u/SoloStoat 2h ago

Circle K

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u/bensor74 2h ago

btw, have you seen Milhouse somewhere?

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u/RozeGunn 2h ago

That K looks like it's wearing a thong.

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u/Stunning_Warthog_141 2h ago

I'm trying to write a book here!

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u/cinnabon7354 2h ago

Sir I said J not K.

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u/sharonthelove 2h ago

now i feel the urge to go get some my self.

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u/mrcoonut 2h ago

It looks like tartan

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u/HilariousMax 2h ago

Spirographs are awesome but there's a point where there's too many lines and then, suddenly, not enough lines and then it happens again until the spirograph is 100% finished.

It's weird to explain? But there's like 3 stopping points for me where it looks ok but one more line or so and then you need to keep going until the next point.

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u/ConcentratedOJ 2h ago

I wonder what that would look like through a pair of old school two color 3D glasses….

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u/Vapordude420 2h ago

Uneven, looks wrong

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u/Herc_Hansen_ 2h ago

Are the two colors in the room with us?

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u/PatMyHolmes 2h ago

I can't believe it. I just can t believe it. The things I can do with my spirograph.

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u/Blast338 2h ago

Pie is an amazing thing. 

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u/Significant-Self5907 2h ago

I loved Spirograph. I messed up my shoulder so bad, & I still love it.

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u/zzzzaap 1h ago

As a former kid, I say good job man

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u/RedLineRacer8389 1h ago

Who was doing the tracing? Owen Wilson?

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u/Smithinator2000 1h ago

That's a Special K

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u/speckledham 1h ago

It’s funny how quickly it went from 🥴 to 😃

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u/MrUtterNonsense 1h ago

The swirly complicated patterns on Banknotes used to be made in a very similar way, but with an engraving stylus. The machine was called a Rose Lathe.