• edinbruh@feddit.it
    English
    441·
    2 months ago

    What is that? It looks interesting but it also might be an AI image of something that doesn’t exists

    Edit: what the fuck is an EDC tactical wallet? I thought it was some kind of rugged electronic thing

    • gigastasio@sh.itjust.worksOP
      27·
      2 months ago

      You ever scroll down to the bottom of a news article and see the dozen or so clickbait ads with weird (and very frequently ai generated) images designed to make you go, tf is that?

        • D_C@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          2 months ago

          I used to be called that when I worked out the adult toy store! Oh, wait, you said chumbox. I was way off…

      • Rooty@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Visiting a news site without an adblocker

        At this point news sites look like the TV from idiocracy. There is not a force in the world that would force me to visit one without at least three digital condoms.

    • defunct_punk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      2 months ago

      If you’re asking in earnest:

      EDC - “Essential daily carry,” just a loosely defined but also self-explanatory term. My keys are part of my EDC, so is my wallet and my pocket knife, because I use them every day so I carry them with me.

      Over the past few years, the EDC community has formed a little cottage industry where things aren’t EDC because they’re carried every day, they’re EDC because they say they are and they’re designed to be that way. The term “EDC” evolved then into describing a specific type of object. Tactical here is just a marketing term here to appeal to some kind of utility beyond a normal wallet

      Hope this helps. Can’t believe I wrote all that on my lunch break about an obviously AI picture

    • WhirlpoolBrewer@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m convinced this is AI. If you assume the wallet folds at the back, there is no way to get your card out. Also they have stitches and bolts presumably into a metal plate, but you don’t stitch into metal. Fake

      • edinbruh@feddit.it
        English
        2·
        2 months ago

        It might be real, just bad. The stitches might just be holding the folded rim of the leather, while the bolts might be holding the leather onto the metal. Still, the bolts look small for the purpose.

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    2 months ago

    You don’t want an AI generated non-descript thing?

    Actually, it might not even be AI generated. Just a non-descript thing.

    • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      I have seen AI gadgets in clickbait ads.

      Cool-looking cubes with lots of controls and stuff, but with meaningless symbols and “words” for labels.

      It reminds me how influenced I am by advertising, that I kind of want something that doesn’t exist or have a purpose, just because it looks gadgety.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’m reminded of a few projects I’ve seen here and there where a dad with some electronics skills builds a control panel for his kid with a bunch of knobs, buttons, lights, switches, gauges, displays etc. that makes suitably impressive industrial noises as you mess with the controls because what kid doesn’t want that? I want that.

    • zewm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      2 months ago

      It’s not AI generated. I’ve had this wallet for like 3 years now.

  • potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
    151·
    2 months ago

    I always love these AI generated “interesting looking objects”.

    What we have here is some plastic, aluminum or pot-metal frame with a piece of obviously fake suede screwed to it with undersized screws so that it’ll rip off at the slightest provocation. It then has some sort of shitty OLED display crammed inside of it for…reasons?

  • subterfuge@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    I’m definitely going to tie that “tactical” rope (I know there is a more official name, can’t think of it) to my suit jacket pocket.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
      19·
      2 months ago

      I think it’s called paracord, strong useful rope, and that is a cobra knot, which is a useful way to carry relatively a lot of rope in a small aesthetic package (but it’s a pain to undo/redo).

      Practically useless for evey day use. I doubt anyone who ever bought one of those cobra knotted paracord in bracelets or keychain has ever used the rope in an emergency.

      that being said, it’s the insecure male version of a friendship bracelet.

      • SSTF@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        550 cord is great, and people should have some in their vehicle, or a pack while traveling.

        The cords on stuff like the wallet bother me though because even with the space reducing knot, it’s a comically small amount of cord that’s almost purely a fashion statement. A significant amount of 550 cord on a roll, spindle, or just in a ziplock bag is far more practical.

        I’ve known some outdoorsy people who’ve made their own 550 bracelets, but when it comes to storebought ones it’s pretty much 100% people that never go in the woods wearing them in my experience.

      • Cort@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        I kept one in my car and actually used it to tie down patio furniture while helping a buddy move houses.

        I just wadded it up into a ball and put it into the trunk when I was done with it. Haven’t used it since tho.

        • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          paracord is useful.

          i meant that no one uses those cobra knots. their are just decorations, I doubt anyone has ever untied it to get the rope back