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[–] 62 points 6 months ago (16 children)
  • [+] -28 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    It's rude to use uncommon abbreviations without defining them at least once.

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    It's a common abbreviation. YKK owns the majority of the zipper market.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YKK

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    IIRC, they even had their own custom-made office computers, running their own internally developed operating system and software, during the 80s. Not sure if that was standard practice for Japanese zaibatsu at the time or just a YKK idiosyncrasy.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    You're downvoted to oblivion and even though I've heard of YKK, I completely agree.

    It pisses me off when I have to google an acronym every 2 sentences.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That's true for acronyms that are not brand names, but for ones that are — I don't even know what that acronym means, but I get the point.

    It's not like you would be able to expand Dolce and Gabbana, because it's not an acronym, and it may also mean nothing for a person reading, being a brand they might not be interested in

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Then again, I've seen people use "DG" (Dolce & Gabbana) or "YSL" (Yves Saint Laurent). If you're not in a perfume-and-makeup-specific-community then using these as acronyms makes zero sense.

    Again, YKK is definitely an exception because I have a feeling no one would know what the hell you're talking about if you used "Yoshida Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha" lol

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  • Just zipping around the lake

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

    Does the zipper handle fold over to the other side in reverse mode?

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    But those aren't the same though, I think the left one is CGI and the right is the real one. There's no window on the left one and it looks to be made of metal while the right one has a window and looks more like some kther material painted to look like metal. There are several other differences, just look at them.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Please tell me it's an icebreaker

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago
    1. Break zip off clothing item
    2. Drop zip in puddle
    3. Photograph zip in puddle
    4. Quick bit of Gimp/Krita/Photoshop
    5. Tell internet people it's a boat
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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    I adore the whimsy of this.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    This is magnificent!

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    it doesn't look like it's unzipping anything that's ridiculous

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Zipper ship

    Some interesting details here. I especially liked this image, because of how two people have to sit inside.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Great, now go in reverse and undo the boat wake :p

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Illusion, Michael!

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Moses, that you?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I have to wonder if there’s a way to make the water behind it look more zippery

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Is it strange that I am aroused right now?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
    [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Bobby Fingers and the Jeff Bezos rowing boat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Great, another useless toy for the wealthy to spend their excess money on, instead of paying their employees, or their taxes.

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  • [+] -14 points 6 months ago (1 child)