Oh yeah I used to look at thingiverse all the time! Looking at it now it’s obvious that the skill of both designers making stuff for 3d printers and the quality of 3d printers has jumped a lot since I joined. Since most of the top stuff for last year have integrated hinges/joints, which are so satisfying.

Oh dang! Yeah something tells me a teenager was not going to be able to get those.

I guess it has been 8 years since I had a printer XD I had an i3.

Oh it was just the… oh crap it was like 8 years ago. I had a wanhao I3. Time doesn’t feel real.

Boo are you guys gonna convince me to get a new 3d printer? Then again I know for a fact I won’t be able to make stuff as cool as these guys, and I can get these for a few bucks.

I don’t for the dino! They mentioned it was a multi color printer, and he’s a bigger print, so probably one of the more expensive ones. And the funny thing is these aren’t even as smooth as they can be, as these are large prints so have larger layer sizes (smaller layers = smoother). I need to go back to the one that does tiny parts and buy the articulated wasp that had moving wings and every limb moves, despite being printed as one piece.

But yeah it’s crazy that you can just go buy a toy factory for a few hundred dollars and make custom toys, with high end ones being only like 2k. It’s so cool not only for custom toy makers, but the boon they are for proto typing any product is crazy. Like the guy making the light sabers can try a new design for a few dollars, whereas previously he probably would have had to order a custom piece from a factory for who knows how much.

That is so freaking cool!

Like I’m trying to fathom how I would make an “accurate” one without a 3d printer as a teen and I just don’t see it. Paper machete was the popular choice, but those wouldn’t be accurate, they would be considered decoration. If your parents were master wood workers maybe they could do it that way? But those sound out rageously expensive and if one breaks you’re SOOO sol. Whereas with this once she got all the files she can get a new one made for a trip to the library or $20 order.

And now instead of a picture with notes or dried flowers they have such wonderful props! Very much the type of thing I’m loving 3d printers for.

The VP having control over the platform they announce things?

What a novel idea /s

So dumb how much power twitter got for politics. Fediverse for life!

Probably would just get a long ethernet cable and hide it properly if it becomes relevant. But I doubt she’ll ever play a game that relies heavily on internet, so she’ll just need to deal with her slow download speeds!

That I am XD

If my mom was a better judge of character I wouldn’t exist!

Then there were games like Lion King or Yu Gi Oh forbidden memories which were designed to be stupid hard XD

Another excuse to roast her about her terrible taste in men then!

True! Could slowly help upgrade her little pc if she keeps playing games.

Uhh maybe I’ll have her try Stardew Valley next…

Then again, I’m certain there are furry mods for Stardew valley as well. No where is safe from them.