I don’t necessarily mean adult as in NSFW.

I’d probably bring in my RG280V. It was my first handheld emulator. I had emulated games on my phone in the past and even used a Bluetooth controller but playing on it felt different. More real in a way.

I grew up with the Game Boy so the idea of having thousands of games on the go is pretty neat to me.

I’ve since moved on to the RG405M.

What about you? Do you have anything neat or special to you that you could talk about for a couple minutes?

Would love to see photos as well

    • Buffalobuffalo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      It’s really important you demonstrate the ‘show’ part to everyone, but I’d be impressed more on the tell. I.e., is using a toy like this more strength focused (dragon bonk feel good) or dexterity focused (filthy dexterity user)?

  • Bob@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    My knives, because it’s sort of weird even for me that I carry these knives around for work, and a weird thing becoming humdrum is the sort of thing I’d like to hear about at the show & tell.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    I own a sextant. I have other cool stuff, but that’s the one that probably has the most universal appeal.

    This has been a very cool thread.

  • Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    If we could go outdoors I could probably bring my bootleg pelican case full of ham radio equipment, deploy an HF station and try making some contacts while explaining how each of the parts works

  • Devi@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    You know, I think an adult show and tell wouldn’t be too different to a kids one, we don’t change that much in what we find cool from 7 to 70.

    I’d bring some pets, I have geckos that are an all female species and reproduce only through parthenogenesis, most people find them cool.

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I’d like to bring a tall ship sailor. Preferably from the 18th or 19th century. I bet they’d have some interesting work stories to tell.

  • knittedmushroom@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    I’d bring my Split ergonomic keyboards I’ve built/am working on.

    I’d love to get others into the hobby or crowd source help in coding QMK from those who are already in it. Online forums are a great resource but for some there’s no replacing an in-person teacher.

    I’ll hopefully come back and edit this post when I get home to share a picture.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Fired and unfired pistol, rifle and shotgun ammo. I think I could give an interesting talk on the differences and the history of various cartridges, no fine details, only a broad overview. To keep it fun, I’d sprinkle in lots of things most people probably don’t know.

    For example, did you know an AR-15 round is actually kinda wimpy, especially compared to a typical hunting round? In some states, ARs are illegal to hunt with because the bullet is deemed too small to make a clean kill. It’s basically a hauling ass .22.

    And .22s are a neat topic by themselves. There’s crazy variety out there, even tracers!

  • ianovic69@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I can’t tell you how happy I am that some of the replies here are about electronic music machines.

    I’ve found it very difficult to find anything like r/synthesizers and it’s fellow circlejerk in Lemmy. If I’ve missed the obvious, please let me know.

    For my show and tell I would bring my little analogue synthesiser and my special echo foot pedal. They are very simple but have unusual attributes that are easily demonstrated.

  • Truffle@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I can think of three options:

    My crossbow. I am not a hunter but I thought it would be super cool to learn how to use one. SO got it as an anniversary gift for me.

    My horse hair embroidery sculpture things… I am not sure what to call them yet, but I like unusual art and these fit the bill.

    My succulent collection . I have many different kinds and love propagating them.

    Ps. I don’t know how to upload pics to lemmy. Everytime I try an error pops up.

    • residentmarchant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Any propagation tips? I’ve tried a few times and they just go so slowly!

      I mainly just pluck a petal off a healthy one and put it on top of moist dirt

      • Truffle@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        I am gladly going to share my most guarded secret regarding succulents, obligatory “I-am-not-in-the-usa” disclaimer. I live in a place near the tropics but with very cold winters.no snow though.

        Neglect is your friend. I forget to water mine all the time, if I find gnats or whatever on one just spray it lightly with rubbing alcohol or pinesol, etc.

        Specifically for propagating: Cut your petals/leaves clean off of the mother plant. I use my hands but you can use a pair of very clean scissors, then put them in an empty terracota pod no moisture and leave them be until they can “heal” the “wound”, sort of like scarring (spelling?) Then when you start seeing tiny little roots THEN place them on moist soil and proceed to ignore so they start doing their thing. My soil mix is 70 or 80% mineral material and the rest regular dirt. Hope this helps