this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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[–] anditshottoo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The funny thing is, as soon as you get one you realize that putting 10 pens into 1 pen just makes a pen that is 10x as shitty.

[–] fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then the black and blue ink run out so you're left with the other colors. You either write with red and green, or get another pen just for writing.

[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And then you forget exactly which colors have run out and frantically switch through each color trying to find one that works.

[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

back in my day, i thought these pens were the coolest thing in the whole universe.

[–] sp00nix@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

The pinnacle of all human advancements

[–] annenas@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

I saw them in a store recently and couldn’t resist buying it for that very reason. Is it actually useful or nice to write with? No. Do I regret buying it? Hell no.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

I remember that pen, it was valuable in kindergarten!

[–] Screak42@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Same. And all I got was the one with 4 colours.

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even the more basic ones with only four colours were baller to elementary school me.

[–] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I remember the first time we saw one in our 4th (?) grade class, our mouths hung open in awe. That guy was the hot shit for a while. It was like magic.

I remember my dad showing me the paint application on a Mac 2 a few years before, and he was super pumped about it, but I did not give two fucks; but this pen was like the pen of god. How could a pen even write with different colors?

Then, the guy that brought in the erasable pen a few years later. I mean... Jesus, the things mine eyes have seen.

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Erasable pens are baller as well yo. I have a load of them.

[–] sputtersalt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was in a meeting with one of my school's principals and he whipped one of these out. I had my own pen to sign with but I kinda wanted to ask if I could use his lol

[–] Fredy1422@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

"Unrelated"when i was a kid both me and my parents had no cellphones, computer or the internet. my first laptop along with a i got when i started high school, then a smartphone when i graduated high school. kids and adults alike freak out and panic when their smartphone is out of battery % or no internet access "Camping out 50 miles from civilization where to get 5g you needed to keep your phone in one place and if you moved it BLAM no signal again". for me it was Tuesday, i don't care if i have an internet connection or when the power is out (rare) ill just fine something to entertain myself that is-int tech related. always wanted the multi color pen. got one but it broke after my first use because flimsy plastic.

Those were so cool. Tough this year for school I needed to use a pen because of one teacher and every pen I tried was bad till I got a fountain pen.

[–] Fuyuhikodate@diggit.xyz -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, okay boomer?

But yeah love the meme :D

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neglected childhood I see? I'm gen z and played with these things all the time.

[–] Fuyuhikodate@diggit.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

The "ok boomer" was because of "Kids These days need an iPhone blabla..."

Yeah my childhood wasnt awesome But you are never to old to own a multicolored Pen :D