this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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What is this thing?

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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Landless2029 to c/whatisthisthing
 
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Level 35 Steel Armor (Female)

[–] Landless2029 7 points 6 days ago

... You're not wrong

[–] demonmittenhands 76 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Could be wrong, but it looks like a Yaktrax kinda thing. They're made to stretch over your shoe and give you extra grip when it's icy outside.

[–] Landless2029 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] demonmittenhands 6 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I didn't expect it to be SFW

[–] Landless2029 2 points 5 days ago

Yep. Looks like underwear and the pants off frame make it super misleading

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago
[–] leadore 9 points 6 days ago

BTW those aren't very good. Get the ones that have actual cleats.

[–] olafurp 2 points 6 days ago

Had a similar model, can confirm

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Landless2029 5 points 6 days ago

I mean if you're brave enough. Metal would probably cut you.

[–] Chainweasel 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Crampons, put them on your shoes to keep from falling on ice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Sounds like the really unpleasant sibling of the tampon.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Microspikes for hiking in icy conditions

[–] Landless2029 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Correct. More for just being outside in icy conditions. Good for boots.

Someone beat you by 30 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Yeah I’ve used them to good effect on winter hikes in the mountains.

Dang, so close to glory.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Landless2029 17 points 6 days ago

An ouchy thong.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Randomly found one in the wild right after seeing this post.

I use these, much better

[–] Landless2029 6 points 6 days ago

I stole this image from the internet. Loved it since they look like underwear and are laying next to pants.

Super misleading

[–] Cris_Color 6 points 6 days ago

Those are definitely trap underwear

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Water bottle holder for bicycle?

Edit: Nope.

[–] Landless2029 5 points 6 days ago

I mean you might be able to swing that.