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Why do these exist why must the pen stand. Pen stand. I must stand the pen

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

I can see the appeal. It clearly is the mark of someone highly important like Head of the Student Council.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So anyway I showed Jim from accounting the new 'stand and his poor ass was floored I'm in the corner office now bateman-ontological

Living wage pls yes-honey-left

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Let's see Paul Allens pens

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Hongdian Black Forest

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

They exist so you can pretend you're flying a plane

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i want one for my lamy fountain pens but it doesn't exist 😔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I bet you could throw a design together in tinkercad and get one 3d printed pretty cheaply

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I dont think it would hold very well and the ink would dry out

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh because they probably evolved from needing a place to keep writing tools. It's just 1700s bourgeois decadence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Old fashioned pens need to be held at a downwards angle or they might not write. A lot of modern pens as well. Plus it looks nice and it's basically just a block of wood with a hole and some polish.