What is this thing?

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is this some kind of a puzzle? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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a friend gave it to me ±15 years ago. He thought it was impossible to get the ring out. Maybe it's faulty and they cut the rope shorter than they should have.

We don't know what this is 🤷

a baby toy?

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They're all variations on this (no spoiler)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA46rr6c3mo

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you can spoil it. i'm tired of this thing

[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Usually the "trick" is the fact that the ring fits through the hole.