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Post #2337248

2026-05-05 22:57 UTC

If you want proof that the Second Law of Thermodynamics is a thing, buy a thousand guitar picks and keep them all in your guitar case. Within a month, there will only be one pick in the case, but whenever you need a pick, there will be one within arm's reach. #entropy #guitar

Replies (7)

  • @bucknam@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 23:43

    I'd give credit for this truism to one of several potential sources, all Denver guitar-pickers back in the early '90s. Micah Ciampa, Terry Dalton, Nick Trotter, I am looking at you!

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  • @FeloniousPunk@beige.party 2026-05-05 23:01

    @bucknam@mastodon.social @Binder@petrous.vislae.town Check the dryer filter. It always provides.

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  • @nshr@hhsocial.de 2026-05-05 23:26

    @bucknam@mastodon.social The constant disappearance of picks can only be explained by multidimensional transfer of matter. I guess they end up in the same lateralverse as socks from washing machines.

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  • @elfin@mstdn.social 2026-05-05 23:33

    @bucknam@mastodon.social Same is true of Hair Ties and Lighters (especially when most of your friends are kleptos (I mean stoners). Also true of 10mm and 1/2" socket wrenches, and #2 Phillips Head driver bits.

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  • @bucknam@mastodon.social Years back, I decided to solve my guitar pick problem. I bought a gross of my preferred pick (don't ask me why that's the quantity, but that's how Dunlop sold them) and an extremely ugly thrift store bowl. I have occasionally added a dozen of this or that I decided to try, but that's where they go. While they do scatter, they also go back into the bowl sometimes. Also, that's a vintage Coricidin bottle and while I'm no slide virtuoso, Duane Allman was right about them. It's perfect.

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  • @noodlemaz@mstdn.games 2026-05-06 06:06

    @bucknam@mastodon.social there's been one stuck inside my synthesiser for years How to get out

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  • @meltedcheese@c.im 2026-05-08 17:21

    @bucknam@mastodon.social The same is true for parking spaces, but the principle is not so useful for flashlights because batteries…

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