Have you ever picked a lock?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@sinvega yeah that sounds like the right pick (eyyyy) to me. if you'd lost the key, though...

[sinvega@mas.to]

@eniko I'd feel pretty secure about it

[mctwist@social.accum.se]

@eniko Yes, and I (we) succeeded.

My nephew had somehow locked an old door, so we took two pieces of scrap metal and fixed them inside, and after about 45 minutes of trying and even practicing on a sibling lock, we managed to turn it twice and it was unlocked. We even tried (while the door was ajar) to open it again, and learned more about the mechanism and succeeded in that too.

I might have done something similar earlier in life, but I don't remember.

[sinvega@mas.to]

@eniko just occurred to me that I happened to have a dream where locks and having the key to the wrong door were a prominent bit in my dreams last night

WHO ARE YOU

GET OUT

[faealchemist@denden.world]

@eniko We've touch decoded a code lock we thought was holding something but turned out it hadn't ever been set up and just had attachment brackets inside. That feels like an edge case on both halves of your question.

—🌔

[snyperwolf@kind.social]

@eniko Where does "my lock inside my home, picked because it was easier than locating the key" fall?

[roquette@neopaquita.es]

@eniko

I'm the lockpicker of the building when neighbors lost their keys.

First they seem a bit scared. Now they'te grateful

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@SnyperWolf still a lock in the wild. you didn't have the key (readily accessible)

[momo@woof.tech]

@eniko I did to one of my wardrobes. Using two hairpins. it was cool to do it for the first time.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

you're all delinquents!

i mean so am i but that doesn't get you off the hook

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@eniko do TSA single tumbler locks count?
Reminder: look into getting real locks for that case…

[efi@chitter.xyz]

@eniko off the hook? nuh-uh, she's staying up there until she learns to accept compliments

[avarisclari@mastodon.social]

@eniko I've opened locks without proper picking, the usual super basic ones that use flat edge things to turn a barrel. So uh... not sure how *that* counts

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@avarisclari i say let your heart guide you to the answer

[creatures@chitter.xyz]

@eniko a padlock that had a key to the skateboarding hall in the building. was openable by using a flashlight and looking into the gaps next to the number wheels (a friend showed us that)

[linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io]

@efi @eniko Off the hook? @alice probably has a shim for that.

(Oops, I originally posted "shin" instead of "shim" and am not certain whether it was a typo or autocorrect.)

[enigmatico@mk.absturztau.be]

@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Yes, a lock with a code, my cousin taught me how when I was a kid. And then I tried with a small lock I had but it broke before I could pick it.

[efi@chitter.xyz]

@linuxandyarn @eniko @alice the shins shouldn't touch the floor imo

[mcslibinas@mastodon.social]

@eniko next to my work is abandoned facility. Nothing interesting at all, also i worked there many years ago, so just "hold my beer" moment. Those locks are so beaten that i used just random keys to unlock.

[spinach@girlcock.club]

@eniko i learned lockpicking for the sole purpose of not paying actual money for the laundry machines that were present in my apartment at the time lol