#whatisthisthing

[bittersweetbonbon]

hey does anyone know wtf this part of a dress is called??

[gender-void-partially-stars]

anyone know where a plushie like this could be from? i got it from an old friend im no longer in contact with. the label is in what i think is chinese

[chihuahuagirlfriend]

From over a week ago but this was identified as a travel massager and it took everything in me not to comment I could use this on my clit

[adrianvideoimage]

What IS This Thing?! Strange Alien Structure as Big as a Building.

What is this thing? 😱 I discovered a strange alien-looking structure 🏢 as big as a building. Could it be a portal 🕳 to another dimension? #alien #portal #dimension #mystery #unexplained #conspiracy #whatisthisthing

[wowhead]

reddit /r/whatisthisthing but its for cavemen and they're posting pics of like. a bone. the moon. a smooth rock

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me. You seem to know how to backtrack image sources. I've tried doing it with reverse image searches on google, but I'm not finding sources anymore. Do you have methods you could share? I have a pic in mind if you want something to work with. Thank you!

I am, unfortunately, a complete sell out to Google

I have a pixel phone which allows me to Google search anything that I can see on my phone and it will translate it, find similar images, find the exact text etc etc and so fourth

For example I've got a Pinterest advert for a lovely dress

The site has similar styles and consistent product photos, all the dresses have several photos and a video, there are individual glowing reviews, there is just absolutely no way that dress is £44

Lense lets me select the image and it finds the original image including the models cropped head, someone has done this to every outfit from the shop and must be making knock offs for more than one place because the cropped photo is selling for £20-£40 in lots of places

The dress is currently on sale in House of CB for £189

I used to have great fun in the r/whatisthisthing subreddit and consider this my finest solve

[fullmetalwindbreaker]

one of the truly good subreddits is r/whatisthisthing, where people ask for objects to be identified, and they have a nice little sub-subreddit for frequent repeat submissions which are mostly phrased in the second person

which i personally find charming, but it also makes this feel even more sinister than it is

[my-hobby-is-finding-the-source]

i know this isnt what you normally do, but if i sent a picture of a toy that i have would you take a crack at hunting down where it came from? it seems to be an official toy story toy, but i cant for the life of me find any that look similar to it online.

To me, such a feat would be impossible.

But you could always try communities like the "whatisthisthing" subreddit. I've found that a collective effort can be quite powerful when properly organized, for all sorts of tasks.

[ghoulcandy]

automodding on /r/whatisthisthing keeps removing my fucking post WHAT are these again??? there was an awesome post talking about them last year or so but i cannot fucking remember what they are

[kalbusyt]

hi i recently saw a post about r/whatismycookiecutter and thought it might be a nice alternative to r/whatisthisthing

as per usual, very much enjoy every kalbus ep i watch!

I think I need this subreddit in my life o.o

[pedropascalito]

Not knowing what the big round thing is on Joel's dresser was driving me nuts so I posted in r/whatisthisthing and I'm pretty sure someone identified it: a wooden bark bowl. Very classy! And matches the vibe of his bed. So unless I learn otherwise, it's a bark bowl.

Also, not to brag, but my mom bought me a bark bowl candle for Christmas and I had never seen anything like this before, but I loved it and now I love it even more. Joel is my vibe confirmed.

My candle:

[sciencetynan]

Hey! Have you ever seen the subreddit r/whatisthisthing ? It might be helpful if you find some cool stuff with your metal detector. Have fun out there :D

Thanks!

There's also a metal detecting subreddit I found recently too.

[bulletfestival]

this is indeed a reddit moment because of 2 things:

the subreddit I posted it on was the only one that would accept a request to identify video game controllers

the mod who took my post down linked me a list of alternative "find this item" subreddits, and none of them allow questions about game controllers, which means even if I did ask over there, I would have just gotten linked back to /r/whatisthisthing and put in a loop

[sabakos]

Like, I don't know, do you show up to other places offline and demand that random hobbyists help you? If you see a couple of old guys fishing in a pond, do you think that they're obligated to teach you how to fish? If they do give in when you ask them, are you still pissed off at them if they invite you to a fishing event next week because they wouldn't drop everything they were doing right now to help you?

So your rock post on R/whatisthisthing got deleted and they told you to post it on R/whatisthisrock. Did you.... do that? Or did you just decide to throw a little temper tantrum and give up entirely because you've built a habit of interpreting any form of rejection as a personal attack?

[invasive]

These past few months I've firmly swatted away the idea of deleting reddit because r/whatisthisthing has enchanted mine heart. I see a doodad and have to instantly know what it's for, and seeing people's worldly knowledge on what an old-school humidifier looks like is genuinely soul filling. And perhaps one day I can weigh my opinion in too....

[smokeys-house]

sometimes I like to go on r/whatisthisthing, not to ask or answer anything but to expand my knowledge of things that are out there