“What do we continue to use after it is broken?”
Some of the answers left us thinking “of course.” Other answers are a little bit deeper. Scroll down to see 16 examples of things many of us continue to use long after they are technically broken.
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This Answer Is Delicious
Reddit user Slow_but_curious has a great answer:
Chocolate bar?
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Chalk
From Reddit user RegulusMagnus:
Had one professor that would always break a new piece of chalk in half before using it. I eventually realized that doing so, and writing from the broken end, greatly reduced the amount of high-pitched squeaking.
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Kids Do This One All the Time
Written by Reddit user computerfan0:
A crayon. A broken crayon works like two small crayons.
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Don’t Cut Your Fingers
From ElaineCS:
Phones, if the screen is cracked.
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This Is Pretty True
kylorenlightsaber wrote:
anything if you can’t afford a new one
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Clothes
MasterPip wrote:
Technically clothes in the sense that they can get holes or break off buttons/zippers etc. I still have clothes from 15 years ago. I don’t care if they have rips, tears, holes, missing buttons, or stains. They are still comfy and serve their purpose. Usually only at home.
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Broken Is the Only Way They Work
A clever answer from mamawhalejg:
Glow sticks
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Get out the Nail File
From 00MVH00:
Nails, like fingernails or toenails..
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Hair Brushes
shortorangefish wrote:
I’ve seen a lot of folks use crappy hairbrushes because they don’t feel like replacing their busted ones.
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Not Technically Broken, but Still a Good Answer
From VictorBlimpmuscle:
Baseball glove – actually can’t really use it until it’s broken (in)
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For the Avid Reader
Written by Kitsunefae:
Books (you can break the spine of hardcover books)
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Cars
inkyrail added:
Cars. The amount of unsafe heaps on the road (outside of areas with mandatory inspections) with bald tires, broken suspension parts, cracked windshields, etc makes me cringe every time I think about it.
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So Many Uses
Shared by Iwantmyteslanow:
Pallets, I’ve handled some that were so knackered the delivery guy wouldn’t accept em for liability, so the camp counsellors would have bonfires occasionally
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Value Far Beyond Function
Written by Velkari:
Even if it’s broken and it does have a sentimental value at all.
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It Still Serves the Purpose
thewoodsiestoak wrote:
Escalators. They just become stairs… or maybe they never break and always serve their purpose.
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Very True
Written by DePro321:
A heart. If our heart is broken by a crush, we still use it to pump oxygen-rich blood through our body.