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As a machinist a lathe is the first thing that comes to mind, you get some clothing or even a rope caught in the wrong place and it'll eat you alive

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

A germy child that sneezes on its face. Teaching is a constant state of protecting yourself from biological warfare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

An industrial wood chipper (used in saw mills). The disc is 5' 6", holds 6 x 18" knives and can chip an 8' x 15" diametre log in about 1 to 2 seconds.

It is deadly as they come.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I have a stack of planer blades at home and even turned one into a rough machete

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Lock them in the server room for a few days, maybe hypothermia?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Lock that fucker in the burnout oven and see how long they exist at 800°F (~426°C)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Outright? Probably not a much, but I could definitely yank some wires or disable some safeties that would do the job with a little encouragement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I work at a bowling alley with a bar, so there’s quite a few ways.

  • Hit them with a bowling ball.
  • Beat them with a bumper stick.
  • Make a Molotov cocktail.
  • Use the knives in the kitchen to stab them.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Probably busbar running at 6 to 10,000 amps. DC power.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Marketing strategy powerpoints

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stage engineer: Fly system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for this. It led me to a super interesting Wikipedia article on it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

You could definitely kill a villain with my laptop, if you fired it with sufficient force from a cannon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I have several 300 gallon mixers at work, and a QA lab. If the mixer won't do the job, I'll just pour acids in until it is reduced to soup.

Then I'm fleeing the country because maintenance will make the eldrich horror look like the easy choice.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

I could bore him to death with Teams meetings.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I commute, so train?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Most of my tools could - just a matter of how many swings it would take. Running them over with my work truck would probably be the quickest and chainsaw the messiest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But which one would be the most satisfying?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Nail gun lobotomy? Or maybe that was my band name in the 00's. I don't remember for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Zip tying their hands behind their back and handing them over to the police, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Really big laser - meant for cutting through thick steel, could probably slice most monsters Bond-villain style.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

If there's one thing I've learned from horror movies it's that unless you have some weird satanic ritual, nothing can stop the bad guy.

But also, I'm a janitor at McDonald's; I could probably slow them down with soapy water or even just leaving the floor oily. I doubt they wear non-slip shoes. Pull some Scooby Doo shit, slick up the floor, Jason comes after me and slides into the freezer, which I then lock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I was a manager at our student union building in college, very occasionally I had to go to the back of the food court since I had the magic keys and all. The shear amount of oil coating the floor after mopping in the Sonic area made me never want fast food again. I had non slip shoes and it was still like walking on ice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does it necessarily need to be the tools of your specific job? You might not use the deep fryer in the execution of your personal duties, but it is at your job and, I imagine, could have an impact if you could get your opponent to it. (Perhaps even combining it with your previously mentioned strategy.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I was just assuming the fryer or other actual weaponry (like knives) wouldn't do any lasting damage to the supernatural horror pursuing me. But Home Alone style mayhem would be fun. Incorporate the grills, the fryer, etc into a Rube Goldberg machine of pain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

You could Rorschach them with 🍟

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Graphic Designer so maybe if it was a lawnmower man situation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I might be able to trick an AI into a paradox situation if I'm lucky, but that's all I got.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"If you only told lies how would let me know you believed it to be opposite day?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I'm an auto mechanic, honestly like 80% of the things I touch every day could kill most things if applied properly.

Thinking about reach and convenience from my toolbox, I'm thinking the 5' steel prybar (effectively a 10 lb baseball bat with a sharp tip) or the cv axle I took out earlier. Honorable mention to one of a variety of possible chemical attacks or just straight up dropping a car on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Probably all the knives and the room full of people who spend 8 hours a day cutting things to bits with them. After a while, you get pretty good at finding where to cut through joints, so it doesn't take all that long.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I work from home...

Best I got is an old fashioned paper cutter that looked way too heavy duty.

Cue the scene from The Faculty where the bad boy twists off the blade of that thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

100' fall into the middle of an arena.

I work as a concert high rigger.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

The cardboard crusher probably, just have to tip them over the edge. Puts them nicely in 1.5x1.5x1m cubes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

TPS report cover sheet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I work with IT but in a meat processing plant, the giant saw that cuts pigs in half would certainly do it. Even though all of the slaughtering and butchering have been dismantled many years ago due to cutbacks, it would be a very good location for a horror movie or an augmented reality experience or something like that, it's almost like everyone just up and left.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The elevators that always breakdown. They were doing a repair today and knocked out power to the whole building.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My mind immediately goes to the resident evil movie elevator scene...

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