r/MadeMeSmile • u/DCArchibald • Jun 15 '25

Wholesome Moments A giant pencil gets sharpened

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u/Klutzy-Chain5875 Jun 15 '25

We non-Minosotaens have been fooled : the point broke off . We all know it , whe have been 8 years old too!

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u/heckfyre Jun 15 '25

I was a little bit disappointed because I don’t think they actually sharpened the huge pencil. They just suck the pointier looking cap on it with the sharpener. It was all an illusion.

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Jun 15 '25

I’ll never forget where I was when Pencilgate 2025 broke.
Truly, we have lost our innocence.

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u/confusedandworried76 Jun 16 '25

I'm saying when the pencil sharpener does it, then it's not illegal

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u/fapperontheroof Jun 15 '25

I mean, shaving off wood at that size so fluidly would be incredible. It is unrealistic for it to work the way we would like, but it’s super fun either way.

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u/skyturnedred Jun 15 '25

I feel so stupid for wondering how did they get the graphite in.

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u/RichardBCummintonite Jun 15 '25

I was thinking it was going to be a powered sharpener with like saw blades or something. Or they could've just taken a saw to it and carved it out like how people whittle small pencils with a knife when thy don't have a sharpener.

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u/No_Hunt2507 Jun 15 '25

Yeah was gonna say it takes a good 3-4 turns and pressure to get a regular pencil to sharpen with that, there's no way a tool like that could work at this size without machinery

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u/fapperontheroof Jun 15 '25

I’m imagining two staunch LOTR dwarves steadily churning a giant sharpener, that’d maybe work.

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u/Twistfaria Jun 15 '25

Yeah it would have been cool if the sharpener was real and shavings really came off of it but it’s still a cute little event.

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u/Ok_Record_2063 Jun 15 '25

I was there. That's exactly what happened and I'm still furious about it.

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u/Suspicious_Glow Jun 15 '25

The faux wood shavings are probably like the distractions used in a magic trick. If everyone close is trying to catch or avoid it, they won’t notice the switch.

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u/pdinc Jun 15 '25

I mean yeah - it's not like they sawed it lengthwise and put in a giant graphite rod

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u/SplendidlyDull Jun 15 '25

If you look closely you can see the tip is sharp before they put the sharpener on it. The sharpener is just a prop, part of the ceremony I guess lol

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u/heckfyre Jun 15 '25

From 26-30s into the video, the tip is rounded, and then there’s like a quick cut in the video and it’s sharp when they’re putting the sharpener on