#staplers

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Zenith 590 Mix Stapler | Boston General Store

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[treasuregamble]

animal staplers from here via @knickknackoftheday

panda, penguin, shark, lion

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[alibis-for-my-valentine]

GameStop execs pulling a Bill Lumbergh and confiscating staplers from stores before they lose more money for damaged Switch 2 screens

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Draniel's going to have to up production somehow -- staplers are bone-dry in quadrant 9!

[thebartolonomicron]

So, most of you may not know this about me, but for some time now a mutual of mine has been tagging posts for me with "stapler boy." Recently that tag was changed to "stapler boyfriend" because because gay reasons, but that still doesn't explain the origin of that tag.

Here is [most but not all of] my collection:

One of my several hyperfixations is staplers, especially vintage ones, and I used to talk about them a lot around my then future boyfriend. You know, like any good neurodivergent with a crush on someone does. Around the time we started actually doing anything serious with each other he got me this one:

It's a Swingline 747 (the best one they ever made) done up in a slate blue with a custom PepsiCo plate on top, how cool is that‽ I get a little bit gayer inside each time I use it on anything.

I'm always on the lookout for new additions, too. Just today I found this cherry Swingline number 13 at the thrift store.

It was patented in 1938! (Although this one was likely produced in the 1960s or later)

I also collect vintage staples when I can find them:

So yeah, my weird special interest in vintage office equipment is the reason my boyfriend tags things for me like that.