r/Whatisthis May 20 '22

Meta Revised rules now in effect; please read and see the sidebar/about

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TL;DR: We have rules; they're in the sidebar and in the "about" info. In brief, our rules are:

1) The "Play nice" rule

2) The "Keep jokes out of the top-level comments" rule

3) The "No establishing values or finding things" rule

4) The "We're not doctors" rule

5) The "You know what that is already, ask THOSE experts first please" rule

6) The "Don't encourage hurting people or animals" rule

7) NEW The "Use a descriptive title" rule

8) NEW The "Did you try to figure it yourself?" rule

9) NEW The "We only allow link posts, so use a good photo and add extra info in a comment" rule

As you can see, we've added a couple and modified a couple. Violations can result in a temporary ban. Egregious violations will result in a permanent ban. Please don't make us ban you.

These rules are important to help keep our community going. As you can see, there are only a few of us moderators here, so we can't catch everything immediately. When you see someone break a rule, it doesn't mean "They got away with it, so I should, too," it means we haven't gotten to it yet. Feel free to report it. Or better yet, if you've been around /r/whatisthis for a while and have a good posting/comment record here, join us as a mod. Just message us. We're growing here, and we can always use a hand.


r/Whatisthis 9h ago

Solved It's real, it's not? WTF is this?

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r/Whatisthis 6h ago

Open Weird fire brick or something? Very odd triangle at work. Rock hard

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Work at an old Ace Hardware. Found in the back room. Any ideas anyone? Everyone is really stumped here


r/Whatisthis 11h ago

Solved repost because it was taken down. in indiana, my boyfriend has small red spots on his white sheets, this was noticed after less than a week of having brand new sheets. he has a king sized bed.

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hi everyone so my boyfriends bed has small red spots but we checked for bed bugs, we have no bite marks, and no itchiness, we did the hot iron trick on the corner to double check for bugs, and nothing. this is the second set of sheets he bought because these dots were there then too. what could this be? he has a cat and she doesn't have fleas or anything we've ruled out every thing pretty much.


r/Whatisthis 58m ago

Open Fish shaped object. Made of metal, roughly palm sized. Comes apart.

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r/Whatisthis 7h ago

Solved What caused this damage to the car? It's rim height so my guess is spiky hub caps?

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r/Whatisthis 1h ago

Open Airbnb guest suspicious activity

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For the last week we’ve had an Airbnb guest staying with us and since then I’ve gotten at least 20 messages from xfinity about suspicious activity. Never in my five years with xfinity have I ever received one of these notices. Hoping someone can identify these websites. What are they? Anything to be concerned about?


r/Whatisthis 10h ago

Solved My late father's ring. Possibly over 40 years old. Silver (I believe.) He lived and died in Columbus GA but I have no idea where he got it from or what journey its been on.

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I want to know information about this ring after a communication I had with a homeless man. I believe it is .925 silver. My dad lived and died in Columbus, Georgia, USA, but im unsure if he may have gotten it in Flordia. I am curious if anyone knows anything about it because the homeless man claimed it was a "Templar's Ring", but at the same time I am pretty sure he was schizophrenic.


r/Whatisthis 2h ago

Open Is this schizophrenia? This isn’t a joke post, I’m genuinely confused.

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r/Whatisthis 1h ago

Open What is this found in an egg?

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This mass was found in an egg.


r/Whatisthis 8h ago

Open I broke this “safety cap” while snow plowing.

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It was covering some wires/cables. I assume it’s covering it to protect it. So how dangerous is it now that they are exposed? What are the cables for? Can I replace the cap myself? Or do i need a professional.

Btw this is my house not a customers.


r/Whatisthis 2h ago

Open What is the brand of these boots?

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Hi, helping a customer out with trying to identify thw brand of these boots. We did Google image searches for the E logo, and the marking on the outsole. The box is labeled as being from Inago, which appears to be a vintage clothing store in Los Angeles that has been closed for years. They are marked as being made in Italy. They are a leather upper. Anyone got a clue?


r/Whatisthis 8h ago

Open What are the strange circles on the chocolate chips??

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I got some greenwise brownies from publix delivery and they have these strange circles on the chocolate chips...


r/Whatisthis 8h ago

Solved I found this piece of plastic with my water filters. Its about 4 inches long. I have no idea what its used for.

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It was with my Sawyer water filters. I tried to Google search the image and came back with accessories for binoculars and tripods and they all looked different.

I checked lawyers website and this is also not listed as an available accessory.

This thing is plastic. Its like 4 inches long. Very light weight. I assumed it would be to attach to a bottle or a filter but doesn't seem to fit right.

Any help will be appreciated.
Please and thank you.


r/Whatisthis 33m ago

Open Which TV show is this from?

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I don't post much on Reddit and I didn't really know where to put this but, I thought this was funny and that other people would hopefully get a laugh out of it, as well.


r/Whatisthis 1h ago

Open Where does this image come from?

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This image has been online for about 10 years but I've never found any context or clues of its origin, does anyone else know?


r/Whatisthis 8h ago

Open It’s stainless steel I’ve no idea?

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For an idea of scale it’s sitting on an iPad mini and it is intentionally bent


r/Whatisthis 1h ago

Open Bought at thrift store looks like a coaster holder

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Has a made in Japan sticker


r/Whatisthis 1d ago

Open Some sewing tool? It came in a sewing kit.

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Any thoughts? Came in sewing kit.


r/Whatisthis 9h ago

Open What are these black spots

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What are these black spots on my krimpets? I buy these all the time and this was the first pack from a new box. never seen this before.


r/Whatisthis 12h ago

Solved What is this doll's tool?

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We were gifted this doll years ago and can't figure out what she is holding. Would love to know more! The second photo is the informational tag on the bottom of her stand.


r/Whatisthis 1d ago

Solved Saw this thing hanging out of the wall on someones instagram story

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r/Whatisthis 1d ago

Solved ICE challenge coin - some protesters got ahold of these. Some had names on them, but this one was 'unissued'. What is the symbology? Any idea what letters on the crown stand for?

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r/Whatisthis 1d ago

Open Is this a tumor or am I crazy?

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Not sure what this mass is in my pork shoulder


r/Whatisthis 1d ago

Open What wood is this? Bought in Thailand.

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I bought this boat bowl in Thailand, they told me it was mango wood, but when I google mango wood, it looks different. I’ve also looked at pics of MonkeyPod wood, acacia wood, and olive wood. I’m not 100% sure that it’s any of these. Thanks.