Love BIC! From pens to ChatGPT. What a ride.-
Every feature Google / Apple releases gets millions of users in days. ChatGPT is but a fad that has no moat.
...Apple sold less than a million Apple Visions.
How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
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Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
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#14Also useful for picking some tubular locks
https://postureinfohub.com/how-to-pick-a-tubular-lock-with-a...
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#15It's not very comfortable, its hard edges are unpleasant for the fingers and it feels too thin. The flimsy cap gets lost easy and there is an endless amount of ballpoint pens you can click, that don't even need a cap in the first place. Average clicking ballpoint pens have a plastic that's more comfortable to suck, lick and bite. I always hated them.
agreed, agreed, … wait what
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#16Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#17Also useful for picking some tubular locks https://postureinfohub.com/how-to-pick-a-tubular-lock-with-a...
Yes, though this link is AI slop.
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#18I use gel pens, because they leave thinner and more black trace. I think ballpoint pen belongs to history.
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#19It's not very comfortable, its hard edges are unpleasant for the fingers and it feels too thin. The flimsy cap gets lost easy and there is an endless amount of ballpoint pens you can click, that don't even need a cap in the first place. Average clicking ballpoint pens have a plastic that's more comfortable to suck, lick and bite. I always hated them.
100 Billion sales means there are some things to like ...
Re: How the BIC Cristal ballpoint pen became ubiquitous
#20I use gel pens, because they leave thinner and more black trace. I think ballpoint pen belongs to history.
I don't think ballpoint pen belongs to history only because you don't use them.
I use BIC ballpoint because they are the only ones who don't die when I carry them in my backpack. All others just cease to function for unknown reason or leak.