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Pulsar_the_Spacenerd on September 24, 2025 8:03 am This happens from time to time, I had it happen with multiple pens in a row once. Much more frequent in finer pens.
Weary-Nerve219 on September 24, 2025 8:06 am That’s such a tiny piece but it makes the whole pen useless. Wild to see it separate like that.
GIC68 on September 24, 2025 8:18 am I can unlock your phone now that I have your fingerprint. Thanks!
ToePsychological6118 on September 24, 2025 8:28 am That’s crazy, I always wondered how tiny those little balls actually are. It looks like a speck of dust until you realize what it is.
AdSudden3941 on September 24, 2025 8:55 am Prison tattoo guns use the barrel of the pen, because a tattoo needle fits perfectly like you see here.Â
DeckerXT on September 24, 2025 9:18 am Saw a video in how they make the little ball out of tungsten carbide.
camelbuck on September 24, 2025 9:30 am In 1945 the first ballpoint pen cost $12.50. It was a technical achievement. https://time.com/4083274/ballpoint-pen/
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This happens from time to time, I had it happen with multiple pens in a row once. Much more frequent in finer pens.
That’s such a tiny piece but it makes the whole pen useless. Wild to see it separate like that.

Now you can see the point of it.
Now you got just a point pen
What’s sticking out of the pen now? That black line
I can unlock your phone now that I have your fingerprint. Thanks!
That’s crazy, I always wondered how tiny those little balls actually are. It looks like a speck of dust until you realize what it is.
Prison tattoo guns use the barrel of the pen, because a tattoo needle fits perfectly like you see here.Â
Saw a video in how they make the little ball out of tungsten carbide.
That pen has no balls.
It hit puberty and it’s ball dropped
In 1945 the first ballpoint pen cost $12.50. It was a technical achievement.
https://time.com/4083274/ballpoint-pen/