Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world DoGeeseSeeGod @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2d ago

What is this thing?

My desk is cluttered and I just found this thing on it. I'm worried it's some egg from a insect. It's extremely hard tho I try as hard as I can, but I can't squish it with my fingers. It's mostly see through which doesn't seem bug like. Looks more like a pill or a maybe a stone from some jewelry. But don't take any pills like this or have any jewelry with that color stone that anyone in the house wears really

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maybe a bead from a dessicant packet? They're usually more clear, but can sometimes drift towards brown.
- Maybe I'll check for a dessicant packet but I usually throw those away ASAP cuz they poisonous to cats
  
  If it's desiccant you could bake it at 250F for about an hour. It should turn a different color. Then if you re-wet it, it will go back to that color.
  
  But if it's not desiccant, you might just melt some plastic or cause it to pop or something else.
It's just a penny. Worth about 1 cent.
- Lol ok ty! That's a relief!
Perhaps a filling bead from a stuffed thing?
- Or maybe a weighted blanket??? I have one of those.
  
  Just felt it and it feels like sand in there. Much smaller than the thing I found.
Is there a mosquito inside it? You could start Jurassic park.
Looks like a vitamin D pill, but those are squishy.
- Yea, I've never seen a gelcap that small, but it looks exactly like a gelcap.
  
  So I'm with you, it's a gelcap
- And like, idk, aren’t those pills maybe 5 times larger than this thing?
  
  Or maybe OP followed one of these enlarge you penny tutorial you find on the internet...
  
  Depends on the dosage, I've seen little ones like that.
What does it taste like?
- penny
- Lol I'm tempted but thus far haven't crossed that bridge
  
  You've gotta help us help you here.
Do you have any natural wood around like the desk? It could be a drop of resin that came out of wood.
- Honestly, idk what my desk is. I got it for free from a friend. It looks like wood but its stupid heavy and sturdy. I knock on it and sounds like wood. I've moved several times and it's holding up perfect.
  
  I had another desk start to crumble after the 1st move. Was done for after the 2nd move.
  
  I like to use things until they die, but this desk I could see lasting another 10 or more years. It's built like a rock. Which kinda sucks cuz it is a really basic desk, no shelves or storage or anything.
  
  Just did the math I'm pretty sure I've had it for at least 10-12 years. No idea how long the original owner had it. Survived at least 6 moves... I think this post should really be about what the fuck my desk is lol
  
  Sounds to me like your desk is possibly antique & made out of actual wood, like oak or mahogany, instead of the glue and sawdust particle board modern furniture is made out of.
  
  The old stuff was meant to be handed down for generations, the new stuff falls apart when you rearrange the room.
  
  Congratulations! Don't paint it weird colors and check once in a while that all the screws are tight because you will never find matching hardware to replace it.
Do you open shipping boxes on your desk? I've gotten things from ppl (Etsy, Ebay) in reused boxes and have had random detritus fall out of them from whatever the sender had been storing in them. So it could be from jewelry, just not your jewelry.
- Occasionally I'll open stuff there but not recently that I can remember
it looks like a pill to me

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