# Dear retractable USB manufacturers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [May 16, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600 "2009-05-16T02:21:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/1 "2009-05-16T02:21:13Z")
Can I know what silly-ass procedure you use to test the damned memory things?
Is it any tougher than gently pressing it onto extra-fluffy cotton?
I say this because every time my students bring me their projects on USB memories, it’s always the retractable one that take extra time to get in the right spot.
Sometimes it is the freaking knob you have to push and others is the locking mechanism (designed for no more than 10 uses), but always, **ALWAYS**
failing when you need them the most.
I’d hope you’d all get gang raped with your stupid memories, but I know they wouldn’t get very far.
(I know it’s lame, OK?)
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### Author:  [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/2 "2009-05-16T03:14:05Z")
My dog ate my PNY.
I will have it on your desk by monday.
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### Author:  [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/3 "2009-05-16T04:19:02Z")
I had one of those, it broke and now I have a naked flash drive where my slide in one used to be…and after washing it twice (as in washing machine) it still works just fine…I dont think it would survive the dryer though
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/4 "2009-05-16T04:44:19Z")
> [@Corbomite](#):
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> My dog ate my PNY.
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> I will have it on your desk by monday.
Sure, but I expect to you to bring it anyway (in a bag) or you’ll get a 0
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/5 "2009-05-16T05:01:02Z")
How 'bout I just put the dog on your desk?
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/6 "2009-05-16T05:48:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> How 'bout I just put the dog on your desk?
No prob if it has an external port like in Circuitry man
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/7 "2009-05-16T18:52:54Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#):
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> No prob if it has an external port like in Circuitry man
There’s someone else who has seen that movie?!?
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/8 "2009-05-17T02:11:37Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> There’s someone else who has seen that movie?!?
Finally, we meet. Let’s open a Cafe Society thread with boxed spoliers and all
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### Author:  [@Astral\_Rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astral_Rejection)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/9 "2009-05-17T05:36:44Z")
> [@Critical1](#):
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> I had one of those, it broke and now I have a naked flash drive where my slide in one used to be…and after washing it twice (as in washing machine) it still works just fine…I dont think it would survive the dryer though
I had a flash drive go through both the washer and the dryer. It still works!
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/10 "2009-05-17T16:46:59Z")
I also liked _Circuitry Man_…
What’s this about USB, again?
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### Author:  [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-retractable-usb-manufacturers/496600/11 "2009-05-18T05:03:14Z")
> [@Astral\_Rejection](#):
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> I had a flash drive go through both the washer and the dryer. It still works!
Not a flash drive, but I put my last cell phone through the washer. It didn’t survive. I regret not putting it in the dryer – maybe it would have had a better prognosis. 😛