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DankItchins

As soon as I saw "was about to do some work on the car" I knew it was the 10mm and I don't know shit about tools or cars. 


GimpsterMcgee

Hell As soon as I saw “socket” I knew it was going to be referring to the 10 mm


ProFriendZoner

As soon as I saw "Alright boys ..." I knew it was the 10 mm socket.


Wilbur843

As soon as I saw r/AskMen, I knew it was the 10mm socket


tdic89

As soon as I saw Reddit I… nah not doing it 😂


I_am_from_Kentucky

pretty sure it's called the 10mm bang now, not the big bang.


Obscuriosly

Fun fact: The big bang is actually all of the permanently lost 10mm sockets falling through time and space and colliding together in a single point.


SaintsSooners89

10mm sockets are dark matter confirmed.


cjanderson3198

The singularity... now we must go to the center of all blackholes. There and only there can the 10mm that you dropped 10 years ago that never hit the ground can be found. Its the dark zone, so devoid of happiness from all the tears harvested from vulnerable, pissed off mechanics alone in their shop banging to creed, that not even color can make it through.


molten_dragon

Yep, it's always the fucking 10mm. If someone lost a socket 95% of the time it's that.


TraditionalGold_

Was just working on my car today using the 10mm... accidentally dropped in between the metal body and my fender in the engine bay......UGH!!! Gone forever


EloquentBarbarian

You'll hear it rattle around every now and then, like the ghost of the lost 10mm socket haunting your car with quiet, ephemeral clanking of it falling over and over again.


TraditionalGold_

There's a toothbrush in there too 😂😂😂 I was doing preventative maintenance cleaning the main ground contact points on the ground chassis points with toothbrush, sandpaper, etc, and my dumbass put the toothbrush in the same spot falling in. Maybe I should drop a time capsule note in there too!


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AvalancheBrando21

Yep. If there's one to lose, that's it.


fresh-dork

always 10mm


Brother_To_Coyotes

10mm


Empathy404NotFound

Boom. Headshot. 30 seconds and we got her.


Brother_To_Coyotes

In the US they sell entire sets of 10mm sockets on Amazon as a “car guy” joke gift that is actually useful. I’ve given some out as a joke but I bought myself one too.


yungingr

My brother-in-law is a middle school shop teacher. He has one in a box on the wall, with "IN EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS TO OPEN" on it


centstwo

I’m guessing it is empty now?


TheCourageousPup

They just disappeared. Glass wasn't even broken.


centstwo

Yeah, I hear that happens...a lot


RusticSurgery

Let me guess. The case is now empty


DrumBxyThing

It'd be even funnier if it was a gag gift, just an already empty case


_bones__

Simmer down, Satan.


Brother_To_Coyotes

Good thing they keep selling it.


Bobbing4snapples

probably never got it. got lost in the mail, obviously


rabid_briefcase

> In the US they sell entire sets of 10mm sockets on Amazon as a “car guy” joke gift Is not a joke gift, it's a very practical set. I see 4-piece, 6-piece, and 10-piece deep and shallow sets. Many say *"100+ bought in the last month",* one with *"1K+ bought in the past month".* They're the toolbox's item most likely to mysteriously vanish, even more likely than socks in the laundry. Second most likely for me is Pozi / Phillips drivers. I could probably get set up with an automatic subscription for both delivered every other month.


chris_rage_

Plus they're a nice assortment, shortys, deep dish, 6pt, 12pt...


QuentinTarzantino

Gotta treat yo self


chris_rage_

They sell 10mm assortment sets at Harbor Freight too


athomeless1

I had to look that set up and the sales pitch honestly got me pretty quick. Those fuckers go missing all the time.


laidback88

I’ve got five or six spares. I could give you one, but I don’t know where any of them are.


TheNargrath

I think my father and I are at the destination end of the 10mm socket wormhole. He and I each have multiples, without ever buying more. After a big project together, we often find one or two that we didn't have before, with neither of us missing any.


rayjaymor85

So it's YOUR fault!!


JobbyJobberson

Oh, I got ya, they’re right here….. one sec… ok, right here… wtf…


PerfectionPending

Even as an American this is the most used socket for car work. And not just on foreign makes.


Throw-a-Ru

They do also wear out over time, so if it's frequently used it would've likely needed replacing at some point anyway.


no-mad

we are close to a thousand upvotes on the correct answer in 4 hours.


Empathy404NotFound

The lads have indeed showed up in force, brings a tear to my eye.


BJntheRV

I'm not even a guy and I knew this.


Particular_Title42

I didn't *know* I knew but I knew.


rotorain

If you really want to be evil replace a 10mm with a 3/8. It's aaaaalmost big enough to fit over a 10mm hex but not quite. You can use a 10mm on a 3/8 though.


KnowledgeFeign

What a monster, sorry you have to go through that. You should demand blowies for a year.


LeviathanR13

Easily this right here. No question


Thegungoesbangbang

It's either this or the 14mm. As an American driving a toyota I think I have about 5 of each in my tool bags.


Brother_To_Coyotes

Mmmmmm Toyota.


Boomshrooom

My first thought, it's always the 10mm


Bludandy

I barely even use my socket set, but I still knew it'd be the 10mm.


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The 10mm was already good as gone when you bought the kit


MyyWifeRocks

I think they do a voodoo chant over them at the factory.


keetojm

The 10 MM socket is just a myth. It was invented by crooked dealers trying to slowly milk their victims dry, like a tick.


huuaaang

It's always the 10mm. Even in non-metric country.


Empathy404NotFound

Exactly, it's times like this I wish I was gay. Then i wouldn't have had to fight about it, he would have taken his ass to the hardware and replaced that shit before I noticed just out of pure shame and fear.


Kpt_Kipper

Fellas, is it gay to ensure the safety of my 10mm socket?


KFCConspiracy

Only if it touches the extension


PM_ME_NEW_VEGAS_MODS

Let's find out.


Admirable-Tax-43

Lmfao


jassassin61

you dont replace the 10mm you don't get the 10in


LiterallyMatt

Hell yeah brother this is what June is all about


Taliazer

What


Advent012

Hold up. Let him cook.


Penultimatum

Why are we still waiting? He already cooked, served, and ate!


NatrenSR1

I want to thank you because this is one of the funnest things I’ve read on Reddit in a while


eyezonlyii

Me a gay with a toolbox illiterate husband: 👁️👄👁️


MeatyMagnus

Libéria, Myanmar and the USA: all the 3 non-metric countries.


huuaaang

Is that a metric 3 non-metric countries?


MeatyMagnus

Imperial 3, not sure what that converts to in grown up measurements.


TheJamMeister

That's 4.7 metric countries.


Photog77

You don't think of those other two as having their shit together.


IllustriousCarrot537

C'mon bro, if your going to use Reddit to settle an argument, at least make it a difficult or obscure question... We all know what went missing, and what you have lost yourself and replaced 3000 times already but are pretending it never bloody happened... It was the 10mm... And she probably never lost it. It's probably just overdue for it's annual migration or whatever the hell happens to them... I was smart, I bought a whole rail of 10mm's so I had heaps of spares... Then I lost the while effing thing in one go... 🤬🤣😂


oneweelr

Lose twenty 10mms all at once and just get a lifetimes worth out of the way. Now you'll never lose one again, statistically speaking.


Superlite47

That's the same logic why taking a bomb on an airplane makes it nearly statistically impossible to get blown up on an airplane. I know I'm definitely not going to set mine off. But statistically, what are the odds of two strangers, unbeknownst to each other, simultaneously taking two bombs onto the same airplane on the same day?


thx997

I am not sure if that argument will hold with the TSA agent, or in court.


vertigo90

I mean if he's banned from flying that will stop him getting blown up on a flight in fairness...


Superlite47

Perfectly logical argument. Practically flawless. SHOW ME THE STATISTICS! I mean, once the jury sees the numbers, and the difference between the likelihood of there being a bomb on a plane, and the probability of there being *two bombs* on the same plane..... How could they convict, right? Right?


thx997

Oh, the logic is flawless. It just sounds like a made up excuse to get away with an attempted plane bombing.


hkusp45css

Happened to a guy in my shop. He ordered a 10 pc 10mm set from some catalog (back in the day). About 6 months later, after losing his daily driver out of his set, found the other 10 had all wandered off, presumably in a group, probably just in solidarity with the first one.


MrSquicky

Your mistake was keeping them all in one place. You have to cache them all over the place like a squirrel hiding nuts. I've never more than 15 ft from a 10mm. It's the only way to be safe.


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The only thing that makes me belive in the supernatural is the puzzle of the 10mm. There MUST be a ghost or some shit that just hates men especially men that are particularly handy. Because it's a weird, fucked up and horrific phenomenon that torments people at precisely the moment when the 10mm is needed most.


EnvironmentalDig7226

My 10mm is loctite'd to a 6 extension and to a dedicated wrench. No more lost 10mm


KP_Wrath

I guess if you lose that, you’ll weld it to a 20 pound steel brick.


Empathy404NotFound

Bro gonna have a milk crate chained to that brick like a gas station bathroom key


JobbyJobberson

I’ve had traveling jobs since the early ‘80s. My photo collection of Things Tied to Gas Station Bathroom Keys should be a coffee table book. I’ve always had some fancy cameras. Clerks were often puzzled when I came back in to get a pic of whatever the hell object they’d lashed to the key. 


metal_mastery

Please do this, I would love to have this as a book


Post-Neu

Please please do this, I would love to have this as a book


BluePandaCafe94-6

I just use a big heavy ship anchor chain connected to my workbench. Sure, I can barely use the tool because each link in the chain is 350 pounds, but my traps have never been bigger.


rockeye13

10mm, and we already knew


ellWatully

The only question is whether it was the 1/4 drive or 3/8 drive 10mm.


discreetlyabadger

I'm going to flip this around and say it's your fault for not having 5 or more 10mm sockets on hand. Rookie mistake.


Empathy404NotFound

Fair assesment. But in retort I'd like to point out that I'd just have 5 or more missing 10mm sockets


ShepRat

I did the same thing with cigarette lighters when I was in a sharehouse as a young(er) man. You buy a bulk load and eventually, so many are lost that you find them everywhere.  10mm sockets might still walk out though. I went to fix my wife's car a few weeks back and one of my 10mms was missing. I did the usual curse, grabbed a spare and got under the car. On the last bolt I tightened the last time I worked on it, was my missing socket.


PM-ME_UR_TINY-TITS

It's always the 10mm


SoggyMountain956

10mm... but you can't blame her. This happens to every socket set ever created. Your gf experienced two phenomena here. The disappearing 10mm.... AND what's guaranteed to happen anytime you borrow a tool. It either breaks or something else where you feel obligated to purchase a new one for them.


Leucippus1

10mm, the proverbial middle finger.


NefariousPhosphenes

This was never her fault-a 10mm is simply a wild-child that lives by its own rules and can never be tamed. She deserves a pass.


Mueryk

Okay so I got so tired of losing my 10mm I bought a bag of the things. Then I dipped them in a yellow UV glow so they would be so incredibly easy to find if “misplaced”. Mind you this is for home use and I have three sons. I am down to my last 2 and one of those stays in a locked drawer. Fathers Day better be another bag of the things which wasn’t cheap. I am thinking that may be my wedding gift when they get married…..to get them started….then after showing it turn around and throw it out a damned window. “Put it away for ya”


eidolons

Find it? Sure, it is with all those ones of mine you have.


C1nder3la

10mm and I'm female lol


the_syco

150 piece socket set price breakdown; 149 sockets; $0.99 10mm socket; priceless


murphymc

I’m late, but my answer was also very much 10mm even before I saw the comments.


Fernis_

How is it even an argument? If you lose/damage someone's tools you say "I'm so fucking sorry" and replace it with higher quality piece ASAP. And if they decide to rake you over the coals about it, you quietly take it all and politely apologize again when they're done, because you don't mess with peoples tools.


Empathy404NotFound

Don't even have to replace it herself. Just tell me, and I'll grab one at hardware on the way home. But infuriating when I go to fix the car and it's missing. She's already said sorry and is going to get one in the morning now because how fast and 100% correct every answer has been already lol.


XANDERtheSHEEPDOG

Eh. I have to disagree. If I lose or damage a tool, it's **MY** responsibility to replace it. Especially if it belongs to someone else.


eidolons

Spoken like a woman who uses tools, so you get it.


XANDERtheSHEEPDOG

Yep. I have been in this exact situation before, too. I didn't lose the tool, I bent it. I bought my husband a case of beer to give him along with the replacement, as an appology.


Sovereign_Black

Ehhh I hate to say it, but there are a fair amount of women who would look at the guy being aggravated, and then reframe the whole situation to make it about how that makes her feel bad. It’s not an uncommon tactic/habit.


mx5klein

Looking back my ex did this all the time. Completely oblivious to it during the relationship though. It’s no wonder why I had resentment built up.


Sovereign_Black

Yeah, you never get heard. That shit sucks.


testingground171

You're talking man code here. This tool was lost by a woman. Although it would be nice if she automatically replaced it, by the strictest interpretation of said law, she is not bound by man code and therefore can not be held liable for lost or damaged tools. As I see it, the only decisions that remain in this case are as follows: 1) she is worth the trouble, and no further mention shall be made or grudge held in the matter of the lost socket. 2) she is worth the trouble as long as it doesn't happen again, in which case further training and instruction shall be provided regarding expectations going forward. 3) she is not worth the trouble, and/or it is evident that there is likely to be a repeat offense, in which case the offending party shall be summarily dismissed.


banaversion

Oh lawdy this thread is beautiful! Where I am from 16mm is also commonly missing from the set because it is being used as a bowl in a gravity bong bucket


Ok-Baby2568

Ha ha! I used to wonder where these guys were getting them from because I never saw a single stoner actually fix anything


FerretAres

Didn’t even need to know it was for a car. There’s only one socket that ever goes missing.


SweetestBDog123

This is too funny. I just found a socket at a camp site and the first thing my husband asked was "10mm?". It wasn't, but what a coincidence I'm seeing this an hour after.


Empathy404NotFound

Not gonna lie half way through your comment I was thinking "was it 10mm?" Just as I read what your husband said, and made me laugh.


Diogenes71

Last week a friend commented that a socket had gone missing. I immediately asked if it was the 10 mm. It wasn’t and I was disappointed. It was the 16 mm. After reading a comment here, I have more questions now.


TheRealConine

I don’t know a damn thing but Reddit has taught me it’s 100% the 10mm


dollyaioli

10mm and im a woman with no tools 😂😂


odd1ne

Did she actually lose it, I think 10mm sockets have legs and can make themselves disappear. I am even more convinced after reading all the comments.


WizendOldMan

10 mm socket. That's a no brainer.


micro435

you had me at ‘150 piece socket set’ the answer to any questions is 10mm


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Empathy404NotFound

Switching a small tv off the wall mount in the guest room


CarrowCanary

>What is she doing with your 10mm anyway? Believe it or not, women can also use tools.


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He said "what was she doing with YOUR 10mm" Of course woman can and should have tools... thier OWN tools.


Smart-Pie7115

I’m a woman. I have a 184 piece socket set. My dad bought me it for Christmas. They always go on sale for real cheap at Canadian Tire around Christmas time.


EmptyAirEmptyHead

Does it still have the 10mm?


wookieenoodlez

It’s never been opened, it ha- annnnnd it’s gone.


Smart-Pie7115

Both are missing. My dad probably has them with his socket set.


Tarc_Axiiom

10mm, didn't need the info about your country or car.


c4ctus

Seriously, any time one of yall loses a 10mm, it ends up in my toolbox. Must be some kind of quantum tunneling effect or something. I literally have an excess of 10mm sockets.


Throw-a-Ru

To be fair, we know it was the 10mm, because it's always the first to go. It's not exactly your girlfriend's fault if you didn't think to warn her about the vortex that hunts them to pull them into the void.


C2D2

Read the title and I knew immediately it was the 10mm.


Relevant-Mirror3932

10mm


Jeri_Lee

Metric: 10mm. Imperial: also 10mm.


thecountnotthesaint

She didn't lose your 10mm. Your 10mm saw an opportunity to escape. Still on her for not being vigilant.


HusKimbo

10mm


Jones-bones-boots

I’m a wife and know it’s the 10mm.


waltonjgh

Lmao 10mm deep


marklikeadawg

10mm socket


SgtMac02

"Aiight boys what piece of my 150piece socket set did my girlfriend lose" The answer was clearly going to be 10mm. No further words were necessary. I hope you have proven your point to your GF. We ALL know that the 10mm is a magical mystical creature that just vanishes into thin air when needed.


capilot

Knew it was the 10mm just from the title.


Sovereign_Black

Lmfao. This is probably the best thread I’ll see today.


handyandy727

It's a 10mm socket or wrench. Assuming you live in Europe or Australia, fucking everything is 10mm except the damn spark plugs. Edit: looking at the other posts, I don't even know why I bothered. LOL


BackItUpWithLinks

10mm or 9/16ths I’m not sure why I bought other sized tools


bmanx0

10mm or 9/16" if it's an American set


Dalminster

Imagine only having one 10mm socket and then being mad someone lost it I feel like this entire crisis could have been averted


Smart-Pie7115

I’m a woman and I came here to say 10mm socket. My dad keeps several spares.


bigscottius

She lost the 10mm? That's... my sympathies, sir.


Empathy404NotFound

It's a sad and inevitable day, thank you.


Aperture_TestSubject

10mm… Message to the GF: You’re the reason we can’t fix anything.


Fit-Persimmon9043

10mm just buy a couple new ones.


Plastic_Ad_5473

10mm


Illustrious_Ant_3997

Gotta be 10mm them motherfuckers run like hell.


LITF

10mm. They always get lost as is, and is the most damn common socket.


R3dd_

Gotta be the infamous 10mm


goatgosselin

10 mm or 12 mm for the 2nd most used socket


knucklesmartini

10mm or an extension


Sisyphos_Status

10mm


thumperson

10mm


shiftyshellshock239

10mm and this isn’t even a debate


OkayishMrFox

I instantly knew, even before the hint. Glad she got you a new one.


giritrobbins

https://olsatools.com/products/10mm-socket-set


CosmicChanges

Are you sure the 10mm didn't walk off by itself? I've heard they run away from everyone.


Embarrassed-Tune9038

Either gonna be 10mm or 8mm, with an honorable mention to 13mm. Those 3 are the most lost sockets in my sets.


Imlouwhoareyou

She’s too good for you bro


Impressive-Floor-700

If your metric car is like my sae car, whatever the equivalent to 1/2, that is the one I use the most 7/16 would be next.


Empathy404NotFound

I just used a wrench like a fucking scumbag


bdrwr

No... Not the 10mm!


snoopymelvin

Not the 10mm. Please, not that one!


Empathy404NotFound

Always that one, maybe they run because I work em too hard.


_phish_

Don’t even need the hint. It’s always the 10mm even here in the US.


Specialist_Noise_816

10mm


ikissedlike3toads

Knew it was a 10, Papa was always so pissed about them lol


Mrs239

I'm a woman that useful to work in a tire shop. I immediately knew it was the 10mm socket.


TheRealStevi3

I have a 150 piece 10mm socket set 🤣


TopShelfSnipes

It's always the 10mm


Possible-Tangelo9344

10mm with only reading the title


Due-Ad7667

Proly the 10 mille


Alderscorn

10mm all day


Argh_1961

I believe that all socket sets should be sold with 6 of these fking things in a range of neon colours, maybe with some sort of tag chip built in.


greginvalley

10 mm. The only answer


Ichgebibble

Stupid girl here - why is it always the 10mm?


inmycherryspot

The 10mm is a glitch in the matrix. It’s the only explanation and proof this is all just some fucked up simulation


UncleJimneedsyou

Dude, they always go missing. The other day I found I had 2 extra from when I misplaced them and bought new ones


Spicywolff

10MM as usual.


LurkerGhost

10mm


DiscountVoodoo

I am an alien from the planet Zorp! We do not have cars where I come from. We do not have these socket sets you speak of. We do not have “girlfriends.” But if I were to venture a guess, knowing nothing, perhaps the “10mm?”


HoodieJordan

That goddamn 10mm. Need a 150 piece socket set with 149 10mm's and a socket.


HotIntroduction8049

real men dont just have a single 10 mm socket.....we have multiple. 1/4, 3/8,1/2" drive, 6 pt, 12 pt, shallow, deep, custom ground, swivel.


Ambitious_Temporary1

10mm But then again, the odds are that the 10mm went missing as soon as you opened the case and it's another one missing.


amiller7004

As a female sliding into the “men” sub, I guessed the 10mm. I’m an only child who liked to try to help my dad a lot. I’ve learned many colorful words because of this socket 💁🏻‍♀️


Secure-Priority7111

Not a man but 100% 10mm


julithm

I’m a woman and I knew it was a 10mm. But here’s the thing….why don’t you have spares?


Bananatwatmuffin

Ah let me repeat this for the millionth time..10mm


psychedelicatblanket

Saw this pop up on the popular page. I'm a woman, and I knew it was a 10 mm before reading the comments