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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Sailing boats?

Is a row boat a contraption?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

a sailing boat can be with the pulleys a row boat isn't complicated enough to be a contraption

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I feel like a contraption needs a continuously moving bit to qualify, and the distinction from a gizmo is whether it’s hand-held or not

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think a wind surfer could put in an application to be a contraption. I feel a sailing boat is straight up a vehicle as you could live in one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

ok fair enough it's a vehicle that has contraptions on it though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A bicycle is a vehicle as well though, or am I misunderstanding something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

A bicycle tows the line. I'm no expert in contraptions because my schooling and early career helped me work in the adrenochrome factory instead of for Lockheed Martin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Definitely a collection of doohickeys, doodads and gizmos

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

a large thingamabob at best

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not even making a joke here, a small boat would be called a Dinghy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

and a slightly larger boat, a:

spoilerpinnace