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For example it didn’t hit me till I thought about it, but the HHG towel has a real provenance in a primal widget. Handkerchiefs and neck-kerchiefs in the west and actual towels or turban towels (hence towelhead as a slur) in Asia.
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In India the traditional men’s upper garment is a thin towel. It got refined into a non-functional towel, such as Narendra Modi often sports. Fancy ones are often made of very non-towel material like silk. Unlike HHG towels, the stripes do not contain nutrients you can suck on.
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Keys are a big one I missed. Tobacco type things (also hip flasks, chewing gum), hmm... mood-altering tech. Kinda borderline, but I think they qualify. Photos of people... I think out. They’re not tech. Same as crucifixes or charms, just personal. 🤔
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Keys: Identity, Ownership Photograph: Of children or lover Perhaps also tobacco eg. snuff, cigs (or other state altering compounds)
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Hmm. Belts are an interesting case. In the form of a sash or cummerbund, they’re just a variant on the towel theme, but the leather buckled kind perhaps qualifies. Kinda unit asked though, unless you make it a platform by adding apps like holsters, scabbards, etc.
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Water containers? I guess leather waterskins yes, and perhaps modern bottles, but not pots. That’s cargotech, not primal widget-tech.
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Left out firearms because they were/are everyday carry only in very specific times/places unlike bladed weapons which were much more common. Also, the American tacticool mall ninja EDC culture built around firearms annoys me as poisoning a generally fun aspect of human life
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Combs and small mirrors were once common but I think they were not very universal, and rarely the most versatile tech on someone. More vanity tech.
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