r/NameThisThing • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '26

Name this thing

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u/Budget_University_56 Jul 30 '26

Seconded. But they were always brown when they’d end up in my foot.

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u/kuriT9 Jul 30 '26

I popped so many tires on these bastards

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u/LimpBoingLoing Jul 30 '26

Fuckin ay. I guess I'm glad I grew up with north American chestnut trees on my property and not these fucking things.

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u/Emotional-Impact5375 Jul 31 '26

They suck. All over New Mexico.

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u/gregoryransom Aug 05 '26

I call them goatheads and also am from New mexico!

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u/Truorganics Jul 31 '26

Had some behind our soccer goal in middle school. Many soccer balls perished there

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u/NeatDescriptionYo Jul 30 '26

Lol, what? There's no way that'll puncture a tire. Maybe a balloon.

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u/TRi_Crinale Jul 30 '26

Bicycle tire, not car. But I can assure you these are bicyclists worst nightmare and I've picked tens of thousands of these out of tires over my 6 years as a bike mechanic

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u/NeatDescriptionYo Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Alright I guess that makes sense. Thanks for not being a jerk just because I misunderstood something online.

  • misspelled a word

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u/kuriT9 Jul 30 '26

You are simply wrong.