Do you know what this thing is, and what it's used for?

[AviatorTom]

Image is enlarged; item is ~1.5 inches (4 cm) long

Stimulated by @purplepoppy and her questions about kitchen gadgets, pictured is a thing that might be found in most handyman and building construction workshops.

Do you know what it is called, what it is used for, and how it works?

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1 y

GaG software is at it again. This question has obviously nothing to do with Sexuality, yet GaG software changed the selected Other category to Sexuality when it was posted. Maybe "Stimulated" or "gadget" is a sexual keyword?

@GirlsAskGuys, would someone please correct the category to Other. Thanks you in advance.

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1 y

There are many different names for this object. Many use the generic term "molly bolt".
It's used to secure things to a wall made of drywall, aka plasterboard.
You drill a hole in the wall, insert the molly, then tighten the bolt. This causes the sheath around the bolt to bend and grasp the inner wall, creating a secure anchor in the wall. You can then mount whatever you want.
It's often used to mount heavy pictures or artwork.

[Red_Arrow]

As some have said, it is a molly bolt. Drill a hole in plasterboard just large enough to slide the bolt in, then turn the screw and the sides will fold out and keep the bolt in the wall. Used to hold things against the wall when there is no wood to screw into.

[msc545]

That is a hollow wll anchor used to fasten an integral bolt socket in a hollow wall or dry wall.

[msc545]

*wall

[electromagnetic]

Don’t know what it’s call but I know what it’s for. It’s for when your walls are shit and require extra support.

[SaoirseS]

It's a molly bolt, used usually on hollow dry wall.

[OlderAndWiser]

I have used Molly bolts many times.

[DJB72]

There's nothing quite as disturbing as being away a day or two and finding a Molly bolt in your questions under "sexuality"

Exactly which opening does the computer think these are inserted?

[NathanDavis]

maybe G@G bot is bilingual... because you could easily translate this object's name to Spanish... and it would be another word for "penis"

[andreasderjuengere]

An emergency wine bottle opener.

More seriously: (and as my profession is related to engineering) it's a fixation that serves as a ''wall plug'' in applications where there is an inaccessible void behind a surface to which an item is meant to be installed.

Not being a native ''Englisher''.. I guess some kind of ''blind plug''?

[purplepoppy]

Plasterboard bolt for when your house was built on the cheap and you want to hang heavy stuff on the walls.

[ArrowheadSW]

A drywall anchor used to hang things on your wall.

[KostasKouvalis]

I think it's because you said "stimulated by purplepoppy"

Anyways, I don't know. It looks like a spring screw.

[Anonymous]

It's a multi-frequency plasma tricorder, it's used for calibrating the warp-core of your space-ship :P

[MicroJ]

It's drive wall anchor used for hanging picture frame and some forms of shelving.

[Ladsin2]

Wedge anchor looks like. Probably for drywall because philips. My concrete ones are all 1/4" or 3/8".

[Kelly6]

@AviatorTom thing to screen things on drywall without any wood support

[chrissykerdock]

to pleasure your pussy with

[exitseven]

hahahaha Best post of the day, They come in all sizes.

[MicroJ]

@chrissykerdock haha well as you tighten the screw on the end it will expand 😉

[exitseven]

Yes, it is a wall anchor.

[Staximus]

Screw anchor for drywall

[Bklynbadboy12]

It looks like a anchor for sheetrock

[princeofromance]

Is it a Spark Plug?