Editing 1474: Screws

{{comic
| number    = 1474
| date      = January 16, 2015
| title     = Screws
| image     = screws.png
| titletext = If you encounter a hex bolt, but you only brought screwdrivers, you can try sandwiching the head of the bolt between two parallel screwdriver shafts, squeezing the screwdrivers together with a hand at either end, then twisting. It doesn't work and it's a great way to hurt yourself, but you can try it!
}}

==Explanation==
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The comic features various real or imagined types of screws, listed below. 

Phillips head: One of the most recognizable types of screws that is commonly used in construction.

Flat head: Another of the more recognizable screws, the flat head is also commonly used in construction. 

Star-shaped screw: Manufacturers sometimes used screws that require special heads in order to remove them, in order to prevent the customer tampering with the product and inadvertently break it. This is commonly seen in electronics. The reference to amazon is the speaker's suggestion to look on Amazon.com for the appropriate screwdriver.  (Randall may have been attempting to draw a Torx head screw, but the Torx design utilizes a six-pointed star, like the Star of David, and Randall drew a five-pointed star. It may also be a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_screw Pentalobe screw], which has been used by Apple in its products - it has five points, but they are a bit rounder.)

Cursed -1 phillips head: A screw can be stripped by either overuse or tightening the screw too much. This results in the plus symbol of the phillips head becoming worn off, and the screw can no longer be removed using an ordinary phillips head screw driver. This is what is meant by the addition of "cursed" to the title, it denotes that the screw is extraordinarily hard to remove. The -1 is a reference to Dungeons and Dragons, where magical items have a rating of either a positive or negative integer. As this screw head is cursed, it has a negative integer rating.

Rivet: A rivet is not a screw - it is a permanent fastener which is secured by "bucking" (deforming the body of the fastener to create an interference fit with the material being fastened). Rivets cannot be removed with a screwdriver, they must be "drilled out".

Phillips head ruiner: A reference to the fact that hex screws can, in a pinch, be removed with a Phillips screwdriver, but will likely damage the driver in the process.

Uranium Screw: ???? perhaps [http://www.google.com/patents/US20060088457 this] 

Phillip's head: This is a rather morbid interpretation of "phillips head". Rather than refer to the screw type, this "screw" is actually a bloody bag containing the severed head of someone named Phillip. It is also a reference to some people's  tendency to apostophize words ending in -s, disregarding grammatical rules.

==Transcript==
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