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  Jewelers' pliers and 10 seconds of your time, and it's good as new.
context: Feels like me. Slightly damaged, but still holding it straight. >
  
  Didn't expect such relatable content on this sub. >
  
  You don't really notice the curve once it goes in >
  
  Wife told me the same thing >
  
  Wouldn’t be the first time >
  
  Or the second, or third, or even 5th. Hell maybe not even the 50th >
  
  Just a bent pin. Just straighten it and it's all good.  Happens all the time. If you have a hot swap board, don't try to insert it with a bent pin, or you can damage the hot swap socket. >
  
  I've bent many a pin but that appears to have an annoyingly small wiggle in it >
  
  Long nose pliers, and squeeze it straight again. >
  
  I just mean it's not just a bent pin, since normally they bend at the base. >
  
  Sometimes, I've seen them bend back on themselves a few times as they collapse.  If you're not confident that it's still reliable, then at the end of the day, it's only a switch.  Do you have spares? >
  
  I don't have an annoyingly small wiggle in a pin so spares are neither here nor there. >
  
  Sorry... thought you were the OP for some reason :) >
  
  no issue, just straighten it >
  
  Tweezerman tweezers work amazingly to bring em back. >
  
  It’s amazing how many beauty tools you can use for this hobby. I use my tweezers for this purpose like you said. Eye liner brush works very well for lubing switches and eyebrow scissors fir cutting bandaid/tape for stabs. >
  
  As an artist before falling down the rabbit hole, can confirm how versatile tools are coming across multiple disciplines. I've got these mini scissors to get into hard spots, spare tiny brushes for lube and scalpels for a custom cut. >
  
  This is not too bad, as you could easily fix it..but it still makes me feel like AHHHGG >
  
  I use a needle nose pliers to make pins straight. >
  
  Straighten it out lol. Its barely bent. Could probably slot in and work fine as is tbh >
  
  Just un-bent it. Its normal. Is it hard for you? >
  
  I'd fix it immediately =_) >
  
  I don't feel much, just bend it back >
  
  Honestly this kind of bent pin is okay 👌 
  Easy fix >
  
  For me, it's a normal Tuesday. >
  
  better than my pin that was bent beyond repair lmao >
  
  Eh...it still works. Not the end of the world >
  
  Time to grab the needle-nose pliers. >
  
  If I have extras, I'm tossing that one. If I am relying on that switch, bend it back no big deal >
  
  Nothing >
  
  Not that bad. I bent one of my Gat blues flat the other day and thought it was a goner. Used my fingers to bend it back and it still sounds like a scratchy mess, but it works 😄 >
  
  Like we could learn to love again >
  
  I want to squish it with my switch puller and flatten it. >
  
  I just get my Leatherman out, and clamp it with the pliers so it straightens the pin and try again. >
  
  most of my switches are like this lol >
  
  If it comes through the hole and you can souter it it's fine >
  
  That's one of the least worst bent pins I've seen honestly, I would expect that to fit into place without any adjustment >
  
  AHHHHHHHH >
  
  It makes me feel nothing. This is life. >
  
  Wildly uncomfortable >
  
  It’s bad but could be worse. >
  
  Horrible, because I had 3 more switches then I needed for my build and ruined 1-2 from trying to plug the switch in with a bent pin and it looked like a crushed soda can >
  
  Makes me feel like grabbing a needle nose pliers.