Stingers are pretty much the ultimate clutter item this game has to offer. They can't be burned, they drop like nobody's business, and they can be used in a whopping two recipes--Only one of which (Booster Shot) sees meaningful amounts of use, but due to how shots work they don't really need to be produced in quantities to match the availability of stingers.
I propose that stingers be usable like the sewing kit, but at a fraction of its effectiveness (1/20 comes to mind).
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Also it would be good to include some additional uses for them, but that's more complicated and potentially involves meaningful dev time depending on what kind of solution was decided upon. I think being able to pump stinger upon stinger into shoddily repairing clothing using its own threads is a decent enough solution for now.