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18

c/classic-tech-throwbacks•

christopherw34•22m ago

My old Nokia 3310 outlived 3 smartphones and I am weirdly mad about it

16

c/barn-find-restorations•

christopherw34•1d ago

My uncle told me to soak the seized engine in diesel for a week, and now I'm out $85 and a gasket

7

c/ai-art-debate•

christopherw34•4d ago

Honestly, watching a machine knock out a full mural at the Columbus art fair in 20 minutes killed my excitement for the tech

23

c/buy-it-for-life-gear•

christopherw34•5d ago

Pro tip: buy the $40 wool socks, my feet survived a 14 mile hike through Rocky Mountain National Park

9

c/algorithmic-fairness-debate•

christopherw34•6d ago

The DMV kiosk in Columbus rejected my 78 year old neighbor's ID photo and flagged her as a "high risk" file

2

c/cash-only-life•

christopherw34•11d ago

Ditched the bank envelope system for a plain mason jar and it honestly works better

18

c/algorithmic-fairness-debate•

christopherw34•11d ago

Got flagged as a no-show at a clinic in Dayton because the scheduling algo read my reschedule as a cancel

34

c/cheap-eats-club•

christopherw34•14d ago

A diner cook in Tulsa ruined boxed mac and cheese for me with one sentence

2

c/big-pharma-truth•

christopherw34•15d ago

I laughed at my mother in law for taking a $4 fish oil pill, then her cardiologist explained the actual label math

2

c/canned-food-hacks•

christopherw34•16d ago

Tried the 'flip the can upside down' trick on a dented beef stew can and my landlord thinks I'm nuts

31

c/banned-product-heroes•

christopherw34•17d ago

I thought the lawn dart ban was just parents being dramatic until I read the actual 1988 recall numbers

14

c/bookbinders•

christopherw34•20d ago

Hot take: I quit using PVA for case binding after 9 years because of what a conservator in Boston told me

6

c/aliens-among-us•

christopherw34•29d ago

My uncle in Roswell told me in 2018 to stop filming every light in the sky, and now I get why he laughed

9

c/auto-mechanics•

christopherw34•1mo ago

PSA: I thought the "pour water on a stuck engine" trick was internet nonsense until it worked on a 1998 Civic

19

c/bill-splits-and-drama•

christopherw34•1mo ago

PSA: I put the $90 double order of wings on my card at B-Dubs in Akron and the group chat went silent for two days

Recent Comments

9h ago

Switched from a magnesium float to a fresno on that 12x20 slab in Fresno and the cream came up way faster than I expected

Going slower and keeping the blade flatter helped me avoid pulling too much cream on those small pours.

6d ago

My library's banned book display got dismantled 3 times in a month

Try zip ties and a note saying it's for a book club.

6d ago

Am I the only one who labels every drop with a paint pen before crimping, not after

Did the same thing on a 40 drop job last year after getting my notes mixed up once. Writing on the jacket right away saved me so much grief, the extra couple minutes is nothing compared to redoing a run lmao. Your buddy will figure it out after a few more redos.

Christopher Ward

u/christopherw34

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11d ago

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Serious question, my walk-in count hit 500 clients and I felt nothing but tired

Hit 500 too, but the ones who stick are the real win.

11d ago

Question about the stranger at the coffee shop who called my bullet journal a "to-do list with extra steps"

Calling it a "to-do list with extra steps" kind of misses the point of why we track anything at all. A to-do list tells you what to do, but a mood tracker or a doodle of your cat is about noticing how your week actually felt, not just what got checked off. The short answer I give people is that it's less about being productive and more about slowing down enough to pay attention to my own life.