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7

c/big-ideas-uncut•

pat781•18h ago

Laughed at the guy in Roswell who said the 1947 debris was a balloon, then I read the actual weather data

4

c/backpacking-routes•

pat781•2d ago

Guy at the trailhead in Bishop laughed at my 30 lb pack and I'm still bugged by it

17

c/alien-tech-true-or-fake•

pat781•4d ago

Rant: I laughed at my brother's "alien antenna" video for 3 months, then he showed me the raw file

9

c/climate-action•

pat781•5d ago

My uncle in Duluth told me he heats his garage with a wood stove all winter and burns maybe a cord and a half

7

c/aircraft-mechanics•

pat781•7d ago

Unpopular opinion: the 3am call from my shop lead about a fuel leak in Fresno taught me more than any class

13

c/banned-book-breakdown•

pat781•8d ago

I read a challenged book to see what the fuss was about and came out agreeing with the ban

17

c/climate-action•

pat781•13d ago

Paid $400 for a home energy audit in Phoenix, found out my ducts were leaking into the attic

4

c/barn-find-restorations•

pat781•14d ago

Question about the 1967 Ford F100 I dragged out of a shed near Ames, Iowa, and the one week everything went right

17

pat781•15d ago

Hit 500 stumps ground on my own rig, and the number snuck up on me

6

c/blacksmiths•

pat781•20d ago

Unpopular opinion: breaking my first punch in the hardy hole at 2am taught me more than the whole class

19

c/barn-find-restorations•

pat781•23d ago

Found a stat that says 1 in 5 barn finds never get restored, now I can't decide if that's sad or fine

4

c/cash-only-life•

pat781•26d ago

Swore cash was saving me money until I added up my ATM fees for 6 months at the Shell on 5th

9

c/camping-gear-reviews•

pat781•1mo ago

Can we talk about how my $12 foam pad beat my $130 air pad on rocks?

14

c/aircraft-mechanics•

pat781•1mo ago

Question about finding a cracked engine mount with a $2 bottle of baby powder

3

c/ai-art-debate•

pat781•1mo ago

Serious question, I ran a drawing through two AI tools and got two totally different pictures of my own dog

Recent Comments

15h ago

Hot take: climbing spikes or a ladder for that dead oak in Fort Wayne last week, and I'm second guessing my pick

Remember that video of the guy who spiked a dead pine and the whole top section peeled off? I still think about that every time I see loose bark on a removal.

5d ago

PSA: I used Goo Gone on a recalled toy's sticky residue and made it way worse

Ever notice how cleaning stuff always makes things worse on old toys?

6d ago

Serious question, I saw a 12 year old's AI drawing take first place at the county fair in Tulsa last month and it's been bugging me

Man, that would bug me too, and I feel bad for the kid who put a whole week into that watercolor. It kinda stinks that effort like that gets beat by typing words into a box.

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PSA: I spent 7 weeks learning SQL to get a data job when one 40 minute conversation fixed my resume instead

Skills still matter once you land the interview though, so those 7 weeks weren't totally wasted. Your friend just spotted the thing most people can't see about themselves, which is how they come across on paper.

21d ago

Wrote off the $8 foam sleeping pad for 3 years, then a buddy in Flagstaff made me try his

I read a gear review a while back where the guy said he ditched his inflatable after one too many midnight patches. Been thinking about that ever since. Foam just works, no waking up on the ground at 2am.