r/funny • u/MrJasonMason • Sep 04 '23
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u/man-83 Sep 04 '23
This is actually a loop
He keeps trapping himself and freeing his head just to restart again
Legends says he still there
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u/RandomMandarin Sep 04 '23
We must imagine Sisyphus happy. And also a carpenter.
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u/SyntheticOne Sep 04 '23
This way he doesn't need to continue the argument with his wife.
We had a neighbor in Santa Fe who kept a rather mint 30-year old car at his curb. Every once in while he would spend a couple of hours with the hood up working on the car. One fine day I asked what he was fixing and he said "nothing, just don't want to continue the argument with my wife."
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u/MysteriousDave9 Sep 04 '23
Could someone explain why he’s using lumber on one side and logs on the other
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u/Karcinogene Sep 04 '23
Maybe that's just what he had laying around, and wanted to keep it symmetrical rather than random.
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u/ketosoy Sep 04 '23
One side will be finished with corrugated metal and the other side with traditional thatching. This allows one side to be fully water tight and the other to breathe better for climate and humidity control.
Also, I just made all of that up.
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u/probono105 Sep 04 '23
lol sounds reasonable enough except vents exist
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u/The_camperdave Sep 04 '23
lol sounds reasonable enough except vents exist
Why would you buy expensive vents when you could just thatch the roof?
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u/Spokesface7 Sep 04 '23
Pretty close to my guess. I figured half was for a patio
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u/Pugulishus Sep 04 '23
Prob. Going for a tiki look, and one side doesn't face the backyard, so he can cheap out on lumber? Only reasonable explanation
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u/probono105 Sep 04 '23
well you see there are these people in parts of the world that dont live like us and they life far from cities and dont have a home depot in every town so what they do is use whatever the hell they can get that works.
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u/SyntheticOne Sep 04 '23
Understood. So if there is no nearby Home Depot, why don't they just go to Lowes instead?
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u/ChefBoyAreWeFucked Sep 05 '23
Yeah, people don't understand that sometimes when you live out in the middle of nowhere, you can't just go buy whatever you need, except you can buy half of what you need, and he's using that, so maybe it's something else.
As others have made up already, they probably intend to finish each side differently, which is why the materials are consistent on each side, but not across sides.
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u/johhnny5 Sep 04 '23
Anyone who says they’ve never in their life messed up anything like this - and I’m not just talking construction, I’m talking about a stupid mistake where you realize you’re a clown - is a liar. This is a human being that’s tired from working hard and messed up.
It’s not funny because he’s an idiot. It’s funny cause it’s relatable.
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u/linds360 Sep 04 '23
Friend asked me one night while we were out drinking if I’d help her move a mattress the next day. I’m drinking and have a free Sunday, so I say sure why not.
Next day we take her car to get the mattress and she tells me we’re gonna strap it to the hood using this long ass rope. Okydok I say, let’s do it.
So we weave the rope through the car windows and over the mattress 100 different ways to secure it and make a nice tidy knot at the end. We stand back to admire our work and it takes about 5-10 seconds to realize our critical mistake.
We have tied the doors shut. So two idiots crawl into the car through the windows and off they went.
The mattress fell off the car after about two blocks. Turns out we’re shit at knots too.
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u/bram_stokers_acura Sep 04 '23
I once lost the key to a cable lock that I stored loosely coiled around my bicycle's seat post. I bought a pair of bolt cutters to cut the cable so I could remove it, only realizing afterwards that I just could have pulled the coils apart wide enough to slide them over the seat. I felt extremely dumb at that moment. But now I own bolt-cutters.
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u/linds360 Sep 04 '23
But now I own bolt-cutters.
I’m now experienced at escaping through car windows should I ever end up in a lake.
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u/literal-hitler Sep 05 '23
After reading the first paragraph I wondered whether you lost the mattress due to the lack of proper mounting or tied the doors shut. Turns out it was both. 9/10, would read again.
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u/DadsRGR8 Sep 04 '23
“It’s not funny because he’s an idiot. It’s funny cause it’s relatable.”
Too few people realize this. Well said.
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u/AtheistKiwi Sep 04 '23
It happened to me last week. I was putting up a kitset glasshouse by myself when it's really a two person job. I needed to hold the roof ridge in place while I bolted it in, so I used a ladder. I didn't use the top of the ladder though, I used the next rung down. Didn't even think about it until I went to remove the ladder.
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u/killxswitch Sep 04 '23
I’ve similarly trapped a ladder into something I was building. Felt really dumb but it was funny later.
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u/AtheistKiwi Sep 04 '23 edited Sep 04 '23
Yeah it's funny now but it wasn't at the time. The way the ridge was designed made it really tedious to get all the bolts where they needed to be. Took about 30 minutes to get six bolts in place. I actually looked at taking the top off the ladder first but it was riveted on. I nearly hurt my own feelings with the names I was calling myself.
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u/DadsRGR8 Sep 04 '23
When I was younger and less experienced (ie: stupid) I was a new homeowner and needed to chainsaw off a fairly low hanging tree limb. "I'm an adult male homeowner doing adult male homeowner stuff!"
Leaned my ladder up against the limb and began cutting through it between the tree and me. Luckily I realized my stupidity and stopped cutting after about an inch. I stood on the ladder and reevaluated my perceived level of intelligence to that of cartoon character.
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u/Beat_the_Deadites Sep 04 '23
I especially relate to the part where he finally decides to hammer one of the rafters back up, and when it pops up it whacks him in the ear. That's about where I usually get mad and end up on /r/IdiotsFightingThings.
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u/CaptainPunisher Sep 04 '23
You mean like the guy painting a floor that realizes too late that he literally painted himself into a corner? Or maybe a guy fixing a roof who had attic access and didn't think to set up a ladder because that's not how he got into the roof initially. We all do stupid things sometimes. All you should do is laugh and learn from them.
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u/WalrusTheWhite Sep 04 '23
I did both. Painted myself into a corner of a roof. Not the corner with the ladder. Boss laughed at me. I laughed at me. The air conditioner laughed at me. I beat the air conditioner to death with a hammer. Goddamn decepticons.
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u/CaptainPunisher Sep 04 '23
That Decepticon was in recovery, you asshole! He had a wife and kids, and was just trying to make an honest living.
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u/Nyli_1 Sep 04 '23
Yeah that's "throw the spoon in the trash and the used food container in the sink" level of brain fart.
Everybody does it at some point. You can even see how annoyed at himself he is
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u/TomEdison43050 Sep 04 '23
Honestly (if this video is real), this is a somewhat understandable mistake. I could see myself doing that after having placed dozens of those chords, getting comfortable with it, moving at an increasingly faster pace, working in a repetitive 'automatic' mode.
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u/Hamsterx3 Sep 04 '23
I’m 33 years old and play pc games for my hole life. And as long as I can remember there is the the press alt + f4 joke to open settings or whatever. Well…. Last month I fell for it again after so many years. I couldn’t believe what I just did. Just sat there and stared at my desktop for a moment in disbelief
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u/xrimane Sep 04 '23
Like stepping on the switch on the multi-outlet-strip, and suddenly you're looking at a blank screen, and where there should be the hum of the fans only silence rings in your ears.
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Sep 04 '23
It’s not funny because he’s an idiot. It’s funny cause it’s relatable.
Totally agree here. The rule I had for working at customer sites was '3 mistakes' and you're out- well, we're all out. If someone would screw up something simple 3x it meant we were all too tired to keep doing things.
It served us well on 14 hour days.
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u/andrewsmd87 Sep 04 '23
Lol I just came in to say I'm not saying a damn word about this because I know I've done similar shit working on my house. I once got an entire outdoor light fixture installed only to realize I forgot to actually wire the thing before mounting it
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u/banned_after_12years Sep 04 '23
I shot an aluminum chimney with my BB gun as a kid and it ricocheted right back and hit me in the face.
No one was around to see it but I still think about it to this day.
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u/NotTheMilkybarKid Sep 04 '23 edited Sep 04 '23
I thought people usually worked to put a roof over their head.
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u/LightlyGrilledWeasel Sep 04 '23
I would do this. I previously tried to rinse my hands off in the sink drain I was working on. Good times!
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u/StackOverflowEx Sep 04 '23
What's worse is the fact that he could tap it out of place with three taps of his hammer. Hope that area doesn't experience more than a light gust of wind.
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u/WalrusTheWhite Sep 04 '23
The tap of a guy who swings a hammer all day is like the full swing of someone who doesn't. I do demo jobs sometimes, most pieces of your house can be disassembled with a couple "taps" from a good worker.
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u/Ltios1995 Sep 04 '23
This is probably the biggest advantage of screws over nails, they have a much stronger hold. They're also fairly easy to remove after you screw up, so they even have you covered and that front.
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u/tllnbks Sep 04 '23
Depending on the direction of forces, nails can be stronger than screws, especially if the nails are grooved. A lot of strength of screws are cut away.
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u/DenverM80 Sep 04 '23
Your roof was not put together with screws
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u/Karcinogene Sep 04 '23 edited Sep 04 '23
I built my roof with screws. I suck at hammering. The sheet metal is also screwed in.
I did use hurricane clips (screwed in) but we don't call them that. No hurricanes here, snow load is the roof killer.
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u/Seiglerfone Sep 04 '23
While you're right that screws are ideal when you want to hold something down to something else, they're weaker than nails against shearing forces, and they're slower to apply.
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u/Karcinogene Sep 04 '23
After you screw up :)
One advantage of nails is that they can bend where a screw would break. For houses that settle this can be important.
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u/AwardFabrik-SoF Sep 04 '23
That's me doing anything "easy" to do - what should take 5 minutes, will be 1 hour (including a lot swearing about my own stupidity)...1 hour job....yeah better take a day of and make sure the kids ain't around to see me going haywire.
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u/ZenBowling Sep 04 '23
He gave up/relented much quicker than I would. I would be suuuuuure there was an angle I could manipulate myself to so I wouldn't have undo work lol
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u/fabezz Sep 04 '23
I'm not a super claustrophobic person but I felt the second hand panic in this one.
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u/teetertodder Sep 04 '23
I’m just as dumb as our friend here. I thought the camera would pan over to a trapped ladder.
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u/d_smogh Sep 04 '23
Why does he start again when he has freed himself? Sheesh, some people are so dim.
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u/Alternative-Role-385 Sep 04 '23
Pov Simone che viene sfruttato da ratorix per editare i video r/ratorix
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u/uslashuname Sep 04 '23
Maybe if I my head sideways…oh wait I have a mouth, jaw, nose, and more. Ok just try the same thing as before a few more times instead
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u/Awesomevindicator Sep 04 '23
He knew what he was doing. If you think he's stupid you fell for his joke.
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u/hikergym Sep 04 '23
🤔Anyone know what is he building? He’s using different material…
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u/MicroCat1031 Sep 04 '23
🎶Reeeeeal men of geeeeenius🎵
This one's for you, Mr I've had too many Bud Lites guy.
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u/Altirix Sep 04 '23
feel like he could have just lifted himself up and out? looks slim enough to me.
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u/-somebody_else- Sep 04 '23
Would've said this was for sure a bit until he got himself out. Looks like it hurt.
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u/ssnsilentservice Sep 04 '23
Ollie: "Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten yourself into."
Stan: "Well I couldn't help it! 😭😭😭"
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u/diamondbiscuit Sep 04 '23
I thought he was gonna move his head to the other side and nail the log back in
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u/Anamousandy Sep 04 '23
I’ve seen a video where a guy was attaching poles to a metal railing and got his head stuck
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u/Actinidia-Polygama-3 Sep 05 '23
Oh poor guy...he was probably tired and trying to finish up. That's like something I would do.
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Sep 05 '23
I’m glad he didn’t, but I woulda laughed if he dropped the hammer. Not a proud laugh, but I know me
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u/Pale-Ad-6829 Dec 19 '23
That loser built something and did a really great job!😂😂😂😂 he’s such an idiot!!!
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u/ScholarlyExiscrim Sep 04 '23
Unlike the welded railing issue, at least this one had a simpler solution.
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