I’m no communist but I agree.

I like you a lot more than any conservative.

I still think heavy tanks were largely a blunder due to how expensive building them was, and how difficult it was to transport, tow and repair them.

They were so heavy their engines were constantly giving out and they were dead in the water.

Holy shit, how fucking dumb can you be? Hes lucky he didnt get the shit sued out him

For me 16:10 was so functionally identical to 16:9 that I never bothered to make the switch personally

*2030

Walmart and Klarna has signed a deal that allows customers to pay for beans and rice in interest free instalments

Overtime, our kitchen knives. Knives need to be thin, as thinner knives cut through ingredients more easily. Today’s knives are designed instead to be marketed. Something incredibly thick, and sturdy, to make it feel “premium”, when all its doing is tiring you out, since using a heavy knife gets exhausting, especially when its so thick it wedges in ingredients.

Vintage European knives are slim, and almost petite, because they knew how to make a good knife, in the same manner japanese knives are ground extremely thin, sometimes thinner than a postcard.

The differences between dents and craters is that dents merely compress the wood, without damaging the fibers, while craters break and destroy fibers. Dents can be repairing by expanding the wood, but craters aren’t fixable.

You have to remove the varnish by sanding first, then try to iron the floor. There may be poor contact in the middle so try ironing the other edges.

Other than that, you are gonna have to get new boards installed.

All handtools. I’m self taught and I work professionally (as in I do this for my living, but I still don’t think I’m very good). I use all Japanese tools and work on the floor. Working on small parts is hard and you need good workholding. Since the Japanese work on the floor, you can just use your foot. Otherwise a metalworking vice works great for small parts, and sometimes a drill press vice. I am super active in a discord server if you want an invite. Super beginner friendly.

Spend some time learning to fix everything. EVERYTHING. Knowing a little bit of plumbing, electronic repair, woodwork, carpentry, and cad can save you tremendous amounts of money. Contractors cost crazy amounts of Money, even for simple fixes.

Yoy dont even need to practice, just read up on it. Recently my sink started leaking, so I though I’d just mess with it. Fixed it with 30$ worth of parts. Dishwasher broke and I fixed it with a 70$ PSU.

Dont learn how to do oil changes though, most of the time it won’t save you any money. Autoshops save a lot of money with volume oil changes.

Woodworking is a hobby that can pay for itself, and yoy dont even have to sell anything. Wood is everywhere, and free. You have to wait months for it to dry but afterwards you can make anything.

Ive made spatulas, spoons, snack clips, furniture, tools, storage, cabinets, bookmarks, bowls, cutting boards, knife covers, drying racks, shelves, etc. It gives you a level of self sufficiency that can never be taken from you. It shouldn’t even be called woodworking, it should just be called “making shit”. It’s an extremely useful and valuable skill. Ive even used it to fix computers by making custom brackets and stuff, and a special heatsink mount for an old heatsink.

HK g11 needs to be added

Look through their post history lol

Not like it changes anything. Theyve abandoned their voters long ago, and treat us as nothing but piggy banks, asking for donations every 4 years.

I thought you said

:3 suicide attempts

And I started laughing my ass off

Coarse diamond stone and a thin cheap knife. The coarse stone is fast so you get immediate results and feedback, which is crucial for learning. You want to use a cheap knife since you can damage knives with bad technique. Cheap knives are also softer and sharpen faster

Diamond plates are much more straightforward than waterstones. You dont need to soak it, water it, flatten it, etc. They aren’t necessarily better, but they require much less maintenance

Also I highly recommend freehand. Youll always encounter a knive that doesn’t work with this, or that system, but you can sharpen every knife, tool, scissors, etc, on a normal sharpening stone.

Sharpening stones and files. I can’t imagine using dull knives. I can’t stand knives duller than hair popping sharp. I have excellent knives that hold a crisp edge and I sharpen those every 30 minutes of super fast chopping (10 seconds on a 9k stone).

Not just knives but scissors, trowels, shovels, cooking spatulas, dust pans, vegetable peelers, can openers, toenail clippers, all need to be sharp. Not being able to sharpen all of those would be a tragedy.

If you are delaying getting into sharpening, just do it. It will serve you for the rest of your life, and I sharpen every single day (I’m a woodworker). Its truly a luxury to have sharp tools, all the time. So satisfying.

Aside from that, chocolate. The cravings will never go away.

Air conditioning, but I would argue that is a very expensive necessity.

Stolen content. Original creator is TWC design.

Peanuts.

Might cover the gas subsidy for a month. Might.

Are you chewing gum?

Do you guys not have headphones?

Or a custom built sound insulated isolation tank built for heavy duty competitive gooning?