I think you’re right, and the original post is wrong to say that vans do it better every time, no exception.

However, I think that a van would be a more practical and better vehicle for a vast majority of people who are driving trucks. It’s just that people don’t care if things are practical, they want things that they think are cool.

You make good points and I agree that in this case, hiring a plumber right off the bat would have given you the better outcome.

As you mentioned, there is some risk to doing it yourself and this risk often motivates people to avoid even attempting to fix things. Part if it really is an exercise in learning about the thing and being realistic about how likely you are to succeed.

However, I don’t think you should characterize the $300 as a total loss. You probably still have that big screwdriver and set of bolt cutters. Some of the toilet parts you bought might have been appropriate and included in the plumber’s repair. You also probably learned a thing or two about plumbing, even if all you learned was that you’d rather hire a professional for future plumbing projects.

“The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy.”

Blow em up, guy

Trying to differentiate between a gas chamber and a life sentence in El Salvador, is really tiptoeing the line.

You can’t just send federal military troops into a state they weren’t invited to and demand that they act as law enforcement, you know.

You’re right, it would be super cool to kill lots of people and blow up all the infrastructure.

Well, there are legal proceedings trying to show that using the federal troops in this way is illegal and have them removed. What exactly are you proposing, that the LAPD start a war with the Marines?

I’m not trying to be negative about blaming people who are in bad financial situations but idk why more people don’t realize that you can get things that you wouldn’t normally be able to afford if you’re willing to learn about them and do some work. Technicians/mechanics aren’t usually geniuses, they’ve just read the manual.

I spent a lot of time having a very tight budget. I realized that the only way to afford my first car was to buy a busted one and fix it myself. I couldn’t afford a mechanic but I could afford a repair manual.

But, I’m also confused by people who simply aren’t curious. They don’t want to know. They’re totally content just not understanding how all of this technology around them works. Like, how are they OK with that?

Mmmmm, ohhhhh, the aalphabeeeeet

You don’t even have to shoot anything. You don’t even have to be holding something capable of shooting something. The cop just has to say that from their perspective it kind of looked like you might have been holding something that could have been capable of shooting something and they’d likely be able to justify murdering you.

Build houses and fund education. I feel like I just came up with a miraculous solution to a majority of their complaints.

He’s got a face for radio.

I appreciate a good shitpost. If only this were a Wikipedia article related to Richard Nixon.

I’m so good at not understanding stuff. My time has come.

Why is the woman JD Vance?

Important context is missing. If traffic is light and you’re cruising in the passing lane at the same speed as the rest of traffic, get out of the passing lane.

Edit: I’m enjoying the upvote/downvote ratio. 1/3 of people feel justified in creating a rolling roadblock and the other 2/3 of people would like them to change lanes.

That’s terrifying. Those stupid cops will kill your baby with a flashbang, shoot your dog and then murder you becauese you were holding the TV remote during their veggie raid.

Even if he really was growing some pot plants, it shouldn’t even be a big deal.

I understand that drawing doesn’t work that way. What I’m suggesting is that drawing doesn’t work that way because visualizing something in your mind is so far removed from actually seeing it.

For example, you could imagine that you want to paint a lake with mountains. You can get an idea of how you’ll compose the image, what the colors are, how the strokes might make textures on the canvas, all the details. It’s more than just knowing the facts of each object, color, line. It’s an understanding of how it will look visually and you “picturre it” but it’s nowhere close to the sensory experience of actually looking at the finished painting.

This is my experience, at least.

Not being flippant here: If you can actually see it, why not just see it on the paper and essentially trace what you see?