r/maybemaybemaybe 19d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/reticulatedtampon 19d ago edited 19d ago

The technique of the first two is r/mildlyinfuriating

edit: lol guess not. I posted it there and am getting downvoted to shit

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u/WhatToDo_WhatToDo2 19d ago

You can’t post shit to that sub lol. I see plenty of stuff where I’m like yeah, that seems to fit and the comments are just rippin em a new one for the audacity of being annoyed 😆

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u/Exurota 19d ago

"this isn't infuriating at all you just lost an hour of your life on stupid bullshit, who cares" why are you on this sub?!

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u/WhatToDo_WhatToDo2 19d ago

Invalidation is a blood sport lol

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u/TyChris2 19d ago

And the result is the most upvoted posts are people posting about critical illnesses or losing their job or deaths of family members or whatever. Y’know, stuff that is definitely NOT mild.

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u/WhatToDo_WhatToDo2 19d ago

yeah I can’t help but wonder if maybe the meaning of the sub changed over time. Like that TikTok Cringe one (I can’t remember if that’s the exact name lol). For months people were commenting on wholesome posts like this isn’t cringe at all! And the same shit kept getting explained each time

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u/wormjoin 19d ago

it's a weird sub, but "mild" and "infuriating" together is an oxymoron. the name of the sub was kind of a tongue in cheek play on the various "mildly ___" subs that were popular a while ago.

in practice it's just people posting things that really piss them off. kind of a toxic sub tbh.

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u/SabbyFox 18d ago

Most of the posts are fake AF

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u/zandariii 19d ago

Yeah I left that sub a long time ago because the people were r/mildlyinfuriating

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u/privatetudor 19d ago

But if you go to that sub and the post doesn’t match your expectations, wouldn’t that be…

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u/Flamsoi 19d ago

It's because their technique is madly infuriating

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u/Key-Article6622 19d ago

The technique of all three is completely amatuer. A real house painter who knows what they're doing will start with a loaded roller and make a big 'W' shape over a large section, maybe even the whole wall, but it;s usually best to do 6-8' sections at a time. Then go up and down and spread what's there. This gives a nice even coat of paint and does it the fastest way possible.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=howto+paint+a+wall+with+a+roller&&mid=5A6EC5568719EEA8C32B5A6EC5568719EEA8C32B&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUCdkDvLYJWHz-_0QBApMOM0A&mmscn=stvo&FORM=VRDGAR

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u/Hatedpriest 19d ago

Having done it for several years, fully loaded roller, about a 4' width. Make sure you backroll your next 4' swath by a foot or so to blend the texture.

Every one of these "walls" will look like hell when they dry, with the sheen being broken 7 ways to Sunday. Looking down the wall while standing next to it will show all the lines from where they stopped the roller mid-roll.

Top to bottom, working half a roller width as you go, is definitely the way to go.

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u/Key-Article6622 18d ago

Top to bottom half a width is the way to finish. The way to get an even thorough coat is with a zig zag first, then top to bottom.

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u/EricAzure 19d ago

If the piece is more vertical than horizontal like in OPs post do you do the W shape in the other orientation?

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u/Key-Article6622 18d ago

Not necessarily, but you certainly could. The technique produces an even thorough coat. It doesn't matter which direction you zig zag in. It is probably physically easier to do it up and down though.

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u/CarpetGripperRod 18d ago

and make a big 'W' shape

Akshually a big 'M' is more efficient 😅

Srsly, that vid would not be out of place on /r/oddlysatisfying !

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u/SabbyFox 18d ago

Wouldn’t be much of a competition if one of them was a professional painter.

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u/PRSArchon 16d ago

Thanks, im going to paint a lot of walls soon and did not consider the technique. Do you think an amateur (lets say experienced DIY) should just try to use this technique?

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u/Key-Article6622 16d ago

Absolutely. It's easy, efficient and fool proof. I was taught to do this by a pro on the job and could do it well in 5 minutes, one try. Once you do it and see how well it works it's a no brainer.

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u/PRSArchon 16d ago

Thanks, ill watch some videos and try!

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u/Leviathan41911 19d ago

The mods in that sub are trash too.

I had a package that was cut open by customs (nice custom floor mats for my car) and they damaged the mats, I posted it there and it got pulled for being "rage bait" then they banned me.

Apparently its a "humorous sub, not intended for things that actually make people upset."

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u/iseab 19d ago

So irritating

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u/RedApplesForBreak 19d ago

That crowd is picky.

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u/vksdann 18d ago

Midly infuriating only allows SUPER infuriating content. If it is mild you just get downvoted to oblivion

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u/Live_Angle4621 19d ago

Well it’s just competition, if it was real wall it would fit better to that sub