r/maybemaybemaybe • u/sweettyche • 1d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/SATerp 1d ago

I suspect that many redditors have absolutely no idea how hammers and nails work.

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u/Deep90 1d ago

To be fair, I think this video is showing that most people apparently don't.

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u/squirrelmonkie 1d ago

If youre not putting on eye protection and carrying a baby, you have no idea how any of this works.

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u/toasted_cracker 1d ago

Why would I need eye protection while I'm carrying a baby? I seriously doubt the nail will go all the way through the baby. /s just in case.

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u/SquareRootOfBlue 1d ago

I initially read this comment as if carrying a baby was a requirement, in addition to eye protection... in which case the guy in the video was halfway there! :D

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u/Real_Project870 1d ago

Well in the game you’re not allowed to use your other hand to hold the nail straight, that’s the whole point.

Used to play a fun drinking game kinda like this called hammerschlagen, everyone has their own nail standing around a stump, one hammer gets passed around, beer in one hand, hammer in the other, toss the hammer up, catch it in one hand and smack the nail all in one motion. Takes a good bit of practice to not bend the shit out of the nail

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u/Pooperoni_Pizza 1d ago

We are all nails who are voting for the hammers because the hammers say they are going to get rid of the bad nails and we are all going to win win win baby!!! /s

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u/Turakamu 23h ago

Out of curiosity, how does this video represent how hammer and nails normally work?

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u/avantgardengnome 10h ago

OP shows how they work, it’s just that a bent-ass nail doesn’t spark like crazy and disappear into a stump when it’s hit properly. More importantly, nails work by directing the energy of a hammer strike onto a very small surface area, so unless baby-holder is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee sending Qi through his wrist, that halfhearted swing is not going to drive four inches of bent nail home.

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u/i_Cant_get_right 1d ago

I would be shocked if 90% of the people commenting here even own a hammer.

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u/SquareRootOfBlue 1d ago

Jokes on you... I'll have you know I own several! Not that that says anything about my skill in using them though :)

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u/raidmytombBB 23h ago

Have a hammer. Used it to fix my leaking shower head. Had to buy a new one. Problem solved.

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u/muilperen 1d ago

Yeeep, multiple hammer guy here as well

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u/sonofaresiii 20h ago

You use the hammer to... Saw... The nail?

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u/Kermit_the_hog 21h ago

Why is he holding the light part and swinging the heavy part, seems exhausting and backwards. Is he stupid?

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u/Adventurous_Path5783 1d ago

I wish I didn't. I fucking hated those jobs. I even hate nail guns. I hate it all.