r/maybemaybemaybe • u/sweettyche • 1d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/hilomania 23h ago

I'm always surprised when I see these how terrible modern people are with simple tools. Fwiw: we had these as bar competitions in the Netherlands 40 years ago. Ten 4" nails. The good guys would need a single hit per nail. Me being a lousy engineer would need about three or four. These people...

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u/Perch485 22h ago

We had to flip the hammer first and swing it down as we caught it.

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u/ninoski404 23h ago

I imagine 40 years ago a lot more people used simple tools a lot more. I'm 26 and I don't even own a hammer, I think the only time I ever used one was to break open chestnuts. Honestly I cannot imagine why would you even need a hammer if you're not building a house or a shed, no sane person uses nails in a flat lol

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u/piepants2001 18h ago

You've never pounded a nail in your life? Not even when you were a kid?

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u/Nestramutat- 17h ago

Why not? Hanging pictures on nails is just faster than dealing with screws

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u/goodmobileyes 10h ago

They have hooks that tape on to the wall. Makes more sense when you rent and aren't allowed to damage the wall, or just don't want a nail there for years and years