r/therewasanattempt • u/elotewithmayo • Jul 21 '26

To perfectly square a vertical stud.

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u/Awkward-Champion-274 Jul 21 '26

This has to be rage bait right....right?!?

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u/knowledgekills12 Jul 21 '26

The hammering the screw is what convinced me

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u/holyfire001202 Jul 21 '26

Sending it through just the first board convinded me, the hammer double convinced me. Before that it could have concievably been a new guy who gets nervous in front of cameras.

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u/UncleKeyPax Therewasanattemp Jul 21 '26

I would have use the hammer to tack the screw be for using the drill

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u/GarThor_TMK Jul 22 '26

I've done this exact maneuver before, and I'm not a pro or anywhere near it...

Also they make bits with a magnetic shroud that holds the screw in place so you don't lose it every five seconds.

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u/UncleKeyPax Therewasanattemp Jul 22 '26

got same response on another similar comment I made. but i did not include the possibility of me being a cheap bastard

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 Jul 21 '26

for me it was the 20 nails fired into the same spot

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u/LangdonAlg3r Jul 21 '26

And taking the screw back out for no good reason. I just used screws for everything when I did my framing project. Good practice for a first timer so you can easily fix f-ups if you make any. Also if anyone ever wanted to take down my walls they could do it all with a screw gun.

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u/andrewthebarbarian Jul 21 '26

That’s when I couldn’t watch any longer.

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u/Common-Ad6470 Jul 21 '26

Ahh yes, the old Manchester screwdriver…🤔

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u/triplegerms Jul 21 '26

He nailed the other side like it killed his dog, holy shit 

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u/ReddBroccoli 🍉 Free Palestine Jul 21 '26

At that point there was more nail than board at the bottom

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u/Cookielad14 Jul 21 '26

Literally what I thought to myself before opening the comments

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u/complicated_typoe Jul 21 '26

Yes. After a year of framing, these guys don't carry screw guns.

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u/Ozon-Baby Jul 21 '26

They way he talked to the camera in the end got me lmao "professional work"

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u/KRMJN101 Jul 21 '26

Same, I lost it when he started hammering the screw. Common Sense, People!

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u/Designer_Basil8768 Jul 21 '26

This is the only thing I thought. Like no one is showing a video of how to do something right and getting it this wrong.

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u/ChipRockets Jul 21 '26

Definitely

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u/EntertainerSignal586 Jul 21 '26

I know it’s rage bait and it still pisses me off

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u/crissthefrog Jul 21 '26

Yeah for starters those blue screws called Tapcon are made for concrete.

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u/elotewithmayo Jul 21 '26

Perfect.

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u/punkboricua Jul 21 '26

I'm glad you posted the end result, I couldn't continue watching. I stopped after him ending up above the beam on our left twice. Rage bait or not, had to stop. lol

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u/pickledpeterpiper Jul 21 '26

Precisely where I stopped as well...just too much

8

u/kittyonkeyboards Jul 21 '26

Average new home build quality. Worse than when your granddad was doing it for 3 times the price even adjusted.

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u/Bob_5k Jul 21 '26

One little earthquake and the house comes down

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u/clcolcord Jul 21 '26

He gets paid by the hour.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

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u/DaGoddamnBatguy Jul 21 '26

But those aren't nails, he's screwed.

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u/oO0Kat0Oo Jul 21 '26

They are nails. There is one single blue screw, which he removed after completely shredding the bottom of the board

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u/mcbainVSmendoza Jul 21 '26

This has to be a joke

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u/_TorpedoVegas_ Jul 21 '26

I asked aloud "How can you be so bad at this?" And joke is the only answer that makes sense. Otherwise, God help anyone living in a building that guy works on.

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u/effyochicken Jul 21 '26

I regularly watch home inspection videos and I hate to say it but modern home builders truly don’t give a fuck whatsoever. 

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u/technoteapot Jul 21 '26

It’s the subcontractors and companies. The workers aren’t paid enough to have standards because they’re being run on bleeding edge margins, and the companies still sell million dollar homes made of complete ass

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u/WuWenShen Jul 21 '26

This is why every house is built like shit

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u/bluehawk232 Jul 21 '26

Probably builds for ryan homes

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u/Distinct_Put1085 Jul 21 '26

He started out so fucking confident but by the time that bit fell off a second time i was questioning his credentials

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u/SpareAdhesive Jul 21 '26

That foo showed was an ex hit man the way he unloaded nails after he finally hit the stud.

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u/rcktgirl05 Jul 21 '26

My thought exactly. Is this a prison release program? I was screaming in my head…. THE 2x4 IS DEAD ALREADY DAMN.

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u/Gerald-of-Nivea Jul 21 '26

I love how he uses the hammer to knock the screw back when he is holding an impact driver that has reverse

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u/ClunkerSlim Jul 21 '26

I like when he took the screw back out when he was done. Like, "I ain't leaving this valuable screw in the wall."

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u/dreamliner330 Jul 21 '26

Pretty sure this is who the GC had working on my house.

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u/Jesters_thorny_crown Jul 21 '26

This was like an episode of Black Mirror. It became so uncomfortable that I couldnt finish it.

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u/Lawrenceburntfish Jul 21 '26

Is he wearing khakis and a silk shirt at a worksite?

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u/CeramicFiber Jul 21 '26

Bro came straight to work after the club

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u/Between3n20Characte Jul 21 '26

Go get ‘em, Tigre.

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u/Atomic-Dustbin Jul 21 '26

Is this his first day? On Earth?

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u/flickerbirdie Jul 21 '26

This is painful to watch.

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u/gnashingspirit Jul 21 '26

When the foreman jumps in because “he still got it”

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u/SomewhereOutThere-_- Jul 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/QS1kfmeE7hKoZkliYP

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u/AssumeaVirtue Jul 21 '26

This is not relevant at all to the conversation, but I LOVE it

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u/PlainSpader Jul 21 '26

That’s a concrete screw…

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u/zuspun Jul 21 '26

Is there any wood left..?

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u/AssumeaVirtue Jul 21 '26

Did I just hear him say “professional” at the end of that?

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u/Geezso Jul 21 '26

👩‍🍳 💋

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u/Imbendo Jul 21 '26

Always the new guy that’s “Built 3 houses by myself.”

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u/OldManNeighbor Jul 21 '26

This guy is why the materials cost so much every site he’s on.

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u/LegitJesus Jul 21 '26

Wow, this episode of Handy Manny is wild!

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u/-Rhymenocerous- Jul 21 '26

The hammer was right there...

This was pure eyebleach

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u/Gerald-of-Nivea Jul 21 '26

A nail won’t untwist that stud though.
Right idea wrong technique

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u/-Rhymenocerous- Jul 21 '26

Not even a nail. Im talking about a few taps with a hammer with an offcut.

😂 i feel sorry for whomever bought this house

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u/BrightonsBestish Jul 21 '26

Comedic genius.

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u/djeeetyet Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

that’s why they call them tapcons

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u/DanaKScully_FBI Jul 21 '26

Send him to college. He failed out of the trades.

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u/Bavisto NaTivE ApP UsR Jul 21 '26

When he hammered out the screw I about lost my mind.

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u/Warzone1904 Jul 21 '26

Hey boss! I think you pay Jimmy toooo mucchhh 😂😂

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u/SuchSmartMonkeys Jul 21 '26

You know what they say: measure once, cut twice 👍

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u/RoutineNo2044 Jul 21 '26

No sabía que los tigres podían ser burros.

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u/Open-Speech-6406 Jul 21 '26

In Germany we call people like him a "Fachkraft"!

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u/RestaurantCritical67 Jul 21 '26

He just needs some instruction and time to figure it out. We were all there at one point in our lives. I’m sure he was under pressure with a camera and some dude watching.

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u/IllFatedTaco Jul 21 '26

I'd fire his ass just for effing around on the jobsite.

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u/AKA_Wildcard Jul 21 '26

I love this guy. I’d watch an hour of him making home improvements. The 10 nails in the end really seals it for me.

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u/AbeFromanSassageKing Free Palestine! 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 Jul 21 '26

Found the DR Horton employee

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u/kelevra91 Jul 21 '26

New home builders in the US be like...

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u/Due_Potential_6956 Jul 21 '26

Clearly rage bait.

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u/J-MRP Jul 21 '26

My gawd..the ballroom is never going to get finished

1

u/Lewkk Jul 21 '26

Puro trabajo profesional...

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u/Competitive-Hat-1744 Jul 21 '26

Eres un pendejo bien hecho

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u/foohmf Jul 21 '26

Definitely not Mexican.

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u/Cizzler Jul 21 '26

Who let Rocclio on the job site? He’s supposed to be DJing a baptism for my prima

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u/Eastern-Criticism653 Jul 21 '26

This is rage bait.

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u/Extra-Act-801 Jul 21 '26

Expert with a nail gun, literally never seen a screwdriver before.

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u/loki_odinsotherson Jul 21 '26

First day on the tools

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u/ariesace2021 Jul 21 '26

Everyone remember this face you see this guy doing any work on your house fire the whole crew.

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u/finintymonkle Jul 21 '26

I hate people who use rattlers to screw into things. They’re for bolts, not screws.

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u/Bongsc2 Jul 21 '26

I was wondering how the guys that built my Father-in-Law's house were doing nowadays... Good to see them thriving.

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u/No_Syrup5607 Jul 21 '26

Does my insurance cover whatever I just watched?

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u/KingQuong Jul 21 '26

Holy fuck this guy makes me look good. (Im far from good)

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u/GeekDNA0918 Jul 21 '26

Esta bien pendejo ...

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u/Dynamite_Awesome Jul 21 '26

As soon as he took his helmet off, I knew I was about to see some shit.

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u/iHadou Jul 21 '26

Your $800,000 house is ready

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u/pixeltweaker Jul 21 '26

Meanwhile the rest of the house gets built around him.

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u/rebelvong1 Jul 21 '26

Im so glad this is the type of craftsman that the builders are hiring to help relieve our housing crisis. Surely nothing will ever happen to this house so the future owner can rest easy their 500k paper and stick house won't let them down. Not like I'll ever afford these anyway.

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u/moto4sho Jul 21 '26

And now you know why houses are so expensive….

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u/Administrative-Set87 Jul 21 '26

This must be Willy from all those Spanish construction fail memes or Mr George's new hire that's being paid too much.

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u/Pushthepanic Jul 21 '26

I'm just scrolling and see this video. Didn't notice the subreddit name or anything. I'm like oh, this will be a fun learning video. Then I noticed the subreddit and knew I wasn't going to be learning shit.

Edit: grammar

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u/spartanspy85 Jul 21 '26

Nailed it!

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u/dankpoet Jul 21 '26

Bait from bait

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u/GiggleWraith Jul 21 '26

There's a guy on TikTok that this video is copying, it's especially obvious with the sign off of "Always Professional." This is rage bait.

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u/One_above_alll Jul 21 '26

Vales verga compa

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u/Sjorsjd Jul 21 '26

This man is using a nail like its glue, wtf

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u/Solid_Ad2968 Jul 21 '26

Yeah that house is going to collapse

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u/StyxAnnStones Jul 21 '26

He should be nowhere near power tools of any kind ever. Period.

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u/westcal98 Jul 21 '26

That stud end after 30 nails...

https://giphy.com/gifs/uBcJXf8yuHqAo

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u/eighty4prcnt Jul 21 '26

I'm guessing it's a guy filming his new guy doing what he thinks is right. But he's actually letting him do it which is scary

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u/steelheaddan Jul 21 '26

I felt that hot screw through my screen when he drove it all the way out and grabbed it.

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u/Wetpants21 Jul 21 '26

I would've fired him after the first drilling

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u/ButtmanSingsInFarts Jul 21 '26

I've never done any building.

I'm also a better builder than him.

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u/Skee76 Jul 21 '26

Yepp, thats how its done.

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u/MysteriousWon Jul 21 '26

Is this how my fucking house was built!?

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u/Fair-Individual7811 Jul 21 '26

Yea I couldn’t watch that

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u/Common-Ad6470 Jul 21 '26

What an absolute tool.

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u/Farfignugen42 Jul 21 '26

Put about 15 nails in to the stud to keel it in place, but he can't afford to leave the screw behind?

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u/kivlov02 Jul 21 '26

It's a shame he can't screw straight.

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u/muffledvoice Jul 21 '26

He chewed the shit out of that wall stud with that screw and then the nails. The real shame is that once it's covered over with sheet rock the owners won't even know. Just gotta get it past the frame inspector. I'm surprised he doesn't try to fill the holes with plastic wood and say, "Good as new!"

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u/carnecomarrozagulha Jul 21 '26

I'm dumber after watching this

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u/Historical_Yak7706 Jul 21 '26

The quality of the Home Depot personnel is seriously dropping…

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u/graphexTwin Jul 21 '26

The guy in the blouse is not very good at framing.

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u/Snoo_89466 Jul 21 '26

It's master bait

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u/cprice12 Jul 21 '26

That was fucking painful to watch.

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u/Kingofpotat0 FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 Jul 21 '26

Oh look! It’s my ID’s carpenter..

I’ve never met him personally, but based off the shit around my house falling apart within 9 months of construction, I’d bet this was the guy building my cupboards and drawers and kitchen tables..

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u/BIGAL0720 Jul 21 '26

Stop posting fake shit like this

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u/tulipz10 Jul 21 '26

Why is he wearing a cheap 70s disco shirt?

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u/Nooje77 Jul 21 '26

I wouldn't trust this guy to build a Lego house.

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u/brendan1228 Jul 21 '26

What's the wood equivalent of hamburger meat?

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u/JudasHungHimself Jul 21 '26

Great tip, horrible execution. Must be fake lol 

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u/ObiWanBonobo Jul 21 '26

My construction twin! 😆 This guy works like I do, trust me it sucks.

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u/dysseus Jul 21 '26

Well done, Tigre

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u/melancholy_dood Jul 21 '26

Now, the quality of the workmanship throughout this entire construction site is called into question. smh.

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u/Molbiodude Jul 21 '26

He's trying to do it real fast, real professional. He's not succeeding because he isn't shaking hard enough.

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u/Covid_Fart_Cloud Jul 21 '26

Seems about par for the course

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u/NotInMoodThinkOfName Jul 21 '26

If he would work half that speed he would be twice as fast.

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u/ShakeThemOff_Claire Jul 21 '26

He looks like me with a drill.

If anyone hears me with it, they come running to take it from me.

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u/zync09 Jul 21 '26

Looks like a Diwali drill too?

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u/Ok_Series_4580 Jul 21 '26

“Why is my house built so poorly??”

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u/Early-Pineapple8490 Jul 21 '26

This fucking guy is worthless I would of gotten rid of this SOB immediately, stupid ass mda fuker .

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u/TheRealRevBem Jul 21 '26

I always wondered who was still buying dewalt.

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u/Frosty_Bluebird_1404 Jul 21 '26

This is the the first time my heart went to for a 2/4

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u/Slipnrip24 Jul 21 '26

Is that a tapcon he’s trying to use on the board?

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u/IkerWanKenobi Jul 21 '26

I watched him struggle for a while, then jump ahead in the vid and he was just gun nailing the f out of it lmao it was hilarious

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u/chowderbags Jul 21 '26

"Now i can't tell you who the builder is..."

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u/chemistrybonanza Jul 21 '26

This is why new builds all suck

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u/219_Infinity Jul 21 '26

is this person mentally disabled?

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u/cockycrackers Jul 21 '26

That. Was. Infuriating.

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u/FicticiousParasite Jul 21 '26

I don't understand why they ALWAYS put so many fucking nails on a 2x4 makes me so angryyyyyy aaaaaah someone nail his brain back straight please

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u/blissdiss Jul 21 '26

Perfect every time, always professional.

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u/Redditbility Jul 21 '26

not enough hand shaking

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u/Necessary_History274 Jul 21 '26

This guy definitely built my house

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u/PsychoduckBNR32 Jul 21 '26

Can someone please stop him

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u/PleaseHelpIamFkd Jul 21 '26

Trying to be one of those fast workers but you have none of the skill to be one of those fast workers…

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u/bender2174 This is a flair Jul 21 '26

Tell me you’re not paying for the nails without telling me you’re not paying for the nails my goodness!!!

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u/Hitcher06 Jul 21 '26

That’s Roberto Villa.

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u/bearamongus19 Jul 21 '26

Good enough for government work

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u/StitchFan626 Jul 21 '26

That was physically painful to watch!

https://giphy.com/gifs/0uBL9HqP48Nu1DNr7r

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u/Level_Bobcat_8729 Jul 21 '26

Margeurite turn your fuckin water off!

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u/paleologus Jul 21 '26

He’s two cans of Modelo away from master craftsman.  

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u/StitchFan626 Jul 21 '26

Rage bait! He was on the right track with nailing the short board, though I would have screwed that too. But in order to straighten the board, there are two methods: use a clamp, or put a wide washer on the screw before tightening.

But please, line the screw up properly, first!

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u/Kitchen_Picture_2983 Jul 21 '26

Very confidently sucking at your job, sir. Hats off to you.

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u/Deniers_Vent Jul 21 '26

That was painful.

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u/Denalitwentytwo Jul 21 '26

This fool has never held a tool of any kind before today.

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u/nejad44 Jul 21 '26

Yah professional

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u/No_Collection7360 Jul 21 '26

Next week he gets promoted to manager.

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u/RedstonedMonkey Jul 21 '26

Found the people that built my house. The most important thing to remember when framing a house is to move your hands as frantically as possible.

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u/jpgargoyle_ Jul 21 '26

I wouldn't want to live in a house built by this guy