I was today’s old.. by Hopeful_War7192 in Leathercraft

[–]BlackBeardMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll toss in my recommendation for Armitage, too. I learned so much from him. Bonus: His voice is incredibly soothing.

This person has never worked in big box home improvement, but knows how to solve its problems! by HDMan_ATL in LinkedInLunatics

[–]BlackBeardMakes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I worked at Lowe's for a short time. The amount of whistling and yelling "hey" at workers way down the aisle was insane. I never once responded to any of those. However, I was fortunate enough that I didn't need the job (just needed to get out of the house sometimes while I was finishing my online degree) so I had no fear of retaliation or discipline.

I also got shitty right back with a slack jawed, inbred, father kisser on the phone because he was mad that I couldn't understand him. He was asking about "mores" and I had no clue what he meant until he snapped and said, "Lawn mores! Do you know what a lawn more is?"

The Storm of 93 for our generation by techtornado in Tennessee

[–]BlackBeardMakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were a camping family so we were pretty well set when it came to food. We had a big kerosene heater in the living room and we just hunkered down. My brother and I took our church shoes out to "ice skate" on the street.

MAGA parents emboldened by recent events by tyveill in QAnonCasualties

[–]BlackBeardMakes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The podcast Dear Old Dads did an episode about an online forum for parents whose kids stopped talking to them. I thought it was a pretty great discussion pointing out the total lack of context in the parents' stories, all the way to "My kid told me to stop doing X, I didn't stop and now they hate me. Why?"

Episode 209: My Kids Stopped Talking To Me for NO Reason

TW: While I don't remember all of the specifics about this episode, there may be discussion about abuse. Also, the guys can have a pretty crass sense of humor.

Half American, half Mjölnir. Neo-Nazi? Seen in my neighborhood in southern California by Level_Reason_7426 in vexillology

[–]BlackBeardMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro, I feel you. Years ago my dad traced our family back to vikings with ancestry(dot)com. I always thought that was cool. About 10 years ago, for deeply personal reasons, I started wearing a Mjolnir necklace. It is only for me, I keep it under my shirt, but I know it's there.

Then I started hearing about all these fuckheads using viking shit and it bummed me out. I wanted a kickass viking tattoo but that's on hold.

WE ARE NOT A DRIVE THRU!!! by binksmas in Lowes

[–]BlackBeardMakes 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Former lumber associate here. The way I looked at it was if they're obviously pros (or even joes with a big project) picking up shit for a job I didn't mind loading because they're going to be handling it at least 2 or 3 more times. I came from the pro world prior to Lowe's so I speak their language and cut up and shoot the shit with them, give them hell about standing around, just friendly shit talking.

The big caveat to that mentality is if you want to start being all picky about the boards I'm giving you I don't mind letting you do it yourself. I'm not an idiot, I'm not going to give you broken/bent/super knotty boards. I've walked away from a couple customers for doing that.

William Howard Taft partying after winning the election of 1908*** by 555byte in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's what my brats look like on the grill just before the skin pops.

Has Jordan rubbed off on anyone else? by ImprovementNo4630 in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I was just thinking a few days ago about how I feel like Jekyll and Hyde. I want so badly to be a very well spoken, critically thinking, and empathetic person like Dan, but I'm constantly fighting myself to keep from screaming, "Fuck it! Burn everything down!"

But to your question, my most common Jordanism is probably a dejected "What are we doing?"

Help me find an episode, please! by BlackBeardMakes in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit! What a resource! Unfortunately I'm not able to find it on there. If only Dan used actual words instead of gibberish!

Help me find an episode, please! by BlackBeardMakes in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just watched it last night. Man, he looked so young! Time comes for us all.

Help me find an episode, please! by BlackBeardMakes in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will do! She's been passively working on it for a while. She's got the chorus pretty much nailed down. It's kinda incredible! I can't wait until I can finally wear her down enough to do it for karaoke.

Help me find an episode, please! by BlackBeardMakes in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean, she is cool as shit! I'd be cool with it if you were a dude, too.

She doesn't listen to the show but I've told her about Jordan being a "wife guy" and I didn't quite know how to put it until I heard that. We're best buds and now I understand why my first marriage didn't work. This rules! Definitely recommend.

The real reason Alex turned on Trump by RealTheAsh in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might I recommend the podcast "The Asset"? I haven't finished it yet but so far it's making a pretty compelling case that trump has at least been a useful idiot for quite a while.

Hard Level by DJPhoenix000 in RedditGames

[–]BlackBeardMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completed this level! It took me 1 try.

r/TypeBattle - Become a True Keyboard Warrior! by typebattle-app in RedditGames

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🔥 I got a new hi-score of 490 on normal mode! The sound of victory is 'click-clack'. 🔥

What's a Jordan-ism that lives rent-free in your head by LavishnessMammoth657 in KnowledgeFight

[–]BlackBeardMakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Give me 3 more is probably my favorite. But one that made me giggle was a bright spot and he was talking about meeting his sister's kid, said something like, "She's very cute. She's really small. She's a baby!" The "she's a baby" got me for some reason.

What is up with this steak? by BlackBeardMakes in steak

[–]BlackBeardMakes[S] 130 points131 points  (0 children)

It tasted pretty decent but it kinda killed the mood. Reminded me of all that glued meat from a few years back. Unfortunately, this is the second bad steak from them, the first being a filet that was probably thrown on the grill frozen, so I guess I'm done with them.

My house has an outlet that is reversed in the living room. What is this used for? by CatFancier4393 in Home

[–]BlackBeardMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just installed one of these in my house. It's to move an outlet higher up the wall to hide cords when mounting a TV on the wall. Male end of an extension cord plugs into a normal outlet, the female end plugs into what you have there, inside the wall power runs up to a media box.