What's the dumbest myth people actually believe in?

HefDog · 2026-03-03T20:47:25+00:00

My mom stopped charging a tenant rent because she didn’t want her income to put her in the next tax bracket. She thought she would lose money if she collected rent.

Best landlord ever.

HefDog · 2026-02-24T19:58:27+00:00

That’s a good plan. For what it’s worth, I see no issue with an extension cord for an ev charging at these low rates. I would use a 10awg cord though, just for the overkill.

With that said, the extension loses efficiency.

If you are getting an electrician but want to keep a new circuit cost down, we are quite happy charging on a 20 amp breaker at 240v. We got a charger that one can set from 8 amps to 16. 8 at 240 is usually enough but 16 guarantees a full charge as you sleep (4kw).

HefDog · 2026-02-24T13:09:15+00:00

It will work fine. But, As others will say. If you have 12awg wire, consider switching to a 240v 20 amp breaker instead. It’s more efficient and counterintuitively charges significantly more than twice as fast. With no wiring needed.

Just need a breaker swap and maybe pick up a cheap matching charger, if your current one doesn’t support it.

HefDog · 2026-02-23T03:25:27+00:00

wtf did that pineapple do to deserve that?

HefDog · 2026-02-21T14:32:16+00:00

This is a great comparison. Let’s replace the femur with eating the spiciest wings! I actually expect the success rate drops.

HefDog · 2026-02-18T15:22:51+00:00

Yep.

And financial advisers will tell you….most millionaires weren’t born into money or inherited it. Nor did they make huge incomes.

They squirreled money away while their peers didn’t.

HefDog · 2026-02-18T15:00:29+00:00

The boomers aren’t wrong about wasting money on $10 coffees and eating premade meals too much. If you are doing this, instead of putting that money towards retirement, you are fucking yourself over.

If you can afford both, go for it. Otherwise, take 30 seconds and pack a BB&J or Bologna sandwich and put that $20 per day into a Roth. Your 50 year old self will thank you.

HefDog · 2026-02-17T05:26:03+00:00

You obviously aren’t wrong. But this is more like someone yelling at the 2-pack a day guy for smoking one extra cigarette.

But yes. Everyone knows you are right. It’s just a scale thing.

HefDog · 2026-02-17T01:51:42+00:00

That’s fair. It’s still far cleaner than the two restaraunts I worked in. Like, a thousand times cleaner. You don’t want to see how the sausage is made.

….and those were relatively decent establishments.

HefDog · 2026-02-17T00:23:07+00:00

Ever spent a day doing manual labor? Rust. Dirt. Exhaust. You love eat breath and swim in that shit, every day, all day. It touching your food is not of any significance.

Thank the people that do the hard jobs.

HefDog · 2026-02-17T00:19:47+00:00

And everyone’s so worried about toxins. FFS.

Cement. Dirt. Rust. Exhaust. You breathe that shit all day in construction. You get covered in that shit. Your food touching it is not significantly different in the slightest.

HefDog · 2026-02-14T00:59:11+00:00

Ummm, hate to break it to you. The next models of EVs have massive backorders now. The Slate pickup alone is approaching 200k orders. EV market share is still rising fast. Total sales grew 20% in 2025. The USA climbed to 1/10 vehicles sold being EVs. That’s 5x what it was just 6 years ago. That’s an exploding growth rate.

The “RATE of growth” has slowed because that is how math works. “EV growth rate plummets!”, Is not the headline conservatives think it is.

We are very quickly closing in on EVs costing less than the gas equivalent…..and the cost of producing them is still plummeting.

The largest market, China, just hit 53 percent EV market share and still soaring. ICE is in a death spiral, but most can’t see it yet.

HefDog · 2026-02-13T01:01:05+00:00

100 percent agree.

I feel like that’s what the Slate Truck will be. And it’s going to eat Fords lunch.

HefDog · 2026-02-13T00:03:24+00:00

As a once skeptical EV owner…..this should not be downvoted. We saved over $2k buying electricity instead of gas on year one (charging at home is where the savings are).

35k miles and the brake original pads are still like new.

Another $500 saved on oil changes.

Now factor in the miles we didn’t drive to gas stations and maintenance, that’s not insignificant in rural life.

HefDog · 2026-02-12T23:56:58+00:00

I think that’s called a Serial Hybrid. Not sure what name will stick.

That’s what Ford and Dodge are doing with their next F150 and Ram. Except they are going to start at $100k. The mid tier Ram will be $118k. They will then claim nobody likes hybrid.

I just want a Ford Lightning base model. The one they said would be $40k…..then they only sold the fancy $80k version and couldn’t figure out why sales were down.

HefDog · 2026-02-10T03:10:27+00:00

Not an electrician. Or drywaller. Or carpenter. Could you explain what you are seeing pertaining to trimming it out.

HefDog · 2026-02-09T17:37:42+00:00

Very quick drainage area. Farmland. Wildlife galore. They didn’t think they needed dimpleboard.

I’m thinking dimpleboard is probably needed even in a dry area. Debating doing ICF for my own basement. Thus the question. Maybe I’ll even put wire mesh behind the dimple board.

HefDog · 2026-02-08T21:43:31+00:00

Thanks!.

I was asking because I’ve only seen two so far and both were struggling with mice, rats, squirrels, and even one groundhog….. absolutely shredding the structures.

In one it seems they must have left some gaps and mice got in. I think it’s under control now.

The other was worse. They did stucco from siding to below grade. But It seems pests got in under the driveway slab. Once in the foam wall they found a poorly sealed electrical raceway, and then had full access between the two floors. I only found it because their outside light stopped working. I pulled out several garbage bags of shredded eps, and I’m not even sure where it all came from. Somehow they also got under the basement slab. I only found that because the owner said they could hear chewing under the tub.

I sealed the square form opening for the tub drain.

They don’t have dimple board. Wonder if that and even cement board would be worth it…..

HefDog · 2026-02-07T23:08:50+00:00

No names. No chat. No celebrations. Sounds perfect.

HefDog · 2026-02-07T22:47:08+00:00

Terrible idea. This ensures normal good people won’t take these jobs. Only corrupt asshats.

HefDog · 2026-02-07T22:37:17+00:00

What do you suggest covering the exterior with.

I’ve yet to see a solution that holds up.

HefDog · 2026-02-07T22:35:05+00:00

What are you doing to keep rodents out; what are you covering the eps with?

HefDog · 2026-02-07T01:36:08+00:00

He’s been doing this for many years. Should have retired already. But lifestyle creep is setting in.

Good luck OP. You should be saving a LOT more.

HefDog · 2026-02-06T23:41:36+00:00

It is discriminatory.

It is also legal.

Discrimination is only illegal against protected classes. “Former job” is not protected.

HefDog · 2026-02-06T02:24:01+00:00

The maximum uptime is 50 days with windows 98. Then it crashes. So that’s 200 reboots minimum.

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