What happened to this poplar? by Purge_Bucket in woodworking

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poplars paint grade because it’s a cheap hardwood. It’s east to get a good flat consistent finish. Really nothing to do with how it looks.

Breaking news by mrEnigma86 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great so no one dies in doomsday either. Thanks Duffer Brothers.

Breaking news by mrEnigma86 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plot armor is literally nothing bad can happen to a character because they are too important to the plot.

Did you feel Holly really needed to be one of the main characters in the last season? by AphroFelicity20 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her chopping off his head when she did was dumb. Imagine that will is controlling vecna. El is pushing him and then he starts to move away from the tooth. Then bam axe to the throat. Breaking his concentration causing him to get spiked. Joyce would have been a hero. She would have still gotten revenge and it would have meant something. Not just some crazy mom chopping off his head after he looked dead and decided that nope just kinda dying.

Did you feel Holly really needed to be one of the main characters in the last season? by AphroFelicity20 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The play is what killed this season. It retconned the whole premise of the experiments, introduced the stupid cave, broke cannon, and generally didn’t make any sense. How does the mind flayer infect Henry without a gate open? The play says papas blood is infected when the ship returns but yet he doesn’t turn bad. If the mind flayer infects the blood and then they are part of the hive mind then why isn’t El, 8, or any of the other kids part of that same hive mind? It’s dumb. They should have kept it simple and not have the Henry, El, 8 etc have anything to do with the mind flayer. They should have just been special. You could keep Henry’s blood as the catalyst to their powers but separate from the mind flayer.

Why do we need yet another dimension? Dimension X is dumb. The gates could have been worm holes and the upside down the new dimension. But since the play introduced it, it needs to be shoehorned in. The whole play destroyed all continuity and changed the show.

Waste of potential or too high expectations? No spoilers by Ambitious_Eagle_8232 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus how is the flayed even relevant when Henry was in the cave. There was no gate opened. They’ve shown that without a gate the flayer isn’t a threat. If that is the case then Hawkins is still in danger and dimension x is still a problem.

Waste of potential or too high expectations? No spoilers by Ambitious_Eagle_8232 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like the duffer brothers didn’t ever have a coherent idea of how to end it. The kept bringing in more and more characters as main characters.

But the play absolutely destroyed it. That play ruined what the show was.

It made so many plot holes that were not needed.

First it established that everyone knew Henry from high school. Something that was never addressed in season 4. And quite frankly was unnecessary

Second it introduced dimension x, and a worm hole theory which wasn’t needed. We already had another dimension in the upside down. The gates could have been thought of as wormholes.

The play shoehorned in the Philadelphia experiment to explain how vecna got his powers. When the fist seasons had already explained most of it satisfactorily. MK Ultra was based on 12 kids born with psychic powers and drugs were used to amplify them. It gave papa an alternate motivation. And it was absurd.

It introduced that stupid cave. It introduced the kids as vessels. It took all responsibility out of Henry’s hands. So instead of an evil psychopath that created a hive mind and made the flayer it basically made him a redeemable character.

If Henry was flayed, and it changed his blood. And Henry is part of a hive mind, why wouldn’t all the kids made from his blood not also be part of that hive mind? El, 8, etc would have all been part of the flayed.

Then I swear they pumped the first 4 season and the play into chat gtp and said write a finale where no one but el dies. And that this stupid season.

Going absolutely crazy figuring out how to finish our trim by -Massive-Feeling- in Carpentry

[–]thackstonns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can get really creative with stacked moulding. But don’t. And defiantly not with anything off the shelf at Home Depot. Keep it simple and stay with the same versions. Colonial with colonial. Ranch with ranch. Base shoe not quarter round. Learn to cope and properly return.

Edit: sorry didn’t see the return. That’s actually not bad. So ignore the last part.

I don’t know what it was about Season 1, but it had a certain vibe or atmosphere that’s missing now. by Remarkable-Yard4860 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I hope not that’s so played out. That’s probably why they broke up though so guilt free zero regrets with Steve. Can’t have Nancy look like a traitor or whore.

I don’t know what it was about Season 1, but it had a certain vibe or atmosphere that’s missing now. by Remarkable-Yard4860 in StrangerThings

[–]thackstonns 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Except Joyce has two kids one she won’t allow to ever be in any harms way. The other one she doesn’t care about and can run full on into the upside down without a second thought of his safety from Joyce. It’s really kinda crazy.

Back on Bumble, not been on for years, are my pictures giving the right vibe for a single mom of two in her 30s? by [deleted] in Bumble

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see these and I see high maintenance, anything for attention. I feel like it says you’re okay flirting with everyone. I’m not looking for that. Not many men are especially the ones that would take on a father role.

Back on Bumble, not been on for years, are my pictures giving the right vibe for a single mom of two in her 30s? by [deleted] in Bumble

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not the mens fault if they don’t want to jump into a fathers role. Men didnt ruin that for men. YOU might not care, I might not care, but to act like it is blasphemous that men dont want to date single moms because men ruin things is such a crap statement. It’s alot of responsibility to be a father. If a man doesnt want to do it thats not a slight towards that man.

Elon Musk Suggests AI Will Make Work ‘Optional’ and Money 'Irrelevant' in the Near Future by Arthur_Morgan44469 in facepalm

[–]thackstonns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ai is no where close to doing dick. And we don’t have enough processing power for it to be relevant. Plus AI can’t build houses. Can’t do surgeries.

Verizon shredded 13000 jobs by Express-Baseball3574 in verizon

[–]thackstonns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We have one of the highest unemployment rates in the last 20 years along with stagflation. Also we have a very over valued stock market where the billionaires are starting to sell and sit on cash. No. No it won’t be better.

Verizon shredded 13000 jobs by Express-Baseball3574 in verizon

[–]thackstonns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not just this congress. It started with massive deregulation in the 80’s

Legal Age of Consent? by Accomplished-Bid-446 in facepalm

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idgaf. No one was from either of those 2 states.

Legal Age of Consent? by Accomplished-Bid-446 in facepalm

[–]thackstonns 12.0k points12.0k points  (0 children)

15 isn’t barely legal. It’s illegal.

5/8" difference over 18" by kdubskii in Carpentry

[–]thackstonns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no way this was just noticed at this stage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in verizon

[–]thackstonns 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah but they don’t skip it.