r/facepalm • u/Visqo • Aug 21 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/serenitybyjen Aug 21 '24

I’d bet he has a crate of randomly shaped wood pieces that he just knows he’ll have a need for someday.

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u/FireFoxQuattro Aug 22 '24

Then the one day he finds a use for one peice, he proceeds to brag to his wife for the next 12 hours saying “see, told you it wasn’t junk”

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u/tearsonurcheek Aug 22 '24

And a Mason jar full of random screws.

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u/conejiux Aug 22 '24

And a Mason jarS full of random screws.

That age... there's more than one. Many more. xD

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u/tearsonurcheek Aug 22 '24

Fair. I know when I worked on the flight-line, I kept film canisters in my toolbox for that kind of thing.

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u/napalmnacey Aug 22 '24

You’re all describing my Dad, except he’s German and in Australia.

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u/ATL28-NE3 Aug 22 '24

don't forget a plastic tub of electronics cables.

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u/OldSpongeWater Aug 22 '24

Does a random, branded ziploc bag from some other online, electronics purchase work?

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u/UlyssesGrand Aug 22 '24

It’s even better because you are saving a plastic bag from the trash.

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u/fungi_at_parties Aug 22 '24

Just one?

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u/ATL28-NE3 Aug 22 '24

Yeah when you fill one up you just buy a bigger box and use the old smaller box for loose bolts