marketing of masculinity

ha m. bison's directions thing reminded me of my wife's totally maddening habit of not using GPS systems correctly because she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer; this was a real treat when we were attempting to drive in DC

Sometimes the guy who put the tire on got over-zealous with the air wrench.

This thought strikes me sometimes -- it's the things that are actually NOT all that hard that sometimes seem the most impressive to other people. The things you really struggle and sweat over, nobody else gives a shit.

Discuss.

And you'll feel like Mr. FuckMeNow when you do it successfully

what if you feel like this anyway, w/o needing to involve tyres?

she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer

she is RIGHT! whenever i navigate i always do it from a map and ignore the lying lies emanating from the gps

It's like, the system will be "turn right now" and she'll be staring at the map on her iPhone going "oh no that can't be right, keep going straight oh oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour"

I should probably not post on this thread anymore, or at least while we're still on this train of thought. In the past, it's gotten ugly.

oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour

^^ New DC motto

the thing is, if you take a wrong turn using gps, you end up not knowing where the hell you are, but if you accidentally misdirect someone while following a map, it's fairly easy to get back on track

I find that it's not always that intuitive, though. I get easily confused about whether something should be upside-down or right-side-up, which way to turn the screw, things like that. I had an IKEA sofa that sat half-assembled in my apartment for over a month because I couldn't figure out how certain parts fit together. It's immensely satisfying when I'm able to get it done, but it can also be pretty frustrating at times.

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

not to pick on you duder but i have a kneejerk rage for ppl w/o this kind of spatial reasoning. it's kind of jerky but i can't help it. no! rotate it...the other way! the other fucking way, just look at it! god!

YOUR OTHER RIGHT.

one should navigate london by consulting MES, imo

EXIT THIS ROMAN SHELL

Too many xposts

More like 6 minutes amirite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUUpBphZps

Also I liked how, in driving down to DC, she made an executive decision to get off of the New Jersey Turnpike and directed us straight into traffic for a 76ers game.

ftr my one snafu happened because the actual street we needed to go down was blocked off and we had to navigate around some other ridiculous one-way-the-wrong-direction streets before we could circle back to our hotel

the thing is, if you take a wrong turn using gps, you end up not knowing where the hell you are, but if you accidentally misdirect someone while following a map, it's fairly easy to get back on track

I don't know, my GPS is very, very good about putting you back on track (although I do use the map on my phone to corroborate its instructions so I do get what you're saying)

you IKEA furniture, surrounded by hail!

i think one way streets should be 100% illegal

marketing of GPS systems --> triumph of male technology fetishism over stubborn self-reliance in not asking for directions. PROGRESS.

You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk. Works miracles.

xp I look it up on Google maps before I leave the house, and draw myself a little map sometimes.

xp Says the guy who calls a tow truck?

PS: You're right!

this is a real bro-down of a thread

You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk.

sounds painful

also lol kenan: I look it up on Google Maps, then route it on my phone, then route it on the GPS. I can never be too prepared!

this is a real bro-down of a thread

Yeah, Laurel's really swinging her dick up in here.

marketing of GPS systems --> triumph of male technology fetishism over stubborn self-reliance in not asking for directions. PROGRESS.

― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:09 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah kinda, but it's more about increased placelessness and rootlessness imo. i know i've asked people for directions and not gotten any kind of a helpful answer, either because they didn't know or their reference points didn't mean shit to me. and i know I'VE been asked for directions at times and had really nothing to tell them.

xp I should have said that was an xp

my tow truck guy tried WD-40, didn't work.

then he pulled out his giant metal pole and used it for leverage. he got the nuts off.

dan: I find that the drawing of the map helps me not have to refer to it. I guess I'm one of those people who learn by doing. Or something.

instead of changing our tires we should be changing our attitudes towards one another

booming post

don't encourage.

my most embarrassing "giving directions" stories:

STORY #1

asker: Can you tell me where the Park Plaza Hotel is?
me: *shrug* sorry, no idea
nosy stranger behind me: *looks at me, then turns to asker* It is the big building right behind you.

STORY #2

asker: Can you tell me how to get to the Science Center?
me: Sure! First you cross the yahd... *stops, mortified that "yahd" just came out of my mouth* I'm sorry, I have to leave now.

jaymc if you are still reading the thread: When it warms up, I will bring over a 6pk and show you how to change a tire. It will be massively good bro-down timez.

First the car lifting, then the drunkenness, plz.

You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk. Works miracles.

― james cameron gargameled my boner for life (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:11 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

also lol hit the nuts w/yr tire iron

"hit the nuts" is often good advice when you don't know what else to do

i dunno, sometimes it takes a gentle touch

Guys don't break the surface tension -- we'll all drown.

Back on the lists of useful things. This was a cover story on a ish of Popular Mechanics that I did pick up for the Christmas flight to the parents'.

100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008's Ultimate DIY List

http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/tool-fist-470-1008.jpg

Their list?

Automotive
1. Handle a blowout
2. Drive in snow
3. Check trouble codes
4. Replace fan belt
5. Wax a car
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
7. Use a stick welder
8. Hitch up a trailer
9. Jump start a car

Handling Emergencies
10. Perform the Heimlich
11. Reverse hypothermia
12. Perform hands-only CPR
13. Escape a sinking car

Home
14. Carve a turkey
15. Use a sewing machine
16. Put out a fire
17. Home brew beer
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
19. Move heavy stuff
20. Grow food
21. Read an electric meter
22. Shovel the right way
23. Solder wire
24. Tape drywall
25. Split firewood
26. Replace a faucet washer
27. Mix concrete
28. Paint a straight line
29. Use a French knife
30. Prune bushes and small trees
31. Iron a shirt
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
33. Change a single-pole switch
34. Fell a tree
35. Replace a broken windowpane
36. Set up a ladder, safely
37. Fix a faucet cartridge
38. Sweat copper tubing
39. Change a diaper
40. Grill with charcoal
41. Sew a button on a shirt
42. Fold a flag

Medical Myths
43. Treat frostbite
44. Treat a burn
45. Help a seizure victim
46. Treat a snakebite
47. Remove a tick

Military Know-How
48. Shine shoes
49. Make a drum-tight bed
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

Outdoors
51. Run rapids in a canoe
52. Hang food in the wild
53. Skipper a boat
54. Shoot straight
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike
56. Escape a rip current

Primitive Skills
57. Build a fire in the wilderness
58. Build a shelter
59. Find potable water

Surviving Extremes
60. Floods
61. Tornados
62. Cold
63. Heat
64. Lightning

Teach Your Kids
65. Cast a line
66. Lend a hand
67. Change a tire
68. Throw a spiral
69. Fly a stunt kite
70. Drive a stick shift
71. Parallel park
72. Tie a bowline
73. Tie a necktie
74. Whittle
75. Ride a bike

Technology
76. Install a graphics card
77. Take the perfect portrait
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
79. Shoot a home movie
80. Ditch your hard drive

Master Key Workshop Tools
81. Drill driver
82. Grease gun
83. Coolant hydrometer
84. Socket wrench
85. Test light
86. Brick trowel
87. Framing hammer
88. Wood chisel
89. Spade bit
90. Circular saw
91. Sledge hammer
92. Hacksaw
93. Torque wrench
94. Air wrench
95. Infrared thermometer
96. Sand blaster
97. Crosscut saw
98. Hand plane
99. Multimeter
100. Feeler gauges

lol some of those are hilariously wrong

i am eliminating entire sections of that list in my mind

Where to begin, even

18. Remove bloodstains from fabric

^^^i like how it's specifically bloodstains and not like wine or grape juice or a multitude of others

i think "brew beer" HAS to be the worst

xp I don't much like that at all.

And it's interesting to read the reactions from an actual tech-heavy DIY group

bloodstain advice shoulda been listed closer to "crosscut saw."

101. Cancel magazine subscription

as i'm reading it's just....no. no. no. arguably. no.

50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

this is a terrible gift idea

drop and give a perfect pushup wtf