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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by valkyre09@lemmy.world to c/tifu@sopuli.xyz

I pushed the drill a little too hard from the other side. Didn’t realise the damage I’d done until I came around the other side to my wife shouting and screaming. ¯\(ツ)

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[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Was your wife complaining because you were running ethernet(?) cable to what appears to be the toilet?

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Listen if I can’t poop and enjoy gigabit internet, what the hell is the point of living?

[-] WagnasT@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Dude doesn't even have Bluetooth urinal, smh

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago

How else would you connect your smart toilet?

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Don't kink shame me.

[-] atlas@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

This will happen every time you use a hammer drill because that's just how they work - by hammering.

Protip: use way smaller bit first to go all the way through as a pilot hole, then use the size you need and drill from either side to stop it from blowing out like this.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've often found you don't even need the hammer aspect, just using a mason bit will work, especially for softer materials. It'll take longer, but if it's only for the finish, it's faster than fixing a blowout like this.

Alternatively turn off the hammer for the finish, or finish the hole from this side (since you have the pilot hole). This works well on any material, for example to prevent blowouts on wood or flash on metal.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

no worries, that'll buff right out. besides, just remind your wonderful SO that the right of way for UTP cable is inviolable.

[-] don@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Any fuckup you can walk away from is better than a fuckup that leaves you with no ability to walk away from it. Doesn’t mean the fuckup won’t cost you in some or many ways, but at least you can still walk.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

What about fuck ups where your wife walks away from you? You can still walk but it won't help.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the wife, really. 😁

I kid I kid!

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

A bit of boomer humour sometimes is OK.

[-] JohnSmith@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

As they say about flying, any landing you walk away from is a good landing. Being able to reuse the plane is a bonus.

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