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As someone with a set of the common tools, I hate how everything comes with shitty tools, just adding more weight and waste. Like even fucking replacement batteries for console controllers came with a little screwdriver.
And I bet it's all because of those shitty customers that complain about stupid shit like "I don't have the correct tools to use this thing I ordered" and enabling managers that bend over backwards instead of just saying "go to your hardware store and buy a fucking tool" or "look in a mirror" and hanging up on them.
Like how do you even function as a competent adult without some basic tools? Do you just accept that this door with a loose hinge is a pain to close? That this knob or handle just wobbles? That the handle on that shitty pot or pan might just come off as you try to lift the boiling water or even hotter oil inside it, or are pots and pans just too complicated in the first place?
Or is that why people have so many financial issues because the moment something needs some maintenance, it's time to call someone or toss it into the trash and buy a new one?
I used to be young, and when I was i thought "wow, why would I need tools? A drill? Freaking useless. My dad has one of those?!"
So I have two drills now, 5 or 6 computer kits and am in the process of looking for a good standing toolbox I can trust. Wild how I took a 180 on that thought process.
Yep.
Go from "Fuck, why would I need these tools"
to "WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY TOOLS?!"
Lol yeah, I went from not knowing why they sell those drill sets that come with more than one drill to being happy I bought one of those sets with two drills, in addition to the corded drill that got through my stone counter when I needed to add a faucet. I've even retired the first cheap drill I got when I didn't understand why some drills costed so much.
And the toolbox my dad got me when I was a teenager is still in my front closet, though it's been demoted to hardware box, since I didn't have the heart to get rid of it when my tool collection outgrew it.
I don't use them super often, but often enough that they are easy to get to. And they get put away, other than the tape measure, so I never have to search for them.
Prusa gives you the option to save $21 by leaving out the tool pack on an MMU3, because logically you already have the same tools if you built a printer.