/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2442296

based soviet engineering

R** N**

>>2442302
Fucking lol took me a minute

>>2442296
I see nothing wrong, pretty good sink yeah

>>2442302
liminal

>>2442296
Tha.... That's.... That's a vacuum hose.

>>2442430
Super based.

>>2442297
I see nothing wrong with this

>>2442301
>suddenly crowded at urinals
>look up to avoid eye contact with people’s junk
>make eye contact with dude on toilet

>>2443444
let me check those trips for you anon
shouldn't have hired that Esher character to design the building

>>2442430
flushed with urine??? net zero carbon certified!

>>2443802
I think its limescale, then again if it a public toilet, most will piss in the tank

>>2443802
>>2442430
One of the bathrooms in my rental has really rusty heavy water going to the toilet. They've done a pretty good job of getting the rust scrapped off their floor shitter because there really isn't a cleaner at the hardware store that gets that welded crap out of the bowl.

>>2443802
>flushed with urine
Ha, this is how California solves their water crisis.

>>2443928
It’s honestly a great idea

>>2443802
i make pee pee in your toilet tank when you flush pee pee comes out instead of water

>>2443444
>posts trips
>posts a trip hazard
It just makes sense

https://youtu.be/ecTK_RVMVqQ?t=56

>>2443444
noice

>>2444132
Don't those flex lines have rubber on the inside of them?

>>2444139
You can get some pressure rated all-metal flex assemblies but they're usually expensive. I guess if you where stealing stuff off a building site or warehouse along with the copper and come across one it'd be a bit of a prize, can't beat free!

>>2444147
>expensive
Not really, I can buy the one similar to pic for $16ish right now. Sure beats buying an entire water heater that you only need 2 weeks a year when the central hot water is under maintenance.

>>2444173
16 bucks!
There's niggas running around in the snow up there living on 160USD a month. Fighting bears on a lake, its -44C milking sturgeon eggs at 2 bucks an hour then walking home in their foot wraps like frostbitten asian leprechauns and just drinking yourself to death on methylated spirits and water.
Not good water either!
Motherfucking russian tap water, with the added infant death rates and giardia bugs making your intestines bleed

>>2444173
>$16ish
Nevermind, it was just the first one I found. The cheapest one is $3.80 though it's only rated for gas and hot steam but who cares.

>>2444186
Wrong, you hug with the bears to keep yourself warm

>>2444189
>hug
fuck you, that bear is in for a struggle snuggle

>>2444092
Unbelievable

Whoever makes these threads, I fucking love you

>>2442297
wait... the floor...
is that....?

>>2442297
I have that toilet on the left. It is aesthetic but a bitch to keep clean. That lip always has shit on it. You have to clean it by hand.

>>2444707
Shitlip is a bad thing to get, commiserations

>>2444390
going on 2 years strong, give or take

>>2443444
Peak slavjank, I'm willing to be the building got 2 extra floors added and nobody thought how the fuck they'd make stairs.
My aunt lived in a building that also had floors added AND AN ELEVATOR THAT ONLY WENT TO FLOORS 1, 3 AND 5. Why is that? Well, the people on floors 2 and 4 didn't want to chip in and they just said "okay fuck you, no elevator for your floors" if I remember correctly. It's been like that for probably 15 years now.
t. slav, obviously

>>2444860
>slavjank
Hello fellow traveler.

>>2444729
The urinal is excessive. Just pee in the sink. I do it all the time, even in public bathrooms

>>2444860
I used to work in a building where the elevator only went to floors 1, 5, and 8. Its was built that way intentionally. And not all staircases connected to all floors, so you couldn’t get from say floor 8 to floor 5 using one staircase.

>>2442303
That's not jank. That's a shitter fit for a king.

>>2445080
Lol what a mind fuck it must have been visiting there for the first time

>>2444873
The sink has to be at crotch level for that, and then you're stooping over to wash your hands.

>>2445204
are you a midget?
i'm not particularly tall and i have no issue pissing in a standard height sink, kitchen or bathroom

>>2445316
that's genius

>>2445316
Imagine pissing on every roll at once, soaking them all in your piss

>>2444860
I meant this kind of shit actually quite common around here.

>>2445316
Would be fine if it was all covered, so the rolls didn't spend a year gathering dust and absorbing various odours before they got to you.

>>2445635
Oh no! My shit paper smells weird.

>>2442300
>Volga
That's factory made, desu

>>2444139
So what's your point

>>2442302
pure staircase

>>2445635
>rolls didn't spend a year gathering dust
A year?
Brother, that MIGHT be a month's supply.

>>2442303
izzat the pope chair where they check for bawls?

>>2445635
you need more protein in your diet basedboy

>>2445316
literally why?

>>2445891
Honestly you people laugh at toilet paper hoarders, but you really dont have enough toilet paper yourselves. The average american uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week. Over 100 a month. TP rolls will be worth their weight in gold in a few months, because everyone needs it.

>>2445918
>The average american uses 1 roll per day.
That can't be close to being true.

>>2445928

>>2445861
only if you live with a woman, which is something i guarantee the other anon does not
captcha: 2 TP WP

>>2445928
I own cattle that produce less shit than americans, its just a constant shit river on those guys

>>2445928
Most people use one roll a week, but then there are fat fuck boomers who use picrelated and a whole role PER SHIT

>>2445977
>Gotta git it in there, clean it up real good

>>2445956
i'm an american, can confirm

>>2445983
>i wash myself with a rag on a stick

>>2445983
that doggo

>>2445992
>he's seen some shit

>>2444444

>>2445316
Taco bell.

>>2442301
in my hostel we had glossy white ceiling plates like this in the shower, it was so disappointing i can only watch girls shoulders and everything else down is blurred

>>2444092
Hate these kind of show where they look at picture or a video and try to say something clever.

>>2445080
Our local hospital is somewhat like that. First it's shaped like a 3-point star and every place inside looks just like the other so you very quickly lose any sense of direction. Second, all the staircases technically go to every floor, but then there's a surgery block, a children's department with its separate entrance, and things like that so in the end like a third of all floor exits are randomly blocked, turning the place into a literal maze. Elevators do go to every floor, but their shaft walls are ridiculously thick for some reason, like a whole meter or so, and form essentially a narrow tunnel you have to push your way through past the people leaving it (often having trouble walking or just in not any kind of a hurry) to get to the doors before they close and it fucks off somewhere else.

>>2442430
What came first- the toilet or the bathroom?

>>2444139
The water likely wouldn't get warm enough to melt the rubber gaskets

The water absorbs all the energy from the burners so the steel would only get as warm as the water. Given that getting the water to boiling would blow the connections apart (vapor pressure), this set up could legitimately just have the pex hoses suspended over the burners without issue. It's the fact the lines are sitting on the burners (uneven heat transfer where it contacts the grills), not the flame, that makes them need the steel lines in the first place.

The grill contact heat spots' energy is quickly dissipated into the water, just not quite fast enough for the flex lines to sit there

>>2445376
If I walked in after someone to piss soaked rolls like that I would beat the shit out of the person before me

We're LIVING in a SOCIETY HERE

>>2445918
How small of rolls do you buy?
I have IBS and am a large bodybuilder and only use 10-15 squares a couple wet wipes a day.
I do genuinely long for bidets tho

>>2445918
No fucking way lol. I've lived in 5 different states and haven't met anyone who uses a whole roll per day

>>2445918
How do you figure the average American uses a roll per day? I don’t think we even use a roll per day for the whole family.

>>2446186

>>2446187

>>2446188

>>2446189

>>2446190

>>2446192

>>2445918
Oh this old pasta chestnut.

>>2446193
even when I'm shittin I got money on my mind.

>>2446192
>>2446193
At this point I would fucking smash it for the coins. And I'm not even a crackhead.

>>2446268

>>2446193
Literal waste of time and money
The Captcha has named this monstrosity
M0 SHAT

>>2442296
I love these threads.

>>2446319
I think those are cables, not threads.

>>2446348
Oh you.

>>2446295
Grim, I can imagine someone slipping on the 'tiles everywhere' and finding them with a broken neck a week later

>>2446319
>why does the banister tingle?

>>2446444
Definitely not an elderly person's bathroom.

>>2446451
Tile stairs are the devil's work without those grippy strips on them, you don't even need to be old and end up taking a fucking beating from a fall

>>2445918
>Over 100 a month
anon, i dont use 100 rolls in two years.
kek, idk what people are doing to use 4 rolls of toilet paper per day

>>2446487
Yeah but old people have the capacity to fuck themselves up in a normal bathroom.

>>2444132
I may have done the equivalent of this in different contexts. The real problem, as they say, is that "there is nothing more permanent than a 'temporary' solution."

>>2446500
Yep. Becomes a don't fix it not broken type scenario. 5yrs later.....

>>2446495
Oh, they will absolutely die!

>>2446502
I dont know whats going on but I'm not happy with it existing

>>2446502
if it ain't broke, you're not trying

>>2446506
Just toilet stuff anon.

>>2446508
Time to step outside then, get some fresh... something

>>2445983
the unfathomable depths of them skin folds

>>2446511
Everyone's getting poorer and poorer. Soon we'll all be building with pallets. I'm psychologically preparing myself. Anyone had a gander at building material costs lately?

>>2446500
In some ways its not great, but if you spent the time better elsewhere and its not going to cause manslaughter, then theres nothing worse than procrastinating on the same job

>>2446319
Isn't this India?

>>2445635
Weeks worth for me

>>2446563
THIS... IS.... SPARTA

>>2446349
>It's easy to understand where everything goes if you're the one who set it up.
>But if you're taking over someone else's job, it's a fucking nightmare.

You know exactly what I'm talking about.

>>2445918
>The average american uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week.
That's impossible, what the fuck are you talking about? What the hell kind of house do you live in?! Do you all have irritable bowel syndrome?! Mommy... he's scaring me, send help...

>>2446115
>If I walked in after someone to piss soaked rolls like that I would beat the shit out of the person before me
But what if it was someone before either of you that did it?

>>2445080
But why?

>>2444052
Is that a reference to the Family Guy episode? I think the one where they went to Asiantown after busting Lois out of prison for being a kleptomaniac.

The line was actually more like:
>I pee in your toilet when you not home.
>Sometimes I open up the back part and pee in there, so when you flush, pee come out.
>I'm smart, you dumb.
>Call now :)

>>2443802
>TFW none of that even produces any carbon in the first place.
>TFW they try to cancel you for giving actual info...

>>2442430
This is like those urinals that go all the way to the floor, but taken to another level.

They have toilets you can squat over, could they not find one of those to put in instead?

>>2442301
Not the first time I've seen this sadly, people should stop trying to be trendy, it only leads to bs like this.

>>2445659
>That's factory made, desu
You're probably thinking of a Moskvitch, the Volga would at least have a tap made out of gold or silver.

>>2445316
This is like those spice racks, or canned food racks at the store.

>>2442302
My only question is where is that guy going?...

>>2442866
The only thing I see wrong is toilets next to each other without stalls.

>>2443460
>shouldn't have hired that Esher character to design the building
Irreparably based.

>>2443808
The tank is for piss, the bowl is for shit.

How's that for water conservation? We're taking "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." to a whole 'nother level. Very innovative, as you can see.

>>2443810
Not the hardware store, but probably at the same place chemists get their supplies, like nitric acid, or azidoazide azide.

>>2444092
Why are we still here... just to suffer?...

>>2444186
I don't even live in Russia, I'm from the US, but the way I'm seeing things go in society is enough to make me stop wanting to have morals, and just be a bad person cause what's the point in even trying anymore?

I'm a good person in my heart, but I'm getting broken. It's all saddening and angering. I barely even feel any anger, all I really feel is defeat. I don't want to be angry, but I want to inflict wrath just so I can feel SOMETHING. Maybe I'm going insane...

>Post-soviet craftsmanship be like:
>>2444860
>>2445513

>>2446295
>Sneaking up on your buddy on the throne and literally scaring the shit out of him.

>>2446621
upstairs man

>>2446349
That's about £300 in scrap

>>2446609
it is, anon
hazy memories looming up out of the time fog. i couldn't remember if it was family guy or american dad, but i knew some anon would get the reference

>>2446621
to the back rooms

>>2446634
>Maybe I'm going insane
no anon, you're going sane in an insane world.
sometimes the only course of action is to go mad.
no point making yourself mad to stop going mad.

>>2446634
Welcome to the present day zeitgeist.

>>2446748
Bump.

>>2446605
That type of thinking keeps criminals from getting beaten

>>2446506
>When you mismeasure but can't conceive that you were wrong

>>2446451
*Inhales*
AAHHHHHHHHHH

>>2446779
*Inhales*
Russia. A vodka castle.

>>2442297
Cue some hippie with a study about how social shitting makes for more complete bowerl evacuation.

>>2445918
I probably have at least a couple years worth of toilet paper in bins in my garage, but it's certainly not 1 roll per day.

>>2446445
That's actually smart. Somebody saved a lot of money and time. Mounting directly to the wall closer to the location of the refrigerant lines would have been a nightmare.

>>2446934
quintessentially eastern european

>>2446934
.

>>2446936
Be it’s execuse, it is in a basement, no one is living here. Also yes, it’s the famous Hungarian tank, Dömötör

>>2446940
>famous Hungarian tank, Dömötör
az ki?

>>2446941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2j4bElz-Mo

>>2446940
>Famous Hungarian tank
I was unaware such a thing existed.

Based on what I've redone at my current place, a lot of this isn't particularly horrifying to me. According to county records, it was all done by licensed subs and inspected. At this point, fuck the government if they want any say in how I do any work.

>>2446940
Do toilets account for the extra pressure from the tank being that high? Given how gross that looks, it almost looks like flushing pulverizes the shit into a mist.

>>2446944
Well, it is famous here, because it is promoted as a water saving tank, because it flushes as long as you pull the cord. I don't like saying this, but in reality it is so shitty constructed, ugly.

>>2446946
The poorer people become the more will start doing things that way.
>Fuck pulling permits
>Fuck inspections
>Fuck paying higher property tax
>Fuck building codes
>FUCK YOU ALL

>>2446946
én is épp tartályos konverzión gondolkodok a sima csapos helyett, iletve a vízóráig kiszedni minden rotható fém csövet és 3 rétegűre flexibilisre cserélni

>>2446751
Is that supposed to stop the water in the pipes from freezing?

>>2446948
I think there isn't any extra pressure, only faster water flow. Given the continuity equation, water flows slower through an 50mm diameter pipe as a 32mm diameter pipe

>>2446961
>Holy hell, gonna be -2°F tonight, better put the basement lights on

>>2446954
Ajánlom a Geberitet és Fluidmaster 747-es töltőszelepre kicserélni, kb soha többé nem lesz vele gond. Geberithez van mindenhol alkatrész, egy fotó a tartályról és már hozza is eléd az eladó az alkatrészt.

Bump.

>>2447023

>>2446349
Sometimes you gotta make do with what you have in a pinch but I've never understood these. I would be embarrassed if I ran that and anyone saw it.

>>2442302
probably a section of the mall that got closed because no one goes there. same thing happened to part of my local airport.

>>2447149
Probably the bottom of a high rise office without separate IT cages, so an older building with bad management.

Everyone can just go in and plug in whatever and it's like there was never any cable management ever

Very early on it becomes impossible to clean up.

>>2446966
I bet this is where the copper grows from!
>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZap

>>2446940
>>2446944
>>2446950
I never heard of such a famous tank either.

It's not exclusive to Hungary though, all the American homes used to have high toilet tanks like that too. But I guess they must've fell out of style in like the 1950s, you only really see them in really old homes, so long as they didn't renovate the house with god awful tasteless modern styling, and I'm not even talking about the toilets anymore.

>>2442302
>>2447274
They lowered the ceiling too, he's not even all the way up the stairs and he's almost hitting his head on it. If you compare the height of the railing from the stair he's standing on, and see how the railing is almost up to the ceiling at the top, you can get a better idea of how absurdly low that ceiling is. It's like half his height.

>>2447149
>Sometimes you gotta make do with what you have in a pinch but I've never understood these.
I think it's obvious here that they've had a lot of "pinches".

>>2447289
I literally do not understand where these stars are coming from or going. Who the hell built this and for what? Unless this is the remnants of something old before that balcony or whatever at the top of the image was made.

>>2447315
>so long as they didn't renovate the house with god awful tasteless modern styling, and I'm not even talking about the toilets anymore.
This is the modern crap I'm talking about, I'll never understand it. Everything is either black, white, or grey, and the furniture itself looks cheap and tacky.

To me, it's quite obvious that companies are perpetuating this bullshit styling so that they can produce the most cheap minimalist type of bullshit possible. I don't understand how anyone can look at this for more than 5 minutes, let alone live in a house that looks this boring and soulless. Seriously, who genuinely likes this stuff?

>>2446743
>>2446748
I really do wonder if I'm going insane though, some of the things I thought about were just absolutely horrendous. I kept having to reevaluate my sanity, but time and time again I keep coming to the conclusion that I am indeed sane.

I want to hurt people... hurt them very badly, but there's no one to hurt. I don't want to hurt innocent people, I'm not a monster and the idea of hurting people who don't deserve it makes me feel terrible. Thank god I at least know the difference between right and wrong. But I want to give bad people what they deserve, and I mean truly evil people. But I can't hurt them either cause I doubt I would be able to get away with it. I don't even think I'm physically capable of it, but I'm certainly mentally capable, and that concerns me...

Have you ever read the book American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis? I'm sure you've seen or at least heard of the movie that's based off of it, but the book makes the movie look like a freaking children's story. I haven't actually read it, but from what I've heard, the book is seriously fucked up. It has scenes of rape, torture, mutilation, cannibalism, and necrophilia. The author eventually confessed that he was writing about himself, about his rage, and I can't help but feel that I'm going through something similar to him. I imagine he was fed up with society, he wanted to hurt people, but there was nobody to hurt, and it only made him more wrathful. He was sane enough to not do it, nor actually want to do it, so he wrote about it instead. The character in the book Patrick Bateman, even showed regret for his horrible actions, which is how I believe Ellis would've felt if he had acted upon his rage. And I believe the author took a shot at himself at the end, when Bateman confesses and his lawyer doesn't even believe him because the Bateman he knows is too cowardly to commit such acts.

I don't think me and Ellis are all that different. If Ellis is sane, than maybe I am too. But still...

>>2446743
>>2446748
>>2447330
*But still... how does being fed up with society lead to someone becoming this fucked up?

>>2447318
I don't know either, I just finded it on innanet

>>2447330
Probably stems from something like anxiety, which given enough time just makes you angry and start formulating weird arse solutions in your own imagination. But I'm not a psychologist, just a regular visitor to one for various over-anxiety PTSD things which I sort of collected over long enough time in the military. I don't get to the point of anger about some things when the anxiety kicks in something fierce and have found it does need a purposeful, pleasant or useful distraction to actively counter it just as a way of dealing with it, while my long suffering psych finds an actual treatment.
Killing or hurting people isn't an answer though. Take it from someone that killed and hurt a lot of people in that it just makes you feel guilty until it doesn't so have a bit of time to seek some counselling and maybe they can sort out a better solution because talking to people on the internet isn't one either

optimised bathtub

>>2447319
I think it's a cope due to how much soul you lose making a house airtight in terms of insulation, keeping bugs out, etc. It's a complete removal from nature and the comfort (and discomfort) that comes with it. Whether or not it's true, that image gives me the sense that nothing unwanted (pests, heat, cold) can get into the house. I think people nowadays prefer comfort over aesthetics and will start to find that lack of aesthetics comforting from association.

t. someone who bought a beautiful old house and has to deal with huge bugs and zero insulation

>>2446634
Take a break from the internet and tv, go outside and see that things aren't so bad

>>2446634
>being a weak willed faggot who got triggered at his facebook page
Truly pathetic

>>2447330
i have read American Psycho.
if you are genuinly concerned about your mental state, i suggest seeking professional help. i would say a psychiatrist over a psychologist, i think they are educated differently and psychiatrists are better set to deal with issues, but i have no experience personal with either.
a friend of mine has had a great experience with the one she sees.
always remember that there is no way to kill enough of the people to make any meaningful difference in the world, let alone enough of the right people.
i get where you are coming from, the world is a fucked up and crazy place, i've got no truck with it. i've mostly isolated myself, i don't have many friends and generally very little contact with other people outside of the ones i have contact with on jobs. since i quit drinking i stopped associating with the people i used to hang out with due to the fact that we don't have anything else in common so there is no point. they were only friends because i went out of my way to keep contact and maintain associations. none of them bother getting in touch unless they have work that needs done or they want me to go do shit i don't give a fuck about. auto racing is dull as fuck.
i don't know what else to tell you anon other than seek a pro before things get out of hand. i wish i could be some help

>>2445944
The average american uses 1 roll of TP per day

>>2446940
This was literally my grandmother’s apartment’s bathroom in Budapest.

>>2447315
>I never heard of such a famous tank either.
It's famous in Hungary

>>2442430
GOOD MORNING SIRS!

>>2446940
So confusing. Why is the tank pipe going into that wall? How does it get to the toilet? At a 45 around that corner, IN THE CONCRETE??
>>2447511
>Good morning sirs!!!

>>2447330
I just feel, increasingly with each passing year, that there is no future.

>>2446940
>>2447483
This was literally a bathroom I've seen in Chicago, I can't remember where, but it was in a public building.

>>2445983
That poor woman.

>>2447555
She lost all the weight. And is very cute from the neck up. Can't speak to all that extra skin stuff.

>>2447557
Any sauce? Her face isn't too bad, even with all the weight.

>>2445891
everybody wants to use the last of the roll but ain't nobody wants to put a new roll on the holder.

>>2446517
This is some Dr. Seuss shit right there.

>>2447560
She got married and all this. Good for her I guess.

>>2447565
From the last thread.

>>2447330
Nah, you're good, dude. Ignore this sissy >>2447461

>>2447568
Holy kek. What were they thinking?

>>2447573
Crack. Lots of crack.

>>2447569
Glowie glowie in my walls, who's the maddest of them all?
Glowie glowie in my floor, who'a that knocking at my door?

>>2447574
Valves. Valves everywhere.

>>2447582
Has to be crack. Or someone overdosing on adderall?? Sorry last 3 posts were from the last thread. I fucking love these threads. Last one had me laughing harder than I have in quite a while and holy fuck I needed it. Was in construction for 15yrs, so this type of shit really gets me.
Like this: >>2447289
What is the fucking plan here?
They going to make the door with that temporarily braced platform as a reference point??
Drawing a line and taking it down?
Nothing wrong with that if you don't trust your measurements. Just seems incredibly ass-backward.
>Make rough opening in exterior wall
>Congrats, a reference point has been established
Or maybe they needed to work off those code/standard stairs backwards into an exterior wall?
Like WTF??!!

>>2447582
now THAT'S thinking with portals

>>2447573
My guess is that it started off pretty simple, but then they had to add on more stuff over time. It might have even been several people over the course of years. Each person was too lazy to do it right, so they just tacked on the minimum needed to do their job.

>>2447591
WHAT fucking job?
I understand running new cables/lines forever. Do they do this with plumbing and just leave the old pipes?
T. Genuinely baffled

>>2447566
Woah

>>2446349

>>2447592
>be me
>be a slav who's been exposed to chernobyl fallout for decades and am slightly retarded as a result
>be hired to install a bathroom in a jank apartment clumsily attached to the side of a crumbling comblock apartment building
>underpaid.jpg
>untrained.mpg
>nobuildingcodes.tar.gz
>find water source
>existing manifold full
>not smart enough to think up a better solution
>budget is 35 cents
>eh, this'll work

>>2447731
While entertaining, that does not explain that clusterfuck of piping.

I know we aren't doing India, but does anyone know how to explain this?

>>2447755
I can't help you. You should probably get some sleep.

>>2447829
wtf where the hell did they get that much peanut butter

>>2447315
Wall mounted commode tanks were basically gone as far as new manufacture, by the 1920's in the U.S..

>>2447865
Jesus Christ what an odd assertion. Were you there?

>>2447592
I saw this in a junji ito manga once

>>2446114
wrong

rubber insulates, you're assuming high conductivity.

>>2447568
>>2447574
tekkit classic piping.

>>2447316
id wager thats because when they put the wall up, there would be a gaping hole above the stairs all the way to the roof of wherever they closed off. so they just continued the drop ceiling so no one would see it.

>>2444132
This three metaltube coils on gas burners would work better with metal foil or metal plate on top to force convection of heat over top of metal coils.

>>2445918
>The average american uses 1 roll per day.
considering the size of avarage americans ass i would say he uses at least 10
in one sitting
i for one use soap and water

>>2447865
WTAF, do bongs really?

>"It's difficult to accept that high-level toilet cisterns were once standard toilet plans seeking a spot in all mid-twentieth-century washrooms. Today it has become a cutting-edge choice with an awesome shot at being a family's first flush toilet."

https://nationwidebathrooms.com/collections/high-level-toilet-cistern

>>2447946
Holy fucking based! :D

>>2447950
I thought they must've made it even with the rest of the ceiling.

>>2447865
It seems like they were pretty common in homes into the 40s, but I just don't know how old those homes actually were at the time. I doubt that they stopped making them very much in the 20s though.

>>2448032
>"It's difficult to accept that high-level toilet cisterns were once standard toilet plans seeking a spot in all mid-twentieth-century washrooms.
What the hell? Does nobody seriously remember ever seeing these in old homes?

That was like... "the THING" about old homes my whole life. Whenever I thought of an old home, one of the first things was them having really high mounted toilet tanks.

>>2448036
for new installs in the US I'd say more like the thirties was when they were mostly phased out. Still lots of them around after that though, and now you can get them new again for period correct restoration.

>>2447372
>>2447461
I'm not really sure what to say, I've had my issues and disdainment for the disingenuineness and superficiality of modern society, and I believe Ellis was going through something similar when he was writing American Psycho. There's a theme of having to conform to a certain image in society, versus being your true self. Society may not have ever been perfect, but it seems like it somehow manages to get worse in many aspects as time goes on. To put it simply, my main issue with it is people getting "used and abused", or "exploited" might be a better term, and them just accepting it and not doing anything about it. If they just accept it, it'll only keep getting worse. And that's why it feels so fake, disingenuous and superficial to me.

Some of the things I've thought about were seriously horrible, enough to make some people cry probably. I kinda wish it would make me cry just so I can get some more self reassurance that I haven't gone insane, but well, it doesn't. I'm talking about things like murder, mutilation, dismemberment, and cannibalism. Terribly brutal things, this is the first time I've ever told anyone about this. This obviously isn't something you can just tell people without shocking them and changing their entire opinion of you. What's worse is I actually kinda like thinking about it. I don't see a reason to stop, but that doesn't mean I'm actually going to do it. I don't know if this is me wanting to "take revenge on society" by doing obscene things or what, but it would make sense if that's why. I haven't had thoughts of doing any of this to innocent people, nor have I ever thought of enacting such things on random passerby. I will not harm someone who doesn't deserve it. I usually imagine it on bad people, people who would truly deserve the wrath of a deranged psychotic man. But I haven't imagined it on real people I've had to deal with in life so far. I know better than to do it though.

(1/2)

>>2447372
>>2447461
>>2448071
(2/2)

Sometimes I imagine things like someone trying to rob me, and then me taking "self defense" way too far. A lot of the kinds of people who do stuff like this don't even deserve to live, cause they'll only end up hurting more and more people. I believe in second chances, but some people just never change unfortunately.

But since I started thinking of things like this, I realized that it may not be as uncommon as I thought before. I realized a lot of people out there seem to have such tendencies. They may not act them out because they know better, but they still might do things like play games in evil ways or watch horrific content, like r/watchpeopledie or whatever it was. I never understood how people could watch that, I never enjoyed it cause it was mostly people's lives getting cut short by unfortunate accidents. I don't like to see that, but I've known people who would find such content hilarious apparently. I mean, why else would they be laughing? I don't even think I would enjoy it if I watched it now. And I also realized that sometimes when people "joke around" about messed up things, that they may actually find some enjoyment in thinking about it. I knew this before, but didn't think that it may actually be more commonplace than I realized before.

It may apparently be relativity normal for some people to think about things like this, but it still doesn't prevent me from feeling like I'm losing my mind. The fact that I went from not really thinking about stuff like this and even being off-put by it, to actually finding enjoyment in it is just very concerning to me. It gives me a whole self evaluation crisis. I've usually been regarded as a very nice and likable person by people who know me, and I do regard myself as a nice person too. But for someone like that to be thinking of stuff like this, something doesn't line up. It makes me wonder what kind of person I really am.

>>2448037
i've only ever seen them in movies

>>2447372
Now for the more individualized responses.

I don't even know if I would be very proud of killing other people, even if they did deserve it. Still doesn't stop me from finding some sort of satisfaction in imagining it though. I feel like a very messed up person, I... I don't know what to think. I don't want to talk about these kinds of things to counselors, but I believe talking to people on the internet can indeed help. It's easier to say things when you don't know each other. It may not be the best solution for everyone, but I feel that I'm reasonable enough to recognize bad advice if someone gives it. That may not mean much to you since we all know people's definitions of such things can vary, but I feel like I can find a solution to come to peace with all this. Talking about it, finding advice, and seeing other perspectives on it can help.

I was curious though, what country's military did you serve in?

>>2447461
I honestly would prefer not to see a psychiatrist over a psychologist, I don't really like the idea of getting prescribed medicines for everything, especially mind altering ones. I understand if medicine is the only option, but if I believe there's another solution I would prefer that. Medicines aren't really good for people's health long term.

I wanted to say more about the second half of your post, but I'm having trouble finding words I want to say.

I know killing people usually won't make a difference in the world, but at that point it would at least do something for me. It's not worth the risk though, especially if I find out I ended up killing someone who didn't really deserve it, I would be absolutely devastated. I would feel so terrible...

I'm not very willing to seek out professionals, but I don't think things would get out of hand. But you talking to me right now is indeed helping me in some way. I've been wanting to hear people's opinions on all this, but things like this aren't easy to discuss with anyone. It's good to talk about it with someone.

>>2448020
but why? is this some kind of anti wheelchair access?

>>2448075
>it would at least do something for me.
sounds like a rather selfish motive to me, a pointless act of masturbation with no substance as well as acting on an idea that you are superior to the people you think you would kill.

who are you to deserve who gets to live and die?
why shouldn't you be killed before you go act on your impulses and fuck up the lives of the people near the people you think to kill?
what gives you the right to make the decisions?

i suggest again that you seek some sort of help, the world is shitty enough with out another person adding to the shit.

>>2448080
It's a moat, when you exit, you push the water out (see the pipe) and leave dry, while while closed any attacker would be standing in the water

>>2448080
fuck cripples
it's time to stop them from controlling our lives

>>2448020
I wonder if they get issues with water up against the building. I can see plugging up that tube if you know that there's going to be a storm.

>>2448080
Most likely a stormwater drainage issue that otherwise would require sandbagging the entrance even if there was just potential for heavy rain.

>>2448020
Ambulance chaser lawyers must love seeing this.

>>2447415
I think you're reading too much into a current design trend that you personally dislike. Granted, that looks awful, but I'm not about to write up a manifesto about modernity and other buzzwords about it. It's just a simplistic design, something nobody but the rich and maybe some corporate offices would ever have.

>>2448074
There's usually some kind of help line services out there but they're usually more oriented towards trauma and suicide, so psych talks tend to have a much broader and somewhat educated opinion on these things which can find a solution quicker. Medication is probably not required in my opinion, more a case of finding the problem, addressing it and then implementing ways to deal with it in some positive and structured way because it is bothering you and ultimately killing someone will be prison time. Prison is very bad and then some as there's basically no solutions or answers there, just incarceration and even more traumatic experiences which given in most countries will be left untreated as well.
I can't really offer much, but bad times eventually turn into good times with enough water under the bridge and have a way of working themselves out, the first step though to better times is off your own foot forward though
>Was Aust-Army and did 2 peacekeeping tours and 5 combat tours

>>2448080
Probably water as others suggested, just low enough to channel it in there every time it rains and someone got quoted for plumbing a drain and went 'fuck that' before throwing cement down
Its a really big pane of glass too, it'd be a hospital trip if you went through it!

>>2448139
I find that most people who go to these lengths to moan about modern architecture have never actually lived with it, or perhaps more accurately they actually have and enjoy the benefits of modern architecture rhat have become ubiquitous, and just dont know it and fixate on a certain look and assume that thats what "modern" means.

Also, people who bemoan a lack of "soul" in anything "modern" are often the least capable of defining what that's supposed to mean in any o je tive sense and are just parroting wannabe critic boilerplate jargon to appear hip.

>>2447415
I lived in a house built in 1872 for five years. I rented, but I ended up doing all manner of maintenance on the house to pay rent sometimes.
>12ft vaulted ceilings on the 1st floor
>2 layered wide pine floor with square nails
I refinished all three floors.
>10ft tall double doors, exterior, and off the hall into the parlor
>Massive mahogany molding on windows and doors, window sills were 5/4"
>Animal stalls in the dirt floor basement
>Slate mansard roof
>Large curved wall with curved stair case going to the second floor. Curved wall had a niche in it for a statue
>All lathe and horsehair plaster
>Giant marble fireplace
The previous owners destroyed an adjoining barn TO SAVE ON TAXES, fucking boomers. Tragic loss.
>Original 1st floor windows went from the floor almost to the ceiling, 12ft.
>Original 10ft double doors still had a hand cranked mechanical bell
So much fucking soul. I still dream about that place. The trash we build now is absolutely fucking soulless. You hit the head with that hammer. Original owner lost the whole thing, a lawyer with gambling debts. Go figure.

>>2448146
One of the widepine floors.

>>2447415
You seem to be conflating a lack of soul with efficient design? An airtight, efficient, house can be made beautiful. It's just that everybody is more interested in building something that matches whatever's on the cover of Architectural Digest, as opposed to comfort.

>>2448152

>>2448152
>>2448156
It should be noted, that in this room, I found evidence, and got an account of someone taking an automatic transmission apart in this room, on that floor. The weird shit people get up to.

>>2448155
Just because you've become disillusioned with something doesn't mean it's that things fault. It happens. Obsessing over it and treating it like some vile totem isn't healthy. Ignore it and return focus on what you do enjoy and others will catch on.

>>2448145
15yrs in construction here.
New builds are notoriously step-skipping cost-saving shit heaps.
The framing is always solid as fuck.
The finish work, both in skilled labor and materials used is almost universally absolute shit.
I can and have done all manner of repairs and upgrades on these sorts of houses, so it is doable. But you have to either have the disposable income to dump into it, on top of your absurd mortgage. Or have the tools and know how to do it yourself.
It's a soulless aspect to new builds that it will require maintenance, or complete tear down and rebuild of the finish work within 10yrs. Is what it is I guess.

>>2448163
Can confirm, long time superintendent. Started out doing renovations on historic properties as a kid with family that was a GC registered with historic society. Went to heavy industrial then commercial and came back to residential but new construction. Sad part is drywall, trim, and paint are always what a buyer bitches about yet most production builders don't put the extra money into them. At least I can honestly say our concrete and frame work is above board. Drives me nuts though with trim and drywall especially since I used to run an in house drywall sub for the one commercial company I worked for where everything was level 5 finishes, and I was raised trained as a trim/finish carpenter and cabinet maker. Been scolded by upper management before for added costs on homes due to not accepting what they consider "passable" for some of the trim and cabinet work I see on the regular. Pains my soul I have to look at certain things and just turn a blind eye and accept it. Especially considering the artisans I grew up working with on those historic properties.

>>2448083
I know, but that's why I feel bad for thinking about it. I know it's wrong, but I still have to acknowledge the fact that this is what I'm thinking of.

My opinions have changed over the years on things like the death penalty, I used to think it was so horrible to kill another person - Everything that would've been taken away from them, I even cried one time from thinking about it... But then I would see people who are just so heartless and cruel, and I would think that some people just don't deserve to live.

I don't want to make the world shittier, but it's almost like it's beyond saving. I know it's bad to kill people, but the world is so filled with death anyway, what difference does it make anymore?... The fact that I can't feel any better about this makes me feel terrible. It's such a cruel world out there, and it makes me wonder what's the point in even trying to be good anymore? I want to be good, I do treat others kindly, but the things that happen in society are like a virus slowly corrupting everything. It makes me want to take revenge on the kinds of people who make it so bad. I'm watching the world I used to appreciate fall apart, and there's nothing I can do about it. I just want to cry... I'm so conflicted and perverted.

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>>2448180
I miss the 20th century bro. And wish I could have spent more time with those old timers. I knew many of them when I was a kid and just didn't get it at the time. All those oldtimey builds are fucking time capsule treasures. And over the years doing some demo/tear downs has pained my soul, despite discovering how they did it in the process of taking it apart.
Actual mitre boxes, all hand nailed. Some of those old build-in shelving/cabinetry/pantry type stuff just simply wouldn't happen now. (((Cost prohibitive))). I've even wondered on the materials we use now. All poplar and pine moldings. All 3/4 or less. Some oak and maple sometimes. But as you are pulling old builds apart, you can't help but notice how tight the grains were. I get the whole old growth, mini ice age etc. But the pine they sell now, FUCKING MASSIVE grains, makes the wood softer, more susceptible to warping etc. And everyone is rushing. Time time time. No one gives a fuck anymore.
I've walked onto so many jobsite where they did nothing but brag about how fast they did things, the end product be fucked. Time is $$$ GO GO GO!!!!
Actual craftsmanship is very frequently absent.
Some of the best carpenters I've ever met, were oddly enough, the quirky artist types. Not the math and business types.
Man, to go back to even just the 70s and 80s and pick those old timer's heads.

>>2447524
Oh there's still a future, I just don't know what it's going to be...

>>2447415
Not really. I mean, houses don't come with furniture, but the architecture and color palette is just fucking bland as it can possibly be, there's no color to anything.

And the only shit you can find in furniture stores always just looks god awful and has this same exact theme. And even if you find something good in a furniture store, it's gonna be hyper expensive and cheaply made anyway.

>>2448146
Not him, but like I mentioned earlier, I'm pretty sure this "modern" style garbage is just perpetuated by companies so that they can produce the most cheaply made, low effort crap possible. Even the some of the cheap garbage back in the 70s or 80s at least looked good. It's like in the mid to late 2000s they just decided to abandon all color. A lot of the "modern" style furniture looks like it came straight out of the 1960s, which is completely fine, I like 60 furniture, except it wouldn't be a problem if they just didn't take the damn color out of everything. The thing I hate the most about "modern" crap is the lack of any color. I don't understand how anyone can like that.

>>2448163
Step-skipping cost-saving shitheaps, yet they're still as expensive or more so than proper buildings. Gotta maximize executive and shareholder profits, I guess.

>>2448163
>>2448188
It's like as time goes on, people care less and less about doing things the right way just for the sake of doing things the right way. People don't have as much integrity as they used to, and as a result, we're surrounded by garbage because of it. Some people might say "if you don't like it, leave" or "choose what's best", but a lot of times there literally isn't any other option but the garbage. And one person isn't going to make a difference because everyone else always keeps perpetuating and buying into all the bullshit. Either because of a lack of choice, or because of a lack of wanting or caring to fight against it.

>>2448163
>15yrs in construction here.
>New builds are notoriously step-skipping cost-saving shit heaps.

That has nothinh to do with modern architecture as opposed to any other style and lots of traditional style new construction and tract housing is slapped together crap.
In lots of cases the traditional look builds are even shittier because the people who are attracted to that stuff just are about that superficial look that in many cases allows slapdash underpinnings to be covered over.
Some of the shittiest tract houses ever built are fake Tudors, saltboxes where they dont belong, those "Swiss Miss" abominations all over SoCal with a fucking wishing well in the yard but barely any foundation, and on and on.
One reason modern architecture isn't more popular is that there's less chance to fudge stuff and slap some trim on it, or texture poorly fabricated walls, etc. It takes more time and effort as a result, and lots of run of the mill building trade types who just want to make money fast hate that. That's also why slapped together ones look particularly bad.
Regardless your claim that lazy workmanship is an example of "soulless" is still poorly defined and is by no means exclusive to any architectural style.

>>2448209
>Regardless your claim that lazy workmanship is an example of "soulless"
It absolutely is.
>is still poorly defined and is by no means exclusive to any architectural style
What's your point?

>>2448209
>>2448214
I'm open minded.
Did you essentially try to say you get what you pay for? Or what? What am I missing?

>>2448209
>saltboxes
I was unaware they were building mockups of this. This is a 1700s, seasonal type build. Additions and such only made in summer months etc. Weird.
Like is said, open minded and have no idea what your point is.

>>2448208
Every generation throughout time immemorial has probably said these exact words. My heart wants to believe this time it's true, that the old ways held the world together and it's been slowly unravelling with each year. However, my brain reminds me that shitty cheap construction methods have always been a thing. Looking at you, fucking Masonite siding.

Either way there is no sense dwelling on it. The only thing you can do is teach younger generations the things you love because they do exist and they are just excited about it as you are. And if the world does completely go to shit, so what? Something new will survive and rebuild hopefully having learned a lesson.

>>2448142
I mostly just do my own thing, kinda like how >>2447461 mentioned. I don't necessarily isolate myself, but I pursue my own interests regardless.

It's just not a very good time in my life currently. I've always had a disdain for modern society, but on top of mysterious heath issues starting to show up, it's making it harder to try and look at or do the positive things. I feel like I'm going to break myself under too much physical exertion, and my mind feels slower than a BMW Isetta on the highway. It's all within these last few years, and I don't know why. It's like right when I want to start getting more out of life, this is what I'm left with?

>>2448228
It also bears mentioning that even if in part, the oldtimey constructions that remain, were in some cases the most expensive at the time of construction. And all the cheapo sluff of that time became decrepit and collapsed (((BUILDING CODES ARE RELATIVELY NEW))) or were demolished.
But don't pretend for a second, that within the past 4 generations, craftsmanship on new constructions hasn't gone to utter shit.
The only redeeming thing holding the whole thing up is the rigorous inspections and coding on the framing. Double edged sword. Inspectors tend to be bloviating fat old self-important assholes involved in a racket, but we do want buildings falling down on people.
Can you guys even fucking imagine the weird treasures we lost in Europe post WW1 and WW2. Fuck.

>>2448228
It's just incredibly saddening seeing the world I used to appreciate go to shit.

I don't know whether I should hope that things don't get worse, or that everything should collapse so new systems can be made. But I guess the thing that's eating at me the most is the fact that it still hasn't happened yet, and how we're all still trapped in a perpetual hellscape. When will it end?...

>>2448232
>It's like right when I want to start getting more out of life, this is what I'm left with?
Yes bro. That is how it almost always plays out for people. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
Maybe I did things wrong. But same for me. Just when I had all the tools I needed, a base of clientele/customers. Suddenly you are too old. Midlife crisis type shit.
I was on a jobsite with one oldtimer. We sat down for a break and got to chatting. This was February, back bay, Boston. Job had gone to hell. We were supposed to do a floor tear up, and install. Fucking concrete floor fell through into the basement.
Dude had a blood clot in his leg and was scheduled for amputation later that month. All his guys abandoned the site because it was a shithole. A LITERAL HOLE.
Enjoy your youth while it lasts. Your body will tell you to fuck yourself eventually, if you don't die young. None of us get out of this alive.

>>2448236
>But don't pretend for a second, that within the past 4 generations, craftsmanship on new constructions hasn't gone to utter shit.

Part of the problem is that construction is largely a solved problem. We know how to build everything as quickly, cost effective and efficiently as possible. There are no new difficulties to surmount that require creative thinking or specialized craftmanship.

You also make the good point that the past seems better because only the best shit survived. Never mind the billions of fascinating shit boxes and awful trends lost to the ages. Similar with music and movies, most of the great stuff lives on in fond memory but if you look at box office results or Top 100 charts, absolute dogshit reigned supreme there too.

>>2448240
I think you so just focus on what you can control and stop watching the news. The nonstop bombardment of information 24/7 is the worst thing to ever happen to the human race. That and advent of agriculture.

>>2448247
>That and advent of agriculture
You forgot the advent of recorded music.

>>2448252
Let's be honest about where it all went really wrong

>>2448244
I don't even know if any of it is fixable or not, I would hope that it is.

I don't even know what's going on, but I'm wondering if I'm starting to get arthritis. Also, I wonder if I may have some kind of Mild Cognitive Impairment. I was never the sharpest person to begin with, but I can't help but wonder if it's getting worse. The only problem is I can't remember it enough to adequately judge how I was like several years ago. I remember how I thought I felt, and that I thought something was amiss, but I don't remember how I actually felt anymore. And the people around me are oblivious idiots who never noticed anything at all. I don't know if I'm the same as I always was and if I only became more aware of it at some point, or if something is truly different.

I don't know what could be causing all this, or if it's one thing or multiple things causing it. I don't know if I'm malnourished or what. My diet isn't very good but maybe I need more tests. But I can never remember to schedule a doctor's appointment. Everything is always curtailed by forgetfulness and a lack of motivation, or putting stuff off and forgetting to do it later. My diet isn't very good, and I can't figure out how to fix it, or if that's even what needs fixing. I can't figure any of it out, it's too hard. I feel like a very confused person in life, I even have problems with language, like choosing the words I want to use or speaking. I always hear myself screwing up as I'm talking, but I can't figure out how to fix it.

You know what the worst part of all this is?... I'm only 21 years old, all this is happening right as I'm becoming an adult and finally unburdened by childhood. And with the way society is, at this point it's no surprise why I want to murder the people responsible for making it so bad. I want to overcome my health issues, I just need to find a way.

>>2448247
I don't even watch the news.

>>2448247
>Part of the problem is that construction is largely a solved problem
Kind of? The internet has made acquired knowledge seem almost obsolete. You can look up almost anything. Builder calculators are also nice. But you can run into some seriously complex angle finding problems that would blow your fucking mind, if you were physically tasked to build something on site. I'm the Boston fella. I talked and worked with the GC that did Tom Brady's place. There was a vaulted ceiling in that place that fucked him up for a solid week. He did layouts on the floor and all this. So don't underestimate some of these dudes out here still doing it.
If you guys want have your balls tingle, look up some of the old mining arch structure builds. Some of it is ABSOLUTE ART, with math. Fucking insane.

>>2448256
I'm not quite that blackpilled. YET.
>>2448263
Bro you are 21. Lift weights. Go climb some mountains. Hike. Read. You are too young for this. You have another 20yrs of good health. Put on some headphones and take a walk.
There are industries to poke your head into.
Women to fuck and fall in love with.
Knowledge to glean.
Drugs to try.
Wine to drink.
Things to be tried.
21. Way too young. You're still a kid.
As fucked up as the world might seem right now, AND HOLY SHIT YES IT DOES, your generation gets a front seat at watching it.

>>2445983
this will turn up in my nightmares and keep me from having good sleep for months. i like me some gore from time to time, but this is to much for me.

where's my bottle of eye-bleach?

>>2448278
>>2446515
duel

>>2448282
Here have this.

>>2448285
How many years you guys think it took?

>>2448284

>>2448304
I laughed, which is the point of this thread. Then I sighed heavily. Then I started rubbing my eyes to the point of pain. Please tell us that is photoshopped.

>>2445204
>you're stooping over to wash your hands.
hunching over while rubbing my hands evokes another image

>>2448311

>>2448329
I hope that zip tie is heat rated in some off-planet alien-tech capacity.

>>2448309
>When your label calls to inform you that your rap album just sold 100 copies

>>2448329
if it werks it werks

>>2447408
This is comfy

>>2448188
And what were these called? I grew up near a 65+ retirement community and their playground area has some really interesting swings. Rigid metal arms with a metal frame cage of sorts, it was all arm action to swing using these two handles. They're long gone but you could really cook on those suckers.

>>2444132
not a bad idea at all but copper tubbing seems way better

>>2445316
for the everage american prepper this will last for about 2 weeks due high content of grease

>>2448232
One thing to look at when you see a doctor is blood sugar levels, if they go too high or low, then it does tend to affect your thought processes, make things seem foggy or slow.
Have a talk to a GP at least to see if they can suggest some mental health plans, go get some blood tests and see if there's a physical reason at the root of it. It may even be something to do with diet if your intake of cabs and sugars is too high and you might need to switch over to a higher protein-fibre diet or something.

Your mileage may vary on doctors, if one doesn't seem very good or doesn't seem to address things, find another for another opinion and diagnosis

>>2448472
deppending on whats "holding on line" i'd kick down that door and make a new friend like a savage

>>2445204
Anon I'm 5ft and have no problem pissing in sinks. Either you're extremely short or have very high sinks for some reason.

>>2445983
I wasn't expecting the stick to literally disappear into her fat roll holy shit. You could seriously kill someone by suffocating them in your fat.

>>2446295
My tired ass would try to take a shit in the middle of the night and fall down the fucking stairs

>>2448292
Doesn't pass code, tear it down and start over.

>>2446951
Fuck permits. My parents had their roof fucking destroyed from a recent hail storm and paid a guy to fix it. Him and his team showed up and did a great job completely redid everything in a day. Everything was great for a few weeks until nosey bitchass neighbor asks my parents how they got it done so quickly and next thing you know a few days later they get shit in the mail fining them for not having a permit first. Dude called up the city to see if they had the permits. Fuck people always getting involved in shit that isn't their business.

>>2447408
https://youtu.be/SpbywVudzOc

>>2448516
Time to start poisoning the neighbors

>>2448516
But a-non look at this from a-non's neighbor's perspective: what if a-non's roof caved in an fell on a-non's neighbor's house!?

>>2448531
My parents live on the corner of a street. There's nobody beside them. Said neighbor (And all other neighbors) are across the road.

>>2448485
Time to spin up that comedy routine you had planned for the pub open night

>>2448309
Combine this with a solid gold ball that you can't lift

Bottom of a shower

>>2448214
What's yours?
The claim was made that modern architecture is "soulless" as if that's some inherent condition that is unique to modern architecture.

When that was challenged you acted as if new construction was the culprit when in the cases where it might result in shitty construction its not unique to modern architecture hitecture, which is usually executed with care be ause that's part of the aesthetic and appeal.

Regardless, that's just lazy construction practices and ascribing it to some vaguely spiritual deficit is just talking out your ass because nobody is supposed to ever ask wtf it means and just nod knowingly at your deep wisdom instead.
Half the people who blather about "soul" don't even believe in souls, they just think it makes them sound hip and discerning and above it all.

>>2448540
Is one of the black tiles secretly a drain?

>>2448546
There's no drain at all, they finished before the plumber showed up. Also a missing black diamond in bottom right

>>2448311
it's for adding electrons to the water, it makes it more refreshing

>>2448523
nah, too much risk spoiling the meat

>>2448185
i wish i knew what to tell you, anon, i wish i knew how to help beyond suggesting a pro.
i mostly pass time and wait to die, i find things to do that fill my time in ways i enjoy. i like wood work, reading, i just put a new top on the deck where i live, long walks used to help when i got down, now they are mostly high stakes games of chicken on winding, highish speed roads. i've had so many near misses it doesn't even get my heart rate up anymore.
i am an organ donor, so when someone eventually hits me if there is anything worth salvaging whoever can use it is welcome to it.
since i quit drinking, i cut ties with the people i used to hang out with since that was the only thing i had in common with them. i miss getting black out drunk several nights a week, but don't want to live that way anymore.
i would like to live long enough to see the collapse of society, but i don't care to live through it, life is more work than it's worth most days as it is.

>>2448278
That's why I'm not so willing to just give up completely. I know I've been talking about all kinds of doom and gloom, and murderous cannibalism, but pessimistic stuff isn't on my mind 24/7 thankfully.

Like I mentioned before I mostly just do my own thing, whatever I enjoy, but I'm not in good health. It can make it harder to just do what I want. I can't do too much physical activity, I'm worried about screwing up my joints. They already feel damaged in some way, and I don't want to completely break them. And I fatigue easily too, it's not as bad as it was at one point (where I was perpetually fatigued for no reason), but I'm worried about having a heart attack. Sometimes my heart just feels odd, and I've also had random minor chest pains a couple times. I don't want to over exert myself and die, I'm not in very good shape.

I don't know what's going on, this doesn't make any sense, especially for someone my age. I'm only 21 but I feel like I'm 60. I need to go see the doctor more, whatever is going on with me can't be normal. The only problem is I can never remember to schedule an appointment. I finally got one scheduled though, only problem is it's like 2 months away. Apparently that's the closest opening they had.

I'm gonna try to remember to start going to the doctor more frequently. If I can at least overcome whatever this mental affliction making me feel so slow and confused is, then I will already be much better off to be able to figure out the rest hopefully. I want to find a way to heal myself physically too. I know I'll find a way to heal myself in some way. I got a lot of years ahead of me and I'm not just gonna let it go to waste. I've got things I've been wanting to do.

>>2448472
I've had several blood tests before, but I should get more for other things, since the ones I got so far were all pretty much normal. I have a good doctor, I just don't see him often.

Based on what they tested for, I'm not malnourished, which is only more complicating for trying to figure this thing out. I'm not even overweight, I'm actually underweight. I gotta fix my diet regardless, I don't know how though. I really need to seek help from other people, I can barely even take care of myself. I don't know how I used to do it before. When people try suggesting healthier things to eat, I usually end up saying "I don't feel like having that", or "I don't feel like making that." I don't really have a motivation to do very much in general anyway. If I can at least get rid of this mental fog, then I believe I will be much better off to find and implement solutions into my life.

>>2448644
Oh... I didn't realize how bad off you were.

If I may ask, what country are you from?

I know I've been talking about all kinds of pessimistic stuff, but I'm not actually careless about if I die or not. I don't want to die, I still have things I want to do. I really wish I could offer you advice now, but my mind fails to come up with anything and I'm sorry for that. I'm not sure what to say, maybe try some new hobbies? To be honest, delving into the /x/ tier rabbithole of occult things and magic has really interested me, and I think I found something new to pursue. Maybe you might be interested in such things too. I like to learn, but I feel like I'm finally starting to learn real information about how things work. I feel bad for you, I don't want you to die.

>>2448679
'murrica
i'm not so bad off, just ennui i suppose. a general purposelessness. i'l be 40 in another year or 2, the last time i recall life being at all good was in my early 20s, now it's the same shit over and over. nothing changes, nothing new can be expected. i think life went to shit around 23.
i don't know what the fuck i'm doing or where i should be going.
i would say i'm stuck in a rut, but life has always been pretty much the same as it is now.

>>2448684
I'm only 21 years old. I honestly don't know what I'm supposed to do in life either. I have some goals, but I just don't really have a plan for it. I suppose I'll just try to figure it out as I go along, and take things one step at a time, and chase my own passions instead of someone else's.

I suppose try doing something to change things up a little. Try acting on impulses (as long as they aren't dangerous and gonna get you killed). Plan a long vacation. Maybe even move houses. I've been wanting to try and move, I don't know to where yet, just not in Illinois where I already am. This time in my life isn't a very good one as I've explained earlier, but I can guarantee that at the same time I'm making memories that I'll cherish in the future. Mostly related to occult stuff. I'm not sure how much you believe in any of that, but it's been genuinely fascinating for me to study and learn about, and to discuss and meet other people as a result of this pursuit. Try to find some kind of pursuit like that that you're interested in, something with a community where you can talk to people. I was already falling into a rut, and this pursuit has been pulling me out of it. I was seriously bored and didn't know what to do at all, and then this came along and it's certainly been helping me. And I've pretty much been doing it all sitting behind a computer reading up on things and chatting with people about it.

Well this thread got darker than expected

hmm yes the thread about shitty project work is the right place to blog about life and complain

>>2447428
I did this yesterday and it ruined my mood actually. Bimodal distribution between the people trying and unhealthy sharts who have completely given up.

does car jank count?
if so, i would like some more

>>2448887
off by one, fuck
i also have this one

>>2448841
Just talking about life here, maybe it'll even help some people. I'd say it helped me in some way.

>>2448857
Yes, indeed.

>>2448890
Holy fucking based! :D

>Dodge
Man, that's factory made.

>>2448890
Also, have this: >>2442300

>>2448912
that one is good
i don't have it saved, but there used to be pics from some slav country of a car with a small wood stove mounted in the passenger foot well.
if any of you kind anons has it and could post it, i would appreciate it

>>2447025
This is just the average Parisian/Londoner appartement

>>2448020
think the same contractor did this install?

>>2448335
It could be made of air. Heat will only happen if there is resistance.

>>2449036
I don't have that image, but that reminds me of these Russian YouTubers who tried to get a car to run on firewood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkos_214ZHM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NvBD3-244w

You should check out their channel Garage 54, they got some pretty good content like this. They also have a channel in Russian, of course, being that the ones I posted are an English voiceover.

I wanted to post this earlier, so sorry I'm a little late.

>>2449288
checked
these guys have some great videos
running a car on firewood is old tech, the norwegians did it during WW2 due to their fuel shortages
look into Pegasus gasifiers

>>2449366
That's some cargo cult type shit.

>>2449461
Well?

>>2449302
I have heard of the whole wood gas thing, but I don't know much about it. The only thing I heard was that the Germans were trying to run cars with it in the 30s, but I'm not sure if I'm misremembering it. I didn't know the Norwegians were trying to use it too. I don't think it would've been like how Garage 54 was trying to do it though. Interestingly, it did run for brief periods somehow.

>>2449566
It's been done. It works. It's an utter desperation move with a few select exceptions (sawmill owners etc).

>>2449585
I'm just not sure if how the Garage 54 people were doing it is the best way, or the actual way. I feel like the wood itself being on fire is taking away gases that could be used for the engine. But oddly enough, it did still kinda work.

I feel like it would've been better if the wood itself wasn't on fire, and instead was in a separate receptacle for it to just be super heated instead, so the gases can seep out and not be burnt before it gets to the engine. Like making charcoal.

>>2448684
>>2448692
Interestingly, I just got a fortune cookie that says: "An exciting new friendship will get you out of your rut."

I figured you could use this advice as well, I felt like I should share it. You need to find some friends man, friends that you actually have things in common with. Or spend more time with the few real friends you still have. Please read this.

>>2448684
>>2449663
I realized it may be a little ambiguous here, but I'm the guy you've been talking to, the psycho anon.

>>2449603
as i understand you would want your fuel wood in a separate container, and it works like a steam engine with flammable steam
i could be misremembering about the norwegians, but there was a guy in the states what powered his pickup in 2006 or something like that

>>2449663
maybe some day anon, that would require me to interact with IRL people

>>2449717
You gotta *make* the time to interact with people.

I honestly don't see my friends very often cause I'm busy with other things and I feel like I just need time to relax, but you gotta force yourself to reach out to these people. I find that if I'm hanging out with them, I genuinely enjoy it, even if I would've rather had a lazy day previously. You gotta find ways to have fun man, it can be hard for me to figure out things to do to entertain myself too, but you gotta figure something out. Hanging out with friends is a great way, it really makes things feel better if you got good friends.

We never really have a plan for what we do, we kinda make it up as we go along, but even just seeing each other and talking is enough to make my day better. They never really call me, I've really been the only one organizing get-togethers. We genuinely enjoy each other's company, but I can tell they're going through the exact same thing that I am, we all feel too overburdened and just feel that we need time to relax. But we gotta maintain these relationships or else we all drift apart. Try to talk to your friends more, I know I need to. You still have some real friends that you genuinely enjoy spending time with, right?

>>2449748
the only thing i had in common with the people i used to hang out with was getting drunk, since i quit drinking i don't see much point hanging around with them any more.
nobody ever wanted to go do anything, if they did i generally got left out. the only time i hear from someone now is when there is some sort of work needs done, but my car died and i don't care enough to walk the 9 and a half hours to push a shovel.
such is life

>>2449755
Oh, I was under the impression you did still have at least a few friends you actually like.

But like I mentioned before, try to find a pursuit that you enjoy, one that has a community. I mean, they all have communities, but actually interacting with others in such communities is a great way to meet new friends. I don't really know how to go through life. I don't know if that's just whatever mental affliction is ailing me or if this is how everyone feels, but I suppose this is how people go through life; Finding friends that they actually have things in common with. I mentioned earlier my pursuits and how I've met some new friends, friends that I actually have a lot in common with. You have interests, I encourage you to start involving yourself in some sort of community oriented around them. It sounds like this is what you need. Just try and find something fulfilling to do.

I hope I'm not bothering you too much with trying to get you to socialize more, but I really don't want you to live a depressing life. I don't really know what the future has in store for me, but I'm in a rut too. I'm not really in a position to do much of anything, all I'm doing is just waiting and doing the daily grind while I'm trying to figure my life out. I can't even really do any of my hobbies cause I don't have the space for them, I probably do in some capacity but I don't know how I used to do it all before. I don't know what's wrong with me. We gotta find something fulfilling to do, for our own sakes.

>>2446451
мoнoлит

>>2447582
I wonder what they all do...

>>2450118
Лoл

>>2449755
>>2449769
Looks like the thread is gonna get pruned soon. I really hope you consider my advice, I don't want you to live a depressing life. I still have things I gotta figure out myself, but we still gotta try.

If you're not back by the time the thread gets pruned, I hope we cross paths again someday. In a good way, of course.

>>2450153
some day anon
thanks for your concern

>>2450164
Good luck out there.

>>2450204
you too, anon

>>2450205
But don't take too long to try my advice, or else more and more time will keep going by the longer you put it off.

It's been over a month since I last talked one of my best friends, I think I'll go see him again soon.

>>2450205
>>2450209
You didn't leave before you saw this at least, right?

>>2450228
i seen't it anon

>>2450247
Alright, thanks for telling me. I didn't want one of my pieces of advice to be missed.

>>2450249
i appreciate the effort anon

>>2450265
You're welcome. :)

If you're ever feeling bored, remember me and everything I said. I really hope it'll get you into a better place in life. If you want, you can even right click and save the webpage after it's archived so you can revisit it and remember it better for later. I don't seem to have a very good memory, and things like that help to remind me of the specifics of something better. I want you to remember what I said, so that it can come to mind again when you may need it most in life.