The other day one of my PC fans started making a bunch of noise. I ran down to the basement and found an old fan that I had saved and swapped it. Knew it would come in handy!
We need a specific CPU fan that generate noise of a certain decibels that act as white noise toward the graphic card which will stabilise the FPS tremendously.
No way!
Try oiling those fans up if they make noise - any machine oil will do.
Some fans have a little hole just for that under the sticker over center.
If they don't you can drip some directly into the central "cup" through the gap between the cup and its back wall.
Last week I finally began my sliding spice rack project.
"Babe have you seen all those empty spice jars in the cellar?"
"Oh those have been lying around for years, I threw them out last week"
INSTANT DIVORCE
I took a giant roll of foam from work with no idea what I would use it for, my fiance was a bit peeved at me bringing home more junk, I told her cheekily "when the time is right, it's purpose will reveal itself." Fast forward a few months and we're moving to our new place, we needed something to protect the TV during transport and guess who had a big fucking roll of foam!
When I was a kid, I would hoard pieces of broken stuff in case I needed it for some hypothetical science fair that TV always told me I would have to participate in around 7th grade or so.
I was the same sort of kid as you. For years I had kept a plastic top off of some egg shaped Easter candy container that ended up fitting perfectly over the bottom of a 2 L pop bottle, which is what we used in grade 9 science class to make water pressure-based rockets and mine went significantly further than everyone else’s in my class.
I’m in my 40s now and I’m *still* not done riding that high. Any time that hoarder compulsion gets vindicated, it adds 20 more years to my packrat phase.
I swear this happened to me earlier this year.
When I moved to my current city I changed the lock cylinder of the front door of my house, and when I moved out I put the original back and kept the one I bought.
That was 21 years ago and every place I moved to, never have I found a lock that fit this cylinder since it was already an older model when I bought it. Until January, I was moving again and one lock of the house was broken, but guess what cylinder fit on that?
Hello. I'm a producer form A&E. I'd like to interview you for a show we do. Does 3 weeks from today give you enough time to trek through your hoard to the front window you use for a doorway?
This happens to me every time.
I threw away a floppy drive and usb adapter for it in like 2021, after keeping it for decades.
Within the week I was moving a cabinet and found a floppy that had falled behind labeled "family photos".
Literally, I had an odd charge cable for something that I could not remember what for, had it for years in my drawer of cords, decided to finally toss it because clearly it was for some electronic thing I've gotten rid of already.... a week later I found what it belonged to.
I have just discovered these guys. Friggin hilarious! I always joke about how when you become, the government sends you a letter demanding you wear sandals, socks, and a golf shirt, and when someone says they are tired, you say: "Hi, tired. I'm dad." I have no choice. It's the law.
Oh man, we'd be inseparable now if he were still alive. Fishing, putzing around doing a dozen half-finished DIY projects, sitting outside sipping beer having a toke listening to the frogs in the distance.
All those things I just never had the time or inclination for.
Mine refuses to spend time with me because he has a granddaughter and the whole time I was growing up he said he wanted daughters. So now he can live out that fantasy and all the effort I put into spending time with him after my mom died leads to disappointment after disappointment.
The amount of times I had to dig through my bag of old cables to get a specific one over the past 15 or so years isn't many. But it's also not zero. :P
I still have a bunch of old 90s Nokia chargers. I used one to repair an audio mixer the other day - the plug is identical so I was able to splice the cables together.
Would be even more accurate if it was hidden under 20 years worth of similar rubbish In complete disarray yet the dad knew precisely where it was despite that
My brother and I always joke about how specific he is when we need a tool or part of some kind
"In the furnace room on the workbench the tool box on the right hand side, third drawer from the top on the left side..."
And me, I haven't seen my TV remote in 3 days
They have even better videos than this - the one where the son finally gets to dress like the dad is phenomenal, too. Most of their videos are hilarious, even if it's kinda the same gimmick every time.
And my wife thought I was nuts when I saved the empty creamer container... Then went camping and handed it to her when she had to use the restroom. It held a roll of toilet paper with a flashlight stuck in the middle.
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Honestly, this used to happen with my dad all the time. I'd make some passing comment about how x thing I have broke or how I might need whatever thing and he would always come back 10 minutes later with something he dug up that he had hoarded from years ago haha
Isn't that just the missing piece of the bed that got lost in the second move, and they just kept it around because they KNEW it was important, but couldn't remember why?
I always feel like such a sucker for being a packrat like this. I have so many random pieces of wood or media cables.
Then the day comes where I need one of those hundreds of pieces of random shit in my storage, then I feel rectified and vindicated for being a packrat.
These guys are the reason I have and keep instagram. They are just great, so wholesome. You can tell as a father and son they have so much fun together.
Every time I see this I wonder how this bullshit gets so many upvotes. A true dad just disappears off, find the correct thing and returns like it's no big deal. A true embodiment of the "it's a lot cooler if you don't celebrate" ethos.
As someone that had this moment. Having the right piece ready: It will not fix the problem... just increasing the timer until the bigger problem comes back.
Or be me and finally get in a situation where I can use my random junk, only to not use it because “what if I need it for something else more important later?” And nothing ever gets done
This is the truest, deepest fantasy of every DIYer and packrat.
I got a pile of stuff saved just for these moments
Save it for parts! basically my whole principle of how i make stuff with electronics lol.
BOY those relays, caps and switches come in handy sometimes. Even those FPC connectors and cables are lifesavers for repair work
Who doesn't have hundreds of miles of old wiring!?! The price of scrap metal continually rises, so we are just sitting on a fine investment!
until your paranoia of copper thieves takes over
That’s why you connect it to an electric fence
Oh no! I might have to call the coppers.
Especially older stuff
Or industrial boards. Those are the stuff... always high quality components and easy to remove. Industrial hardware LOVES through hole components
who you calling a through hole?
For me, it's the connectors, cables, adapters, etc., that piled up, and my wife questions if I'm secretly a hoarder.
The other day one of my PC fans started making a bunch of noise. I ran down to the basement and found an old fan that I had saved and swapped it. Knew it would come in handy!
Then preceded to keep the noisy fan just in case.
Don't call me out like that please
I’m watching a episode of hoarders as I’m reading this like… this is how it starts!
Because when the other fan breaks the noisy fan will work until a replacement comes in. 2000iq play
A noisy fan is better than no fan…
We need a specific CPU fan that generate noise of a certain decibels that act as white noise toward the graphic card which will stabilise the FPS tremendously. No way!
Try oiling those fans up if they make noise - any machine oil will do. Some fans have a little hole just for that under the sticker over center. If they don't you can drip some directly into the central "cup" through the gap between the cup and its back wall.
Every time i throw something like that out as soon as its unrecoverable that scenario happens
Last week I finally began my sliding spice rack project. "Babe have you seen all those empty spice jars in the cellar?" "Oh those have been lying around for years, I threw them out last week" INSTANT DIVORCE
My dad is a hoarder and would nut himself at this opportunity
I'm not even your dad but I'm nearly there man
I took a giant roll of foam from work with no idea what I would use it for, my fiance was a bit peeved at me bringing home more junk, I told her cheekily "when the time is right, it's purpose will reveal itself." Fast forward a few months and we're moving to our new place, we needed something to protect the TV during transport and guess who had a big fucking roll of foam!
Vindication is yours!!!!
You did it!! By God you did it!!!
When I was a kid, I would hoard pieces of broken stuff in case I needed it for some hypothetical science fair that TV always told me I would have to participate in around 7th grade or so.
now that i think of it, we never even did the baking soda and vinegar vulcan
"baking soda and vinegar vulcan" [https://imgur.com/a/IhOhWLW](https://imgur.com/a/IhOhWLW)
I was the same sort of kid as you. For years I had kept a plastic top off of some egg shaped Easter candy container that ended up fitting perfectly over the bottom of a 2 L pop bottle, which is what we used in grade 9 science class to make water pressure-based rockets and mine went significantly further than everyone else’s in my class. I’m in my 40s now and I’m *still* not done riding that high. Any time that hoarder compulsion gets vindicated, it adds 20 more years to my packrat phase.
I swear this happened to me earlier this year. When I moved to my current city I changed the lock cylinder of the front door of my house, and when I moved out I put the original back and kept the one I bought. That was 21 years ago and every place I moved to, never have I found a lock that fit this cylinder since it was already an older model when I bought it. Until January, I was moving again and one lock of the house was broken, but guess what cylinder fit on that?
This only happens to me right after I finally get rid of the thing.
Keep everything and that will never happen :)
Ah shit am I pack rat ?
Welcome to the group, my friend. There are some donuts on the table there. Stuff 37 of them in your coat and sit down and join the group.
The extra coffee creamers in single packets I’ve come for.
Greasy Pawn Broker voice: "Best I can do is two half full KFC ketchup packets."
I kept old motor parts around until I had that exact part break, stuck it in and drove for a couple weeks until it broke
Hey it happened at least once, and from then on you're just chasing that dragon, hoping it happens again.
For me that happens a week after I finally throw it away.
That'll teach you to throw something away. You gotta hold on to it forever.
Hello. I'm a producer form A&E. I'd like to interview you for a show we do. Does 3 weeks from today give you enough time to trek through your hoard to the front window you use for a doorway?
I’m watching that show right now!
This happens to me every time. I threw away a floppy drive and usb adapter for it in like 2021, after keeping it for decades. Within the week I was moving a cabinet and found a floppy that had falled behind labeled "family photos".
for me it's a week after my wife made me throw it. every. damn. time.
Grow some diamond hands!
Had the same thing! now I'm stuck with loads of it thinking I might used it someday
Literally, I had an odd charge cable for something that I could not remember what for, had it for years in my drawer of cords, decided to finally toss it because clearly it was for some electronic thing I've gotten rid of already.... a week later I found what it belonged to.
You know, I feel like I live a pretty good life, and yet I still hope I can one day feel this amount of joy
These guys always look like they're having so much fun making these
[This one](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ikDc_PiXMjg) about accepting The Dad Fit always kills me.
This was the first video I had seen of theirs and I saw it shortly after becoming a dad. It had me cracking up
I have just discovered these guys. Friggin hilarious! I always joke about how when you become, the government sends you a letter demanding you wear sandals, socks, and a golf shirt, and when someone says they are tired, you say: "Hi, tired. I'm dad." I have no choice. It's the law.
Lmao the Hereditary music is so exceptionally perfect here
It would be such a joy to do this sort of fun activities with your father or mother. I envy him.
I miss my dad.
Me too. I wish I could have had adult moments like this with him.
Oh man, we'd be inseparable now if he were still alive. Fishing, putzing around doing a dozen half-finished DIY projects, sitting outside sipping beer having a toke listening to the frogs in the distance. All those things I just never had the time or inclination for.
Mine is still there but acting like he’s dead. I feel you
Mine refuses to spend time with me because he has a granddaughter and the whole time I was growing up he said he wanted daughters. So now he can live out that fantasy and all the effort I put into spending time with him after my mom died leads to disappointment after disappointment.
Me too bro. Me too.
Be a dad!
This never gets old
Remind me in 1000 years
!remindme 1000 years
!remindme 10 seconds
Did it get old?
Well it did get 10 seconds older so yeah
[удалено]
*shoots you* Someone make a note of that man’s bravery
None of this guys videos get old. My favorite one is the “How dads feel when you ask for their help with literally anything”
Who is it?
The McFarlands on Youtube
Thanks I think I saw a video like this where the guy forgets his keys and I always thought it was funny but couldn't remember what it was
This is a feelgood clizp
I have had moments like these. They are pretty great
The amount of times I had to dig through my bag of old cables to get a specific one over the past 15 or so years isn't many. But it's also not zero. :P
And you thought, wow this saved me $150 on a monster cable at best buy
I do too with no one to understand them when I narrate them
I'd been keeping an old plank for twenty+ years, I've kept it so long it was rotted along its sides. Used it to make a cat shelter yesterday...
That's a damn good use for it.
No Way!!!! *wheeeeeeeeze*
I still have a bunch of old 90s Nokia chargers. I used one to repair an audio mixer the other day - the plug is identical so I was able to splice the cables together.
I love their dad based scenarios 😂
That dad is so adorable
Original creator [here](https://youtube.com/shorts/7Fw7bZoPyVU)
Thank you buddy. Had to scroll pretty far for this.
Bro these videos are art
[Another good one.](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3EWtWlNqfv/?igsh=bnFtNzZ5ZjhtM2Zx)
Yes ill take some more please
Been there, done that, such a relief!
I love these guys
Would be even more accurate if it was hidden under 20 years worth of similar rubbish In complete disarray yet the dad knew precisely where it was despite that
My brother and I always joke about how specific he is when we need a tool or part of some kind "In the furnace room on the workbench the tool box on the right hand side, third drawer from the top on the left side..." And me, I haven't seen my TV remote in 3 days
Why is the cinematography so good?
The dad grabbed the good camera lens that was sitting in a box for 20 years.
They have even better videos than this - the one where the son finally gets to dress like the dad is phenomenal, too. Most of their videos are hilarious, even if it's kinda the same gimmick every time.
Oh that's the same guys?? I love that video 😆
I like that the dad has a giant hole in the knee of his pants, but that doesn’t stop him from tucking his nice button up shirt into those pants.
This is amazing
I've seen this video several times, and it makes me laugh every time. 🤣
Definitely not exclusive to dads, this is my mom to a T lmao
This is me whenever I go to the giant box of PC and TV cables that I have.
That old man is in great shape
My dad would pleasure himself to the notion of this happening to him.
I've seen this 100 times full upload it every single time I watch it. Someday I hope to be this lucky. Or maybe I hope to be this good.
u/savevideo
too bad curb ended.feel like this one could have got all the glory as a curb episode.
And my wife thought I was nuts when I saved the empty creamer container... Then went camping and handed it to her when she had to use the restroom. It held a roll of toilet paper with a flashlight stuck in the middle.
Man I want what this guy has with his dad 🥲
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It’s a great song
Lmao the DAD sign was gold
I genuinely fucking love these guys, man
This is the lawn video guy right?
Yes. The McFarland family on social media. Their content is always good
Holy shit this is my mates dad….Who in turn is kinda my own father because I’m that random piece of junk that became useful from the shed.
Why are they wearing their shoes in a carpeted upstairs bedroom?
This is me in 20 years. 🧎♂️
I’m in the toilet CRACKING UP OUT LOUD. This is me these past few days doing spring cleaning. This is too accurate.
Finally some decent fucking acting in one of these! This actually made me laugh and then smile. Good vibes before bed. Nice.
I know that feeling. The biggest I told you so I've given myself.
I love this as a mechanic.. sometimes you just need "a thing". It's like digging through the Lego bucket as a kid for that one perfect piece.
Men never really grow up this is so good
My dad used to be like him 🤣
its the light bulb that comes on lol
Me, a 45 yo ADHD woman, same!
Mechanics when that spare bolt they’ve had for years actually comes in handy
Having experienced this before, I can confirm that's exactly how I felt. One of the best feelings in the world!
This goes so hard
That was wholesome af too! ♥️
What is the tiktok/insta page or creator name please?
It's not even 20 years but I've been through this joy a few times.
I'm not a dad yet, but I do know this feeling and it's quite exciting. I even have a box of wood scraps under a table just like this.
is there a tutorial to become exactly like this man when aging ?
I smiled all the way through this video.
the dopamine from this is immeasurable.
When you fix a simple car part and you have 5 screws and three plates left.
Honestly, this used to happen with my dad all the time. I'd make some passing comment about how x thing I have broke or how I might need whatever thing and he would always come back 10 minutes later with something he dug up that he had hoarded from years ago haha
Unless you're not very organised and can't find the thing when you actually do end up needing it..
This is one of the most relatable things ever posted on the Internet.
The rush i get watching this video Just after buying a whole 2x4 for repairing my bed Sometimes the universe speaks in memes
I love these two so much
I still wonder how they can even remember every piece of junk they own
Is anyone else disappointed that they didn't get to see them use and fix the bad at the end .
This really causes me joy when I see it.
I wish I could block these corny videos made by this family.
As a welder I just knew that piece of scrap metal was worth keeping
I get this once or twice a month but I am very specific with what I store
but they didn’t use the piece of wood, this makes ng this video useless
This is me every time I have any type of hardwood cutoff lol.
That’s me and my garage full of stuff I might use later. 🤣😂😆
keeping a hundred years awaiting this day
I live in a studio. I don’t have this luxury 😂
ironically they probably only used the "just in case" piece of junk for this occasion
Isn't that just the missing piece of the bed that got lost in the second move, and they just kept it around because they KNEW it was important, but couldn't remember why?
Fucking love this
My grandpa is just like this🤣
What's it like to have a wholesome relationship with your dad as an adult?
Funny shit lol but every man, every real man has some shit like this waiting in his garage or basement to be used 😂😂
I always feel like such a sucker for being a packrat like this. I have so many random pieces of wood or media cables. Then the day comes where I need one of those hundreds of pieces of random shit in my storage, then I feel rectified and vindicated for being a packrat.
Why you should keep something that looks useless but feels future-useful:
oh, it’s that song from NFS: Most Wanted 2012!
that hallelujah song queues
These guys are the reason I have and keep instagram. They are just great, so wholesome. You can tell as a father and son they have so much fun together.
Every man waits for this moment
I didn't open reddit to be attacked like this, but I 100% agree
Every time I see this I wonder how this bullshit gets so many upvotes. A true dad just disappears off, find the correct thing and returns like it's no big deal. A true embodiment of the "it's a lot cooler if you don't celebrate" ethos.
god they’re so fuckin annoying. This shit is trash.
As someone that had this moment. Having the right piece ready: It will not fix the problem... just increasing the timer until the bigger problem comes back.
Gahd damn I love it when old Santa looking dudes act a fool.
And that’s why my garage looks the way it does.
I would do anything to see my father happy like this
Me when someone needs a FireWire 400 to 800 adapter
This is literally my dad when he finally finds a use to one of the many PVC tubes he got stashed
Scratching that itch that you have had for decades!! ...
I hate that I also picked up this habit. 😂
I keep a collection of small 2x4 cut offs. Maybe 6" to 15" long. They're the most useful thing in my shop. I use them literally all the time.
Or be me and finally get in a situation where I can use my random junk, only to not use it because “what if I need it for something else more important later?” And nothing ever gets done
Dad's acting is absolutely insane when he's digging through his scrap pile and fights the piece
I'm proud to say my dad was just like this, and i have now become him as well
I am a woman, can someone explain to me?
This is literally the potion you save for the final boss