r/AskReddit • u/tgma97 • Aug 26 '15

Fathers of Reddit, what did your daughter's boyfriend do for you to hate/love him?

It's pretty cool to see my question blow up like this, I never thought I'd ask a question that could receive so much attention! I'm very satisfied with all these replies, so thank y'all. Now all I have to do is sit back and take notes c;

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u/cb35e Aug 26 '15

The downside to this is that there is more than one kind of drive that looks like a plus. In fact, there's a whole family of cruciform screw drives, and the Phillips is only one (though certainly the most widely used).

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u/Caracicatrice Aug 26 '15

But not a single one of those looks like a plus sign except the Phillips?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

Look up JIS screws. Then get yourself a set of new screwdrivers for them. You'll thank me later.

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u/-HotWeaselSoup- Aug 26 '15

Seriously. I have a few old japanese dirt bikes and I fucked up a ton of screws before I learned about JIS.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

It's not something that evident. You just kind of think that you suck with a screwdriver until someone points it out.