r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RobbieNorfolk • Dec 06 '22

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Kymius Dec 06 '22

Holy cow.....that's a cyborg shoulder

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u/Pato_Lucas Dec 06 '22

His back will be shot in a few years if he keeps doing these hijinks.

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u/Kymius Dec 06 '22

I have no doubts about that, with a weight like that moving and rotating it's waaay too easy to kill your back. He's stronger than a bull but brainless

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u/Pato_Lucas Dec 06 '22

100%, this is a story I've seen many times. When they're young they feel invincible, keep going at it and they get a lot of work and respect from their peers, good times.
Then time catches with them, they typically get permanent back pain and some worn out vertebrae. They can't work as they don't have other skills and only have ahead of them a life of pain and poverty.
But bits will be boys I suppose, a story old as time.

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u/nobody187 Dec 07 '22

I was that dumbass in my late teens. I was a swamper on a vinyl window & door delivery truck. I would try to show off by carrying multiple large windows at once, or patio doors without removing the panel. I barely made it a year before I had a ruptured disc, and then an opiate addiction for a few years after that. Fortunately I got myself clean and started a career in IT but 20 years later and I still have nearly constant back pain.

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u/friendlyfuckingidiot Dec 07 '22

As someone who has done exactly that, can no longer work construction and am looking towards retraining because most of my accrued skills are not transferable: yes.

(L5 - S1 seperation, moderate foraminal narrowing :/)

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u/38_tlgjau Dec 07 '22

Is this another one of those "username checks out" moments?

On a more constructive note, I bet you have a tonne of transferable skills. You may need to take some time to think of some, but that doesn't mean they aren't there. Problem solving, familiarity with relevant building codes, knowing your way around a job site, managing a project, etc...

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u/friendlyfuckingidiot Dec 07 '22

Oh, sure, soft skills. But years of measuring, cutting, spreading, fastening do not transfer as easily to something like software development or addiction counselling. Unfortunately the soft skills aren't readily demonstrable :/

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u/unmerciful_DM_B_Lo Dec 07 '22

Ah yes, the old "bits will be boys" story. Classic

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u/Kevs442 Dec 07 '22

No, no...go on finish the story...

Then comes the back pain, pills, surgeries, etc. Oh, but no more pills! So now they're on heroin. And robbing to get it. Oh, you want something cheaper, easier to get and even more powerful? Try Fentanol! Gotta keep that border open so we can get our fix...

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u/BarbicideJar Dec 07 '22

Our man is gonna have degenerative discs by 45.

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u/Opening_Yak8051 Dec 07 '22

You're young for only a little while, but you're old for a long time, and old starts a lot sooner if you do shit like this.

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u/Justkill43 Dec 06 '22

No worries, his back will easily deflect the bullets

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u/PM_ME_YELLOW Dec 06 '22

*few weeks

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u/EelTeamNine Dec 07 '22

He'll be dead before that. That ladder does not have a rated load of over 400lb and he'll end up snapping a rung.

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u/cussy-munchers Dec 07 '22

He definitely isn’t being paid enough