Somebody just asked if I had a chainsaw they could borrow.
And now I'm asking myself: how could I arrive at this stage of my life, and not own a chainsaw?
What have I been doing with my time?!
@HopeSeeker Well...beer and a chainsaw sounds like bad combo.
@sumpnlikefaith That was a sub theme, I believe. 😎
@LnzyHou Based on the evidence I saw in a chainsaw ad one time, I think everyone owns a chainsaw...or, y'know, should!
Go buy yourself one.
First, I prefer a Milwaukee Sawzall for about 90% of cutting shit jobs, though a chainsaw is better for you know, cutting down big ass trees.
Second, if I won't lend my good scissors, I'm definitely not loaning a saw.
Finally, most folks really don't need either.
Yer fine. 😉
@Cosmichomicide Okay, but if I had a chainsaw, and someone wanted to cut something enormous (and possibly sketchy) with it, I could go do that for them!
I mean, like, then I'd have a chainsaw, and I'd be using it -- win-win!
Running a chainsaw sounds like a lot more fun than it is. But yes, you could. 🤣
@Cosmichomicide The one time I've ever used a chainsaw, it was to cut a large shed in a warehouse lot into pieces small enough to fit in a dumpster.
Here was my training:
"You know how to use a chainsaw?"
"No."
"Wanna learn?"
"Yes!"
"Here's how you start it. Here's the throttle. There you go!"
I'll tell you, that was a riot! I still can't believe I got paid for that! 😀
Oooh, you should totally try axe throwing then! Super fun!
@sumpnlikefaith Not shopping for a chainsaw? lol 😉😘
@Warpspeed3 Right?! Wow, I've been wasting so much time!
Now I just have to figure out how many chainsaws I need to make up for it!
@sumpnlikefaith A couple of dozen should do! 🙃
@Warpspeed3 This sounds like sound advice to me!
But I should probably ask: is that a hard limit? Like, if I suddenly end up with 25 or 26, then what?
@sumpnlikefaith I don’t know. Math is my worst subject! 🙃
@sumpnlikefaith why don't you have a chainsaw?
@peeppeepcircus This is an existential question that is simply over my head.
@sumpnlikefaith @peeppeepcircus
My guess is the chainsaw in the movie was actually “toxic masculinity.” You are probably a nice guy, @sumpnlikefaith!
@HopeSeeker @peeppeepcircus Thanks for the vote of confidence!
I've only used a chainsaw a single, solitary time in my whole life, and I didn't hurt myself or anyone else.
So despite my other regrets, I am glad I haven't done anything to mess up that track record.
unpopular opinion, but i'm on team chainsaw. aside from the fact that you need it in rural life, you can be the one to help a neighbor after a storm downs a tree on a road. no toxic masculinity detected.
@peeppeepcircus @HopeSeeker I would only want one so that I could be helpful.
And I'd only want to put a giant supercharger on it so that I could be helpful way faster!
Add a jetpack and you could be a new superhero.
@peeppeepcircus Not opposed to chainsaws (used responsibly by sober folks) in any way - Just remembering a very old, silly movie you have probably neither seen. The subject involved a dad staying home and providing child care while the mom worked outside the home…
@sumpnlikefaith protecting your fingers? 🤪🤣🤗
@sumpnlikefaith
Possibly not playing Mr. Mom? (Surely you do have a can of beer, though?)