If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.
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For the record, the thing that inspired this thread was that I actually did need to nail in a nail, but I did not have a hammer. So I initially tried nailing it in with wirecutters, which did not work, and then I tried again with a putty knife, and that worked extremely well. So I guess the moral is that everything looks like a hammer, but only some things are actually hammers
@mcc hammers: somewhat overrated
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When you have a nail, everything looks like a hammer
https://doomscroller.social/notes/ancenempdid801ui@mcc this does in fact apply to screwdriver. screwdriver can be poker, lever, chisel, nailset, scraper, etc. when you have X, screwdriver looks like solution
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc I must have a lot of wrenches, because everything looks nuts to me right now.
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For the record, the thing that inspired this thread was that I actually did need to nail in a nail, but I did not have a hammer. So I initially tried nailing it in with wirecutters, which did not work, and then I tried again with a putty knife, and that worked extremely well. So I guess the moral is that everything looks like a hammer, but only some things are actually hammers
every putty knife i've known has been a flimsy thing with no weight in it
you must have one hell of a beast of a putty knife
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@kgjenkins @mcc If all you have is a shop vac, every problem looks like a mess left over from the last several projects.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc If you have a hammer, you could also break the lock.
If you only see nails when holding a hammer, that is a lack of imagination.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc I think you need a second padlock to open a padlock
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc vibes of "ask me how I know"
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a hammer. It's hammer time.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
>meanwhile
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc maybe its not having a hammer specifically (and everything looking like a nail), but the inability to adapt that makes you want to beat on everything and nails look easy
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When you have a nail, everything looks like a hammer
https://doomscroller.social/notes/ancenempdid801ui@mcc to be fair almost everything *is* a hammer if you need it to
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@mcc maybe its not having a hammer specifically (and everything looking like a nail), but the inability to adapt that makes you want to beat on everything and nails look easy
@mcc @ifnotnow Oh, I wouldn't go that far. There was a song about hammering in the morning, hammering in the evening, all over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice
It's with the bell of Freedom...
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc I like the way you express it. In a way, any tool has a purpose, depending on how you use it. Its about being wise and possessing wisdom.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
An old trick I learned early in my maintenance career, a hammer can open a lock. And working nightshift, one learns to become a locksmith. We have all access master keys, but locks are ticklish...
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
If you have a hammer, you can hold it by the heavy metal part, and then everything starts looking like a huge stone block which needs to be nudged into place.
🤪https://o.mastodon.au/media_attachments/files/116/586/506/816/612/054/original/2ce90e10bf2dcb63.jpg
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc neither am I but I'm taking it right to heart.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
@mcc When I have a hammer all I see are missing dents screaming for freedom.
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If all you have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. But if all you have is a screwdriver or a wrench, this doesn't necessarily mean that everything looks like a screw or a bolt, because either of those items can be used as an improvised hammer. Also if you have two wrenches you can break a padlock without needing boltcutters. I'm not actually sure what the moral here is
The real hammers were all the nails we improvised along the way?
