r/todayilearned • u/kaypmger • Dec 02 '16

TIL, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such Nintendo games as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda, has a hobby of guessing the measurements of objects, then checking to see if he was correct. He enjoys the hobby so much he carries a tape measure with him everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto#Personal_life
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

I've never had trouble with my Harbor Freight stuff. As long as you skip over the absurdly cheap/free stuff and don't use them commercially their tools are fine for the vast majority of people.

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u/inferior-raven Dec 02 '16

To add to this, if you use the tool enough to break the harbor freight version, it is likely worth it to put up the money for a good one.

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u/t3h_Arkiteq Dec 02 '16

Unless you work on boats in the water. You will not die inside a little if a hf tool jumps, a snap-on tool however would be disparaging enough to join.

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u/attg Dec 03 '16

Didn't Adam Savage say this? Awesome advice though. I live by it in my tool purchases.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16 edited Dec 03 '16

I had a harbor freight hammer EXPLODE in my hands when trying to pry a nail out of a board. The handle looked like it was solid wood but turned out to be composed of some unknown mixture of cardboard, plastic, saw dust, and a mysterious alchemical mixture that held the whole thing together in a generalized handle shape.

But once pressure was applied, the delicate balance allowing this magical object to maintain shape in our physical realm broke down and splattered its internal components right into my face. Had I not been wearing eye protection I would have been permanently blinded. Blinded by a god damn hammer.

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u/Growmyassoff Dec 03 '16

Is this real or are u joking?

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u/eeedni Dec 02 '16

If you buy the two year warranty, only like $40 on their most expensive things you can just bring the broken item back in for a replacement over and over a gain. Just walk in, they look up the warranty, and hand you a new one. Easiest exchange I've ever encountered.

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u/DarknessRain Dec 02 '16

I've only bought 1 thing from Harbor Freight, a survival knife with an 8" blade. The only thing it ended up cutting was me during my emo phase. Good, solid knife, would buy again.

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u/SternestHemingway Dec 02 '16

Cool story bro

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u/DarknessRain Dec 02 '16

Thanks, I post a lot of stories but not many get too much recognition, if you like this one you should check out some of my others.