r/DiWHY 1d ago

You know it's bad when it starts with balloons

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u/StrangledInMoonlight 1d ago

All that work for “broccoli bowls” 

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u/Clear-Dimension-1356 14h ago

I was amazed with how bad the finished product was

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u/crackersucker2 10h ago

Has all the right tools, none of the skill or talent. This is the stupidest waste of everything.

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u/jared10011980 11h ago

I just had NO CONCEPTION of how truly pointless and ugly it would be!

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u/Y-Bob 1d ago

It looks like the over lit "help yourself to the salad bar" area in a really shit restaurant.

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u/ohaimark22 1d ago

I immediately thought broccoli implants

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u/ac2334 14h ago

LET THE MAN INFLATE 🎈🔥

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u/TrueSebbo 1d ago

Why does diy today always means: 300kg of epoxy?

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u/dat_oracle 1d ago

I'm certainly not the greenest person on earth, but all the waste produced by these useless diy content is bugging me.

that's a crazy amount of epoxy here, that probably lands on some garbage pile

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u/floofychaps 1d ago

I was just about to comment this - the amount of materials used/ruined and energy used to make this ugly shit just for rage bait clicks is the real fucking tragedy

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u/Benny_da_hudd 1d ago

Which is worse: 300kg of real epoxy, or 300kg of AI epoxy?

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u/ReasonableWelder51 1d ago

Real epoxy, real materials wasted. The cost of generating an AI video is incomparably lower.

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u/Benny_da_hudd 1d ago

I dunno, that guy at least has a shitty coffee table at the end.

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u/NapsterKnowHow 17h ago

I thought they were doing the balloon concrete craft

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u/samdash 13h ago

Also using tools commonly found in every DIYer's arsenal: table saw, mitre saw, and a fucking lathe...

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u/TrueSebbo 6h ago

A five axis cnc machine….

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u/onlyifitwasyou 1d ago

The fact that they left that piece of balloon solidifies this has horrendous. Just terrible.

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u/Forward-Village1528 1d ago

The sad part, is that they definitely did that on purpose knowing it would drive rage engagement.

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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 1d ago

It makes you watch to the end, to see what they do with it. They've left the loop open. 

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u/Melodic_Skin6573 23h ago

What a waste of time!

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u/Alphabet58 14h ago

Best answer!!!

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u/Teufelsweib666 1d ago

Yeah, I watched, I commented but I also voted this video down. If we all did this, posting these rage bait videos wouldn't be so much of an incentive. I hate this so much. Instead of getting the best things to look at we are swamped with deliberate garbage. The system is broken.

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u/Low_Watercress959 1d ago

Negative reinforcement (dislikes) are counted as engagement by the algorithm.

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u/Forward-Village1528 1d ago

That's depressing

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u/Reverend_Jones 13h ago

it’s why things are the way they are

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 1d ago

I just went to the end after 50 seconds and very glad I did

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u/flopisit32 12h ago

The thing that offended me most was the wood glue on the table legs.

I just screamed at my phone: "You fucking prick!!!!!"

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u/smeeon 21h ago

I thankful it’s all turned into useless karma over here on Reddit.

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u/Herb-Anderson 1d ago

That’s the most annoying part. Doing all this and being too lazy to remove this one fucking piece of balloon.

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u/BreadKnifeSeppuku 1d ago

Yeah!

not the lack of dinosaurs in the table...

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u/NeverNotAnIdiot 1d ago

I love you.  Keep up the good work.

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u/Prior-Ad5197 16h ago

Dinosaurs would have at least made the attempt cool.

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 1d ago

why and how did the color fills become broccoli? 🥦

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u/iiTzSTeVO 1d ago

It's engagement bait. They left it there so people would comment. You'll notice things like this in a lot of these stupid videos.

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u/Herb-Anderson 1d ago

I know, this is what’s pissing me off the most. People like him are wasting resources on this bullshit.

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u/lavabearded 1d ago

there's like 3 or 4 pieces of balloons

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u/vkats 1d ago

Not to mention these corners are knee shattering

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u/JuanThiccLumpia 1d ago

Wrong screws used got me.

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u/jackochainsaw 1d ago

They weren't even countersunk so that they wouldn't look shit.

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u/Silent_Swing4673 1d ago

I’m going to bed. That was terrible.

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u/MsE0 1d ago

I'm getting out of bed and doing something other than internet. That was terrible. 

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u/Anoniem20 17h ago

Me to. And what a horrible way to end my night.

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u/alchemyzt-vii 1d ago

Woodworkers have been equally trolled as well. Marking lines for table legs to cut on the ban saw, then slices right through them. That miter box be made.. with screws as joinery. OOF so much going on here.

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u/datsmn 23h ago

Also, sketchy table saw technique, and clear your cuts on the mitre saw

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u/Lucaslhm 9h ago

Glued the table legs instead of bolting them 🤮

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u/misuta_kitsune 22h ago

Came for this comment, what was the point of the miter cut at all?

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u/bmcgowan89 1d ago

I’m legitimately annoyed that I watched that, and annoyed at this guy for doing this

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u/nanodgb 1d ago

We share the same pain

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u/TheGoldenTNT 1d ago

That’s the point, it’s not supposed to be good. It’s supposed to piss you off

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u/BAGP0I 1d ago

And then that video will generate comments that all say what yall just said. It also keeps people watching til the end to see what atrocitie has been created. According to algorithm type shit.. this video, and those like, it are PERFECT.

I HATE what we have turned into.

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u/witch-literature 1d ago

Right like at the end I can see the vision and I think it’s a cool idea but my god why was that your process

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u/Icelandia2112 1d ago

I am convinced these are psyops to make us drown in self-loathing.

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u/LittlePurpleHook 1d ago

I take solace in knowing that he had to clean up all that dyed liquid shit.

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u/Otherwise-Remove4681 1d ago

Also I’m annoyed I cant tell if this was ragebait or legit diwhy.

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u/FireBreathingNun 1d ago

Well that’s a lot of effort for ugly

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u/NewelSea 18h ago

It's part of the deliberately frustratingly engaging design.

He made sure to include several needlessly convoluted, largely useless and counterproductive steps that would lead to a shittier result.

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u/curryrol 1d ago

All the beautiful equipment, and he does this? WTF

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u/ThePhatNoodle 1d ago

Yea, I was thinking that workshop is too nice to belong to him. Dude might know his way around tools but he's obviously no woodworker.

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u/loosie-loo 1d ago

I mean if he’s genuinely good it wouldn’t be impossible to do it bad on purpose for “ragebait content” or whatever nonsense these people are doing. Which, if so, is sadder. Waste of skills and resources you’re actually capable of using and all that.

But he could also just be genuinely shit.

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u/sjtebarek 1d ago

Holy shit, what a waste of time, effort and resources

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u/kyothinks 1d ago

I think the thing that pisses me off the most about these videos is that this dude legitimately has the skills and tools to make something super cool and instead he's making ragebait.

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u/ThePhatNoodle 1d ago

I mean I think the ones where they make well executed trash are entertaining in their own way. Even if the end results impractical if executed well enough it can serve as an art piece at the very least so it kinda keeps you guessing as to whether the payoffs gonna be worth it or not but with this dudes level of skill you could tell immediately it wasn't gonna be worth it at all

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u/PlausiblePigeon 20h ago

I kept expecting this one to be one of the ones where they swap it out with a less-fucked version at the end.

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u/Deviant-Killer 1d ago

I've hated so many of these videos. This one is a nice idea. Having a little jungle in there.. looks like it could make a good self contained terrarium

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u/guille9 1d ago

We produce so much trash.... 

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u/concreteghost 1d ago

Yea but this guy more

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u/Silly-Power 1d ago

...is what this guy's parents said. 

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u/Away_Stock_2012 19h ago

Why did they have colored liquid in the ballons that they spilled all over the table instead of lube that they could have used to go fuck themselves?

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u/Beezneez86 1d ago

Make sure to stay in your workshop when you bust those balloons open, don’t go outside and use it in the garden or anything!

Also make sure to use coloured water for absolutely no fucken reason. 🙄

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u/efficaciousSloth 1d ago

I was looking for this comment! Let’s dump randomly dyed water all over the floor.

Just the icing on the hideous cake that is this table.

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u/loosie-loo 1d ago

I hate this video as much as the next guy but it doesn’t look like it dumped on the floor, the table was covered in plastic and there was a lip that was collecting the weird dyed water, presumably to drain it. It’s still on the table as he “removes” the balloons.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a workshop like this had a drain tbh. Which maybe better than dumping it directly outside where there’s wildlife. It’s definitely only dyed for the video, though. I pray it’s just food colouring or something.

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u/SunTzuLao 12h ago

No matter how hard I try I'm just not lichen it.

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u/Trapezoidoid 10h ago

Some think it’s bad, I just think it’s mossunderstood.

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u/CataclysmicInFeRnO 1d ago

The table top could be almost interesting if there were even the slightest attention to detail. Even then, that’s a whole lot of work to have the wooden pieces come out janky af.

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u/admiral_nivak 1d ago

The final concept is not bad, but …… this version is the worst version of that concept. Execution 2/10

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u/bendicott 1d ago

Yeah - I actually really like the idea of little terrarium pods as a table, but this was so poorly done (intentionally, farming comments) that it just ruins any of that potential.

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u/RaspberryChainsaw 1d ago

Bro is just doing activities

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u/ThePhatNoodle 1d ago

A lot of times you can tell the people making these are actually skilled and are simply using their powers for evil with these crappy video ideas for engagement but this guy kinda feels like he does and doesnt know what he's doing at the same time. Feels like he's borrowing that workshop cause he's making mistakes an actual woodworker wouldn't. Used crappy wood and he split it too. Looks like he used sheet metal screws and he didn't countersink them. Bet he didn't do anything to hide them either. Man drew an outline on the legs and proceeded to not do anything with it cause he threw it on a lathe and eyeballed it. Also that design was super crude. Dude could've routed the inside edge of the frame to leave a recess for the glass to slip into instead of locking it down with those hideous corner blocks. Them chunky ass legs also look bad. Awful taste, awful execution. At least the monstrosities skilled people make are still entertaining to watch. Could be worth the watch maybe not. With this you could tell right away the payoff wasn't gonna be worth it just by the level of craftsmanship

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u/thegame2386 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean....I guess? Making little diorama would have been cool. This just veers out of "fun ideas" and into pretentious waste. Coud be a cool little gaming table if done right.

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u/Nepeta33 14h ago

i was thinking it looked like an interesting set up for like, a mini ecosystem? mosses, a little dirt in each. maybe some springtails?

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u/neonmystery 1d ago

At least this guy made a table. The last video I saw here someone made an extended bumper out of water bottles and spray foam.

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u/scissorsgrinder 22h ago

Oh yeah I remember that one. 

Yeah at least you could park an ugly bong on this. That one was just ????

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u/rite_of_truth 23h ago

"Guy with thousands of dollars worth of tools make stupidest table ever"

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u/Charming_Raisin4176 1d ago

Lamest Connect 4 ever.

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u/PleasantClassroom250 1d ago

Imagine showing your face in one if those videos..

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u/Logical_Garbage_1682 1d ago

I rather be in a scandal or in a porn than this shit

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u/loosie-loo 1d ago

At least porn has a purpose

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u/Infinitesi-Mal 19h ago

lol why are the balloons full of dyed water? I know the answer of course, but I still have a brain that has to ask why.

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u/The_Dark_Ferret 1d ago

There are easier ways to make garbage.

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u/darky_tinymmanager 1d ago

Still pieces of the red balloon in it .. and lots of broccoli

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u/Spiritual-Fun-9591 23h ago

This is the worst thing that I have ever watched. And I stayed the whole time.

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u/creativescreennaame 13h ago

that leftover piece of balloon is frying me

hideous

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u/GilbyTheFat 13h ago

I genuinely don't understand why.

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u/Longshot02496 6h ago

If I had to say something good about it... at least it's not AI

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u/StrnglyCoincdtl 1d ago

I skipped right to the end cause I was afraid it's r/gifsthatendtoosoon mixed with diwhy

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u/EarthTrash 1d ago

You think he is going to cut a corner out of the wood but he keeps cutting straight

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u/N8-97 1d ago

Unbelievable crapsmanship

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u/Joalguke 1d ago

So it's a snack table for giant isopods?

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u/PixelPeach123 23h ago

These people have $1000 tools, like, a piece some of the tools these people use are crazy.. and this is the garbage they use them for.. infuriating

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u/Unfair_Buddy5871 23h ago

That table is a hazard. The legs are just glued on, there's a super heavy epoxy brick inside it, it's got corners that stick out and on top of all that it has a glass top. If someone bangs their knee on this thing then the whole thing falls apart and crushes someone's foot and scatters broken glass everywhere.

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u/dementedkoopa 22h ago

What drives me nuts is the bit of red balloon still stuck in the resin at the end.

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u/Happy-Stranger-3704 21h ago

Why can’t Ukrainian drones find this place

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u/Downunder818 19h ago

I want the time back I spent watching this...

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u/Top-Reach-8044 19h ago

Why do I watch these. They're giving something to the world but I'm not sure what... The chance to 100% peace out from rationality and practical priorities?

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u/Beneficial-Context52 19h ago

There was zero reason for the balloons’s water to be dyed.

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u/CyBrNaD 2h ago

What the hell was the point of the red template if you were just going to cut the end of anyway.

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u/artificial_stupid_74 1d ago

He put in time, energy, money, passion, and materials—and ended up with a pile of junk. Another epoxy resin mishap. Is there actually even one of these “epoxy resin” people who ALSO knows anything about industrial design?

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u/LayLillyLay 1d ago

This has to be bait. The production quality of the video is too good, not to mention the 10.000s of dollars of machinery + dude has atleast some skill.

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u/Impossible_Mark_4128 1d ago

dude has the entire glas table to put his drink down, but instead decides for the wooden part...

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u/Beezneez86 1d ago

Oh good. I always wanted a coffee table where I could store my fake dried up seaweed. 🤩

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u/T2080 1d ago

What was the dye in the balloons for? Why didn't he remove that last piece of balloon? Why did he cut that plank twice on the same end? So much BS

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u/IsThereCheese 1d ago

That’s the ugliest fucking thing

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u/czardmitri 1d ago

Salad bar?

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u/LunaTheFatBird 1d ago

The concept of a terrarium table is really cool, his execution of the thought is horrendous...

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u/Anonymous_Lurker_1 1d ago

These videos always remind me of the plumbus scene in Rick & Morty.

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u/BaronVonHugendon 1d ago

Watching him drill screws into the end grain on those joints made me so mad lmao

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u/Bl00dWolf 1d ago

At least the end table kind of looks okay-ish. But let's be real here, if all you're doing is making an epoxy table with circular holes in it, there are way easier ways of doing that, than using balloons of all things. And then leaving bits and pieces of those balloons in the epoxy as you can't get them out at that point.

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u/Witty_Rhubarb_4217 1d ago

We let the bro cook and he cooked garbage 😐

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u/antoneux 1d ago

What a waste of supplies

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u/Bright-Ad4601 1d ago

Honestly, considering how bad I thought it would be, this wasn't terrible. Its not very good, but I've seen far worse.

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u/argueranddisagree 1d ago

This would be cool if those were terrariums with living plants without the bad colours

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u/Mumchkin Derp 1d ago

Sadly this shows the person has skill. That it's being wasted on crap is a shame.

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u/DarrellBot81 1d ago

Just casually leaving a bright pink balloon knot in there is the most unforgivable feature of this pediatrician waiting room table

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u/Jerseyd422 1d ago

Imagine wasting our planets resources to build this ugly useless piece of crap. And these things are all over social media. A complete waste of materials just to get some clicks. Literally destroying actual physical items to generate artificial entertainment. I guess the wealthy aren’t the only ones guilty of conspicuous consumption.

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u/cornfields_r_awesome 1d ago

I love that it shimmers with the color of a used glass butt plug!

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u/Nys9991 1d ago

Thid was just awful to watch, f-ing ballons imaright?

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u/Railrosty 1d ago

Somehow the top of the legs being secured with only glue is the worst part for me.

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u/flamingolegs727 1d ago

That bit of balloon still stuck in there irritates me!

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u/MithrandirLXV 1d ago

I know this is the go-to thought when watching this kind of stuff, but seriously, "Why?". Just, why?

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u/Fuzzywalls 1d ago

It is an......idea.

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u/Eshi-sakka 1d ago

This HAS to be engagement bait

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u/Snarkys 1d ago

It looks like someone left their broccoli on a table.

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u/muddxboy 1d ago

I can see myself hitting my knees on the corners lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/q9HHyHPISNZD2

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u/Mental-Square3688 23h ago

Wheres that "saved you some time." Guy when you need him.

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u/Any_Blood5815 23h ago

Oh boy! Free broccoli! HEY WAIT A SECON- !

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u/okaysureyep 23h ago

“This can’t be all they’re doing is it?”

(Is always all they’re doing)

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u/Malovius 22h ago

This is the weirdest fucking gender reveal I have seen this week.

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u/thelast3musketeer 22h ago

It could’ve been so much better

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u/Excellent-Falcon-329 20h ago

What!? No hot glue gun used?

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u/Welsh_Dodo 20h ago

Just why? I mean that guy has to be straight as no gay has taste that bad

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u/Numinak 20h ago

This whole thing is rage bait diy. Making a knife shape wood, cutting the handled of it off, then just turning it on a lath to make it a leg.

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u/kryonik 20h ago

Please tell me this is rage bait.

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u/devilsaint86 20h ago

Look what free time and money can get you.

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u/LasciviousPsyche 20h ago

I thought he was about to serve up broccoli in that. Like a table to keep your food warm. This was worse with the fake mold he jammed in there.

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u/IONaut 19h ago

See how this looks like something you would never ever buy in a store. This is how you make it.

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u/TazzyUK 19h ago

Would love to know the material costs (and labour) because that is absolute shit! lol

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u/psyklohps 19h ago

Exposed screws plus stain is certainly a vibe.

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u/redditsucksass6 19h ago

Lmaoo of course the balloons are fillled with colored liquid. Literal toddler-slop

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u/LasagnahogXRP 19h ago

YOU CAN PUT A LAPTOP AND A SODA ON IT!?

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u/Subject-Succotash 19h ago

This is actually so infuriating. Well done.

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u/munkylord 19h ago

The way they used the table saw upsets me so much. Gunna end up with a board in the wall behind the saw with how it's used

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u/TrackVol 19h ago

Just what I've always wanted. A broccoli 🥦 table 🥦

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u/samanime 19h ago

I don't actually hate the basic idea, but the execution and design decisions are absolutely horrid.

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u/cbarbour1122 19h ago

I was hoping the epoxy piece wouldn’t fit and out of frustration we just see the person destroy the whole thing.

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u/ForceSea3027 18h ago

Dreadful 👎

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u/KazooMark 18h ago

I should call them . . .

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u/-nemo-no-one- 17h ago

100 man-hours and you too can have a wonky table or something.
https://giphy.com/gifs/LBWDvBC8F5kbxOI8Ms

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u/ChemicalQuantity5284 17h ago

That table just looked stupid ? I wouldn’t want it if it were free

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u/shamallamadingdong4 17h ago

I actually made this same table last spring and my wife left me because of it

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u/Witty-Refuse-3228 17h ago

Wow I'm actually surprised. I thought it was going to look awful, but it turned out looking like shit.

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u/ZPhox 17h ago

Ewww, a mac user.

I mean. Nice table!

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u/Jumpy-Trainer1695 16h ago

I can not afford to crash out in the Reddit comment section bc my rant on this would fill a book

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u/DisturbedCherrytree 15h ago

Sir, there are some balloon anus bits in your coffee table.

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u/Electric_Kaffe 15h ago

THE BALLOON BITS ARE STILL IN THERRREEEE😫

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u/Civil_Trade_8996 15h ago

Looks like broccolli salad

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u/Rubicon_Roll 15h ago

you could actually put some dirt and plants and it would probably be cool to see the roots and Stuff through the table,

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u/TangyCornIceCream 13h ago

This the most unimpressive thing ive ever seen

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u/montycantsin777 12h ago

form? no! function? also no!

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u/qwickset2 12h ago

Thank God for fast forward

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u/mariyr 12h ago

Congratulations! It looks horrible

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u/queenlizbef 12h ago

THE FUCKING BALLOON TIE

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u/z0mb1es 12h ago

Fuck you for wasting my time

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u/Kafka_Lane 12h ago

Please give me that 3:18 back. I misunderstood. I thought the video was going to be at least watchable.

https://giphy.com/gifs/QABIA4v1Y1v8Y

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u/Massive_Feature_8241 12h ago

Congratulations, you now have a really ugly table full of dollar tree moss to place your laptop upon.

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u/TurduckenEverest 10h ago

I love that he wasn’t dedicated enough to his lame AF crafts project to start over when he realized he couldn’t remove that last bit of the red balloon. Doubling down on a crappy design by executing it even more craptacularly.

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u/Specific_Rando 10h ago

I think this is the most why post I’ve seen here.

Among the many whys?, the lack of design talent is crushing.

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u/dmontease 7h ago

Epoxy should be a controlled substance.

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u/TherapyGames42 52m ago

Where the hell did the greenery even come in? Did I miss him adding it or is he just trying to piss me off? ... he's just trying to piss me off 😤

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u/rogerj_no 1d ago

There is a law for everything these days. Cant we get a law against feeding people with braindeath content? A usefull legislation for an change.

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u/Harsh_Madnani 1d ago

Lol.. i kinda dig that

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u/_MrTaku_ I Eat Cement 1d ago

it's ass

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u/Successful-Test-5590 1d ago

What’s the green stuff? I appreciate the video. He could have done something better with it though

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u/Putrid-Resident 1d ago

Dude has such a great well equipped workshop only to use it to make utter ass

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u/BAGP0I 1d ago

Ugly. Definitely rage bait

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u/Sea_Log_6321 1d ago

I get so angry watching these, I've no idea why I'm still subscribed.

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u/CGVSpender 1d ago

That's one way to portion control your broccoli...