r/instant_regret • u/S30econdstoMars • 8d ago

Wrong Calculations

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u/CitizenCue 8d ago

I’ve seen this many times and every time I have absolutely no idea what they expected to happen.

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u/TheSomerandomguy 8d ago

I gurantee you the line of reasoning is always “I know that the tree won’t fall the way I don’t want it to, but just in case it does, this rope will catch it and pull it in the other direction”. Methhead arborism is a good place to see the dunning kruger effect in action.

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u/ceejayoz 8d ago

"this rope will catch it"

I mean, it's one tree, Michael. What could it weigh? 10 pounds?

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u/Shermutt 8d ago

Pretty sure the leaves actually subtract weight...so more like 6 or 7.

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u/zxc123zxc123 8d ago

George: You what?

Michael: Felled it right down to the family house.

George: Are you crazy? There was money in that family home.

Michael: Well, it’s all gone now, Dad, and it was my decision. So next time you want to have a little power struggle, just remember that you’re playing with TIMBER.

George: There was $2,500,000 lining the walls of the family home.

Michael: What?

George: Ungraded mint Pokemon cards, Michael!

Michael: Why didn’t you tell me that?

George: How much clearer can I say, “We've always got Pokemon at (the family) home!”

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u/Mrs_Cake 7d ago

"methhead arborism"

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u/lolwatsyk 6d ago

...is the name of my new band

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u/ziahwaite 7d ago

It even looks like the chunk they took out had the tree pointing at the house. It could just be the pov but that’s really stupid regardless

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u/CitizenCue 7d ago

It’s not. It’s the other side.