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sop

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20. I think the bigger message is the DOE wants to turn places of higher learning into trade schools.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 01:33 PM

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No more woke STEM shit, everyone has to take shop and home economics.

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"I'm not a plumber. But I'm pretty sure that's not how sinks work." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

Maybe it's a still? displacedvermoter Yesterday #1

Hey DOE, those copper thingies are not pipes, they're conduits for the wiring! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #2

Made me laugh gab13by13 Yesterday #9

A Plumbing We Will Go!!! pdxflyboy Yesterday #13

There's a Three Stooges episode about this. C_U_L8R Yesterday #3

GMTA - I was riffing on The Three Stooges, too Brother Buzz Yesterday #29

Hahaha Thank you for posting this awesomerwb1 Yesterday #32

Pretty sure the "tool" the woman is holding doesn't exist.. LeftinOH Yesterday #4

It's an Eicher wrench - haele Yesterday #39

I'd Call It A Basin Wrench ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #40

Beryllium is used on spark free tools rickford66 13 hrs ago #41

I Saw Brass ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #43

Two reasons I said beryllium rickford66 6 hrs ago #46

I Looked It Up ProfessorGAC 4 hrs ago #47

Your government on generative AI. highplainsdem Yesterday #5

It's a fitting wrench - part wrench and part fittings underpants Yesterday #36

Gotta love AI slop. Ocelot II Yesterday #6

The handle is a wrench and then it becomes fittings, probably brass underpants Yesterday #35

Did Linda make that with A1? blogslug Yesterday #7

😂😂😂😂😂 underpants Yesterday #34

WTAF!!! Wuddles440 Yesterday #8

Yeah, so? Hugin Yesterday #10

Just title it "Trump Admin at Work" Nittersing Yesterday #11

...need someone stealing all the copper leftstreet Yesterday #22

Skills, like the ability to draw a sink? Iggo Yesterday #12

AI strikes again. Biophilic Yesterday #14

What idiot uses a monkey wrench on copper pipes?? lastlib Yesterday #15

That blue wrench in the woman's tool belt is a classic plumbing tool ornotna Yesterday #16

Looks like a 6 inch adjustable wrench gab13by13 Yesterday #17

It's a scissor wrench. Not scissorS, scissor. underpants Yesterday #37

Do they have to use this AI slop because no artists will work for the Federal government anymore? sboatcar Yesterday #18

Trump's lackeys are dumb enough to think this is good. Or good enough. highplainsdem Yesterday #19

I think the bigger message is the DOE wants to turn places of higher learning into trade schools. sop Yesterday #20

THAT'S A BINGO! 👍💯 And Work On Multi-Generational Assembly.... ColoringFool Yesterday #31

Needs more pipe BaronChocula Yesterday #21

Why are there copper pipes installed in the front of the sink? Ray Bruns Yesterday #23

Looks like rolls of wire above sink? Devilsun Yesterday #24

I think it's supposed to be solder. Ray Bruns Yesterday #33

I would hire these guys before the ones in the photo. Ray Bruns Yesterday #25

I was waiting for someone to post this. maveric Yesterday #28

Not going to hire these plumbers (pipes to nowhere). waterwatcher123 Yesterday #26

Making a $150 plumbing job into an $850 plumbing job. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #27

Comedy Gold spanone Yesterday #30

Yes BUT I'd bet that nondescript windowless van is already paid off underpants Yesterday #38

"SKILLS THAT PAY OFF" Straw Man 11 hrs ago #42

There are times I desperately need a plumber, but not desperate enough for that pair! Vinca 8 hrs ago #44

why does he get all onethatcares 8 hrs ago #45