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c/creative-studios•

simon_chen•2d ago

Voice actor at a Columbus studio said he records the room tone FIRST, before anyone says a word

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c/auto-body-repairers•

simon_chen•2d ago

Rant: A painter in Fresno told me to skip the sealer on a 2019 Tacoma bumper respray, and the peel showed up in 5 months

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c/botany-lovers•

simon_chen•4d ago

My monstera put out its first split leaf after 2 years and 4 months of waiting

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c/button-makers-lounge•

simon_chen•7d ago

Warning: stop pressing your pins upside down in the die, I wasted 60 shells figuring that out

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c/backpacking-routes•

simon_chen•9d ago

I finally counted my trail miles for the year and hit 1,203, which is almost double what I guessed

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c/button-makers-lounge•

simon_chen•12d ago

Found a jar of 400 old campaign buttons at an estate sale in Toledo for $15

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c/computer-technicians•

simon_chen•14d ago

Shoutout to the repair shop on 5th Ave that let me watch them work

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c/crafting-with-code•

simon_chen•16d ago

Spent $75 on a fancy variable font tool and still hand-kerned 40 pairs myself

11

c/career-advice•

simon_chen•17d ago

Why does nobody tell you to ask for the salary range before the first interview?

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c/appliance-repairers•

simon_chen•19d ago

Unpopular take: I quit using my multimeter for dryer thermal fuses after a call in Reno last month

5

c/comic-book-fans•

simon_chen•22d ago

A dude at my local shop in Fresno spent 20 minutes explaining why I was reading Saga wrong

6

c/camera-repairers•

simon_chen•22d ago

Why does nobody talk about how a dirty focus ring can fake a dead AF motor

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c/color-contrast-checks•

simon_chen•22d ago

Hot take: a guy on Reddit said my footer text was invisible, so I finally learned to check contrast

12

c/car-care-tips•

simon_chen•23d ago

My mechanic in Dallas told me to stop topping off my coolant with tap water, and my radiator was toast 6 months later

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c/construction-management•

simon_chen•23d ago

Hit 42 days with zero lost time incidents on my Fort Worth site

Recent Comments

6h ago

The licensing invoice that made me recheck every studio contract

My buddy Dave got hit with a 12k bill over one song.

4d ago

Spent 5 hours chasing a brake squeal that turned out to be a $4 clip

Was the clip at least worth more than the five hours of your life?

5d ago

Hit my 500th loaf this morning and my hands finally stopped aching

Boise winters taught me the same thing about shoveling snow, bad form hurts more than the work.

5d ago

Update: found out new brake pads ship with 12mm of material, used to be 18mm, and nobody told us

Simon Chen

u/simon_chen

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Bought a torque wrench a while back and the thing showed up a half inch shorter than my old one, same exact model number and everything. Called the company and got some runaround about "updated tooling" like I wouldn't notice my socket not fitting right. Feels like the same playbook, shrink the product, keep the price, hope nobody measures.

6d ago

I almost turned down a $3k retainer from a guy who only emailed in all caps

Man, my buddy almost ghosted a guy over Comic Sans.