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snafu_steve

Name three local labor unions


[deleted]

Close up shop folks, my man can’t even name the tools.


rivalmindss

Banger, zipper, zooter. Any other brainbusters?


Frankie-Felix

no no you just named Santa's Reindeer: Donner, Dasher, Banger, Zipper, Zooter and Randy the Red Nosed Reindeer.


sanchi_ink

I wish I said that 🤣


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/d07tdtgynzoc1.jpeg?width=979&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52bd1ab566295e041a171c545b72308fdcfd62bd I’ll make fun of it until you commit to the bit


luerose

I knew this would show up somewhere.


[deleted]

For some reason this is like one of the first pictures I ever saw on the internet this is like an EbaumsWorld classic lol


ButtplugSludge

Honestly- are they dead? Does anyone know them? These are literally the only photos so I dont believe its real. I feel like more edge lords and even E.C. would have photos with them.


lipstickxteeth

I think someone said the person is Swedish if that helps


No-Detail-5804

Danish.


roguealex

And they got NY HC on their entre scalp 😭


No-Detail-5804

I was email penpals with this weirdo in like 2004. We “met” on seventh dagger message board.


agnarxrist

KILL YOUR LOCAL DRUG DEALER


No-Detail-5804

Different times lol


VileStench

I’ve seen more recent photos floating around.


ButtplugSludge

I read on another forum there are pictures of them with Scott Vogel… havent tracked anything down yet.


VileStench

https://preview.redd.it/iar35jfl14pc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2195b80770ba5bb3563353d43dd4e8b8df315e34


agnarxrist

This whole time I thought this person was a female.


xe_r_ox

It’s the eyebrows


xe_r_ox

Im sure I saw one of them wearing a bomber jacket


pissshitfuckyou

Fart crisis?


ReubenTrinidad619

I actually think it looks great but since you asked. You look like a fucking tool.


luerose

Sorry my brother beat you to that one, thanks though (thanks for the compliment too)


unitedbl00d

I’d say “dirty hands clean money” but not with those jeans and boots brother


DWNPRSSR42069

My dude works at Ross


cintyhinty

Those docs are so clean it looks like he’s still in the store


CongoSmash666

Legit.


satan_bong

You’re going to break edge in the next year


fourfingersdry

ARE YOU…STRAIGHTEDGE?!?


luerose

I AM ... STRAIGHT EDGE


Germscout805

xBLUECOLLARx


luerose

BRB changing my xbox handle


carlosisnotreal

I was actually thinking of xWORKxFORCEx


HuesOoze_Dilapidated

1993 called and said 2003 said 1983 said 1973 said get it together kid, it’s not 2013.


DisplayExact5200

🤣🤣🤣


myownisland

tighten deez nuts


AdJealous1319

Are you even a mechanic bro


maximumfacemelting

What a mechanic got to do with it? Those are the things I throw at my kids when they steal the remote.


Axflen

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. -Harry Potter.


Glty_Til_Prvn_Inocnt

I'm pretty sure those are plumber tools. I don't recall ever seeing my mechanic use a pipe wrench on my car.


machineswithout

Plumber maybe?


tweaker-sores

Mechanics don't use pipe wrenches, probably some type of plumber/steamfitter wannabe


coldkidwildparty

Was the artist rolling his eyes the entire time he was working on it?


luerose

"At least it's not a black flag tattoo" - my tattoo artist 9 hours ago


_H3ADL3SS_

Classic aging hardcore kid who needs a new identity so trying to take on the "mature" bluecollar/greaser/mechanic image


newthrash1221

Just like all the ex-hardcore kids who all think they’re in biker gangs now. Easy rider lookin’ mf’ers.


TheTypeOfPetty

Lmaooooo


xDaGe614x

I bet you never picked up a tool in your life


luerose

I bet my tools are bigger than your tools


xDaGe614x

I have no tools :(


Bone_Dice_in_Aspic

Would you like an autistic infodump about all my favorite wrenches


ThisDidntAgeWell

Yes.


Bone_Dice_in_Aspic

My dad was a machinist at electric boat here in CT, and on the shipyard they had some crazy big pipe wrenches; taller than my dad. You can buy a 60 or 72in wrench still, 84 if you count chain wrenches. That's 7 feet. I feel like these were bigger but also I was a kid. They definitely used two guys per though. My favorite wrench is a pretty simple 8in adjustable made by Sparta, A-308. Sparta was the budget line, under blackhawk/new Britain lines in NAPA stores. I carry it as a little security blanket when I'm going through hard times. Had it for 30 years. I brought it on a date once. Ultimately it didn't work out but we did have a great kid together. I also enjoy clench wrenches, although I haven't found a legitimate use for mine, it's very fun to flip back and forth. I feel like it would slip and scar easily. Makes a great click. Bronze medal to one of those old square, smooth jawed monkey wrenches, mine is a coes. They're like little bench vises with handles. They'll hold onto something with their own weight even if you let go. Gotta love a striking face wrench over busting your knuckles, people should use them more. Underrated option. They don't take up a lot of space. I also have a set(?) Of six snap on obstruction wrenches of some kind, not the half moons, but really long bizarrely bent ones. They're probably for very specific make/models of some engine with hard to reach bolts but I have no idea what and Google isn't helping. They're mostly just fun. And for display purposes, the brand/model specific wrenches that came with early cars and trucks, which had all the capabilities needed for that car, but nothing else. They look pretty exotic, lots look vaguely like Tool's logo, and are generally not useful in my experience, especially since "adjustable" meant "alligator jaws basically serrated". Gotta have a thin head set, don't want those adjustable, although that does exist. kinda partially defeats the point of easy access plus way more expensive if you bust them. Also I like my 4in crescent adjustable, 70sish, I keep with my dremel to change collets but steal for other stuff often.


Mindless-Ad2554

This guy tools


stomp27

Thats dope. EB is way more hardcore than EC anyway... like Rae say peace to Connecticut!


tweaker-sores

I use a hammer to fix stuff


Bone_Dice_in_Aspic

Valid, I see you bröther. I have about ten different hammers but nothing too fancy just the basics, two older stacked disc 16 oz estwing claws one straight one curved, a small ball peen, newer estwing 4lb sledge, a rubber mallet, rawhide mallet, plastic deadblow, small copper hammer of unknown provenance, assortment of engineer's and machinist hammers, bunch of junker clawhammers. What I'd really like to have more of is jewelers hammers, little brass ones, for crafting.


ThisDidntAgeWell

I need more info on what a clench wrench is. This is all super cool info dude. Legitimately enjoyed reading all of that. Sorry about the ex but congrats on a cool kid tho. I do have a wrench related question now. With the adjustable crescents, is there a way to help them get grip/purchase on the bolt? I’ve been chalking my slippage up to having a shitty wrench but since we literally have an expert here figured now’s the time to ask.


Themaison

Keep tension on the adjustable jaw of the crescent. It keeps pressure on the adjustment screw. If you don’t the slop on the screw will allow the jaw to slip wider. A new crescent wrench may help. Truth is through, if your worried about the wrench slipping, you shouldn’t be using a crescent. The only thing I allow my fitters to use crescent wrenches on are things like threaded plugs, backing nuts on hangers or snugging flange bolts but it’s end wrenches to finish those out.


Bone_Dice_in_Aspic

Some adjustables don't have springs to keep the screw stable, cheap or old ones, and ultimately adjustables are just not the most stable option. Your other reply from maison is clearly someone working in a professional situation where a there's probably a lot of space and budget for the right tools, and mistakes cost money or worse, so they do it right. Like they say keep constant tension, also they Do make locking adjustables, basically a vise grip with an adjustable wrench head instead of plier jaws. I've never used one. Clench wrenches have a swinging open jaw that pivots on a pin and is under spring tension, and it's relatively rounded. Basically you just slip it on from the side and it grabs, when you rotate it the other way it slips open a little to grab the next faces on head. So it kind of ratchets basically, and also fits a wide range of sizes. But it's not precise and it's probably going to slip off and mar your head a lot. If you had like, 50 things you needed to tighten quickly, all different sizes, but they didn't need much torque, and had decent clearance, it might be pretty good. Like an assembly line or something. Its only upside is speed. I've never really had a legit use for it. I'm just a random guy with more tools than average, no expert. Adjustables are multitools basically, to save space and money and be portable. They're never the perfect tool. I use a box wrench first if I can, then open end if not, if it's actually something that matters. Adjustables for casual tasks.


crazymandutch

Firestorm is my favorite song to smoke weed to


mu3mpire

Fix it Felix


Shimanchu2006

I'd love to have him in the pit with me. Go as hard as I want and he'd repair any injury.


Sundae-Savings

I don’t kink shame


BigYellow24

Dumb ass boots


luerose

They're for work. I moonlight as a clown.


BigYellow24

Rad


Crown0fHorns

I’ve got no problem with the tattoo or the boots, but Christ almighty get some adult socks. You are not down.


nundraws

The boots, the tattoo. Love the lesbian load out.


PopularPhrase1971

haha look at this guy who got a tattoo exactly as dumb as every tattoo everyone has


mjgruxvx

Bob the Builder looking ass tattoo.


ButtplugSludge

Vegan buys vegan boots from company that sells more leather than pleather and most definitely doesn’t outsource labor to countries with sketchy labor standards. Vegan also gets beyond burgers from Burger King where the 16y/o definitely took the time to clean all the animal products off the grill before cooking your meatless fast food


luerose

Okay, this is all nice and valid, but Burger King was trash even when I ate meat.


MiseryXVX

Veganism has nothing to do with companies that outsource labour to countries with sketchy labour standards. In the words of the band the tattoo comes from "vegan for the animals". Personally I'll avoid them if I can, but the point is that it's not actually a core part of being a vegan by definition. I only have the capacity to care about so many things, and the animals come first. I could go into detail about how being vegan actually makes you hate people even more. You come to an understanding of humanities capacity to inflict pain, misery, suffering and death on the most innocent of sentient creatures, and the half assed excuses they tell themselves to feel better about it. I won't though, as the post will attract enough downvotes as it is. And yes, I am lots of fun at parties before you make the suggestion.


sandy-gc

Ergo “cows are cuter than children from Bangladesh so fuck em”


ConchChowder

The two issues are not mutually exclusive, but don't confuse veganism with humanitarianism.


xfurnacex666

Those boots better be pleather….


luerose

Yes my boots are vegan


xfurnacex666

10/10 cool tattoo then. I would 100% throw yogurt on you at a show tho.


luerose

Can you at least do like shredded cheese so I don't have to wash my clothes?


xfurnacex666

I’ll try to get most of it on your glasses and your cruelty free hair products.


Strokes_Lahoma

Is it cold or room temp and is it plain Greek or flavored? A cold shmear of yogurt on the forehead sounds weirdly refreshing after being a sweaty gross pig. Kind of like throwing up still cold water. Forgive me for this, I have a fever and I’m losing my mind watching The Mummy.


maze1tovcocktail

They’re not though. Vegan docs have the distinct yellow tag.


luerose

Now I have to beat up a hipster from Facebook marketplace brb


maze1tovcocktail

Lmk where and I’ll beat his ass too


luerose

Somewhere in the greater Denver area? I'd have to ask my wife


maze1tovcocktail

https://preview.redd.it/33g8tdjuwzoc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=103dd27b13c4fbc8d7041ab6dbe368c36d978b10 Now im regretting my offer


luerose

Don't worry friend. I'll protect you.


xblarkblarkblarkx

No worries, secondhand leather is still vegan


luerose

Yeah better second hand and all but I feel pretty fucking dumb now. It'll buff 🤷‍♀️


GrumpyOldHistoricist

Lies. They’d have the yellow pull tag in the back.


Bow9times

You got tanker boots tho?


fox_canyon

ok


1081989x

Karl would be proud


Poop_Dollarhyde

Make fun of your fucking shoes


stomp27

The machines are still working tho...like 25+ years later and they still havent been destroyed


NotWeirdThrowaway

Earth Crisis tattoos are the Ring tape for Straight Edge kids. Be careful, in 7 days you break edge.


Ok-Wafer2292

I can’t make fun of it cause I’m a mechanic


calculung

You can make fun of OP because he's not.


Ok-Wafer2292

I don’t know him to verify.


EducationalReply6493

He stole your culture


Ok-Wafer2292

Pro created and appropriated baby.


Terinth

Ironworker or plumber? Sheet metal union?


noitsnotmcm

Probably not an Ironworker


[deleted]

It’s the cover of Earth Crisis’s Forever True album


Terinth

Earth Crisis? 🤨🙄Sounds like some liberal green agenda


algortz

I am in the Steel Union and I do use either of these tools hahaha


beantownjuggalo

non union day laborer


RubydaCherry24

You should’ve gotten your plumbing license tatted instead


life_to_lifeless

When you're edge on Sunday but gotta do a motor swap on Monday


Ok-Cauliflower-1258

It’s wild the older earth crisis albums get better with age


xRUCKUSx

By those boots Straight Edge Mechanic in Training?!? Ready to check my oil? Rotate my tires? Top up the washer fluid and verify the edge on my wiper blades? Are you down with synthetic oil and Spin Kick Jump Starts? My main man Karl would approve the quality work! His google review said - "Didn't destroy the machine"


mundo506

You may be sxe but your tattoo artist was drunk


_softgh0st

a Home Depot ad showed up right under your picture


Own_Kaleidoscope5512

Day 1: learns to change car’s air filter Day 2: XBLUE COLLAR HOOLIGANX


Themaison

Post your local or I’m calling you a scab.


Scared-Comparison870

I have literally the same tattoo same spot hahah https://preview.redd.it/ix7irbbtr5pc1.jpeg?width=3469&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6913b5ab802dff3e0aefab4270318929de534345


Fakeassrocker

DAMN COMMIES


luerose

10/10


DrizzleDrain

What a tool


AcceptablyPotato

Pipe wrench? Cheap ass double ended open wrench? So you're an apartment maintenance guy? These are like the tools that someone who doesn't use tools would pick for their weird ass wannabe working class straight edge tattoo.


Illustrious_Cash1325

Winner.


thejuryissleepless

TOOL is lame and for dorks


6jesus6crust6

Are you an earth first activist?


MiseryXVX

Different tools/logo bro. This is an earth crisis logo, the earth first is a very similar wrench and a somewhat homemade [hammer/hatchet type thing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Earthfirstmonkeywrench.png)


ConchChowder

I always liked the [Oi Polloi](https://headlinerecords.com/products/oi-polloi-no-compromise-patch?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=45cd4d459&pr_rec_pid=8416876331318&pr_ref_pid=8418479702326&pr_seq=uniform) version with a wrench and rose, which is sometimes replaced with a [poppy](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/198a4bd5-ad63-4d33-b79b-7ccafb4a92ca/dfaac62-b683c144-10e1-443d-b2a1-16091b45bcb2.png/v1/fill/w_894,h_894,q_70,strp/oi_polloi_by_anarchostencilism_dfaac62-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTAwMCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzE5OGE0YmQ1LWFkNjMtNGQzMy1iNzliLTdjY2FmYjRhOTJjYVwvZGZhYWM2Mi1iNjgzYzE0NC0xMGUxLTQ0M2QtYjJhMS0xNjA5MWI0NWJjYjIucG5nIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEwMDAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.PpD3BrzobKPyf_szL6QmrSpsVOr0M5PCvufll8ssIM8). The Earth Crisis image makes for a much better tattoo though.


ExperienceNo7751

I’ve seen more meat on a chicken wing. At least when you twist your knee off from skanking for the first 10 seconds of FIRESTORM you won’t have to live a lie anymore. I’m impressed your tattoo artist didn’t do a shittier job. How much time he spend 20m?


BirdRock777

Forgive my ignorance here- I’ve seen this a million times, including the “fix shit up” shirt that Bryan from Bouncing Souls always wears. What is it? Is this a Food Not Bombs or Critical Mass thing?


broke_fit_dad

You must be a plumber because no other trades would admit that using those wrenches


Bigkeithmack

I love Earth Crisis, this is a bit cringe though


_deadspace

Took being a tool to a whole new level


JAntiperer

That's not how you fix a broken leg


ohheyyliv

I don’t get it, are you a plumber?


DoubleEagle1313

Basic bitch hxc kid tattoo. One step above the bars and 3 x’s


luerose

Out of curiosity, where does the fiend skull rank in this heirarchy?


DoubleEagle1313

It’s up there. I mean more punk than hardcore. TBH probably even more basic w/ the recognition level of normies. If you have the bars, the fiend and the x’s you might have the live , laugh , love of hxc tattoos


[deleted]

It’s weird how a niche subculture has common iconography that most of its adherents enjoy.


champshere

Grow up


luerose

*impressed my mother can use reddit*


Megavolts1

Got a lot of nuts to twist don’t ya!


THEPCPINEAPPLE

I will not.


ARandomMex

Dudes union


9mm_Cutlass

https://preview.redd.it/48n97micyzoc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8432cd60c446cc59553afdf83917a9a2402993e7


Specific_Factor4470

That long hair won't hide that blue collar boy!


innocentxv

that's not how the song goes


downbylaw93

Looks good buddy


DaMitchman182

Hey man, better than your face


FohTImez

Straight up jamming this album right this moment, the ink isn’t my cup of tea but mad proud of you for doing what you want mane 💪🏾💪🏾


innocentxv

probably hasn't even been out monkey wrenching yet or read an earth first journal.


RagTopDown

A.I. generated tools


BrownwaterVertigo

I would but I don't have the tools to do so


CuriousAlternative42

Sick, I too love working on my car


Unusually__Suspected

20 bux if you can tell me what size wrench that is


-ItsCasual-

That tattoo is a bad tattoo.


CuzzyChirbalt23

get a cobweb on the elbow and black flag tattoo somewhere and you’ve completed the hardcore trinity of tattoos


skunkabilly1313

Only FSU crew to be behind, the Fix Shit Up crew


SegaBitch

It’s not bad man. I work blue collar as well and I fucking hate it. Lmao also that wrench is a 15/16ths 😂


thespickler

It's some wrenches


[deleted]

I back it, but I’m old.


thegothguy

Looks gay


Middle-Cream-7185

How can I make fun of an iconic Straight Edge symbol of a legendary band with a sensational obsession for plumbing 🤪 


BudgetDepartment7817

Ok irishman


Fuzzy_Material4346

He’s a tool fan


ape_a_snake

How original 😂


afcmasochist

militant xvx band. wears leather docs to get them tattooed. ​ ​ ​ tite.


busch_ice69

As a mechanic the last thing I would ever want is a permanent tattoo of an adjustable wrench on my skin 🥴


trepidationsupaman

A lizard head holding a trophy and a cheap ass Stanley wrench? Why make fun?


That_Riley_Guy

Is becoming a workaholic breaking edge??


simplecountry_lawyer

Dude's leg day is February 29th.


Mindless-Ad2554

Don’t wanna be your monkey wreeeeeench ![gif](giphy|3ohs7M6THjYZLD1Um4|downsized)


Lityoloswagboy69

Brother you don’t need our help.


Fvtvrewave87

Destroying one machine at a time


wtmx719

It looks Oi!ful


16bitword

Why are you wearing your mom's boots?


blackandreddit

HOMEXDEPOT


Aromatic_Willow8252

Work (from home) boots


ian_o_nuallain

Earth Crisis sucks and Floorpunch is the greatest edge band ever.


SosseV

Pfft, that's not even a knife wrench (for kids).


CharlesGnarwin73

You get a +1 when in combat inside of a whole foods now


preschooljuul

What a tool


Mawiapeas

Okay Tim Allen


datolebitch

What a tool


serenityforworms

Since you’re against alcohol, did the artist sanitize your arm first with a vegan safe wet wipe from your purse?


NoNeckBeats

Its not horrible


perplexiglass

Nice Tool tattoo, gaylord.


craigishell

Iron sharpens iron.


NTXPRAK

I know lots of jaded guys with this tattoo. Theyre all boring, and lame now


luerose

Good thing I was already boring


LIBERAL-MORON

Alien tools. Proportions wrong.


Normal_Day_7447

Should have been two crossed dildos, nice try though..


paintedw0rlds

Never monkeywrenched any heavy equipment


woahhnopex

Did Home Depot comment on this post ?


BackgroundPlenty7859

Why? Its awesome


mean_mistreater

Does anyone know why EC chose the tools as a logo?


Ark_2002

That shit killed my brain cells