So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence.

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• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Unless they also put the fence up backwards, that’s taken from inside the fence. So either that’s your own fence, or you trespassed to take the photo. Or this story could all be totally fake, with to say?

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• DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Gonna be completely honest OP. You are really being a jackass to this person. I understand you may be displeased by the length not matching, colour even and possibly the nails. Though you have to consider most people can barely afford repairs. Also as for the nails it’s better to be safe. Get longer than shorter ones.

  Have you considered just discussing the issue with them civilly. Suggest to possibly replace a few more parts of the fence or it fully as the new stable wood he put in.

  Then show him how to properly replace fences. Also possibly if you have a saw for wood. Just let them know if he’s ever doing projects. He can ask or rent it from you?

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  • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, the person complaining to strangers on the internet for catharsis is the jackass and not the fucker who put multiple long fucking nails through to my side of their fucking fence. The length and color might be an eyesore and idk how that person doesn’t feel embarrassed at not even half assing this, but the real big complaint is the fucking nails.

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    • auzy@lemmy.world ⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Who cares. It’s just a fence lol

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    • DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Looking at it too! There’s two fences. So it wouldn’t even bother the other person. Unless hey try and squeeze between the walk way.

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    • futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Clip the ends of the nails off. Not much more effort than moaning on Reddit, and more useful results.

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• AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So fucking what? If this actually upsets you I am truly jealous of how privileged your life is.

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  • BatmanAoD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    …why are you in this community?

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• Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not everyone is handy or knows how to use tools. Instead of a passive aggressive post on Lemmy. Perhaps talk to your neighbor comment on the fence posts and offer to fix it or show him/her how to fix it.

  “Hey how is it going neighbor,I saw you fixed the fence. Love the new wood, did the hardware store not have the right length? Yeah that is a bummer, I have a saw, I’m sure I could help you get those planks evened out in a few minutes if you’d like.”

  If they are a dick after that then post away.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And show him that screws don’t need to go 2 inches past the boards you are joining.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The proper way to address them is “Neighbor ____” with the blank being their first name. I will let the very educational comic Pearls Before Swine illustrate:

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have particular skills

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bet they don’t own a table saw and this is the length the store sold them at.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or maybe, they’re trying to make it taller the ship of Theseus way.

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a post post

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I wish I was lucky enough to be a homeowner complaining about 2 mismatched fenceposts

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  • silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Check where you are, because come on, that’s the whole point of this community

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    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Wait, are we in mildyinfuriatinghomeownerproblems?

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m more than mildly infuriated I will likely never own a home.

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There are things I can relate to, and this is not one of them. Hence my comment

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  • consumptionone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The 3 inch nails protruding through the rails are much more complaint-worthy than the too-tall pickets.

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They don’t even come close to the home owners fence bro

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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Good news is that many landlords excel at this level of craftsmanship.

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  • Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I also wish the same for us both. But I’d like to remind you, people who rent can also find themselves complaining about the neighbour’s mismatched fenceposts

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  • Nelots@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t know if you meant for it to come off this way or not, but to me it sounds like you’re saying people who own homes shouldn’t complain about small things. Someone else always has it worse. That doesn’t mean those who are better off have no right to complain about things that annoy them (especially on the community made for complaining about mildly infuriating things).

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I think it’s the fact OP is calling their neighbor an asshole for fixing their fence in a less than perfect way that really irked me. I get annoyed when privileged people want to play the victim; it’s something I know I should work on, but right now it’s a part of my character.

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• Hawke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What screws?

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Has a nail gun but no table saw

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Screws? Where we are going, we don’t need screws”

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  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, Id be going back out there with a hammer and poking those nails back through the board just enough to make it flush. let the neighbor loose an eye if they want to half ass that.

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I read it as “they can’t afford saw and screws”

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• Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree with all the people saying cut the screws. Its a safety problem and you’re doing him a favor

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Omg I just noticed the screws. The guy just bought the longest ones he could find.

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not just the posts. The neighbor used nails that are way too long. IMO that’s a safety hazard.

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  • DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah most definitely though I’d also consider its best to get longer nails than shorter ones nails mainly on a limited budget.

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  • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ram it, get tetanus. Sue.

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• ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cut the screw ends off and toss them back on his side of the fence so he can find them with his bare feet.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Reverse them and let him bang into the fence

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• quinkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe he is slowly upgrading it to a taller fence. Only 328 more to go.

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Just damage the other posts…

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  • w3dd1e@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I was just talking to someone who wants to replace their fence. Planks are expensive right now so he is as saying he would do it this way haha

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  • Mora@pawb.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Theseus fence🤔

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• JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Probably needs to do that on the other side

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If it works but looks stupid…wait it’s just plain stupid

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• El_guapazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Looks life a shared fence. Maybe you should have offered to help instead of making this post.

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  • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe that was the deal, op puts up the posts and the neighbor puts up the planks

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  • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It looks like there’s also a fence in the foreground and maybe a pathway inbetween, so I don’t think it’s a shared fence.

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    • bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The photo is also taken from the “inside” side. So it might even be his fence.

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  • captainWhatsHisName@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s a better fence post than the one pictured

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• _bcron_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Grab the nail heads with a pliers and push them out a little every week or so

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  • gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What and deprive the nail gnomes of their jobs?

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    • _bcron_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You are an ally I guess, just making that neighbor lose their mind over those loose nails

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  • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuck that. Hit them with a hammer until the points are flush with the fence and the heads stick out on his side. It’s your yard and property…

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    • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Looks like the fence might not be on the property line. On OP’s side there is a smaller fence.

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    or just cut the nails using an oscillating tool? No need to be petty.

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    • Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What’s the point of living if I can’t be petty?

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hahahaha.

    I appreciate your patience

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• Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  All I see is a dude who had a limited amount of fucks to give.

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• Juvyn00b@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Perhaps the neighbor is just going for a taller fence… Over time.

  Yes the screw length would be a big concern.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Why do you even care?

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• m3t00@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  bend them over before they change their mind

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That fence looks backwards according to the code I’m familiar with, unless you took this inside your neighbor’s yard

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• eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s nothing like arborvitae or boxwoods to create a green wall of serenity that hides an ugly neighboring lot or fence. Takes a few years to establish, but man, it’s well worth it. You never see the neighbor’s bullshit again.

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• Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is just book-version Hermione Granger

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• Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As someone with buck teeth, I see no issue.

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• captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But in 20 short years at least the color will match!

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• takeda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have suspicion that you guys don’t like each other.

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Those exposed screws are way worse than the mismatched boards. Safety hazard

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• SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are you sure that’s not your fence?

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• dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You can easily get rid of those nails sticking out with just a hammer.

  Hit it from the top. Cover your eyes. Hit it from the bottom. Hit it from the top. Off it flies, good luck finding the broken off piece.

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• PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Post about a post. Reeeeeee

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• Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ain’t that America! Home of the free, baby! Busted old fences for you and me!

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