Submitted 1 day ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Oh man. This brings back so much trauma.
Holding the flashlight for your parents is one of the hardest things to do.
I have asked my son to hold a flashlight for me. I understand what my parents went through.
However when my buddy holds a flashlight, he does a good job.
The difference is that your buddy knows that your work needs to be illuminated, not you.
Teach your children.
My pops would put it in my hand then grab my arm and put it right where he wanted it …and I didn’t move it one inch from that spot
Aziz, light!
Thank you very much aziz, much better
You can’t toast with water though.
“Not so YOU can see! So I can see! What the hell is wrong with you?”
"Dont shine it up at the moon you dipshit! The moons already glowing! Shine the fucker over here! 🤣
Good times lmao.
While holding the flashlight at 27 yrs of age while he works to install a vanity He says “give me the twisty turney”.
I replied “The twisty turney?”
He confirmed “Yehlah give me the twisty turned. Quick.”
This is the man who for my entire life taught me the name and use of every single tool in the box…im thinking socket wrench? Channel lock pliers? Hes working on plumbing…but also sort of carpentry…
I said “you’re going to have to be more specific”
He replied “The damn Philips head screwdriver”
I read that with an E instead of an A, and I wonder what that says about me…
But yeah, “NO, HOLD IT THIS WAY, RIGHT HERE!!” and I grew up with 2 mechanic uncles and a step dad so I got it 4x as hard 😭
Not that it’s a competition, but holy shit is the meme real.
Oh lol I read it twice, some comments and still reading it as Fleshlight
I come from a family of electricians, I feel your pain.
My dad went to prison when I was 3 so no. The replacement was cool as hell and very family oriented, loved to work on cars with his brothers and even got me interested. But he was also an interstate drug mule
Some people never had to dig thru couch cushions and under car seats hoping for change so your mom can buy you Taco Bell and it shows.
(This was back when bean burritos were 59 cents)
Got to love parents. To this day the oldest item from my childhood of the late 70s is a giant blow mold spider man head bank. I always liked it as a kid and people would visit and put change in it. One day I went to play with it and there was a giant hole cut in the back which looks like it was made with a steak knife and all the money was gone. I was too young to really give a shit but i often wonder where it went. I guess mom needed the $ for something. I always knew life wasn’t shit and most people suck
I bet only one or two of us held our dad’s fleshlights.
…Jesus Christ
I don’t think my father ever held a flashlight. He made me do his dirty work.
youtube.com/shorts/IEFlaw19yLk
KEVIN!!
No hold it straight! Right there, now hold it!
„Mi świecisz, czy sobie?”
Just give me the damn thing and go inside!
How to give your Failure, emotional damage in one easy but seemingly impossible step.
Oh, fudge.
Lexam@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well yeah. Can’t hold a flashlight for a dad that abandons you.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You wouldn’t believe the lines at the gas station, like who has 22 years to wait for a pack of smokes, geez.
jdf038@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Should have put a 1 star review in when Google got invented
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well no shit he never came back. He couldn’t find his way home because he couldn’t see because you weren’t pointing the flashlight in the right spot!
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Your dad was around in the beginning for long enough to abandon you?