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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Lathe Memes

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Life In The Three-Jaw Chuck Complex

Engineering
4 months ago 7.5K views 0 shares
Life In The Three-Jaw Chuck Complex
These buildings are literally what happens when an engineer who spends all day at a lathe can't stop thinking about work. "Honey, I designed our apartment complex!" "Did you just... make it look like a chuck from your lathe?" "MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY! Three jaws, perfect symmetry, and nobody can park in the middle without feeling like they're about to be clamped and spun at 1200 RPM!" The architect definitely got extra credit for making sure residents experience centrifugal force just by looking out their windows. Imagine giving directions: "I live in the third tooth of the second jaw, apartment 5B. If you hit the spindle, you've gone too far."

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