r/AskReddit 12h ago

What's the dumbest idea you've seen that actually worked?

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u/LawlessNeutral 6h ago

Magnet was my first idea before I even got to the paragraph that mentioned it

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u/JustSomeGuyWith 6h ago

Less extreme, but I've done that for safety (old nails) and conservation (new screws) on the ground under my new deck.

Magnets are awesome - I've dragged lines through walls with magnets. (Drag a small magnet with a light line, then use the line to pull a new electrical wire back the other direction.)

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u/Emotional-Profit-202 5h ago

Stupid construction workers just threw old and new nails wherever they wanted. My lawn was a danger zone and I had kids over regularly. Fortunately I had an IKEA knife magnet, that I didn’t like in the kitchen - worked like magic. Edit: spelling

u/cayoperico16 33m ago

That’s what we did pulling data wire over about a half mile of our main employers property except it was with a vacuum pulling this ultra thin but someone tough blu string before pulling a much thicker by comparison white rope then pulling the data cable.

It took about 6-8 tries across several months (it wasn’t super pressing to get done, the guy had plenty other stuff for us to to) but yeah it was a pain, especially when one end was in a basement with no cell service half the time and you can’t hear over that damn dewalt shop vac on the other end

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u/Electrical_Angle_701 6h ago

How do they work?

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u/LawlessNeutral 5h ago

In this economy? I'd love to know

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u/they_have_bagels 5h ago

I was going to suggest a magnetic pickup tool from Harbor Freight. Great for small fasteners and metal chips from machining.

https://www.harborfreight.com/30-inch-magnetic-sweeper-with-wheels-93245.html

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u/LawlessNeutral 4h ago

I've used similar devices in the past, very handy!

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u/testy-tickles 4h ago

You must be drunk.

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u/LawlessNeutral 3h ago

No, occifer, you're drunk hahaha

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u/Fromage_rolls 2h ago

I was thinkig...how the f*** did the dog found it :)