Wesley Thompson (u/wesley_thompson)

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Binged an entire season in one sitting at a dive bar in Detroit last weekend

Went to a bar called The Old Miami near Wayne State and they had a whole room dedicated to just playing The Bear on loop. Six hours went by before I realized I hadn't moved from my stool. Has anyone else found a weird public spot that accidentally forced you into a binge watch?

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c/carpet-installers•

wesley_thompson•2d ago

Old timer told me to wet my seams before stretching and I laughed at him

Guy with 30 years in the game said wetting the seam helps it relax before you stretch, so I tried it on a 12x15 room in Phoenix last month. The seam laid flat with zero ripples on the first try, no joke. Has anyone else done this or is he just lucky?

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c/coding-for-beginners•

wesley_thompson•3d ago

The big debate: should beginners start with Python or JavaScript first?

I keep seeing people say Python is the only way to start because it's easier, but then they hit web dev and have to learn JavaScript anyway. Which one actually sets you up better long term? What's your take?

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c/cosmetologists•

wesley_thompson•5d ago

Heard my coworker talking about using a facial steamer before applying toner

I was at my station yesterday and overheard my coworker say she steams her clients' faces for like 2 minutes before toner to help absorption. Tried it on myself last night and my skin felt way more hydrated than usual. Anyone else do this or got other pre-toner prep tips?

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c/archaeology-discoveries•

wesley_thompson•6d ago

That time a farmer showed me a 200 year old plow under his barn

I was doing a property inspection near Gettysburg last month, old farmhouse built in the 1820s. Guy who owns it now says his granddad told him there was an old plow buried under the dirt floor of the barn. I figured it was just some rusted junk story. He shoveled down 2 feet and pulled out a complete cast iron plow blade, still had some wood handle left. No way that was faked, the rust pattern alone was legit. Does anyone else ever run into stuff like that on random jobs and wish you had a metal detector?

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c/appliance-repairers•

wesley_thompson•6d ago

Customer told me I was guessing instead of diagnosing, changed my whole approach

Last Tuesday I had this guy watch me swap a control board on his oven that still didn't fix the heating issue. He just looked at me and said 'you're throwing parts at it, not fixing it.' Man that stung because he was right. I realized I was relying on error codes too much and not actually testing components with my multimeter. Spent the next week going back to basics on every call. Now I measure voltage and resistance before I order ANYTHING. Been doing it 3 weeks now and my first-time fix rate went from maybe 60 percent up to over 80 percent. Has anyone else had a customer call them out like that and change how you work?

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c/creative-writing-prompts•

wesley_thompson•6d ago

My buddy's D&D campaign prompt made me rethink how I write villains

He said 'your bad guy should think they're the hero' and that one line hit different because after 3 years of writing mustache-twirling villains I realized I never gave any of them a real reason for doing what they did, so how do you guys make sure your antagonists have a point of view that actually makes sense?

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c/digital-declutter-club•

wesley_thompson•9d ago

Overheard a kid at Starbucks tell his mom he 'archived' his homework folder

It made me realize how much we treat digital decluttering like a life hack when really I just need to delete 47 duplicate photos from my cloud storage instead of pretending I'll sort them later, anyone else have a random comment totally reframe their approach to inbox zero?

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c/bbq-pitmasters•

wesley_thompson•12d ago

Just changed my mind about lump charcoal after talking to a pitmaster in Kansas City

I always thought briquettes were better for consistency, but I ran into a guy named Dave at Joe's KC BBQ last summer. He showed me how he uses FOGO lump for his offset smoker and explained the higher heat output cuts his cook times by 20 minutes per rack of ribs. Has anyone else tried switching and noticed a real difference in flavor?

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c/chefs•

wesley_thompson•12d ago

Saw a stat about how many line cooks leave within 6 months and it hit different

Was reading through some industry survey from Culinary Institute last week and saw that over 70% of line cooks quit before hitting 6 months. That number was way higher than I expected, especially after burning out myself back in 2019 at a diner in Portland. Has anyone else noticed their crew getting thinner way faster than it used to?

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