Oh you can hammer a screw. You'd have to pound extra hard though 😏
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In Soviet Russia, all furniture was assembled by hammering wood screws. Then the assembled furniture was ripened for up to ten years in special humidity-controlled warehouses, allowing screws to expand and lock in place thanks to rusting. This required making screws from special-grade low-quality steel, and use extra-toxic glue for particle board planks so they would not rot. And still, only one in five assembled pieces of furniture did not have any rotten parts or fall into pieces when you attempted to take it home, making it even more luxurious. It is utterly impossible to repeat this level of craftsmanship in modern world.
"What's with low grade steel, toxic glue and leaving it to rot in warehouse for a decade? Nah bro that's a part of the process. Obviously bro. Слава советским инженерам, бро."
all furniture was assembled by hammering wood screws
This required making screws from special-grade low-quality steel
Were they made of wood, steel, or both?
It's these things. Notice how the thread is smaller than the shaft. You always need to drill a pilot hole, otherwise the thread won't bite into the wood. The thread is also pretty tight, so screwing it two-three times in the same hole is enough to strip the wood in the hole, so it can be pulled out with tweezers with almost no resistance. It's also slotted, so if you press too hard your screwdriver will slip out. And if you screw too tightly, the head will rip off, because it's a mild steel.
Or you just hammer it in.
But can you screw a hammer?
While the lightbulb watches.
This web comic would be banned in Texas.
I guess the lightbulb is ace?
Uhhh tool porn wasnt on my list today but ok
But did they use a washer?
The joke is sex again?
The joke is subversion of expectations
And a little bit the absurdity of abruptly seeing tools getting sloppy
Yep.
Nailed it.
The joke is homophobia
Is it tho? I get that the first panel can be read homophobic but the end subverts all gender norms. If anything, nail and screw are the same gender
That is the point. It is depicting two sets of heterosexual relationships that do not work out because the individuals are just not compatible. But instead of the individuals moving onto finding the right heterosexual partner for them, they get the bright idea to just resort to a homosexual relationship. The joke is just "gays are dumb".
What?
I see two tops and two bottoms.
Two doms and two subs.
Two bears and two twinks, two butch and two princesses.
You... can easily read this in a number of ways, that's arguably the strength of using such non human 'characters'.
Could be hetero, could be homo, could be ... ToolTime-sexual.
If anything, its an endorsement of just stepping outside your normal, traditional boundaries, and in some situations that seems to work out for everyone involved.
If still not sure if you're saying this is a homophobic joke or a joke about homophobia. If I understand you correctly, the joke is that the gays are so stupid, they didn't realize they want a same sex partner until the light ball told them?
Kissing, obviously
Always has been.
The bent nails implying that Mr. Hammer is bad at hammering.
You can't blame her, she was clearly a board housewife.
It's screws and nails, not screws and screwdrivers.
What a tool!
Hmm.