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I find myself unreasonably frustrated by this arrangement. "Screwdriver Bits" are not the base level of the screwdriver column -- "Screwdrivers" are. And the se
by gcanyon 3y ago
I find myself unreasonably frustrated by this arrangement. "Screwdriver Bits" are not the base level of the screwdriver column -- "Screwdrivers" are. And the second column from left is just a mess: stampers are similar to rivets are similar to nail guns... how?
I'm sure this is a personal preference thing but (to me) the columns should be thematically similar, off the top of my head (I am not skilled at manufacturing nor construction):
1. Things that pound things into other things (hammers)
2. Things that twist things into other things (screwdrivers)
3. Things that join things (staples, rivets, etc. -- yes, I get that this covers both nails and screws)
4. Things that shape things
5. Things that split things
6. Things that cut things
7. Things that break things down
8. Things that mix things
9. Things that contain things
10. Things that move single things
11. Things that move aggregate things
12. Things that etch things
13. Things that measure the size of things
14. Things that measure the mass of things
15. Things that measure force
16. Things that measure other attributes?
I'm sure there are more.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- pvg 3y agoI'm sure there are more. things that have just broken a flower vase, things that tremble as if they were mad, suckling pigs
- gcanyon 3y agoI'm not sure how this is a valid criticism? I gave actual categories of things-tools-do. You just made up nonsense tasks?
- theodoregray 3y ago(a) screwdriver bits come above screwdrivers for one simple reason: the mouth bit holder is hilarious and I wanted to put it at the top of the column. (b) column 2 is things you can hit with a hammer: that's why it has stamps, rivets, and nails. It follows hammers because alkali earth metals are somewhat chemically related to alkali metals (e.g. reactive with water to evolve hydrogen, which makes both columns fun to play with). Nail pullers are at the bottom of hammers instead of the bottom of column 2 because the counts worked better that way.
- gcanyon 3y agoI'll start by saying it's a great concept, and beautifully executed in general. And I'm sorry to be one of several piling on about perceived (I did say I was "unreasonably" frustrated with the arrangement) shortcomings of the arrangement. All to say, thanks for making something interesting enough to disagree with/about, and thanks for the clarifications.