r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Fazbear2035 • 5h ago
Funny RIP fridge, gone but not forgotten
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u/Santaconartist 5h ago
24 pack every month for 36 years is 10,368 beers. Math checks out
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u/Afrojones66 5h ago
Dad knows his shit.
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u/AmphibiousDad 5h ago
A 24 pack a month?
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u/OrangeThrower 5h ago
Extras go in main fridge or cooler. Come on now.
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u/Unbanable4221 4h ago
Extras? A month has roughly 30 days (give or take) while a 24 pack has, obviously, 24 beers. That means that if one is drinking a beer daily, they would be 6 beers short a month.
This means that:
A) dad didn't drink beers daily (sissy);
B) there was more in the garage fridge than one 24 pack, which could make your "extras go in the main fridge or cooler" statement much more believable.
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u/Practical-Sleep4259 4h ago
It's called drinking mans math, you automatically claim only 50% of your base consumption.
I'd guess that fridge pushed 30k+ beers including guests.
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u/Rock_Strongo 3h ago
My fridge's beer stats will go to the grave with me.
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u/XDSHENANNIGANZ 3h ago
It's only right and proper to keep a mans beer fridge's secrets sacred.
Whiskey is meant to be (very lightly) shared when you find a good one.Hibikimybeloved.
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u/Velocityg4 2h ago
In the good ole days. Beer was just something you drank instead of water. Gave it to kids. Used to wean yourself off alcohol, when on the wagon.
They didn't even consider it drinking unless you were drinking hard liquor.
All those guys pounding Coors they'd consider sissies.
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u/PrisonerV 2h ago
My mom could drink 12-18 beers a day. She did that for 40 years (that's at least 175,000 beers).
Died from liver failure. Not the cigarettes which were also killing her.
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u/Shadoboy07 5h ago
That's less than a beer a day. Seems reasonable
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u/rje946 5h ago
I find it hilarious that people can find this unreasonable for 2 different reasons
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u/ToastSpangler 4h ago
It's objectively way too few beers, especially after 2 wives and kids
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u/Deeliciousness 3h ago
I have 1 wife and 2 kids, and it's still hard. Couldn't imagine 2 wives and 1 kid
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u/thissexypoptart 4h ago edited 1h ago
The dude asking the question originally almost without a doubt thought it’s too low a number.
People generally don’t buy 24 packs if they drink less than one beer a day.
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u/PoisonIvyCrotch 4h ago
24 a month is completely reasonable. Mother in law went through 18 seltzers a day when on her binges and probably averages 6-12 a day. Shit was eye opening since it was my first time dealing with an alcoholic.
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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 4h ago
18 seltzers a day!? Holy shit. That's like $30 per day.
She's spending somewhere around $7k per year on seltzer lol. That's like 16% of the average median income for an American.
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u/PoisonIvyCrotch 4h ago
Yea her social security basically all goes to alcohol and then she asks for money when it runs out. Had to put my foot down and say she couldn’t live with us since we have kids now and she was constantly drunk around them. Not to mention I couldn’t keep any bottles in my own home since she would just drink it all. Not fun
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u/Anonymous-tossaway 3h ago
I hear these stories about people drinking that much like 24 pack a day or that many seltzers a day and such and it blows my mind not even from the alcohol perspective but from the liquid perspective. After two or three beers I start to feel super bloated and full, it's hard for me to drink enough beer to get drunk without feeling sick just from the liquid and carbonation.
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u/somneuronaut 1h ago
Liquor is much easier to abuse... though high ABV beer is pretty easy as well. Light beer is so much liquid.
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u/Professional-Rub152 4h ago
Alcoholism doesn’t start at 18 seltzers a day. If your life routine revolves around alcohol then you’re probably on the road to alcoholism if you aren’t already there.
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u/TheMainEffort 4h ago
And beers that are sold in that amount are usually pretty weak. This is like criticizing someone for having a bottle of water a day.
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u/Old_Gimlet_Eye 5h ago
Seems low for someone with a dedicated beer fridge.
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u/_HiWay 3h ago
I mean, some other stuff can go there too, sodas, seltzer water, big pot o leftovers that doesn't fit the regular fridge, extra gallon(s) of milk/gatorade/whatever else comes in gallons, water, giant pack of those Danimals smoothie things, koolaid jammers, etc
Mine has all that and more and it's still lovingly called the beer fridge.
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u/Cosmonate 5h ago
Is that high or low for you, depending on how you answer might decide whether I go to rehab or not.
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u/sjrotella 4h ago
I put 5 cases in my fridge for a single BBQ.
At my peak I was hosting a BBQ at least once a month from may-november.
Beer would be gone by the time we went to bed.
Then, you'd have another full fridge for Easter, thanksgiving, and christmas.
Just from those 10 days alone thats 50 cases, aka 1200 beers.
10,000 beers is light lol.
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 4h ago
At a certain point a pony keg becomes a good choice. I always feel bad about all the empties, even if they do get recycled.
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u/sjrotella 4h ago
That'd be an option if we all drank the same thing lol.
I keep labatt blue, 2x blue light, molson, and yeungling stocked for parties.
I recycle the empties because they're 5 cents a can.
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 3h ago
Labatt Blue, that brings me back to parties with my Quebecois friends. Good times. I remember the moment when the hyper conservative manly dad learned that the singer in his favorite band, Judas Priest, was very gay lol.
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u/Truemeathead 4h ago
Someone who laments the death of the beer chiller drank a damn sight more than that lol.
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u/jebberwockie 4h ago
I polished off a 12 and had a 24 delivered just to get through my 10 year class reunion
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u/BigBagBootyPapa 3h ago
Bro I’m at a 24 pack every couple of days. This man was looking after his health comparatively lol
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u/fondledbydolphins 4h ago
Man like that is going through way more than a 24 pack per month. Probably at least 3.
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u/MoreCowbellllll 2h ago
24 pack every month
Heh. Those are rookie numbers. Dad isn't dumb, he's not admitting to the 40,000 beer real number.
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u/ialo00130 4h ago
And that doesn't even count the countless packs that friends and family have stored in there.
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u/Immaculatehombre 3h ago
What dad drinks only a 24 pack a month? Rookie dad numbers. Looking at this dad more likely the number is 50 to 100 thousand beers. thats being conservative.
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u/laughguy220 3h ago
A case of 24 a week (this guy strikes me as a case a week kind of guy) for 36 years is a few beers shy of 45 000.
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u/Ok_Cap_7264 5h ago
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u/FrothyBadgerMilk 18m ago
One day you open old faithful to grab a cold brewski and unknowingly close the door for the last time
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u/SadKat002 5h ago
It really is a travesty when a good appliance dies, especially in an era where planned obsolescence means all modern appliances usually only last 2-3 years
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u/adanishplz 5h ago
And they all come with monthly subscriptions to features, and online registrations, and datamining.
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u/Mama_Mega 4h ago
OOP'S tweet the next day:
"My dad saw an ad on his new smart fridge and built a killdozer"
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u/72kdieuwjwbfuei626 4h ago
Please post a link to this fridge with a subscription that you want to have seen.
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u/JustLookingForMayhem 4h ago
They are probably referring to the Samsung Smart fridges that now have ads by default and ad free subscriptions. I'm not entirely sure, though.
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie 4h ago
It's usually Samsung products. They've been toying with the idea of putting ads in your fridge door screen and you can pay to have them turned off like a shitty mobile game.
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u/CuriousOliveTree 3h ago
Wtf?! I genuinely wonder, do they actually think someone would buy that fridge?
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie 3h ago
Because you're limited on options. It's the same reason HP sells a printer that is fully ready to go out of the box but requires you to pay a subscription based on how many pages you print a month. They know they're one of like 3 options for a printer and they're trying to see just how much they can get away with.
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u/inbigtreble30 2h ago
I tell literally every person I talk to about technology not to buy an HP printer. They screwed me over years ago and I am determined to bring them down. Big fan of the Epson eco-tank. Also hear Canon has good personal printers.
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u/CuriousOliveTree 3h ago
Damn I didn't know that either! That is some real r/boringdystopia stuff.
But it's true they're trying to find out how much shit they can get away with before they're stopped. I'll hug my non-HP printer the next time I use it. At least it hasn't betrayed me yet :')
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u/Over_Caramel5922 4h ago
Except a 36 year old fridge is REALLY inefficient and he must have spent so much running it
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u/Downtown_Mistake_867 3h ago
My parents had a fridge around this age. The cement floor around it was noticeably warmer.
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u/edfitz83 3h ago
I thought he was talking about The Fridge, from the 85 Bears.
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u/Jump_The_Five_Yo 3h ago
William Perry? Now I gotta watch the Super Bowl shuffle!
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u/BZLuck 2h ago
Surprisingly they don't use that much energy when they are left closed most of the time. Even an old ass fridge like his might have inefficient cooling system, but unlike the main house fridge with 6 people opening it every 30 minutes and is constantly running.
We added a used stand up freezer and a "medium" sized fridge in our garage a few years ago. The power bill went up by like $15, and I'm in San Diego, the city with the nation's highest power bill. They maybe get opened up 2-3 times a week, so they mostly just sit there chillin'.
I will say though, I've never felt so middle class ballin' in my life than when we go shopping at Costco and can say, "Oh! Let's buy this huge box (of whatever). We can put it in the garage fridge/freezer!"
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u/wolfgang784 2h ago
Yea my dad refuses to replace things till they break, but his fridge was almost as old as he was and when I checked its power consumption and his electricity bill and did some math it turned out it was costing him almost $50/m to power that fridge whereas new ones cost a few dollars for the whole year.
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u/VonSkullenheim 2h ago
You did your math wrong, cause neither of those figures are right. An old fridge would cost like $150-250 a year to run, a new fridge would cost like $50-100 a year to run.
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u/peon2 4h ago
Just a couple months ago I spent hours and hours searching online for a replacement lid switch assembly because my wife loves her Maytag washing machine from the 90s.
Took forever to find the exact right part that would fit our model but it was successful lol. I'm sure 5 years for now it will be only harder to keep that baby humming.
My MIL has a brand new washing machine and constantly has problems related to some motherboard issue or computerized whatever, but this machine is just all mechanical as long as the motor and belt turn it should be good.
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u/Kevo05s 4h ago
Let me guess, the MIL's washer is a Samsung? They are notoriously bad
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u/peon2 4h ago
Not sure - I've heard awful things about their fridges though so that wouldn't surprise me. All I know is that the issues are from completely unrequired features haha
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u/GrimSlayer 3h ago
When my wife and I bought our house it came with a Samsung washer, dryer and fridge. The washer and dryer kept breaking so after our 1 year home warranty expired we bought Speed Queen washer/dryer. The fridge ice maker would constantly freeze over and stop producing ice. At this point it’s frozen over so no ice for us. I’ve basically sworn off Samsung products at this point…
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u/justsomedude58 4h ago
My uncle’s garage fridge is almost old enough to draw social security.
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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin 52m ago
dad had a water cooler in this category. it lasted i think 40 years? then it was unplugged and he thought it was broken so he gave it away to a family friend. it still works to this day lol
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u/Curun 3h ago
Customers want them to be cheaper.
You like that $1000 fridge from 1980?
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
$4100 today... BASE... BEFORE adding modern features like ice maker, bottle filler, filtration, etc.
So now you're at 5-6k for what you want. But that 1.5k price unit at bestbuy sure does look tempting compared to 6k.
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u/PrimaryInjurious 3h ago
means all modern appliances usually only last 2-3 years
Or you're just indulging in survivorship bias. I've had our modern fridge for ten years now. Same with the washer and dryer.
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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin 49m ago
we may also be approaching paradox territory
"modern appliances last 2-3 years", but a 10 year old appliance could be considered not modern
so all appliances that are modern fail in 2-3 years, because after that time they would cease to be modern anyway?
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u/Happytapiocasuprise 5h ago
Reminds me of that video of the guy talking about his spool of wire running out
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u/Mattock1987 5h ago
A Viking funeral seems appropriate
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u/The42ndDuck 1h ago
I think I read online somewhere that the Viking beer fridge funeral ritual involves Tannerite and rifle.
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u/rovikijubewode7007 4h ago
outlasted 2 wives is the highest reliability rating an appliance can get
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u/calgeorge 5h ago
This is some seriously sad news. They don't make appliances like that anymore. Whatever he replaces it with will last 5 years tops.
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u/Lost_Protection_5866 4h ago
Yeah depending on what it is like a compressor he’s better off just repairing it
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u/Responsible_Bag220 3h ago
You don’t replace garage fridges, you demote the kitchen fridge which is hopefully less than 36 years but more than 10.
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u/tppiel 4h ago
Survivor bias. A fridge that lasts 10 years is likely to last 20 more
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u/greg19735 3h ago
especially when beer fridges are at most opened a few times per day, whereas the kitchen fridge is opened way way way more
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u/Eremite58 4h ago
I dread having to ever replace my kitchen fridge. The cabinets are built around it to fractions of an inch including depth. I think the island was put in after it I see no way to move it past it. Its a GE i guess from 1985. Lucky the guts are on the top. I had it fixed once when dried up insulation blocked tge freezer fan and he said everything else was as fine.
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u/TheBaggyDapper 4h ago
Kids today, they have no respect.
Pouring one out for Garage Fridge. He was a real one. RIP.
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u/IcyMike1782 3h ago
For reals. When my outdoor beer fridge died, after at least 15yrs of solid duty in saving me & friends steps from the backyard to the beer, was a solemn, sad affair.
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u/_HiWay 3h ago
garage fridge puts up with some serious shit. 100+ degree days, frigid winter nights, wild humidity swings. random shit being bumped into it, stored on it. Probably slightly off level because the leg that got bent getting it into the garage in the first place. and they are usually already 15 years old by the time they move in.
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u/AppUnwrapper1 5h ago
NGL I feel this about my fridge I bought as a floor model for $300 15+ years ago. I’m gonna be really upset when it finally goes.
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u/98Jacoby 5h ago
At that point, I'd fix it myself just for the sentimental value.
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u/TheComplimentarian 4h ago
My washer died when I was out of town, and my wife called a guy to look at it. He opened it up, looked at all the parts, and told my wife, "I'm not even sure what kind of washer this is anymore*."
I actually already had the part on hand, because I had a feeling that was going to break. He wouldn't install it though. Said it looked fine, but he didn't, "Want to be responsible" if it died.
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u/Has_Two_Cents 4h ago
Theseus's washing machine
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u/TheComplimentarian 4h ago
The outside is around 25 years old, and I'm sure there are some other original parts, but I don't know what they'd be. Works fine.
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u/Just_the_Setup 5h ago
I kinda get why he’s going through more wives than fridges if I’m being real honest.
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u/SmellyMcPhearson 4h ago
That fridge is his longest relationship. I see why it's a great loss for him
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u/tragicallyohio 5h ago
God forbid a man have a hobby.
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u/Just_the_Setup 5h ago
What hobby, drinking?
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u/Accomplished-Cup8182 3h ago
Fellas, is it problematic to drink beer and like long lasting appliances?
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u/NavalProgrammer 2h ago
no, but multiple divorces eventually becomes a red flag
i would say six is a good number of chances so divorce #7 is officially "problematic"
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u/Accomplished-Cup8182 2h ago
We don't even know if the guy got divorced or why. He could be a widow that loved his wives very much, and took ownership of his domestic duties and child rearing. He clearly has a good relationship with his son. Bro is just trying to enjoy his beers and memorialize valuable appliances. Let the homie live.
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u/NavalProgrammer 2h ago
Let the homie live.
.....no.
j/k I already said he's allowed four more divorces in my books
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u/Hot-Category2986 4h ago
A fridge of that age can probably be repaired.
Ask him why he is letting it go.
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u/JaneksLittleBlackBox 2h ago
Maybe he already has a dozen times and just doesn't want to keep putting more time into something that old that's eventually just not gonna work anymore.
Or, because of the age, finding the correct parts for a reasonable price can be a hassle. I've had to give up on repairing things in the past because the parts were so hard to come by that sellers knew they could jack up the prices.
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u/Allenrw81 4h ago
Hell yeah I'd go to a fridge funeral, I bet it would be fun. Get some beer and fireworks, that would be awesome!
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u/Thisguydoubletrouble 4h ago
Man this gives the same feeling of the guy with the empty spool of thread talking about his existential crisis https://youtube.com/shorts/2NrNgfoXldk?si=1-QMDh0WokCkEAcc
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u/Ecstatic_Bear81 4h ago
God this just gutted me. That man will never open up to his wife again, good goin lady
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u/wooberries 4h ago
i hate this man's wife(?). though i don't understand whatever jets joke/reference at the end so maybe i'm misunderstanding
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u/GrapefruitSlow8583 4h ago
Post is fake. Us old folk dont typically send multiple messages in a row like that, that's a zoomer thing. Millenials and older send messages like we're sending letters in wartime.
Regardless, i hope this missage finds you well. It may be my last for a while, as supplies, time, and spirit are dwindling.
I wish you a bountiful harvest, and safety in these trying times.
Sincerely,
grapefruitslow
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u/AwkwardDorkyNerd 3h ago
Damn, what a weird way for me to find out that my 49 year old mom is actually a zoomer, and I’m apparently a 21 year old millennial.
My mom always sends multiple messages in a row, while I send one singular long-ass text.
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u/GrapefruitSlow8583 3h ago edited 3h ago
You're an old soul, time to tend to the fields
PS - and be mindful of your knees
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u/Visual-Ad-1306 4h ago
Knock on wood, my garage fridge (a Kenmore) originally belonged to my parents and lasted them 20 years before I took it over. I’ve had it for another 15 years, and it’s still running strong.
Meanwhile, the Samsung fridge in my kitchen has needed multiple repairs; including a PCB, an ice maker wiring harness (before the ice maker failed entirely), and an LED light assembly that was basically another PCB. Both storage bins have also cracked in the last few years.
The garage fridge, on the other hand, has never had a single part replaced.
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u/BackItUpWithLinks 4h ago
We moved kitchen fridge to the garage in 2002. We’d had it for 10 years. It’s still in the garage, running great.
I’ve had 3 other kitchen fridges since then.
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u/PartsUnknown242 4h ago
36 years is a long time for a fridge. I can understand why he’d want to mourn for it.
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u/7th_Archon 4h ago
I know the feeling.
A few months ago we replaced our microwave. That thing was older my then my little sister, and she’s in her final year of high school.
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u/fanceypantsey 4h ago
You honestly get attached to the most random things! I got upset when we had to get rid of our truck for a new one. My old cell phone that I called Frankenstein because it had huge chunks falling out of it but still worked perfectly (I still have her). My son also cried when we got rid of my car for an SUV so I let him pick the colour of the new one! SMH inanimate objects create feeling because of memories with them!
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u/OnTheEveOfWar 4h ago
I will shed a tear when my garage fridge finally dies. That thing has been stocked with drinks and Costco food for 10 years. Nothing hits better than grabbing a cold beer from the garage fridge while doing yard work.
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u/RaiseWide5460 2h ago
I'm thinking that a proper sendoff for a veteran appliance like that fridge would involve an open field and about 5 pounds of tannerite. Though I could be wrong about that. 10 pounds may be better.
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u/kyl_r 2h ago
My parents have had a mini fridge just for cold beverages for AGES. It’s been a fixture for family gatherings, sportsball seasons, helped in power outages even (basically a backup cooler lol). It was there before I moved back home for a few years, and it’s still there now. It sounds silly but RIP this guy’s fridge, I get it.
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u/Important_Power_2148 4h ago
Heres a video of the services... https://youtube.com/shorts/7u4-FtZfyfk?si=N8PvxDyavoQ9BXI0
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u/DoringItBetterNow 4h ago
I get sentimental about things that have done their job for a very long time.
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u/BackItUpWithLinks 4h ago
You’d think he lost a son
In Big Bang Theory Sheldon is asked about his spot. He says (paraphrased)
“I love my mother. My feelings for my spot run much deeper.”
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u/BobsOblongLongBong 4h ago
Does a proper funeral involve dragging it out back and shooting it full of holes?
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u/KenUsimi 4h ago
I don’t want to know what a “proper funeral” would mean for a fridge but I would really hope it involves donating it to a proper disposal facility.
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u/microwavedtardigrade 4h ago
Life feels good when you cherish everyday items. That's how you get through hard times, cherishing people of course too
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u/artsybrigadier 4h ago
Honestly, when the upright freezer I inherited from my grandparents died back in March, I shed a few tears. That bastard went through a lot and lasted close to 35 years. 🫡
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie 4h ago
Load that fridge up with tannerite and send it to Valhalla (at a safe distance) at 5,500 m/s. It couldn't ask for a better send off.
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u/hookydoo 4h ago
This happened to my parents and their garage chest freezer. It was an ancient thing from the 50s ish, had all the art deco styling and stuff. I was the very first thing they purchased as a married couple in the 80s at a yard sale. It finally died in 2017. When the appliance delivery guys came to haul it out and remove it, it turned out that the power cord had just corroded and fallen off the back. Since it was so old they hadn't bothered trying to fix it. They were actually really upset to see it go. Sad day.
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u/KittySharkWithAHat 4h ago
I remember my mom bought this giant Cosco saran wrap when I was in high school, and it finally ran out years later when I was dating this girl in college.
Me: Good bye Kirkland!
Lara: Just drop in recycling you goofball.
Me: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound... (bagpipes)
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u/Severe_Abroad_4830 3h ago
Your dad is right. He probably had it since the eighties. It’s an inanimate object but it got the job done do 40 years.
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u/fertile_gnome 3h ago
It might not be dead.
Most kitchen refrigerators stop the compressor when the air temperature outside the unit drops below 40 degrees.
I betcha this "garage fridge" is just a kitchen fridge in 38 degree F garage.
Source: all my ice cream in the freezer in my garage just melted.
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u/PhantomRoyce 3h ago
My dad had his dad’s garage fridge and now that one is in my shed. Never really thought about the generations of beers that thing has kept cold
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