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Don’t you ever feel like we take things too seriously? I mean, if the heating stops working, there are many very questionable, yet bizarrely ingenious ways to go about it—like putting a fan next to the oven. It’s totally not smart, not safe, it doesn’t work, and it’s basically a plain horrible idea.

But in the bizarre and crazy world of “Redneck Engineering,” things are always far from the norm. Before we step into the Reddit community r/RedNeckEngineering, I should warn you not to try this at home under any circumstances. Because safety will likely be breached, and the gadgets you’ll see will raise an alarming level of suspicion.

So let’s see what the buzz is all about in this hilarious subreddit with 354k members that has been rolling since 2013. Whether it's a curse or a blessing, we will find out.

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Protection From Escaping

Protection From Escaping

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For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera

For Remote Teaching Without A Document Camera

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Bored Panda reached out to the founder of r/RedneckEngineering to find out more about their community. It turns out, the term “redneck engineering" is open for interpretation, but the redditor assured us that it's also “the kind of thing you know when you see.”

For example, “It can range from something as common as using a hand mirror to replace a side-view mirror to something complex like building a backyard water slide with a loop-de-loop.” The members of the subreddit give “bonus points if it'd make an OSHA inspector cringe.”

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My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding

My 12 Year Old Son Modified His Bike With Carpet For Barefoot Riding

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The biggest difference between now and the old days in 2013 when r/RedneckEngineering was created is growth. The founder said that he used to be responsible for most of the posts, but the community has become really self-sustaining over time.

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When it comes to submissions, you’ll see all kinds of bizarre makeshift gadgets and very questionable workarounds. Most posts generally come from people finding “low-budget workarounds to everyday problems with a few high-effort engineering projects and other submissions sprinkled in.”

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When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You

When You Ask A Welder To Fix Something For You

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Brett
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*snaps off other mirror on purpose* can you fix this mirror too?

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Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It.... Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad

Found This Fork In My Brothers House And Asked Him Why He Had Done It.... Then He Ran Upstairs To Grab His iPad

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A Whole Crap Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn

A Whole Crap Load Of Amish Guys Moving A Barn

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is it that we Africans use brick or concrete to build walls even though we don't have hurricanes and tornados and america with it's hurricanes are like... we'll see which is the easiest thing for a bit of wind to blow away

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Would Like To Buy This Guy A Beer And Hear His Story

Would Like To Buy This Guy A Beer And Hear His Story

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Man Puts Chicken On Top Of Squeegee To Eat The Spiders Trapped In The Ceiling, Natural Pest Control

Man Puts Chicken On Top Of Squeegee To Eat The Spiders Trapped In The Ceiling, Natural Pest Control

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Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My Mn Apartment As It Reached -40°. But The Idiot Must Have Forgotten He Pays My Electric And Doesn't Realize That I Value My Comfort Over Safety Or Energy Conservation.

Landlord Decided To Turn Down The Heat Today In My Mn Apartment As It Reached -40°. But The Idiot Must Have Forgotten He Pays My Electric And Doesn't Realize That I Value My Comfort Over Safety Or Energy Conservation.

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rgr8
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who the frick would let someone live in a house that is -40. Your landlord is an a*hole.

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I’m Bad For Using Whatever Tool Is Handy As A Hammer, Usually A Crescent Wrench. My Husband Learned A Bit Of Welding And Redneck Engineered This For My Birthday

I’m Bad For Using Whatever Tool Is Handy As A Hammer, Usually A Crescent Wrench. My Husband Learned A Bit Of Welding And Redneck Engineered This For My Birthday

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also needs a knife, a fork, a toothpick, a corkscrew and a bottle opener!

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Buoyancy

Buoyancy

2 korean student's made a raft out of potato chip bags to prove they have too much air in them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It annoys me every time I hear people complain about the amount of air in snack chip bags. 1.) The air is necessary, because without it, the chips would get crushed during shipment. 2.) THEY'RE SOLD BY WEIGHT. It doesn't matter if there's empty space in the bag, 5 ounces (or however much in a given bag) is 5 ounces. Learn to read labels

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Hayley Futter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the gas in them actually helps them from going stale. I never understood why people don't get that they will be crushed without the air, I worked that out when I was a a child...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The air inside bags of chips is Nitrogen, it helps keep them from going stale, and also prevents the majority of the chips from being crushed during transport and stocking.

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Peter Hall
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does nobody here realise that too much air in each bag is the issue, not how many chips are in the bag or how they're stored. Most chip bags are over full with air. So more air=less bags in the carton=more cartons in the truck=more trucks to deliver more cartons. Its about reducing the amount of Carbon Monoxide in the atmosphere from the amount of trucks on the road. One truck won't make a lot of difference but 10 million will.

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Erin Kavik
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can't overfill them too much or the bag will pop. The cartons are a set size that hasn't changed in my years handling them, and the cartons have a set number of baggies in them by brand that also hasn't changed in my years handling them. If that box holds 32 bags and 32 doesn't fit in it then the box won't be sent and the machinery adjusted. All of this stuff is so tightly regulated and standardised that your situation will not happen.

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tuzdayschild
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should start making chip bags without air. People will soon be begging to get that air back.

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wandile dludlu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but the air is there to protect the chips from getting crushed... I never understood why people have a problem with this

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Karen Klinck
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen it done during one of those 'Anything Goes' regattas people seem to have all summer (in regular years, anyway.)

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Elaine Mattingly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They proved that air floats and that the chips were still fresh and waterproof after the test. The air is in the bag for a reason, fresh,unbroken chips.

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Monika Soffronow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://theconversation.com/nitrogen-pollution-the-forgotten-element-of-climate-change-69348

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Oskar vanZandt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could always buy chips in a tube... although the Pringles tube are a nightmare for recycling too (although they are trialling an all-paper version of their tubes in the UK at the moment).

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Sue Clasen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The courage or audacity that it's needed to prove your own ideas some times, admires me, I hope it was in summer

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bern Habubbi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure they have nitrogen in them so they don't go stale, the "air" also stops them all being squashed and broken

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Local Chinese Restaurant. The Entire Kitchen Is Walled Off With Plastic. There’s A Cardboard Flap To Pass Money, And The Box On The Right Acts As An Airlock With Two Flaps To Pass The Food Through. It’s All Plastic Sheet, Cardboard And Duct Tape

Local Chinese Restaurant. The Entire Kitchen Is Walled Off With Plastic. There’s A Cardboard Flap To Pass Money, And The Box On The Right Acts As An Airlock With Two Flaps To Pass The Food Through. It’s All Plastic Sheet, Cardboard And Duct Tape

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Whoever Built This Might Have A Phd In Redneck Engineering

Whoever Built This Might Have A Phd In Redneck Engineering

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Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick

Steering Wheel Broke, Needed To Finish The Yard. Thankfully I Know How To Drive A Stick

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Your Move, NASA

Your Move, NASA

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've done this with a hair dryer... but you have to be careful not to melt the hair dryer

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Use A Fishing Rod To Teach Your Son Baseball

Use A Fishing Rod To Teach Your Son Baseball

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We Needed To Disassemble A Shelf In An Office And We Didn’t Have A Mallet. Rubber Bands + Hammer = Mallet

We Needed To Disassemble A Shelf In An Office And We Didn’t Have A Mallet. Rubber Bands + Hammer = Mallet

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Silent Killer Mkii

Silent Killer Mkii

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Came Across This Picture And Wanted To Share

Came Across This Picture And Wanted To Share

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When Covid Requires Separate Climate Control In An Auto, What Can You Do?

When Covid Requires Separate Climate Control In An Auto, What Can You Do?

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Grandpa: 1 Trash Panda: 0

Grandpa: 1 Trash Panda: 0

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Redneck Security System

Redneck Security System

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wandile dludlu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

South Africa every day... we also have contraptions for the steering wheel and also the pedals

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That'll Do For Now, He Said. That Was 4 Years Ago

That'll Do For Now, He Said. That Was 4 Years Ago

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Gotta Love Uhaul

Gotta Love Uhaul

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technically yeah, but I'm pretty sure that is illegal. So they can likely end up paying much more...

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Bought A Used Toy For My Kids At A Garage Sale. I Guess They Didn’t Have Any C Batteries. But They Did Have An Aa Battery And A Wood Dowel Though

Bought A Used Toy For My Kids At A Garage Sale. I Guess They Didn’t Have Any C Batteries. But They Did Have An Aa Battery And A Wood Dowel Though

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This Is Why We Have The 2nd Amendment. So People Can Do This

This Is Why We Have The 2nd Amendment. So People Can Do This

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Ran Out Of Washers So Drilled Through Some Pennies

Ran Out Of Washers So Drilled Through Some Pennies

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Installed My Anti-Tailgater Device Today... Now I Just Need To Find Something For Folks Who Cut Me Off...

Installed My Anti-Tailgater Device Today... Now I Just Need To Find Something For Folks Who Cut Me Off...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh! I just figured it out, took me a minute. So if someone is tailgating they will see the wrench, think it's unsecured and back off.

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#36

Are Russians The Rednecks Of Europe?

Are Russians The Rednecks Of Europe?

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50 Bucks Ain’t Too Bad. Just Gotta Watch The Toes

50 Bucks Ain’t Too Bad. Just Gotta Watch The Toes

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Need To Relocate Your Switch?

Need To Relocate Your Switch?

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Text Means "Emergency Stop"

Text Means "Emergency Stop"

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow... We have laws against such stuff and various instances who regularly check the safety standards. If any of those see this, s**t hits the fan.

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