You bring home a new table and unpack the box. You then take a look at all the bits and pieces laying on your floor. A white piece of paper catches your attention. Pfft, you think to yourself, I can do this on my own. Fast forward a few beers and headaches, and your table has become a chair. And a flimsy one at that. You admit defeat. You open the instructions manual. But after turning a few pages, you become even more frustrated: the drawings are terrible. They're more confusing than helpful. What should you do now? Take a picture of the awful guide and submit it to the subreddit r/RestOfTheF**kingOwl, of course.
Inspired by this legendary comic, its members are showing off tutorials and diagrams with a comical lack of depth. They accept YouTube videos, photos, and gifs, and have developed quite a taste for the vague and puzzling. Not to mention, they're also well-versed in satire.
Below are some of the subreddit's top posts. Enjoy!
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Draw The Rest Of The Rose
Wine Not?
"If I'm reading the instructions correctly, after 3 glasses of wine the bookshelf assembles itself."
No, you're reading them wrong. First time you drink 1 glass, second time two glasses, third time 3 and THEN the bookshelf will assemble itself!
Only One Easy Step
How To Draw A Tree
Photoshop Tutorials Be Like
They turned the Disneyland castle into the Mont Saint Michel ! Miracle !
How To Draw Australia
Secret To Long Life
How To Retire At 38
“Now Add Bits To The Bird” - From My 5 Year Old’s School Book
It's Just That Simple
How Old Is A Tree
This is actually the only way to accurately determine the age of a tree. Tree rings are not accurate, since there could be no rings one year and three rings another year.
The Chopstick Company Didn’t Even Try
It Is So Easy
Nothing Makes Sense
Step 1: Get Tools.. Step 2: Install The Thing
The Rest Of The Startup Money
Carving A Tree Into A Bear
Real Helpful
I couldn't bear that answer so I felt compelled to look it up :D here it is if anyone is interested: "enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves. "a ‘hands-on’ or interactive heuristic approach to learning"
A Page In My IKEA Instruction Manual Told Me To Throw Out One Of The Parts
How To Draw A Racoon With A Party Hat
Thanks, I have always wanted to be poorly taught how to draw a racoon with a party hat.
How To Meditate
Rest Of The Bridal Updo
My Girlfriends Soap Wrapper
Probably from an Asian country where folding a crane is considered a basic skill that small children are tought in school. Hence barely hinting that it can be done would suffice for most people there.
“Lovely Decoration”...
Rest Of The Pizza
Rest Of The House
Step 2: Pay Off All Debt
If these are "baby steps"... I'd hate to see what he considers a giant leap... Pay off the national debt?!?
Load More Replies...It's not bad advice, but it's only going to work if you have a certain amount of disposable income. You aren't going to be able to buy a house if all your income goes on simply existing. Better advice would be to live within your means and when you do have spare cash, put some away for emergencies, so that you don't have to borrow money to cover them. That way you don't build up debt and finish up paying massive amounts of interest on it, which only serves to line the lender's pockets.
Two easy steps to becoming a millionaire: One, acquire $999,999.99. Two, find a penny. Boom, you’re done.
There are a few steps missing....Don't eat. Don't buy clothes or gas. Try turning off your utilities to save on pesky extra costs. Live with 6-7 other people in order to have money to put into retirement and paying off debt.
Actually wicked, because it claims prosperity is sure if you make the right choices. Therefore if someone isn't prosperous it's thier fault.
He's kidding, right? I live in the US. Steps 3 & 4 are called "here's your healthcare expenses".
I'm never going to have kids I'll be single forever but only adopt pets so I don't die alone
Why are we not paying off the house with all the other debt? Wouldn't that be easier? Also, it took me an entire year to pay off my house in ACNH, so I don't even want to imagine paying off my actual house in the future. There's no way I can live off selling seashells and weeds irl
I think the mentality is to go for the “easy” wins first. For example: I can take the $200 car payment and put that towards the house payment when the car is paid off. Paying off the house first is so much more time consuming that there wouldn’t be any “extra” to pay off the other debt for too long a time to be effective.
Load More Replies...Let's be honest here, for most people near, on and below the breadline, Step 1 is damn near impossible!
What world of idiots does he live in? I know people who are living paycheck to paycheck that are in their 40's. They can't get to step one EVER!
What comes in between save S1000 and pay off all debt except house? Rob a bank? Blackmail a rich person? Insider trading tip that will turn S1000 into S20000? Build a time machine, go to the past & buy bitcoin when it was just starting?
at early retirement age I have $1,500 remaining to pay off a new car - now 3 years in, $400/mo condo payments due to adequate down, 7 well-fed small animals, a retirement account, and substantial savings. No brag - just fact. Students should not have to attend mandatory classes in skirt sewing or ancient history - they can do that on their own. They all need classes in "shop", and how to earn, pay bills, save, and/or invest their money.
I know people that follow this program religiously. I don't follow it at all. I have 2 years of expenses banked in savings and pay my debt off monthly from my hourly base income. They have empty, labelled envelopes full of hope and prayers.
15% for Step 4 won't cut it now so you can forget Step 5, and Step 6 is only if you have a low house payment AND only if Step 2 doesn't get totally out of control because life is like that.
My sister became obsessed with Dave Ramsey. She constantly offered to set me up on the 'envelope' system. I could not make her understand that after basic bills & necessities, there was nothing left to divvy up among the envelopes.
This is a lot like Steve Martin's "How Not To Pay Taxes On A Million $$$" : First -- get a million $$$. Second -- when the IRS comes calling, just say "I forgot!"
Step 8. File bankruptcy to protect any assets assembled from steps 1 thru 7.
This book might be helpful if you are doing well but it's completely unachievable if you're broke, not just step 7. If you're truly broke/poor/low income you can't pay off all your debt, you're likely barely scrapping by and building debt to get from month to month. If you're struggling to keep up with your bills you can't save 3-6 months worth of expenses for emergencies, you just hope/pray to not have an emergency severe enough to not have to worry about being prepared for it. If you're living paycheck to paycheck and struggling with that you have nothing left over to invest/gamble away, etc. This type of advice is only helpful for those that make a comfortable living but aren't rich, such as the lower middle to middle class folks, even then it could be difficult because most people live above their means and not within their means (poor people can't help but live above their means in most places) so it's not an easy solution.
Load More Replies...And That, Class, Is How A Planet Is Born
Just Make Money, It Is That Easy!
Thanks Assassin’s Creed Odyssey!
Thanks
Because it is that simple. For instance Louis XVI was depressed, and doctors said "Votre Majesté, it is just in your head" so they fixed it.
So Easy To Follow
"If I Can Do It, Anybody Can"
"If I can do it (with the help of my rich family), anybody can (with the help of their rich family).
Rest Of The Gingerbread House
Wow Thanks, Very Useful
How To Put Something On Your Wall
It’s That Easy
"Add Hair And Shade"
Her eyes are upsettingly high up on her face. Shading on the pic is great but the eyes are driving me mad.
Oof
I like that Google gives stupid answers to stupid questions, or humorous answers to questions that does not have a good and well defined answer. E.g. Google once just showed the calculator showing 42 when asked what the meaning of life was (refernce to Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy). It gives it less of a big coorporation machine feel and makes it seem more human and relatable, and is a good way to apear to give an answer to an unaswerable question. If it is a friday today, then seven weeks from now it will be a friday to, that should not be that hard to figure out, hence hinting at the solution and mocking people a little is fine by me.
How To Digitally Draw A Holographic Skirt
Thanks For The Hint, Shadow Of Mordor
My Nephew's Drawing Book
This isn’t step-by-step instructions though. This is demonstrating that even highly detailed & fully rendered art can be broken down into basic shapes.
Received A Magic Trick Box From A Co-Worker
How Do I Get To Step 2?
I think the instruction basically boils down to "fold or stuff the jacket into the indicated pocket in whichever way you like". Step 2 is just supposed to show that the content of the pocket is the jacket itself; step 3 shows that to close the pocket, you have to turn the upper part of it inside out.
How To Become A Billionare 101
Ah Yes Of Course, Lemme Just Do That Real Quick
Guys Just Believe And You Can Be Rich!
Potter's fields and Hart Island are full of people who believed in themselves and took the steps to be successful in their passions.
Ahh Yes, I See!
My Kid's "How To Draw Batman" Shirt
Rest Of The Happiness
Thanks For The Extra $500/Month
Rest Of The Student Debt Crisis
Guys, the subreddit for "Turning Point USA" is a parody and not serious. https://www.reddit.com/r/turningpointusa/
How To Model The Rest Of The Face
I Realize This Outs Me As An Idiot Who Can’t Change Her Own Wiper Blades. Thankful For My Helpful Husband Though...
I have smashed a windscreen by allowing the wiper arm to ping back without a blade on the arm. I now pay Halfords a couple of quid to do it.
Picture Of These Instructions In My Learn To Code Html Class
This is actually wrong: You don't throw and catch them all separately; you catch the first before you throw the third.
Jesus Christ! My Child Is Sitting There Crying, I Don’t Know How To Do It. Why Did I Get This For Xmas
Meme Of The Decade!
How To Fold A Paper Airplane
How To Paint Danny Devito
Let Me Just Make A Millie Real Quick
How do you get people to pay $4,000 for a JPEG of your cat? Well, that’s just marketing.
Found Today In A Arts And Crafts Store
Step 1: Remove Drawer. Step 2: Buildthecoffeetable. Step 3: Put Drawer Back In. Step 4: Table!
What Happened To Step 3?
It Says "Drawing Made Easy"
Rest Of The Gem-Egg
Hmmm Yes Add Textures And Final Details
How To Make Wooden Cutleries
Oh how I wish I'd kept my instructions for putting the feet on my oil heater. Front of pamphlet: NEVER turn unit upside down. Step 1: turn unit upside down.
I think the most toxic concept in our society is the "rags to riches" stories where they leave out coming from a wealthy family or marrying a wealthy spouse. Always be critical of these "pulled myself up by my bootstraps" because step one: buy boots.
Most of these bring the Richard Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm to mind (1. write down problem, 2. think hard, 3. write down solution); however he was a legendary genius problem solver, and step1 is a collection of sub-steps (like break it into manageable chunks, eliminate possibilities, etc) and step2 is a bag of techniques. The most famous Sidney Harris cartoon is the same, a mathematician writing a proof on a blackboard but another criticizes him for being unclear in the step where he wrote "...and then a miracle occurs...", http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/pages/gallery.php
I have a cookbook with a recipe for clam chowder that says to cook the potatoes until they're done.😂
How to make Chateaubriand: Cover top of 5 lb beef tenderloin with mushroom gallete then cover with puff pastry, be sure and use rice paper rounds, roast at normal temp until rare, pastry is golden brown. Make red wine mushroom reduction, serve with pan roasted potatoes. There you have it, Chateaubriand.
Oh how I wish I'd kept my instructions for putting the feet on my oil heater. Front of pamphlet: NEVER turn unit upside down. Step 1: turn unit upside down.
I think the most toxic concept in our society is the "rags to riches" stories where they leave out coming from a wealthy family or marrying a wealthy spouse. Always be critical of these "pulled myself up by my bootstraps" because step one: buy boots.
Most of these bring the Richard Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm to mind (1. write down problem, 2. think hard, 3. write down solution); however he was a legendary genius problem solver, and step1 is a collection of sub-steps (like break it into manageable chunks, eliminate possibilities, etc) and step2 is a bag of techniques. The most famous Sidney Harris cartoon is the same, a mathematician writing a proof on a blackboard but another criticizes him for being unclear in the step where he wrote "...and then a miracle occurs...", http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/pages/gallery.php
I have a cookbook with a recipe for clam chowder that says to cook the potatoes until they're done.😂
How to make Chateaubriand: Cover top of 5 lb beef tenderloin with mushroom gallete then cover with puff pastry, be sure and use rice paper rounds, roast at normal temp until rare, pastry is golden brown. Make red wine mushroom reduction, serve with pan roasted potatoes. There you have it, Chateaubriand.