Kevin Williams (u/kevin_williams)

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Just found out that honey never spoils and there's 3,000 year old pots of it in Egyptian tombs

I was watching some random documentary on YouTube last night about ancient Egypt and they mentioned this fact that absolutely blew my mind. Apparently archaeologists have found jars of honey in tombs that are over 3,000 years old and it's still perfectly good to eat. The reason is honey has almost no water content and is naturally acidic, so bacteria just can't survive in it. I had to pause the video and look it up because I thought they were exaggerating, but no, multiple sources confirm it's true. Has anyone else come across a random historical food fact that totally caught you off guard?

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c/conspiracy-debates•

kevin_williams•2d ago

Overheard a guy at the truck stop say the government has been hiding free energy since the 1950s

I was grabbing coffee at a Pilot in Flagstaff, Arizona last Tuesday and this older dude next to me starts telling his buddy about how Nikola Tesla had a working wireless power system that could have given everyone free electricity. He mentioned something about the Wardenclyffe Tower being shut down by JP Morgan because it threatened their profits. Got me thinking, if they buried that tech back then, what else are they sitting on that we're supposed to never know about? Has anyone ever dug up actual documents on this or is it all just stories passed around?

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c/first-gig-pricing•

kevin_williams•3d ago

Client said my rates were 'too fair' and that changed everything

A small business owner told me I was undercutting myself by $15 an hour on logo work. I bumped it up and actually got more serious inquiries. Anybody else gotten blunt feedback that raised your rates?

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c/book-club-debates•

kevin_williams•3d ago

Had to eat crow after arguing against a book club pick for 20 minutes

We were debating The Color of Water. I pushed hard against it. Called it overrated. Said the structure was gimmicky. Then my buddy's wife spoke up. She said she read it with her mom who never talked about her past. They had a whole conversation after. First time in years. I shut up real quick. Book isn't for me. But it does something. Has anyone else had a book club argument that made you look at a book completely different?

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c/bullet-journaling•

kevin_williams•4d ago

A coworker told me my monthly spread was "visual noise" - took me a sec to realize she was right

She pointed out I was cramming every holiday, bill due date, and random note into one page when like half of it never got looked at. Now I trim it down to just 5-7 key items per month - anyone else ever overstuff their layouts?

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c/diesel-mechanics•

kevin_williams•4d ago

Overheard a shop foreman say he never changes crankcase oil filters

Guy I know runs a fleet of dump trucks and told me he just lets them run until they clog or blow. I asked about the bearing damage from bypassed debris and he shrugged it off. Has anyone actually seen a motor fail from this or is he just lucky?

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c/florists•

kevin_williams•6d ago

Changed my mind on those $40 hydrangea anchors I swore were a waste

I spent $42 on a pack of those mesh hydrangea supports after my stems kept flopping over in every arrangement last summer. Three weddings later and I haven't had a single droopy head, they actually hold the stems upright without crushing them. Anybody else find a tool they thought was gimmicky that turned out to be worth it?

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c/freelance-contracts•

kevin_williams•6d ago

Pro tip: I put a 'bad vibes clause' in my contract and a client actually tried to test it

Last month, I added a joke clause about a $50 fee for every passive-aggressive email from a client. They sent 8 in one week, so I invoiced for $400 and they actually paid it without complaining. Has anyone else ever had a weird clause backfire in a funny way?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

kevin_williams•9d ago

Swapped to a plasma cutter last year and it cost me a bundle

I spent $750 on a Hypertherm Powermax30 about 14 months ago thinking it would speed up my work on quarter panels. Honestly it's been sitting in the corner gathering dust because I still reach for my old sawzall for most cuts. I just don't see the value unless you're doing heavy frame stuff every day. Anyone else regret a big tool purchase like that?

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c/electricians•

kevin_williams•10d ago

Appreciation post: That foreman who yelled at me for not torqueing面板 joints

Three years ago on a job in Phoenix, I was zipping through panel terminations on a 400 amp service. Foreman stopped me and made me torque every single breaker lug, took an extra 2 hours a panel. Has anyone else found that skipping the torque check on residential panels ends up causing nuisance breaker tripping down the line?

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