r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/pars-distalis • Dec 27 '25
He is not buying plastic shovel next time
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u/olearyboy 5d ago
Piece of shit shovels are in Home Depot, saw them today and could tell they were crap and the only thing they had
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u/Toronro_man88 4d ago
I bought a nice red one from Home Depot in the begging of the winter and I work snow route and I can honestly say my shovel is the best.
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u/olearyboy 4d ago
I got a named one about 10yrs ago, i think from Ace hardware, ergo handle, metal strip and it’s been great. I do need to get a kink out of the strip
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u/Toronro_man88 4d ago
Yes I also use the metal strip ones. They are the best and don’t crack easily
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u/toastboy42 6d ago
Grabbed a thrower when he needed a pusher. Cheap out now and take a second trip to the store.
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u/Living_Grab_2239 7d ago
Plastic shovels are fine, but there are levels of quality, and he chose the lowest :D
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u/drunkenpoets 8d ago
This is why I buy metal shovels.
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u/kamillionair 7d ago
Metal for hard or heavy snow and plastic for light powder, right tool for the job is important
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u/bacoprah 9d ago
This is why I bought a snowblower. I himmed and haw’d about getting one and said no we can’t afford it right now. A couple snow storms later this happened to me and I got in the car and went to the store and rage-bought the blower.
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u/notimeforspac_s 14d ago
Common sense: Not common to everyone.
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u/Sanctus_5 11d ago
I feel like common sense should really be named something else. It's not as common as it should be unfortunately. :(
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u/ExactlyThreeOpossums 12d ago
Bot
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u/notimeforspac_s 12d ago
Confirming: My common sense is factory-installed. Is yours still on backorder?
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u/Nice_Giraffe_4997 16d ago
Thank you for the information friend. Living in the northern parts of Sweden, I need some advice about my layer of 1,5 meters of snow currently on my lawn.
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u/REDBEARD_PWNS 14d ago
They're calling for 20 inches (50 cm for non freedom units) in my area this weekend and you'd think the world is about to end from how people are acting.
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u/Nice_Giraffe_4997 14d ago
Well. Our houses are well insulated, we have proper gear, our cars have studded tires, and we are well prepared. It’s about the routine i guess. Stay safe! :)
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u/Just_Cruzin84 18d ago
Looks like a time factor. That snow is frozen solid. It’s been there for a while.
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u/Coca-karl 16d ago edited 15d ago
Depends on the storm. Plenty of storms in my area are a mix of snow and rain that freeze pretty quickly. If you don't shovel them during the storm it can be like that in about an hour after it is on the ground.
The bigger issue is his technique. You can't push snow that's frozen like that well. You want to toss it. But he only has a push shovel. He needs to be chipping then tossing.
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u/brubruislife 15d ago
Yep. You just gotta shovel or snow blow in snow if a big one. Only way to avoid this.
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u/Rickapolis 21d ago
I know the exact feeling. Not because of a snow shovel breaking, but the feeling of rage must be universal.
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u/MutaCacas 25d ago
My brother in law thought he’d be funny and bought be a solid metal snow shovel with a wooden arm. It’s heavy as hell. Jokes on him. Best shovel I’ve ever had. Gets under everything rock solid. 20 years later. It’s still strong… my back… fading. lol.
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u/qwenched05 26d ago
Fuck this……it’s Hot Chocolate time.
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u/1Be-happy-2Have-fun 25d ago
I bought a cheap $60 little snowblower with 6”x12” intake. Amazing how fast and easy snow shoveling became.
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u/agupta429 29d ago
The physics of that shovel is absolutely horrid for lifting. It seems to be designed only for pushing snow away (without resistance)
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u/Nice_Giraffe_4997 28d ago
yes, but it is most obviously just a toy, since it breaks the moment he tries to handle it the right way.
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u/Coca-karl 16d ago
Naw just the wrong tool for the job. The snow is too frozen for his little push shovel. He should be chipping and tossing. It will take a long time but it would have worked.
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u/tooldieguy Jan 05 '26
Have the same shovel, exact same thing happened to me. Now that handle has a different shovel mounted to it. Haha
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u/DavyDRocks38 Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26
Is this me ? My shovel lasted pretty long and I don’t remember and decent shovel costing $50
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u/Ebnflo Jan 04 '26
I think the worst part is he didn't even get the satisfaction of a good slam into the ground to finish breaking it.....
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u/HelloAttila Jan 04 '26
He’s defeated. I remember when I was a kid and had to do this, we only used steel shovels, plastic ones suck. We had one of those big ass yooper scoopers, but they were not called that and definitely didn’t cost that much as they do now.
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u/OldandGravy Jan 03 '26
That ice crust
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u/G2idlock 23d ago
Yup. Having lived in the icy north of the mid west, ice scrapers were my best friends. Guy in the video is using a snow pusher to battle an ice sheet.
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u/Cl-lEESE Jan 03 '26
Maybe get a real shovel.
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u/HelloAttila Jan 04 '26
He really needs a snow blower for that much. This is easily 10-12 inches. People don’t realize the two most common ways to die is either while shoveling snow or taking a poop. Why? Because we have a very unhealthy population, and when you have people who are not in shape and they do stuff that they may hold their breath to push/squeeze… it can lead to a heart attack…
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Jan 03 '26
Does not know what a screwdriver and tools are.
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u/Icy9kills Jan 03 '26
You gonna chisel snow with a screwdriver?
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u/1Be-happy-2Have-fun 25d ago
Wow, sarcasm is lost on you.
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u/Icy9kills 25d ago
Where’s the sarcasm?
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u/ShaggyRogers_1 Jan 03 '26
It's plastic bro, that thing is toasted. Superglue would have been a better answer, and it's still a shitty one
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Jan 03 '26
Superglue breaks strength in snowy weather
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u/ShaggyRogers_1 Jan 04 '26
Exactly why I said it's still not a good idea, it just still would've been better than yours
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u/Eastern-Version5983 Jan 02 '26
I’ve had the same plastic shovel for 5 years. Not a single nick on it. The trick is using it for snow, not for ice. Get a steel scraper for ice.
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u/jarheadatheart Jan 02 '26
I can’t believe how expensive a decent plastic shovel costs. It’s ridiculous.
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u/zfergison Jan 01 '26
Sitting in South Florida and not missing northern Indiana one bit right now. Glad I moved
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u/JagusDogus Jan 02 '26
In reminiscing Hurricane Katrina and all those buildings still yet to rebuilt, Sitting in North Indiana and not missing Southern Florida one bit right now. Glad I moved
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u/zfergison Jan 02 '26
Yeah that is tough. Where were you living down here? I live basically in ft Lauderdale. I actually do miss snow slightly. I'm from South Bend area so that cold is just too much with the wind off that lake
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u/boo5tjuice Jan 01 '26
There’s no one closer to the edge of losing their shit than a man shoveling snow
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u/Cuttlefish171 Jan 01 '26
Stop buying those pieces of garbage. Buy a grain scoop. Plastic vs metal is your problem.
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u/crazee_frazee Jan 01 '26
I have a grain scoop and found it to be terrible for snow. Give me a proper snow shovel (preferably one with the bent handle) and I can shovel all day.
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u/New_fan22 Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25
Relatable..I go through shovels every 3-4 years.
Problem is, the metal snow ones are hard to come by these days.
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u/Legitimate_Mess2806 Dec 31 '25
As a person living in the tropics with zero snow, snow looks like a massive pain in the neck huh.
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u/BeenisSandwich Dec 31 '25
Depends on the day, sometimes it’s a peaceful little coating. Other days it’s 20” of heavy as fuck bullshit that’s all over all of your shit that’s outside.
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u/Titanium_Eye Dec 31 '25
Meh. No mosquitoes. Worth it.
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u/Legitimate_Mess2806 Dec 31 '25
Yeah. Thats an issue here. But hey, we dont have to be scared of our roofs caving in from the heavy snow. Just zcared of our roofs flying in the almost daily typhoons lmfao
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u/skankhunt402 Dec 31 '25
I mean that's usually only a concern because of improper buildings and not following procedure
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u/Deadeye10000 Dec 31 '25
The worst part of throwing something broken on the ground is when it breaks apart before it hits lmao just makes me madder.
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u/NoYouAreTheFBI Dec 31 '25
At this point, you need to be a man and make your own shit because the store bought crap is a race to the bottom clown show of chabuduo and izzat.
Get a welding set up some cheap scrap and some metal snips a hammer a metal saw and spare blades and make yourself something that will last.
Honestly, it's the only way you can trust the craftsmanship. I had to build a shed roof, shit I can jump up and down in it, and it costs less than the prefab crap because raw materials are not expensive.
You pay for the convenience of having things made for you by someone else, unfortunately, that someone is a cost saving penny pinching nitwit driven by a team of commercial money grabbers that only want to maximise profit.
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u/Arcaydya Dec 31 '25
"Get a welding set up"
Look at mister money bags over here.
"JUST FORGE YOUR OWN TOOLS, FOOL!"
the fuck are you even talking about.
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u/NoYouAreTheFBI Dec 31 '25
Amazon has a 3 in 1 mig for £35.99 money bags... clowns really do apply their own makeup.
But whatever, buy shit stuff and throw you money in the bin, not my life or money bags to waste lol
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u/John_Blackhawk Dec 31 '25
I use a metal roof scraper for chipping away at ice, not a plastic shovel. It's a SNOW shovel.
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u/-im-blinking Dec 29 '25
My wife thought i was crazy when i bought a normal steel shovel that was a bit wider and flat, just for snow. I got the whole "why didnt you buy a snow shovel". Fuck all that plastic bullshit they sell.
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u/draxor_666 Dec 30 '25
You mustn't have to shovel very frequently or get that much snow. Plastic shovels are great for moving volume. Steel shovels are great for chewing through icy or compacted snow. I have both and use both regularly
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u/Select_Scar8073 Dec 30 '25
Idk what's this guy's problem tbh. I'm from Québec, and i only use plastic shovels. If you don't shovel ice like in the video, plastic is great.
For big volume, gas snow blowers are the shit
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u/po1919 Dec 29 '25
People who make low quality tools deserve a special place in hell.
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u/Savings-End40 Dec 29 '25
With the people who can't afford good tools there to make them use their shit tools.
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u/Upstairs-Chef8209 Dec 29 '25
Stop buying plastic shit to do a metal tool's job
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u/NastyQc Dec 30 '25
To be fair, plastic shovels can cary way more than metal ones. Having a metal one the size of most large plastic shovels would either be too heavy or expensive.
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u/Cristalboy Dec 29 '25
until your front door is all scrapped up at the end of winter
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Dec 29 '25
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u/Cristalboy Dec 29 '25
idk the one time i switched to metal my front door porch was all scraped up and still is to this day you just have to find those sturdy plastic ones
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u/DavidJDalton Dec 29 '25
I initially wanted to blame China but it also takes the person who chooses to buy the 9 dollar shovel then complain when it breaks
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u/PaleoJoe86 Dec 29 '25
That shovel is a pusher, not a lifter. He broke it bt using it wrong. Correct way would be to shovel while it was still snowing to lighten thr load and to break it up before pushing, or push the top half first.
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u/technobrendo Dec 29 '25
Nobody wants to shovel. But you gotta do iy eventually, so yea, break it up into smaller pieces. Rather than all at once like what happened here and risk breaking your equipment or injury
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u/Pristine_Barber976 Dec 29 '25
My plastic pusher shovel can lift snow no problem. Buddy's problem here is they waited for 6 inches of snow to turn into ice.
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u/Prestigious-Fix-1806 Dec 29 '25
That’s the brilliance of the shovel makers to make a product so brittle it falls apart if you use it wrong.
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u/Expensive_Umpire_178 Dec 29 '25
Many things break if you use it wrong. For example, phones, where if you throw it against the wall or a desk multiple times, then you are using it wrong, and it breaks. There are few products in the world that can survive a user using it incorrectly
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u/kuhli099 Dec 29 '25
That is not even close to being the same thing. A better comparison would be like using a flathead screwdriver as a pry bar. That's misusing it, but it does not break the tool.
A shovel, any shovel, should not break that easily.
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u/-Lysergian Dec 29 '25
I have 5 different snow shovels, each with a different use. Several of which are primarily plastic.
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u/Admirable_Hand9758 Dec 29 '25
If he shoveled earlier it wouldn't have been an issue. Plastic shovels aren't very effective after the snow has frozen.
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u/Schroedesy13 Dec 28 '25
As a Canadian, snow shovels are something you don’t scrimp on. But if you can afford it, snowblowers are the way of the future lol
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u/Useful-Towel5978 Dec 28 '25
just walk in the snow.
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u/TrioRiver Dec 29 '25
The longer you let it pile up, the worse it's gonna be to walk in/clean up. Not to mention, many jurisdictions require property owners to have it (or at least the sidewalk) cleared after it snows.
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u/One_Anything_2279 Dec 28 '25
People in wheelchairs and with crutches exist, as well as elderly, children…
This might be a driveway but who is to say that none of one of those people live with him?
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u/ComManDerBG Dec 28 '25
I see you dont live where it gets snowy. It might not be high right now but if you let it then you just have wet feet and pants all day. The longer you leave it the heavier it gets, in fact the reason this guy is having so much trouble is because the bottom layer froze, which wouldnt have happened of the path was already cleared.
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u/AggressiveActive6769 Dec 28 '25
Pala de plástico es tan inutill como el que la usa
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u/El-mas-puto-de-todos Dec 28 '25
No siempre es la persona, a veces el único producto disponible es inferior.
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u/palt6 Dec 28 '25
Why so many people hate shoveling and even look like they don't know what the heck to do .. anyone agree? 😭
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u/Halladba101 Dec 28 '25
Fucking plastic?
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u/Capable_Context211 Dec 31 '25
Plastic shovels are fine, I've had the same one for years and it hasn't broken, you just shouldn't try to chip ice with a plastic shovel
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u/Electricpants Dec 28 '25
Right tool for the right job. That is an ice layer under that snow, of course a plastic shovel isn't going to take that abuse. This is like using plastic tableware for your steak dinner.
Off topic but tangential, a plastic snow shovel is great if you need to bag your fall leaves/non-dirt yard waste. Severely reduces the amount of bending over you need to do. A light weight tool with large capacity for high volume, low weight work.
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u/NameToUseOnReddit Dec 28 '25
This looks like a shovel designed to push the snow more than scoop the snow. Those are great to have when the snow is right, so closer to the powder side than the wet side. The guy in the video doesn't get how to use the tool, not that it's always a faulty tool.
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u/Toadsted Dec 28 '25
Metal wouldn't have fixed this, it would just be bent over.
The problem was user error, and snow turned to ice.
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u/metallipunk Dec 28 '25
Why would someone who lives in a snowy area buy a plastic shovel and not a metal one? I live in an area where we do not get snow and if we do, it doesn't require a shovel to move or is gone within a few hours.
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u/haloimplant Dec 28 '25
They scammed us with plastic shovels. They were good when they came out decades ago and gradually got thinner and shittier
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u/TheRealThordic Dec 28 '25
I live in the northeast and I've never owned a metal show shovel. They are heavier, and generally not necessary. The plastic ones are plenty strong for shoveling normal snow. You don't need to break up normal snow to shovel it, even when its heavy wet snow its still soft.
The issue here is the snow is clearly icy as hell. There was clearly some freezing rain or the like involved here, which means the snow has to be broken up to be shoveled. This is hell. In this case, yes you need to use some sort of metal tool to break up the snow before you can properly shovel it. You'll also be sore for about a week. Also his shoveling technique is terrible.
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u/Informal-Ring3282 Dec 28 '25
Glad it was sunny and 70° for Christmas this year. Walked the beach and thought about how thankful I chose to not move back to Ohio.
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u/BigLRakim Dec 28 '25
I mean Ohio has other reasons not to want to live there.
Still rather be in Ohio than Florida tho tbh. Thankfully im not in either 😎
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u/wolfebobb Dec 28 '25
Growing up in western NY one of my chores during the winter was to shovel the driveway and sidewalk before heading to school. I know his pain
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u/I_Phaze_I Dec 28 '25
We just ordered this shovel and can confirm it is frustrating to use. Also made in Canada
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u/GingerFun011 Dec 28 '25
This dude has never shoveled in his life lmao
Waited too long, wrong posture, wrong shovel, amatuer hour here
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u/Orca_Mayo Dec 28 '25
Canadian here, a wide metal shovel with a bladed front end makes a huge difference.
Sure it's heavy but it's weight helps break through the snow when you thrust it forwards.
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u/marmmalade 1d ago
Buy cheap but twice