What’s the most “guy” thing you’ve done that you’re secretly proud of, but would never admit in public?

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Alright, men of Reddit, let’s hear it. We’ve all got those moments where we did something so stereotypically “dude” that it felt like we unlocked a secret badge of manliness. Maybe you fixed a car engine with duct tape and a prayer, challenged your buddy to a burrito-eating contest and won, or spent three hours perfecting a backyard fire pit. Whatever it is, spill the beans—what’s that one “guy” thing you’re low-key proud of but would never brag about IRL? No judgment here, let’s celebrate the ridiculousness.

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  1. TheQuietMoments Avatar

    Busted open the floor at my church with my pastor’s jackhammer to change the pipes. He knows quite a few trades. He’s gonna teach me how to lay the concrete back over it once we’re done.

  2. sendme_your_cats Avatar

    I bought a laser level and PERFECTLY adjusted various wall mounted things.

    Hit it with an old school level, and it was perfect EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🥵

  3. BacioiuC Avatar

    I remembered having tossed a small roll of duct tape behind a bookcase 4-5 years prior while at my dad’s place.

    We needed duct tape and instead of going out on a 5 minute trip to buy one I spent 30 minutes moving the bookcase, getting the roll, using it, putting back the book case and throwing it behind it again.

    Dad was so proud he almost cried.

  4. Unable_Bug4921 Avatar

    I am raising my kids to have respect and manners.

  5. ElegantMankey Avatar

    When I was in the military prior to finishing my service I was asked to join a different unit for a week to command over the soldiers. It was a bit weird but my officer knew their officer and its the same branch.

    I get there and the company commander was sure that I came from some special unit.
    I told him that if he’ll hit better than me in the gun range I’ll tell him the unit and I thought it was a joke.

    Well, shooting range day came and he just took like 10 coins out of his wallet and put 5 on my target and 5 on his.
    We had each 5 bullets and he was dead serious about our bet.

    I managed to hit 5/5 (which I am sure was either luck or he aimed at my coins too? I mean I’m a good shot but 5/5 coins? I hoped for 2.) Anyway, we had a whole game around “which unit I came from” game for the rest of that week.

    He didn’t believe me when I said my unit either and my dumbass officer told him its classified

  6. pastaforbreakfast04 Avatar

    I used to be if average height, but somehow managed to become really tall in puberty.

  7. First-Gene-829 Avatar

    one time i fixed the sink with a random piece of wire and a spoon felt like a wizard but told everyone it was easy

  8. alleycat548 Avatar

    I got a hole in one the first time taking my girlfriend out to show her golf.

  9. nafarba57 Avatar

    I beat up a mugger in LA once… he came at me with a knife, yelling “Whazzup” so without thinking I ran toward him, which put him off balance, kicked his crotch hard, which caused him to lose the knife, which he picked up, so I kicked him again, tripped him, stomped on his abdomen, and by then the only thing on his mind was getting away from me. It was really stupid to do what I did, but I got away with it and never told anyone about it either🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😉

  10. clusterjim Avatar

    My girlfriends mom (many years ago) locked herself out of her business (restaurant). She had to prep for a bit party she had booked in early doors. Locksmith couldn’t get out for another few hours. I said I’d have a look as i used to like trying to pick locks and padlocks as a kid (It was purely for fun). It took me a maximum on 30 secs to open the padlock on the shutter and then the yale lock (again, many years ago so not as advanced as these days). She looked at me with a mixture of ‘Thank you’ and ‘Who the fuck is dating my daughter and his do you know these things’. Strangely she got completely new locks fitted after that lol
    I will admit, the picking of these locks was about 95% pure luck. It just happened that the Gods where smiling on me that day lol

  11. anal88sepsis Avatar

    Got lucky with my first car, it was old buy never gave me trouble except for the pcv valve, up until that point it was the only thing I knew about cars. Hot older neighbor had car trouble, I went to take a look just pretending to know what I was doing, checked the valve, it was shot, drive to the store and bought a new one, installed and the car ran great. Looked like a total stud that day haha.

  12. ExaBrain Avatar

    Stepped in to defuse an argument that was about kick off.

  13. occasionalrant414 Avatar

    The most recent one was repairing the tumble dryer.

    We have 2 kids and live in the UK where it rains a lot. So it gets used quite often. This was in October last year. It wasn’t quite right (made a horrible noise) but still worked.

    Anyway, it obviously bothered her so I pulled it out, found the issue (thanks google – the pump was wearing out) and managed to get a new unit for £13 from the parts place near us. Took me 30mins.

    She was very grateful.

  14. 2020mademejoinreddit Avatar

    Punched through a wall in anger, then fixed it myself.

  15. mmhrubykodama2 Avatar

    During an event were we rally neede water, I repaired a waterpump with a piece of perfectly cut out inner bike tube.

  16. mcdirtyboii Avatar

    Uninstalling and reinstalling an old to new stove respectively. It took about an hour to bring it from the basement, to 3rd floor building and switch some of the parts off and keep the good parts for fixes later.

  17. loafers_glory Avatar

    I had a car i was meaning to get around to selling – i had already bought my next one – and then someone snapped off my wing mirror overnight.

    I bought a used spare, took the door apart and fitted it, first thing I ever did on a car.

    Next test drive from a prospective buyer, they go to lower the window and it stalls halfway.

    I was like… uh, i know what that is, don’t worry about it. But internally, I was facepalming so hard.

    After they left, I took the door apart AGAIN, tucked in the cable this time, and put it all back together.

  18. Vast-Road-6387 Avatar

    Me & my buddies were out on the town. Some AH parked & blocked in some girl’s car. We were walking past. It was a gravel lot, we were all fairly jacked, we slid AH’s car sideways so she could drive out. We left it sideways so he couldn’t just drive out. We felt it was karma.

  19. MohammadAbir Avatar

    Fixed a leaky pipe with duct tape, swore at it like a mechanic, felt invincible.

  20. DStandsForCake Avatar

    I tore down my old kitchen and built a new one, all by myself (except for hiring an electrician for the permanent installations).

    Then it’s incredibly satisfying to almost always be able to open a can on the first try (especially when you see that others have tried on the same can before you).

  21. belac4862 Avatar

    I bought a box fan marked down at Walmart. I open it up and plug it in. It’s making a HUGE annoying noise. I live with it for a couple of days. Then I get fed up and take it apart to see what’s going on. Turns out the plastic flashing on the blades weren’t cut off, and they were flapping on the grates.

    I sliced them off, and the fan became instantly quiet. Best feeling in the world knowing I had the knowledge to take something apart and diagnose its problem.

    Also, I used to be homless from Feb 2023 to Sep 2024. While at the homeless shelter, I became known as the tech guy. Anybody have an issue with their phone, laptop, whatever. I was the one to fix it. I even helped troubleshoot a problem for the shelters server system.

  22. Rafael_192005 Avatar

    I buy and give food to homeless people. Not much, but it’s the least I can do 

  23. MattieShoes Avatar

    I’m pretty good at not giving a shit what other people think. So I guess that counts?

  24. BeautifulArtichoke37 Avatar

    Sucked my own dick. Took a few tries to get my back to bend that far, but I was proud of myself.

  25. RegularJoe62 Avatar

    Dropped the transmission out of the first car I owned and changed the clutch plate and throw bearing. I’d never done anything more complicated than add oil or change a lightbulb before that.

  26. Not_Cool_Ice_Cold Avatar

    I scared away a momma-cougar with cubs. And I don’t mean the fun cougar that we like having sex with. No, this was a very large cat, with cubs. I was just trying to get home, and in order to do so, I had to scare her. It worked. I got home safely and she and her cubs survived. All’s well that ends well.

  27. red-heads-lover Avatar

    I once helped my best friend carry and install their new washing machine. His mother had just bought it and needed it installed as their old one broke down. We carried it to the 3rd floor (no elevator) and installed it, made sure it worked, and then grabbed a cold beer afterward.

    Different friend, once called me around 3 am, while he was on a date with his gf. He had parked his car close to a beach and had left his headlights, and so his car battery was dead. So i deove 45 minutes, to help him out and get his car working again. He offered me a beer after driving his gf back home.

    The same friend also once had a flat tire and called me, was around midnight but not too far from where i live. I drove 15 minutes and helped him change his tire, and showed him how to do it for next time

  28. HayDareHiDeerHoDarr Avatar

    My grandma was having computer problems and asked me for help. I turned it off and back on again. She thought I was a wizard.

  29. No-Cow-6682 Avatar

    I don’t know why but on 3 occasions on a night out someone has approached me and asked to arm wrestle. I have not lost yet but I have no idea how I give off an arm wrestle vibe.

  30. menacingmoron97 Avatar

    Two women and one guy were moving when I was headed to the gym and saw them struggling to pack all the stuff in the van they rented, they were almost packed in but couldn’t get just a few things in.

    So I put my bag down, offered to help, rearranged a few bigger items and showed off my tetris skills putting everything in there perfectly and safely so they could bring all their things in one round.

    It was a MAN moment.

  31. Temporary_Linguist Avatar

    Hosted a party. Had a keg of Pilsner Urquel delivered. Time yo tap the keg and found out the liquor store delivered the wrong tap. Pilsner Urquel keg used a smaller diameter tap.

    While guests waited I pulled my home brewed beer out of my fridge to get them all started. Then pulled out parts from my beer supplies and changed the parts so I could tap the keg.

  32. Stander1979 Avatar

    I’m on holiday in Fiji at the moment. The Aircon stopped working in our bure, so I went outside to inspect the unit like I have any idea what I’m doing. I plugged a pipe back in that looked like it had been knocked loose, and the Aircon’s working again. I am a manly man.

  33. Usidore_ Avatar

    I did a lot of the DIY in my 100+yr old neglected house like completely salvaging my wooden worktop that was black from water damage (sanding, and re-oling), rewired all the power sockets with nice new brass ones, and retiling my bathroom. Pretty proud of myself considering that I had zero experience beforehand. I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t believe I was capable of it either, with my dwarfism giving me some mobility issues.

  34. zerobpm Avatar

    Room mate had an asthma attack. We lived in a fourth-floor walk up. Instead of waiting for the paramedics, I put him over my shoulder and carried him down to meet them.

  35. palatine09 Avatar

    I threw an full orange out of the driver side car window across my own windscreen as I passed a dustbin. It went straight in. It was 30 years ago.

  36. bablu_gadu Avatar

    Caught a cigarette rajni kanth style😂

  37. Kabanasuk Avatar

    Swap an engine on my winter beater. Alone in my garage in a afternoon.

    Credit where it’s due. i did pull it out once, not too long before cause you know. Ej25’s. So, most hurdles were cleared.

  38. JuanCamaneyBailoTngo Avatar

    I taught my 5 year old to pee in the bushes

  39. CrackAdams Avatar

    Making my own smokehouse, resulting in making my own beek jerky, bacon and ham so far. I can’t wait to make more delicious meats.

  40. cohonka Avatar

    AI question. OP is a bot or at least uses one to speak.

  41. sl1mlim Avatar

    My hobby and ability making fires and cooking on them lol

  42. Technical-Cat-4386 Avatar

    Stayed with my wife for my children.

  43. Ballamookieofficial Avatar

    I don’t know how I feel about it but I helped my dad out with a problem like he used to do for me.

    Part of me feels great about being helpful but another part sees my old man getting older and eventually struggling to do things he enjoys by himself

  44. PhoenixApok Avatar

    Rescued a guy on an overpass.

    Driving by I saw a guy standing on a bridge. I pulled over and talked him down. We sat on the highway, in the rain getting absolutely drenched, as I talked him into going to the hospital with me.

    Never bragged about it. Was just a guy helping another guy

  45. Patient-Amount3040 Avatar

    I was hanging out by a bonfire one night, and the drunk chick stumbled towards it. Like she was definitely going to fall into this huge fire, but I caught her. Didn’t spill my drink, didn’t stop telling my story, just casually saved this girl from 3rd degree burns and kept on going.

  46. GreenSalsa96 Avatar

    I was in a trauma intensive medical training course (think more than a paramedic, less than a PA) in San Antonio, TX, coming home after a late shift. It’s close to 2 a.m., and as I cross an intersection, I look to my left and see 4-5 dudes curb stomping another guy into the ground.

    I whip my truck around, flip on my brights, roar the engine, and drive my truck at the group, kicking the dude in the middle of the street.

    The crowd scatters, I pull out my first aid kit, deal with the immediate injuries, and get ready to transport him to the hospital (because this was 1992 and before cell phones). He refuses, asks to be driven home about 6-8 blocks away.

    I bring him into his apartment, treat the wounds better, do my best to rule out any head injury, and call his girlfriend to take over bedside care. I followed up for a couple of weeks, stopping by a couple of times a day for a couple of weeks.

    The dude got better, his girlfriend was very appreciative, and I moved away. Always wondered what happened to him.
    The fight was about the girlfriend. The other guys were pissed that she chose him.

  47. somarir Avatar

    Me and my dad renovating his new house, after his 2nd divorce, within the span of a spring and a summer. It wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t completed, but we transformed a lived in, 80 year old building into a liveable space for him and me (for at least a few months untill i moved out).

    It helped that it was 2020 and we basicly couldn’t have a social life, so we placed drywall, insulated, caulked and painted the kitchen, living room, bathroom and his bedroom (with a custom bedframe) between march and august. It was a great way to bond and learn some practical skills.

    I moved out in november of that year and the rest of the renovations have been slow but steady as they weren’t really necesary for him to live there. He’s also getting older and it’s not as easy anymore to make enough time to do everything he wants to do + he’s got a new partner (she’s moving in soon), we both have fulltime jobs etc… but at some point we’ll “finish” his dreamhouse with attached recording studio and i believe it will be the proudest moment of both our lives.

  48. Mindless_Trick2255 Avatar

    When I was like a third grader we had this kid in our class who obviously was a bit behind in certain ways and the typical three fat bully type of guys picked on him on his way home.

    I jumped all three of them by just running past and trying to hit everyone just one time and that did draw their attention and me and this other guy ran off.

    I felt like a super hero and like a men. At least that is what I thought a men is supposed to do.

  49. BelCantoTenor Avatar

    Kept a secret 🤫

  50. DesertDwellerrrr Avatar

    Wrapped a chain around the front end of my very old car, other end around a light-pole, reversed and pulled out front end dent from a car accident. Alpha!

  51. LeopardMedium Avatar

    I have a half-ton conference table, cut from a 12’ section of bowling alley and wrapped in steel, and with industrial steel legs weighing 200-pounds each.

    The team of movers and I placed it disassembled leaning up on its side against the wall of my garage, and a couple months later I assembled it and moved it upright and into place by myself using a makeshift system of pulleys and brackets and sheer grit.

  52. VolFan85 Avatar

    My wife’s bff was being stalked (literally stalked) by an old bf. I bought and installed cameras at her house, installed a dashcam, and changed her locks. Went to her work every day at closing time to run the guy off. Confronted him myself two or three times. Eventually got him arrested – twice. He finally left her alone. (Note – I am a chubby little 5’4” guy – not very intimidating irl).

  53. irishpwr46 Avatar

    Changed a transmission on the side of the road in a blizzard.

    A friend called me up and told me his trans was done and he was stuck on the side of the expressway. I told him hang tight and I would meet him to help get him home. I threw the t5 I had sitting in my garage waiting for my project into the back of my car and grabbed my tools. Met him and we got to work. We jacked up the car, piled snow around the sides to keep the wind out, and climbed under and got to work. An hour later we were back at his garage and three days later we swapped another trans into his car and I took mine back home.

  54. da-blackfister Avatar

    Went fishing, with my brother. Beach had some old guys fishing.
    The moment I threw the line in. We caught a big Black Drum. Not a minute past .
    We collected our stuff and left.
    Old folks couldn’t believe what they where watching

  55. Fantastic-End5489 Avatar

    Did repairs, oil/brake changes, and a variety of work on all my cars up until my truck currently. Too little time and too many changes in computer system alerts for me to keep track of. Plus I got it and hit 3 deer in 4 years. Thing is a damn target.

  56. ProcrastinationIsEvl Avatar

    After living in our 3 bedroom 1 bath house, I was doing some small updates in hopes to sell it. I took on the project of tearing the bathroom down to the studs and doing a quick remodel (stretching any knowledge I had). With the walls bare, my wife walks in and asks “What would it take to add a bathroom right above this one” (on the second floor). I thought about it for a few minutes, took a tape measure, and a month later we had a second much needed bathroom just in time to sell the house.

  57. ThrowawayMod1989 Avatar

    One time I farted and as soon as I smelled it my nose started bleeding.

  58. WhiteKnightier Avatar

    Maybe not the manliest thing in the world, but I was at a family Christmas party as a 19 year old in the early 2000’s and my uncle’s older neighbors were having trouble with their computer. I confidently offered to help, went back with them to their house and, right in front of them, diagnosed a pretty complex problem with a random error code and their email server failing. I diagnosed + fixed it in about 15 minutes. It involved a corrupted file and downloading and replacing it with a new one from the proper software, which back then didn’t update automatically at all. They would never have fixed it on their own even if it was pretty easy. We went back to the party and they told my entire extended family that I was a computer genius lol. Offered me a job that same night. The dude was the director of transportation for my state lol. My dumbass didn’t take it, still felt manly.

  59. Obscurm1 Avatar

    My car went off into a ditch after hitting black ice. I dislocated my right shoulder and instead of waiting for help I jammed it back in so I could escape out the sun roof.
    I am proud of myself for reacting in a calm, logical manner. I don’t talk about this story because even after walking to a farm house and using there phone to get a tow truck I never got myself checked out by a doctor until days later.

  60. Select-Thought9157 Avatar

    I remember once fixing an electrical issue in the house with just a screwdriver and some wire. I felt like an Avenger.

  61. PunderandLightnin Avatar

    Changed the door on a tumble dryer. Changed a bare room into a kitchen pantry ( wife was impressed though it was only shelving and accessories).

  62. MNmostlynice Avatar

    I had an absolute pile of shit car back in college. One morning I went to take off and my brake pedal went to the floor. Blew out the rubber brake hose. Everything was so rusted that I couldn’t even tell what size wrench I needed for the fittings. I limped it to Walmart, bought brake fluid and a 98 cent vice grip. I clamped that hose shut with the vice grip, filled my brake fluid, did a couple test lock ups in the parking lot to make sure I could stop and I wasn’t leaking fluid, and went about my day. 3 years later I sold that thing with the vice grip still in place.

  63. TrumpetsGalore4 Avatar

    A woman who lived in my apartment complex needed help moving her husband’s old stick-shift Jeep; he was at work, it was parked in someone else’s spot, and she didn’t know how to drive it.

  64. youcancallme-B Avatar

    I saw a woman with a flat tire in a parking lot on the phone. I stopped to ask if she was ok, and said she called roadside, but they were an hour away. I parked, got out and proceeded to change her tire in 10 minutes. She asked me to show her what I was doing, so she could do it in the future. Put her old tire in the trunk and said have a good evening, and drove away.

  65. Meth_taboo Avatar

    I joined f3 nation

  66. Nothingchangesme Avatar

    Years ago, 2007 I think, I bought a used couch off Craiglist. My best friend from college helped me pick it up. He and I had helped each other move in out of multiple places over our college years (2000-2006).

    We get to the apartment to pick up the couch and it’s in a third floor apartment with a zig zagging staircase. The seller of the couch was cautioning us on moving it down the stairs, giving us advice etc. We picked it up and zig zagged our way down the stairs , lifting the couch and rotating it as needed to get over the stair handrails and corners. We barely communicated verbally because we were so in sync. When we got to the bottom
    of the stairs, the seller smiled and laughed as he said “you guys have done this before”. We both laughed like, yeah, not our first rodeo.

    It was simple and natural, but obviously we impressed the other guy.

  67. rapiertwit Avatar

    I took on a whole bathroom tear-out and remodel a month and a half before our baby was due, on the promise that I would have it done before the baby came so the house wouldn’t be a messy project site when we brought him home. Thank god that kid wasn’t premature.

    So anyway, I was working until 1am every weeknight after work and all weekend for three weeks and of course I had run into snags in our old fucked-up house. It was 4th of July on a Wednesday, a free whole day in the middle of the week that I was determined to make the best of. First thing, 5:30am I run the last board of flooring through the table saw and it jumps up on me, and I try to catch it in the air and instead end up putting my right index finger into the spinning blade. A nasty diagonal cut into the tip, probably nicked the bone a bit. Most of the fingernail was hanging off by a shred of meat. A circular wood blade is not a clean slice, more like a tattered gouge. It poured blood and hurt like a motherfucker.

    Now this is a holiday so only the ER will be open and I thought about the wait time of an extra-busy ER with all the dipshits burning themselves on grills and playing with fireworks early. I think, I’m gonna lose half the day in that fucking ER. So I wrapped and splinted it and kept on working. Having the tip of your index finger on your dominant hand mangled and throbbing hot pulses of pain while you hoist and screw drywall sheets and hammer in trim…that’s some onerous shit. I had to make runs to the hardware store and I kept forgetting that my finger was splinted straight so when i shifted into first and third in the truck, I’d jab my finger into the dash and howl with agony. I punched the roof of the cab so hard it left outward dents.

    The remaining week of the project was awful. I couldn’t get it stitched because when I went in the next day (when I could see my regular doc and not wait all day) the wound was too swollen to suture. So I just had to leave it to heal open, bandaged and padded of course. Every swing of the hammer felt like I was bringing the hammer down on my own fingertip.

    But I got that bathroom done and everything cleaned up and perfect before the baby came. Because a man keeps his promises, especially to his über-pregnant wife expecting her first child.

    The night of the injury my wife wanted to suck my dick, but I was like baby I think I’m too tired and in pain even for that. But she was like, no I need to suck your dick. I manned up for her haha. It was the most appreciative … no, worshipful beej I’ve ever had.

  68. Sly_hatchet Avatar

    This girl in our house dropped her gold earring down the sink and she was crying and panicking. And my friend woke me up and was like what to do?. I went to the bathroom and opened the sink trap under the cabinet and gave her back the earring. She was so happy and cooked for me that day. And i went to sleep again.

  69. KillaVNilla Avatar

    I scared away a black bear that was running at me and my wife in Sequoia National Park.

    We were hiking along some really steep switchbacks, watching a doe and a very young fawn. We followed them for quite a while. At one point, the fawn walked up the mountain off the trail, and the doe stayed on the trail by us watching it.

    Suddenly, a black bear came charging down the mountain after the fawn. The fawn managed to get away, thankfully, and the doe ran off as well.

    I can’t believe how fast that bear charged down the hill.

    After the deer got away, the bear started walking back up the mountain to the part of the trail we were on and started running toward us.

    We had nowhere to go because the mountain was way too steep.

    So, when the bear got close to us, I jumped out and yelled, and it scared it off.

    As for the part I wouldn’t admit to anyone in public, I was hiding behind a tree like a little bitch the whole time while my wife stood in the trail. It was terrifying.

    I only jumped out because I was afraid it was about to attack my wife.

  70. ohlaph Avatar

    I pushed a grocery cart about 60 feet from the cart return and it perfectly turned into the cart return.

  71. Riker_Omega_Three Avatar

    I rebuilt my front porch board by board

    I’d helped my dad build a deck before but I was just grunt labor

    I tore my old front porch down and rebuilt it by myself

    Right after I finished, a guy who was walking his dog stopped and told me how good of a job I did and he had been tracking my progress. He asked if I did it for a living and I said no, this was my first time attempting it solo

    Felt good

    Felt damn good

  72. jones5280 Avatar

    My neighbor asked me to fix his lawnmower. In front of my wife.
    The real win is that she mentioned it to her father (my father-in-law) and he said “maybe he can fix mine too”.
    (additional info, I work in I.T. full-time but started fixing small engines during the pandemic just as a hobby)

  73. elmilgilk Avatar

    I’ve been perfecting my fire pit for two years now. It’s about 3.5 in diameter, have nice tall bricks around the rim to prevent jumping sparks, and I have dug a channel under the bricks in one spot for increased airflow. It’s just big enough to fit a leaf blower nozzle in the opening, so I can supercharge my fires whenever I want. It’s the best. 8 ft flames in a matter of minutes. Currently revising the design and putting in a new couple of bricks where the intake is. Will post pictures if wanted.

  74. Blessmefatherusinned Avatar

    I locked my self out of my third floor apartment on Easter wearing a robe and slippers and nothing else. There was a ham In the oven and I did not have my phone. I wait for my mom to arrive and we try to call a locksmith, then the landlord. No dice. So, I have her drive me to Home Depot and in my fuzzy pink robe and slippers rent an extension ladder. When they found out what I planned to do they almost didn’t give it to me but I made it clear I would not be leaving without it. Then, my mom and sister hold this ladder against the side of the house and it is SWAYING in the wind. I shimmy up it, open my unlocked bedroom window and vault myself in just as the timer for the ham goes off.

  75. WolvesandPirates Avatar

    Was hitting it off with this girl at a bar when she tells me she wants to go home with me. Only problem is she had to drop her 3 friends off first and when we get in the car they are immediately skeptical of me and are being absolutely brutal (which is fair, their friend met me an hour ago). At some point in the ride as they’re throwing barbs at me, the cars tire blows out on some janky ass road. They all start freaking out because it’s 2 am and we aren’t in a good spot. Even though I was half in the bag I tell them I got this, pop the trunk. I changed that fucker in record time and afterwards when I got back in the car I swear they all had that cartoon heart eyes look on their faces and were gushing about how hot that was. Needless to say the rest of that night went fantastically and my confidence was at an all time high.

  76. gobbledygookster Avatar

    Our clothes dryer broke down so I had a repairman come to check it out. He side it was such and such piece and it would cost 350$ to fix. So I found the part online for 28$ and fixed it myself. Still works..

  77. aeb1971 Avatar

    With the help of a YouTube video, I fixed my own washing machine, which had been leaking. I’m not very good mechanically.

  78. ezekiel_38 Avatar

    Friend drove his front-wheel-drive car up and off a weirdly positioned ramp, getting it stuck, balanced on one of its axles, with only three wheels on the ground, one of the front wheels hanging in the air.

    They struggled for half an hour trying to wedge planks against the hanging wheel so it could get traction and drive off, to no avail.

    Just as they were deciding to call a tow truck, I got everyone to sit in positions that tipped the car more onto the front wheel that was firmly on the ground to increase traction, and off it went.

    Thought of it coz of Initial D.

  79. TsarOfTheUnderground Avatar

    Some random ladies approached me to open a pickle jar out in public and I made that shit look easy.

  80. Ok_Ball5877 Avatar

    I bought a plot of land with 49 trees that need to be removed where my house is going. My friend who’s a tree surgeon didn’t have time to do it. Bought two chainsaw and got a lend of his forestry pulley. Dropped 3 15m pines and a lot of ~10m trees. Was cool as fuck

  81. ArcasTheel Avatar

    An Asian specialty market i frequented was moving furniture and the middle aged owner was struggling to load display cases into a van as I walked by so I helped him out and secured the stuff in a couple of minutes

    I was in a hurry and walked on but a week later when I was shopping there a cute girl around my age screamed across the shop “HEY you’re the guy who helped my dad and ran away” so we chatted and went out for drinks later

    Nothing came of it but damn was i proud of that

  82. Icy-Gene7565 Avatar

    Punching out the guy who slept with my Gf

  83. ktk_G Avatar

    I changed tires when i was on a trip.
    Felt so manly afterwards can’t describe

  84. MrMackSir Avatar

    This one is both sides of the coin… i was picking up a pizza with my gf. We got out. When we got back with the pizza I had mistakenly locked the keys in the running car. I went back in to get a coat hanger. I was able to unlock the car in a minute or two

  85. DeltaBelter Avatar

    I diagnosed two bad ignition coils on my son’s truck without stepping outside. I sent him to the parts store and he replaced them within two hours of initial symptoms. He was impressed. He’d forgotten that 2 other coils had gone bad a couple years ago and displayed the same symptoms.

  86. Con-Sequence-786 Avatar

    I drove my mother in law of 20 years and her friend to the airport this summer just past. Took all the back routes, took all the turns in a manly manner (one hand on wheel, one hand on gearstick), earned every green light with solid acceleration and sensible braking, and got them there 15 minutes ahead of time. Oh, and was barefoot because it was hot. There were lots of affirmative ‘oohs and aahs’ coming from the back seats where they were sat. Now understand, this is the woman who when we take her out to a restaurant for her birthday will say, “save your money! I could’ve made this” and was once caught re-hanging the washing when I put it outside because “there’s not enough air between the clothes”. Almost a year later, mass gatherings are still punctuated with her telling her relatives & friends how I’m such a good driver and how her grandkids will always be safe.

    That’s right, lady. Worship me.

  87. feedthebunnies Avatar

    I fixed my washing machine by YouTube video.
    It was flashing error code and the video said there was a booklet attached inside the machine that had the error code legend. The code was “bad shift actuator” and I bought a new one for $35 and installed it. The machine worked and I was stoked!