r/HFY TFOS# 564 - The First Rule of Engineering & The Gremlins Inspection(Hfy Sci-Fi Reddit Stories)

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  • @gmradio2436
    @gmradio2436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Heard this one in a commercial port town
    "When the Chief Engineer stop swearing at the engine, worry."
    and
    "There are two ranks in the engine room, Chief Engineer, and everybody else."

    • @Xaerorazor0
      @Xaerorazor0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      “If the engineer is running, follow”

    • @TheMonk72
      @TheMonk72 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If the head engineer doesn't have enough breath to swear, things are damned serious.

  • @thenecessaryevil2634
    @thenecessaryevil2634 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The first story ending reminded me of one of the Babylon 5 sequels, a Minbari makes a joke that during their war with earth they were constantly mystified about how much damage it took to kill an earther warship. He now believed he figured it out, human ships were made of 'Duct Tape'

  • @calvingreene90
    @calvingreene90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Competent engineers that can get into all the nooks and crannies are a godsend.

  • @curiousangel6321
    @curiousangel6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    "Beat to fit, paint to match", is a popular motto at places I've worked. Unfortunately it works out like that because cad is not real life.

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yarp

    • @bobsterclause342
      @bobsterclause342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks. That was informative. I love to learn.

    • @seanrobert9661
      @seanrobert9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn,son truth.

    • @angrydragonslayer
      @angrydragonslayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have worked at a few places where they've added "if that doesnt work, prod the engineer" (cuz, y'know, production engineers)

    • @calvingreene90
      @calvingreene90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I done plenty of cardboard added design work.

  • @Iskelderon
    @Iskelderon ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Every ship captain hiring a human engineer should be handed a box set of MacGyver as required viewing!

  • @jakobus6581
    @jakobus6581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I absolutely loved that someone made a story about gremlins! Pre-WW2 mythology! However, these gremlins were much different than the old school ones. Loved both stories and all their innuendos.

    • @rowbot5555
      @rowbot5555 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The gremlins story was a sequel to an older story, the idea of which being that all the other races in the Galaxy were massive, and so humans basically became gremlins, onboard their ships and basically getting into places where the bigger sapient races couldn't get to, fixers and the likes

    • @jeffjag2691
      @jeffjag2691 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had thought that the author had mixed up Gremlins and Brownies, but that makes way more sense.

  • @theycallmetim4201
    @theycallmetim4201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ha the brigand port = pirate bay,nice.

  • @isaackinsley1662
    @isaackinsley1662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The one where we're tiny are always interesting to listen to.

  • @alextheawesomeable
    @alextheawesomeable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I was thinking coffee or pringle chips but duck tape is pretty funny too

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      duct take is always needed

    • @Tommy-pv1vh
      @Tommy-pv1vh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AgroSquerril especially if you get the good stuff (metallic with string very strong)

    • @ericwhite3526
      @ericwhite3526 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zip system tape if your needing something stronger

    • @S4t4n_NZ
      @S4t4n_NZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My guess was a 10mm socket

    • @ericwhite3526
      @ericwhite3526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@S4t4n_NZ yep 10mm socket has a meme going just saying if you want crazy tape zip system has some crazy osb tape granted its 26$ per 90 foot roll but is definitely tuffer than duck tape

  • @redmondthealien7840
    @redmondthealien7840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:32 Ha, YT-1300 is the same type of ship as the milenium falcon.

  • @jesseamaya4413
    @jesseamaya4413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ahh duct tape,,,, did you know that when properly applied and reinforced it can whithstand up to 2000 psi?

  • @robertbemis9800
    @robertbemis9800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I read a story that had a punch line about the next evolution of duct tape know as spacer tape

  • @Thejigholeman
    @Thejigholeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    to quote the engineer from tf2: Use a gun. And if that don't work, use more gun.

  • @calvingreene90
    @calvingreene90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Baling wire must have been found at the first stop.

  • @sherylcascadden4988
    @sherylcascadden4988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Don't all universal repair kits have shoestrings, chewing gum and duck tape?

    • @midgefidget5796
      @midgefidget5796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For gods sake, don't leave out the paper clip!

    • @sherylcascadden4988
      @sherylcascadden4988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@midgefidget5796 good point.

    • @calvingreene90
      @calvingreene90 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And baling wire.

    • @Michael-sf9yg
      @Michael-sf9yg ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget the bailing wire. Gotsta have bailing wire! Oops, I should have read the other comments first.

    • @Kualinar
      @Kualinar ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also, don't forger the WD-40 and lighter fluid.

  • @jeanannd
    @jeanannd ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Duct tape is always a good thing to have on hand.

  • @donindusted
    @donindusted ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Incompetent Engineer's Only Rule "If it doesn't fit force it. If it breaks it needed replacing anyway"

  • @z3r0t0l3r4ns
    @z3r0t0l3r4ns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is no one else going to mention the reference to the Millennium Falcon?

  • @dockaos924
    @dockaos924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a maintenance engineer I had a good selection of hammers I passed most of them on when I retired kept my trusty 2lb hammer tho for sentimental reasons 😊

  • @mackenziedrake
    @mackenziedrake 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first story's a good one. I love the Gremlins. Many thanks!

  • @geoshark12
    @geoshark12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If you can’t fix it with a hammer it’s an electrical fault

  • @MarkGast
    @MarkGast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hammer home the Algorithm11! Gremlins to maximum!

  • @Cluxystardom
    @Cluxystardom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:33 nice

  • @Spaceman33393
    @Spaceman33393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Trust me im an engineer!

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      short by sweet horror story , i like it

    • @seanrobert9661
      @seanrobert9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dear god

    • @sbritton1313
      @sbritton1313 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am a new construction plumber... Can I show you the view from the roof of the building you designed and I, and my fellow other tradesmen have to figure out how you thought you can fit 20 gallons of stuff in a 1 gallon hat?

  • @ragnarian
    @ragnarian ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The brigand port? Really?
    Guess when you sail the sea of stars the old site doesn't just quite cut it

    • @johns9652
      @johns9652 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The story makes a direct reference to Star Wars, which, judging by the comments, nobody even picked up on, and your biggest surprise is that the author renamed Pirate Bay to Brigand Port? For anyone curious, the Star Wars reference was when he made a request for a part from a YT 1300 freighter. That is the class of ship the Millenium Falcon is.
      Heh, the dirty side of my mind just kicked in... since many of these tales depict some of the species of Xenos as having a carapace, I guess a galactic website named PrawnHub wouldn't be out of the question. Badum-dum tiss. I'll see myself out.

  • @allenmorgan1007
    @allenmorgan1007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

  • @SpitfiretheCat16
    @SpitfiretheCat16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ahh, reinforced polyethylene adhesive tape, truly infinite uses

  • @seandudley9158
    @seandudley9158 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Motie "Brownies"

  • @alfredsutton7233
    @alfredsutton7233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All hail the algorithm, five words minimum.

  • @Kualinar
    @Kualinar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If it don't work, just use a bigger hammer. Yup ! That's the way to go. Then... If it moves but shouldn't, duck tape, if it don't move but should, WD-40 !

  • @johnc6738
    @johnc6738 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is amazing what a hammer and duct tape can fix.

  • @unlikelysuspect5491
    @unlikelysuspect5491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For the algorithm! Here are please!

  • @god-mode
    @god-mode 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YT 1300? ... i smell a star wars reference ^^

  • @nos2342
    @nos2342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To please the algorithm is all

  • @davedave8986
    @davedave8986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For the algorithm

  • @larrythompson8630
    @larrythompson8630 ปีที่แล้ว

    Duct tape is useful to repair humans, & animals as well as ships. It’s fun using a magazine, duct tape for someone’s injury. At ER. “What the heck is this?” “What was at hand that works”. I broke some fingers. Dr. Has X-rays. “It’s splinted just fine as is. “

  • @arakheno4051
    @arakheno4051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    For the Algorithm!

  • @klappstock943
    @klappstock943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To please the Algorithm - For the voice

  • @DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH
    @DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For the Algorithm

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Give an engineer WD-40, a hammer and a roll of duct tape and watch the magic.

  • @seanrobert9661
    @seanrobert9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haha duk tape

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      always an option

    • @seanrobert9661
      @seanrobert9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AgroSquerril jb weld & bailling wire

  • @ThefifthBishopofGord
    @ThefifthBishopofGord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Buy Gamer supps

  • @josmeijers2818
    @josmeijers2818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    F.T.A !

  • @62forged
    @62forged 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ✨️

  • @MARKSTRINGFELLOW1
    @MARKSTRINGFELLOW1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🖖🖖🖖

  • @FedralBI
    @FedralBI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    F.T.A.

  • @merlinwizard1000
    @merlinwizard1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    862nd, 30 June 2023

  • @reasonablehiccups4792
    @reasonablehiccups4792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    For the algorithm