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PJ Vogt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
12052 total appearances

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Destin saw himself as joining this chain that stretched way back, where young people had learned by becoming apprentices to the older people who already knew things, who would maybe tolerate the young if the young were graceful enough to navigate a bunch of grumpy old egos, to ply them with the right sodas from the vending machine, each successful apprentice then one day becoming themselves an old grump, extending the chain.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Destin saw himself as joining this chain that stretched way back, where young people had learned by becoming apprentices to the older people who already knew things, who would maybe tolerate the young if the young were graceful enough to navigate a bunch of grumpy old egos, to ply them with the right sodas from the vending machine, each successful apprentice then one day becoming themselves an old grump, extending the chain.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Destin saw himself as joining this chain that stretched way back, where young people had learned by becoming apprentices to the older people who already knew things, who would maybe tolerate the young if the young were graceful enough to navigate a bunch of grumpy old egos, to ply them with the right sodas from the vending machine, each successful apprentice then one day becoming themselves an old grump, extending the chain.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Of course, not everybody wants to or should work in a factory, but Destin's an evangelist for the idea that it's good for people to learn how to make things, fix things, for everyone to have a little bit of the MacGyver thinking that engineers make the focus of their professional lives. Destin really believes that this kind of problem-solving is something anybody can get better at.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Of course, not everybody wants to or should work in a factory, but Destin's an evangelist for the idea that it's good for people to learn how to make things, fix things, for everyone to have a little bit of the MacGyver thinking that engineers make the focus of their professional lives. Destin really believes that this kind of problem-solving is something anybody can get better at.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

Of course, not everybody wants to or should work in a factory, but Destin's an evangelist for the idea that it's good for people to learn how to make things, fix things, for everyone to have a little bit of the MacGyver thinking that engineers make the focus of their professional lives. Destin really believes that this kind of problem-solving is something anybody can get better at.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

That's a very encouraging thought. Lately, I've been a little more... Physical problem solving curious. What have you fixed? I'm so embarrassed to even share this with you. Lately, I've gotten really into just building fires. Okay. Like just fire in a fireplace fires. I used to, if you stuck me in front of a fireplace three years ago, five years ago, I would have been like, I don't know.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

That's a very encouraging thought. Lately, I've been a little more... Physical problem solving curious. What have you fixed? I'm so embarrassed to even share this with you. Lately, I've gotten really into just building fires. Okay. Like just fire in a fireplace fires. I used to, if you stuck me in front of a fireplace three years ago, five years ago, I would have been like, I don't know.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

That's a very encouraging thought. Lately, I've been a little more... Physical problem solving curious. What have you fixed? I'm so embarrassed to even share this with you. Lately, I've gotten really into just building fires. Okay. Like just fire in a fireplace fires. I used to, if you stuck me in front of a fireplace three years ago, five years ago, I would have been like, I don't know.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then like four years ago, I could have done it with Firestarter, but like copious amounts of Firestarter. And then sometimes I'd be trying to do it and there'd be a more masculine person in the room and they'd be like, how much Firestarter do you need? And I'm like, I don't want to do this. You're ruining this for me.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then like four years ago, I could have done it with Firestarter, but like copious amounts of Firestarter. And then sometimes I'd be trying to do it and there'd be a more masculine person in the room and they'd be like, how much Firestarter do you need? And I'm like, I don't want to do this. You're ruining this for me.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then like four years ago, I could have done it with Firestarter, but like copious amounts of Firestarter. And then sometimes I'd be trying to do it and there'd be a more masculine person in the room and they'd be like, how much Firestarter do you need? And I'm like, I don't want to do this. You're ruining this for me.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then something happened about a year ago where all of a sudden I was like, oh... The way you build a fire is completely about oxygen. And what you're trying to do is build a really efficient structure that lets in lots of oxygen. But then once the fire is built, you want to make sure that not too much oxygen is coming in.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then something happened about a year ago where all of a sudden I was like, oh... The way you build a fire is completely about oxygen. And what you're trying to do is build a really efficient structure that lets in lots of oxygen. But then once the fire is built, you want to make sure that not too much oxygen is coming in.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And then something happened about a year ago where all of a sudden I was like, oh... The way you build a fire is completely about oxygen. And what you're trying to do is build a really efficient structure that lets in lots of oxygen. But then once the fire is built, you want to make sure that not too much oxygen is coming in.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And if you can do that, you'll have a really efficient fire that will burn all the material without leaving a bunch of ash. And once I understood the parameters of that game, it was incredibly enjoyable.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And if you can do that, you'll have a really efficient fire that will burn all the material without leaving a bunch of ash. And once I understood the parameters of that game, it was incredibly enjoyable.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And if you can do that, you'll have a really efficient fire that will burn all the material without leaving a bunch of ash. And once I understood the parameters of that game, it was incredibly enjoyable.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And I really love... Like, every time you try to start a fire, you have the wood you have, and maybe it's kind of wet, or maybe it's kind of dry, or maybe you need to split the wood into smaller pieces. And it is fun to not use a lot of fire starter. And just, like... every fire is like... It's a puzzle, and it's not a very difficult puzzle, but it's a puzzle.

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The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

And I really love... Like, every time you try to start a fire, you have the wood you have, and maybe it's kind of wet, or maybe it's kind of dry, or maybe you need to split the wood into smaller pieces. And it is fun to not use a lot of fire starter. And just, like... every fire is like... It's a puzzle, and it's not a very difficult puzzle, but it's a puzzle.