{"id":28,"date":"2025-04-20T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T15:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=28"},"modified":"2025-12-27T02:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:17:13","slug":"28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Natural Stupiakity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I tried to explain to Kock the critical importance of using a 4-point support structure instead of 3 for the car seat bracket, he\u2019s converting a van into a 7-seater and recommended switching from aluminum to steel for its vastly superior strength and resistance to vibration. But he completely dismissed the idea. He\u2019s convinced the current design is \u201cstrong enough\u201d and is more concerned about the lack of a seatbelt and gaining extra storage space if only 3 supports are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told him flat-out what\u2019s the point of a seatbelt if the base structure can\u2019t hold up? If the bracket fails, no amount of restraint will matter. His response? Only his family would be using it, and they\u2019d \u201cmonitor it for safety.\u201d When I asked him if he was seriously okay with putting his family at risk on an untested structure, his answer was basically yes provided someone\u2019s keeping an eye on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s mind-blowing how ego and ignorance can completely obliterate basic engineering principles. And frankly, I was the idiot for wasting time trying to reason with someone who isn\u2019t even open to it. Lesson learned: never argue with people who are too proud or too stupid to listen. It\u2019s a futile exercise, and the real-world risks are much too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stupaikity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time; stupiakity does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried to explain to Kock the critical importance of using a 4-point support structure instead of 3 for the car seat bracket, he\u2019s converting a van into a 7-seater and recommended switching from aluminum to steel for its vastly superior strength and resistance to vibration. But he completely dismissed the idea. He\u2019s convinced the … Continue reading “Natural Stupiakity”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}