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I've been robbed! (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the same way with lumber lol

A 2x4 is in fact not 2"x4"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wait, what?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah a typical 2x4 is actually 1.5"x3.5"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

2x4 is (supposedly. I bet they have optimized this down too) the size of raw lumber before it was finished, that needs to remove some material off each side.