I finally stopped worrying about making every fence perfectly level

A little slant adds character and shows it was built by human hands, not a robot.

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Honestly, how do you tell the difference between a nice handmade touch and a job that's just done wrong? I get the idea, but if a fence leans too much, it won't keep anything in or out. My neighbor's fence has a big dip in it, and now animals dig under it all the time. That's not character, that's a failure. So where's the balance? I worry that saying 'human hands' is an excuse for not caring enough about doing it right.

wells.zara2mo ago

Find the line between character and collapse.

ninaowens2mo ago

I mean, the whole 'failure' thing feels a bit extreme. It's a fence, not a bridge. So it leans a little and animals get under, maybe that's just a thing you fix as it happens. Idk, maybe it's just me but not every single thing has to be perfect to still work okay for a long time. Calling it a collapse seems like looking for a problem.

avery_ross1mo ago

Ugh, this reminds me of my last apartment. The landlord called a wobbly cabinet "charming" and a leaky faucet "part of the building's history." It's just a way to avoid fixing stuff. There's a big difference between a quirk and something that's actually broken and annoying to live with.