50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

There will come a point when you lack the resources to fix something broken and have to rely on creativity. And with a bit of quick thinking, you’ll be able to come up with something, 

These photos from r/thereifixedit show people making easy fixes with what they have at their disposal. Some are clever and even plausibly functional, while others are just downright silly. 

Scroll through them and have a few chuckles and giggles.

#1 Imagine If Achieving World Peace Can Be This Easy

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#2 “Broken Button. Squeeze The Chicken To Request Stop.”

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#3 Fixed. We’re Done Here

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#4 I Tried To Paint A Little Cardinal On This Snowy Fence But It Got Smeared. Thankfully I Was Able To Fix It

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#5 In Order To Open The Oven We Mounted The Drawer Handles In This Way. It’s Perfect!

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#6 Engineer Level Jury-Rigging

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#7 I Like To Consider Myself A Handyman. Gotta Do What You Gotta Do To Pass University Dorm Inspections

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#8 My Local Dunkin Donuts Drive Through Speaker Broke. They’re Using A Baby Monitor Now

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#9 Deactivated Esclator=stairs

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#10 We Have The Technology. We Can Rebuild Him

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#11 My Lamp Base Broke, But I’m A Woodworker

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#12 A Bird Started A Nest On Top Of The Air Conditioner

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#13 Sorry

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#14 Good Car Repair 🤣

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#15 My Sis In Law Just Posted This. She Told My Brother, “Use Those DIY Books And Fix The Chair!” Done

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#16 My Dad’s Solution To Keep The Dishwasher Door From Opening Mid Cycle 😂

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#17 Someone Stole My Large Chainring And Bolts, So I Used An Acorn To Make It The Two Miles To The Train Station

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#18 Took Care Of That Stump Boss

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#19 Hubby Was Mad When I Dented My Car So I Fixed It. I Swear The Cement Pillar I Parked Next To Came Out Of Nowhere

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#20 Jury-Rigged Mixer

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#21 It’s Safe Now

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#22 Somebody At The Gym Threw A Medicine Ball Into The Drywall. They Fixed It By Putting A Vent Grate Over It

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#23 Jumpstart

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#24 You Can Fix Anything With Duct Tape

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#25 Put The Signs On The Fuel Pumps, Boss!

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#26 Locked The Gate; No One Can Get Into The Field Now

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#27 A For Effort

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#28 Hose Clamps To Keep My Office Chair From Involuntarily Descending

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#29 Found At The Beachside Resort, Where I’m Staying. The Umbrella Was Wobbly, So They Stuck A Butter Knife In It

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#30 There, You Can Open The Door Again

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#31 A Duck Tape Masterpiece

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#32 Boot Glue Didn’t Hold, So I’m Making It Through The Day This Way

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#33 Washing Machine Lid Fixed

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#34 Can’t Afford To Lose Another Remote… :|

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#35 Well

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#36 My Bowling Ally Got New Tvs, But Instead Of Getting New Mounts, They Just Screwed Them On To The Old Tvs

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#37 Dog Ate My “S” Key So I Converted A Key I Rarely Use And Promoted It

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#38 So The Front Won’t Fall Off

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#39 It’s Water That Falls Down From Up High Let’s Not Split Hairs Here

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#40 I Guess That Will Do

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#41 There, I Fixed It

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#42 When You Own A Welder, Nothing Is Ever Really Broken

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#43 They Will Never Know The Difference

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#44 My Kid Lost The Head To One Of Her Dolls

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#45 Structural Spaghetti Cans

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#46 Fixed!

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#47 Toaster Oven Broke

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#48 Interesting Fix. (My Pic)

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#49 Not Mine, Not Sure If It’s Been On Here Before

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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#50 Got A New Headlight

50 Times People Came Up With Hilariously Dumb Solutions To Problems That ‘Technically’ Work

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