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July 30th, 2019 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Zero
    Zero
    July 30, 2019 at 1:43 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve become very endeared to Ruth’s perch on the bins at every con she works.

    • EcchiKitty
      EcchiKitty
      July 30, 2019 at 6:31 pm | # | Reply

      Part of me wants to know where they get such durable bins. A different part acknowledges that Ruth is a heck of a lot lighter than I am.

      • KORfan
        KORfan
        July 30, 2019 at 6:59 pm | # | Reply

        You can get bins strong enough for oversized people to sit on, we had them. They’re expensive though. Those bins in the comic are pretty big if you look at how high two of them stack and how long they are as compared to people’s legs, so they could be industrial versions.

      • Trae Dorn
        Trae Dorn
        July 30, 2019 at 7:33 pm | # | Reply

        I have bins that can support my weight.

        I weigh 300lbs.

        Ruth is significantly less than half of that. 😛

        • Abdiel
          Abdiel
          July 31, 2019 at 7:49 am | # | Reply

          You lucky, lucky bastard. All the ones I could ever find for sane amounts of money would maybe stand a couple other bins on them, if they were full so the lid couldn’t flex at all. At that, they had to be not full of insanely heavy shiat like books. Bah. Development in technology is a good thing, but from time to time it creates a, “Dammit, why couldn’t I have that stuff back in the day?? “/ ” reaction.

          • Trae Dorn
            Trae Dorn
            July 31, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

            I’ve had some of these bins for decades…

            Are you sure you’re not just cheap? 😛

  2. mitamaking
    mitamaking
    July 31, 2019 at 10:34 pm | # | Reply

    Man I hope this is not all foreshadowing.

  3. Abdiel
    Abdiel
    August 2, 2019 at 3:48 am | # | Reply

    I just never found any that weren’t either too lightweight to handle heavy stacking, or too heavy material-wise – they added a lot to the overall weight. Apparently, I stopped looking way too soon. I think the problem may not be so much that I’m cheap as I’m easily discouraged. Shoulda kept looking it seems. So umm – you… not so easily discouraged bastard!

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    RISC is good


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