@Felthry oooh, we didn't know pozidriv was a thing

*have learned a thing!*

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@packbat pozidriv is really nice for high torque stuff but it looks very similar to philips head and if you use a phillips screwdriver in a pozidriv screw you'll strip it
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@Felthry yeah

it's good to know they're different things so we can watch out for that kind of thing in the future

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@packbat a lot of furniture that you have to assemble yourself actually comes with pozidriv screws, though they aren't generally used in a sufficiently high-torque application to risk stripping them if you use a philips screwdriver
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@starkatt i have no idea! maybe people who make the screws?
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@Felthry they're simple I guess, and you can turn them with a random hard edge you have lying around

@Felthry idk we just like them

they're simple and in low-torque applications they work fine

we see a lot of machinists on YouTube making their own flathead screws - I assume it's possible to make other screw drivers in a hobby shop but we've never seen it

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@packbat @Felthry they don't even self-center the driver!

@starkatt @Felthry ...we feel really attacked about this and it's pretty uncomfortable

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@packbat @starkatt i guess people have strong opinions about screwdrivers... you okay?
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@Felthry this didn't help but we already weren't okay

we've been having a really bad week and feeling pretty helpless

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@Felthry we don't even have strong opinions about screwdrivers - our life doesn't involve very many of them these days

but being yelled at and about for making a whimsical choice on a meaningless poll is upsetting and we hate it

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@packbat *offers hugs*
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@Felthry not now, but thank you

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@packbat @Felthry I'm sorry, packbats.

@starkatt thanks

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@Felthry Flathead use I've always associated with "easy, works, doesn't strip" and anything else has been more of a "liable to strip, extra expense to be able to try at all, looking up charts and things to make sure you're using the exact right size, issues with my less-than-great dexterity, making mistakes that ruin things"

But I'm also not a big tools-related-stuff person and that's probably a lot of it.

@Facet that's entirely fair! we like torx and pozidriv more because they also don't strip, at least not anywhere near as easily as phillips
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@starkatt reasonable!
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@Felthry hex is good too

@starkatt @Felthry torx is just a better hex

@starkatt @Felthry though I admit that for larger screws that doesn't really matter, I just usually work with electronics and tiny screws that strip easily are the bane of my existence

@noiob @Felthry yeah it depends on application and what the servicability requirements are and and.