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by hagbard_c 666 days ago
That's like telling a builder never to use nails but turn to adhesives instead. He will look at his hammer and his nails as well as a stack of 2x4s, grin and in no time slap together a box into which he will stuff you with a bottle of glue with the advice to now go and play while the grown-ups take care of business.

Sure, you could build that box with glue and clamps and ample time, sure it would look neater and weigh less than the version that's currently holding you imprisoned and if done right it will even be stronger but it takes more time and effort as well as those glue clamps and other specialised tools to create perfect matching surfaces while the builder just wielded that hammer and those nails and now is building yet another utilitarian piece of work with the same hammer and nails.

Sometimes all you need is a hammer and some nails. Or pipes.