My neighbor insisted I just needed to smack the side of my old Kenmore dryer to get it to start, but that only worked for a day before the $12 start switch I found online fixed it for good.

Has anyone else had a customer swear by a 'percussive maintenance' trick that just delayed the real repair?

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My dad's old TV ran on a strict two-smack system for years.

Wait, two smacks? Like, you had to hit it twice every single time? That's wild.

Two smacks means you're just too lazy to fix it properly like @abby_chen's dad did.