JoMiran

You definitely want to use the correct bit, and a drill with a level bubble built in. I also recommend the mount to be relatively close to a load bearing wall, and or "sister" the joist.

I pay subscribe to Netflix for my wife, and Dropout/AppleTV+ for me. That's it.

In the eighties, there were a lot of news reports about the high and climbing rates of suicide in teens, whixh led to my original comment. After a little research, it turns out that Gen-X is having a suicide problem now.

So if both Gen-X and their kids (Gen-Z) are committing suicide now, is it really a generational thing, or is it just that today sucks really hard?

PSA: If you are an indoor swing enjoyer, you might be tempted to use brackets like these to hang your swing.

This mount type is a bad time waiting to happen, especially if you are a bit heavy and...enthusiastic.

Instead, I highly recommend the following type of mount, especially if you take it a step further and add a thick plate of metal between the nut and the wood in order to spread tge strain and reinforce the mount point.

PS: Drill your holes from the top (attic) down.

Those 16 trucking companies.

IIRC, Gen-X was the first generation in the US with a suicide epidemic.

EDIT: Nope. It's officially Gen-Z's title. Congrats?

I hear sheep love to lick salt. Is OP a sheep?

I wonder what the iops look like on that.

There is a massive gap between rose tinted glasses and crippling nihilism. By your last comment it seems that we are both somewhere in between.

What I wrote is true, but it does not mean that it is all roses or even anywhere near as friction free as it once was, but you absolutely can still find success in this shitshow.

What you responded is also true. We need strong labor (amongst many other things) and a realistic view of the current state of our society before we can make any headway.

The point I wanted to make is that it does not serve one's self to throw their hands up in the air, exclaim that there is no point, wait for society to magically fix itself, and do nothing but complain on the Internet.

I believe that we are stronger and more resilient than we give ourselves credit for, and maybe that's where I concede I might have rose tinted glasses.

It is not. Don't fall for that defeatist bullshit.