DIY Fixes of Nightmares
They may look attractive and even plausible in some cases, but they might be hazardous if they interfere with safety. We should be less wasteful as a society and place more emphasis on repairing things, yet broken ladders shouldn’t be classified as DIY projects.

There’s a difference between “janky” and this ladder. We’re all for doing maintenance on an item in order to keep it working longer, but don’t try to repair something like a ladder until you’ve tried everything else. What use is that wooden triangle, anyway?