I know, right? I make our own fruit soda (kombucha), and my very boomer mom thinks it’s silly because Coke tastes so great! I need my daily Coke!
Bitch, right now we have raspberry lemonade, blackberry pop, apple and cinnamon ice tea, and fizzy mint ice tea. With extra vitamins and no added sugar.
This blows my mind. I’m that guy who lives rurally and has been poor for a good portion of my life. I make, build and fix pretty much everything we have because we could never afford another one and it’s stupid to not do that anyway. It hurts my brain to think people live like that.
It hurts my heart. This is the society that has been built and those skills you have from necessity were completely forgotten and ignored as generations were raised.
Now it is just too much we don’t know that yes, I could learn how to sharpen knives but teaching myself isn’t cheap. It costs the money to buy the tools, time to research, money for any mistakes, and a mental load vs “ok well I guess I can spend $20 and get a new chef knife” It sounds so simple when it is one thing but you have probably come across dozens of people lacking a skill one would assume to be basic knowledge.
I’m an expert on capitalism and everywhere I look I just see pain and ecological destruction.
Some girl called me cheap today because I’m learning to sharpen my knives instead of just buying new ones. Consumerism is a cancer.
I know, right? I make our own fruit soda (kombucha), and my very boomer mom thinks it’s silly because Coke tastes so great! I need my daily Coke!
Bitch, right now we have raspberry lemonade, blackberry pop, apple and cinnamon ice tea, and fizzy mint ice tea. With extra vitamins and no added sugar.
This blows my mind. I’m that guy who lives rurally and has been poor for a good portion of my life. I make, build and fix pretty much everything we have because we could never afford another one and it’s stupid to not do that anyway. It hurts my brain to think people live like that.
It hurts my heart. This is the society that has been built and those skills you have from necessity were completely forgotten and ignored as generations were raised.
Now it is just too much we don’t know that yes, I could learn how to sharpen knives but teaching myself isn’t cheap. It costs the money to buy the tools, time to research, money for any mistakes, and a mental load vs “ok well I guess I can spend $20 and get a new chef knife” It sounds so simple when it is one thing but you have probably come across dozens of people lacking a skill one would assume to be basic knowledge.
Anyway that person was just an ignoramus
That’s only logical. You should have become a taco expert instead.
Taco experts looks at the aftermath of a Taco Bell meal, “I just see pain and ecological destruction”
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/