Sordid Amok!May 30
The antidote to materialism isn't minimalism; it's maintenance. Keep things. Fix them. Mend them. Grow old with possessions you know well because you've cared for them.
Show threadKevin Karhan May 30

@SordidAmok and most importantly: Demand #repairability and #LongTermSupport for devices.

Show threadMx VerdaMay 30
@kkarhan @SordidAmok yup, I was just thinking I want to keep using my N64, PS2, and 3DS, but we need repairability, mechanics, and maker spaces by default. It's human af after all
Show threadSordid Amok!May 30
@MxVerda @kkarhan See, you're talking about stuff outside my range. I know very little about that kind of tech. Repairability is something we should demand, and maker spaces are awesome - gaming consoles are outta my league though.
Show threadKevin Karhan 

@SordidAmok @MxVerda Noone expects you to know everything...

That's why communities are essential: So someone else can help you even if it's just with documentation on how to do things.

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Show threadSordid Amok!May 30
@kkarhan @MxVerda Thank you for adding this. We can't learn to fix everything, but we can get to know other fixers who know what we don't.
Show threadKevin Karhan May 30

@SordidAmok @MxVerda OFC.

Humanity as a species surpassed the point where "everyone can know everything" 10.000 years ago, so it's reasonable to accept that and actually act as a society...

  • I know jack shite about cars beyond "air and fuel goes in here, makes boom, hot exhaust and torque comes out there and there" but I don't have to.

And frankly if we'd reach that point that there's noone available to fix it then certainly society has collapsed so far that even a bicycle with rubber tires is considered "peak technology"…

Show threadKevin Karhan May 30
@SordidAmok @MxVerda In return, I know how to "make computers go brrr" on #Linux and rescue data from systems...
Show threadMx VerdaMay 31
@kkarhan @SordidAmok I complain a lot so I'm decent at concentrating aphorisms. And NSFW art, but I lack the long covid'd brainpower to plan anything