20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

@JellyTBeagle I think this explains why I've gotten into woodworking (and mostly with hand tools).

@jerp I wanna get into that someday! Most of my furniture atm is cheaply assembled junk haha

I finally took up gardening last year and found it really rewarding

@JellyTBeagle it takes some time and it's easy to waste wood early on, but it's surprisingly nice how tangible the progress is (and the output, too!).

I wanna learn how to consistently grow herbs and whatnot - I had tried mint and chives and I seem to suck at it. Don't have much space for it either. Maybe I should give it another shot - could set up something with grow lights in my garage.

If I could get to the point of leaf lettuce and cherry tomatoes that would be super nice.