15 Apr
2013
15 Apr
'13
1:36 p.m.
On 04/14/2013 10:54 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
That is what I got from my parents, and I thank them every day for it.
Same here, though it wasn't really spelled out like that for me. It was
more of the lifestyle I grew up in. We were poor, yet we wanted for nothing,
and life was good.
And here. My parents would always try to fix things. You know, when the
washing machine leaked, my father would replace seals or hoses as
appropatie. When the overn didn't heat up, he'd test the elements with a
multimeter and repalce the open-circuit one, and so on. I was never
_epxlicitiy_ told this was the thing to do, but I guess I thought there
was no other eay to do it. And I've taken it ratehr further...
I don't throw things away because I don't have
a use for it [...]
Agreed. My parents were Depression-era kids, and it shows in some of
the attitudes I got from them. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do-- The dominant culture thinks nothing of discarding
working, useful things.
When it comes to electronics, it is fairly certain we junk far more stuff in
perfect working order, than faulty stuff.
Our only consolation is that one day, we will have to stop doing this. It's a
very finite rope. And boy, will we feel dumb then.
I doubt we will. The vast majority of us will be too dumb, or too sedated
by following sports or the escapades of Lindsay Lohan to notice. (which is,
of course, the point of their existence)