I recently started using scissors more in the kitchen. It made my life easier. / I hope it's what you mean by low tech.
Common with Korean food!
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#22Using a bidet instead of toilet paper. I live in Canada, and this is an uncommon practice.
A trip to Japan will change a man. Suddenly you realize how barbaric toilet paper is.
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#23Dead tree books.
Underrated comment.
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#24I recently started using scissors more in the kitchen. It made my life easier. / I hope it's what you mean by low tech.
To cut food? I've been learning this trick too.
Invest in a pair of proper kitchen shears, particularly curved ones. Those are very helpful in dealing with animal bones (both de-boning, as in removing the bone from a chicken thigh, or cutting through bone, like cutting out the back bone from a chicken so that it can be spatchcocked).
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#25I'd say reading books and spending time with friends and family are the main low tech that shouldn't be replaced by the digital version. The other big thing is taking time off from smartphones. I haven't written more than maybe a page a month on paper in years, I never buy incandescent bulbs, I don't want a film camera or a record player. There's very few appliances I wouldn't chose the smart version of. But nothing…
It's odd that we've reached the point where this comment is the odd one out, despite being (I imagine) the way the that the vast majority of people live.
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#26It's not as low-tech as some of the examples here, but I'll say that an e-reader with Pocket sync functionality has dramatically improved my life.
Reading long form articles on an offline device with no incoming notifications, no games, no podcasts etc has been a great boon to my ability to focus and really dig into what I'm reading. Plus these days, getting any kind of screen-off time is valuable.
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#28Not sure it qualifies as low enough tech but: a power socket with a timer. I would put my laundry in the washing machine and set the socket to turn on at 7:30. It would finish at about 9:00, I'd hang the laundry to dry then leave for work.
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#29I hiked across the Alps, alone, on foot and camping in the wild for 3 months. I had no phone with me (no GPS) and just paper maps, and a pen to keep notes on paper. It was the best time I ever had my whole life. I thought I might get lonely but being in the flow of walking every day actually created some kind of an internal dialogue in my head which never made me feel lonely. I met others who were on a similar trail but they all looked and talked like they needed to achieve some kind of a "goal" by posting shit on Insta and none of them would do it without GPS. Since I didn't grow up with all that nonsense and have been using Tech since I turned 20 - I really appreciated being "bored" again after so many years of being distracted. Paper and pen (and your ability to walk) are all you really need. Tech is what makes things complex and as soon as you remove all of it is an empowering experience unlike nothing else.
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#30Tubeless bike tires. Lower tire pressures improve comfort, reliability, and traction even on the roads.