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Re: Buy well, buy once

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Post by klyrs »

anonymouskimmer wrote: post #313
Noumenon72 wrote: post #305

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That seems like a pretty bad statistic. No source online, possibly just an oft-repeated estimate from "professional organizer Regina Lark". There are only 100 paperclips in a box of paperclips, so that's not a major source of items. This statistic requires 150 items for every square foot in a 2000-square-foot house. Not even things like my laundry basket or spice rack manage that.

> or spice rack I see you aren't counting the individual granules.

Cue Monty Python; "Every Sperm is Sacred"

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Post by dublinben »

roncesvalles wrote: post #152
dublinben wrote: post #60

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I’m fond of the conspiracy theory that the rise of minimalism is actually propaganda to placate Millennials who can’t afford the same level of material comfort as their parents and other earlier generations enjoyed.

To me, minimalism seems like a natural reaction to the transient lifestyles that people live now. A generation or two ago, many would grow up and settle down in the same town or county with 4 years of college being the most time that one spent outside their hometown. If you have a permanent home, it's easier to invest in filling it with stuff. Today I hesitate to buy anything that I can't pack in a suitcase or wouldn…

Americans are actually less mobile than they used to be. Young people even more so.

https://www.trulia.com/research/why-millennials-move/

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Post by chrismcb »

nerdchum wrote: post #214

I think a lot of times this philosophy is just rich people justifying paying a lot for high status items. a pair of Crocs is 50 bucks and that's one of the highest quality pairs of shoes you'll buy for the price. you could buy 10 pairs of Crocs for a $500 pair of Alden's so even if the crocs only lasted a year, it would take a decade to recoup the investment on the Alden's. but the crocs don't have the same status th…

Crocs aren't shoes. I understand what you are trying to say. But that was a lousy comparison. Even if you consider Crocs shoes, you typically won't wear them the same place you will wear Aldens.

Re: Buy well, buy once

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Post by johnchristopher »

gnicholas wrote: post #225
johnchristopher wrote: post #159

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> It doesn't provide much protection in case of a drop, obviously. But the added grippiness makes drops much less likely! I found popsockets and ring holders a better option in that regard https://image.gsmpunt.nl/blog/image/image_3.png

How do those interact with the MagSafe charging are on the back of the iPhone?

No idea, I haven't had an iPhone in ages. They have magsafe versions though https://www.popsockets.com/en-us/more/magsafe so I suppose it's compatible ?

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Post by fiznool »

gooseyman wrote: post #118
xyzzy123 wrote: post #111

Maxi checking in. I have racks of labelled drawers full of bearings, screws, glues, specialty tapes, oodles of hand tools, power tools, ad infinitum. I'm honestly not super competent or anything (I barely know what I'm doing, in any domain) but I do learn new things all the time and it brings me joy. I miss the clarity of minimalism, but I can also have a different view on wallets - they're just leather and some stit…

I relate to this so much. I love bring the extra screw up from the basement I saved 4 years ago knowing this moment would one day come where I need it. Now is it on the bottom of the red or the blue folgers coffee can. That said - tools and home improvement objects are allowed in the maximum as long as they fit in the basement workshop, that’s my only rule.

My box of wires in the attic is often the butt of my wife’s jokes, but every once in a while I find that satellite coax connector I’ve been saving, or the scart cable that is the only thing standing between old vhs tapes and nostalgia.

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Post by fiznool »

Try having kids. The amount of crap you will end up with, like it or not, will make you rethink your position in the world, and your house’s storage capabilities.

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Post by kandel »

mberning wrote: post #56

In a way I admire committed minimalists. But I often wonder what their long term lifestyle is like. Surely many of them are single (or they only count the items which are solely theirs). They surely rent at a higher rate than own property. They surely own vehicles at a lower rate. And so on. I just get this picture of a person in an urban area, living alone in a studio apartment, dependent upon everyone else for basi…

Yeah it's great. You can pack up and leave whenever. Why get tied down?

Re: Buy well, buy once

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Post by kandel »

duxup wrote: post #23

I have trouble keeping up with the minimalist type lifestyles. I don’t necessarily buy into many of their numbers (in this article we count things… except when we don’t), and I have trouble with the “buy it for life” type groups too. The latter groups surface goals I like but I find a lot of times they’re just interested in paying more for what are effectively pseudo luxury brands or strange ideas that because it is…

My gramps will once a while gather a bunch of stuff in the house and throw it out. He always has great fun doing it he loves it lol.

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Post by cookie_monsta »

CPLX wrote: post #327
cookie_monsta wrote: post #316

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I don't know that 72% to 65% is comparable or slightly higher. That seems like a gap to me. And the fact that BMW ranked 10th last year isn't great. Quality is famously subjective, that's why you'll never see it ranked in a way that everyone can agree on the way you can with reliability which is actually measurable. But reliability is one of the markers that most people would use to judge quality. And we generally ex…

The reliability rankings are determined by surveying people and asking them the frequency of repairs. Assuming my paper airplane never goes into the shop it’s going to outrank the F-18. Ain’t a better plane though.

Well, again "better" is subjective and you would want to agree on some metrics before deciding.

Say I wanted a low-cost, lightweight, hand-propelled aircraft capable of flying short distances indoors that I could fold up and put in my pocket afterwards? Which would be the "better" plane then?

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Post by Sugimot0 »

0xr0kk3r wrote: post #126

Wow. Cohelo quotes on a page about hand made wallets and how to be a savvy capitalist. So many generations' movements colliding here I can't even.

Yeah the only reason "buy well, buy once" needs to be said is because production has been consumed by corner-cutting and planned obsolescence to serve capitalists and keep us on the hamster wheel spending our measly cut on the latest disposable.
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