I enjoyed this article about the minimalist man getting two minimally useful extra wallets.
Mostly single-stitched and with unfinished edges to boot
Buy well, buy once
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#52I enjoyed this article about the minimalist man getting two minimally useful extra wallets.
Therein is the kernel of every hoarder pathology, which is ironic.
“This is too to get rid of!”
Wrong. Throw it away and don’t replace it.
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#53Things I have bought well and once: Vitamix 5300 - going strong after 13 years of near daily usage, 4 family blenders from department stores failed/poor quality blending before this Zojirushi Rice Cooker - also close to 13 years, usage of a few times a week Breville Burr Grinder - decade or a bit older, frequently used Sonicare Toothbrush - $150ish or so model, probably 8 years of near twice daily usage. Presume I’ll…
I was disappointed to learn Vitamix and Instant Pot aren’t dual voltage compatible. Can’t use them in Europe.
So basically only low wattage stuff is 120 and 220 volts.
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#54I 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…
Buying plastic and MDF everything because the minimalists are in the pocket of Big Steel.
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#55I like the concept, but this reeks of native advertising.
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#56In 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 basically everything.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
It can be - if you do a STR/Airbnb/Hotel, the pots and pans should come with the place and they're not yours. Many hotels do include the above, especially mid to higher end ones. If you're renting on a standard long term lease - not short term rental, and it isn't furnished with them, yes they're yours because you bought them. It's up to you what you want to "count", but toiletries are like petty cash. Pots/Pans can…
So if I rent everything, I can live my exact same lifestyle but be called a minimalist?
Minimalist is just a self-identified label, so you're welcome to call yourself a minimalist if you feel that it fits.
You don't have to look for some technical workaround to some exact definition here, and pedantically arguing about descriptive terms can get tiring real quick.
Maybe you're not trying to be pedantic and are coming from a place of curiosity, and I do apologize for my tone if that's the case. It is coming off as sounding a little "debate-bro" though.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
It can be - if you do a STR/Airbnb/Hotel, the pots and pans should come with the place and they're not yours. Many hotels do include the above, especially mid to higher end ones. If you're renting on a standard long term lease - not short term rental, and it isn't furnished with them, yes they're yours because you bought them. It's up to you what you want to "count", but toiletries are like petty cash. Pots/Pans can…
So if I rent everything, I can live my exact same lifestyle but be called a minimalist?
And, really, don't we all rent everything?
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have two items because I count my house as one and my car as the other.
You also have keys to each so that's at least 4 items, and then your clothes and computer, i'm sure you have soap and toothbrush and toothpaste, and hopefully you have toilet paper and a bed, and having a bed means you likely have a pillow, pillow cover, sheet, blanket, and mattress, etc
I count all those as parts of the above!
(Counting owned items can get entirely silly).
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#60In 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…
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.