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Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by next_xibalba »

htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as something praiseworthy.

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by davidmurdoch »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

Neither are the drawings my young children make. But I'm going to praise them for it anyway, and I'm going to sincerely mean it when I tell them I love it.

I think it's a good exercise in humanity to find joy in the joy of others, and validating their joy is even better, even if it's not fruitful or even useful.

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by pavel_lishin »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

What does anyone deserve?

I'd stop and talk to her, because I'd find it interesting.

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by mcbishop »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

If you're new to building things that involve washers, and she's happy to teach the nuances of different washer types... that's helpful and awesome!

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by defrost »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

It's entirely possible she has mechanical engineering qualifications or aviation engineering certification, can machine washers and understands how and why all the variations are used much as, say, this person appears to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40629075

People that deeply understand particular subjects are valuable when those subjects are key to things that make the world work, they both keep things going for now and educate others to do the same in the future.

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by chris_st »

ximeng wrote: post #6

Reminds me of this tool museum in Troyes, France: https://www.discoverfranceandspain.com/maison-de-loutil-et-d... It is filled with hundreds of slight variants of different tools.

There's a great tool (and everything else hand-made) museum in Pennsylvania, The Mercer Museum [1].

> The Mercer Museum is a six-story reinforced concrete castle designed by Henry Mercer (1856-1930) and completed in 1916. Today, it is one of Bucks County’s premier cultural attractions and a Smithsonian affiliate. The museum complex features local and national traveling exhibits, as well as a core museum collection of over 17,000 pre-Industrial tools. This permanent collection offers visitors a unique window into pre-Industrial America through sixty different crafts and trades, and is one of the world’s most comprehensive portraits of pre-Industrial American material culture. The museum also features a research library that is a center for local history related to Bucks County and the surrounding region, with its roots dating back to the founding of the Bucks County Historical Society in 1880.

1: https://www.mercermuseum.org/visit/mercer-museum/

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by htk »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

No hate from me, that's a fair question. Looks like she made herself available to talk about her hobby/passion, and organized it in a way that suggests effort and care.

I hope she gets at least the attention I would give her if I had the chance.

Re: Woman set up a table to share her collection of washers. Nothing was for sale

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Post by reaperducer »

next_xibalba wrote: post #61
htk wrote: post #59

This brings me a lot of joy. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. I'm fascinated by people with deep and narrow interests.

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but here goes: what attention does she deserve? I always wonder this with collectors. They simply gather things that were created through the ingenuity and know-how of others. This doesn't strike me as any more remarkable than the Funko Pop collector. Of course, I am NOT saying her hobby should be derided. More power to her. But it certainly doesn't strike me as somethi…

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this

Then why did you post it? To draw attention to yourself? To feel falsely superior to a complete stranger?

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