Do It Yourself

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Make it, Fix it, Renovate it, Rehabilitate it - as long as you’ve done some part of it yourself, share!

Especially for gardening related or specific do-it-yourself projects, see also the Nature and Gardening community. For more creative-minded projects, see also the Creative community.

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Things you can ruin to realize it didn't make sense to DIY (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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jerk-sock

jerk-sock on a vacuum

old car

perfectly good tennis balls

dry wall

sharp blades

who needs sharp blades anyways

art degree

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reduce
Reuse <- You are here
Recycle

Not using it at all would be better, sure, but if you don't have that option for whatever reason, reusing it is the next best thing. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think you may have meant to respond to the other person since this is pretty much what I said

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I was supporting your point. I forget that comments are seen as counterargument by default.

But you're right, my comment would have been more useful in reply to the other person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah got ya. Since you were responding to my comment it seemed like you meant that I was letting perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Me no word good 😄
Nah, you've got a point, my brain is just fried these days. I definitely need a vacation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No worries, I 100% feel ya

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You raise a great point about comments being seen as a counter by default. And if you try to give a disclaimer in your comment (like saying you agree) you still get downvoted for some reason. I'm very cautious about participating in any serious topics because of this, jokes, one-liners and sharing (unimportant) personal experiences are pretty much the only safe comments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Come on over to Beehaw, where we don't have downvotes, then!

It forces people to actually take time and effort to disagree with you, rather than just hitting one button, and somewhat unsurprisingly, that deters a lot of "drive-by" negativity.