this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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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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jerk-sock

jerk-sock on a vacuum


old car

old car


perfectly good tennis balls

perfectly good tennis balls


dry wall

dry wall


sharp blades

who needs sharp blades anyways


art degree

art degree


Any more suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's a jerk sock? Also, if you get use out of it, you arguably did not ruin it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A sock that you cum into..

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

The one in the picture is a nylon stocking, so that would be a poor choice...

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

As is putting it on a vacuum. I was answering the question though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I wasn't trying to denigrate your comment. Just pointing out the use of "jerk sock" by OP was an odd choice

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I actually really like the plastic bag and bottle trick.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a lot of plastic. What if a canning jar was used instead? Then we just have to convince Packaging to switch to waxed paper bags or something.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It looks to be reusing a bread bag and an empty bottle, so those would have been trash. Reuse/repurposing is better than just throwing away.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 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 4 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] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 4 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] 2 points 4 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 4 months ago

No worries, I 100% feel ya

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Most of these seem pretty reasonable to me. I guess I don't get this post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Op, do you just hate fun? most of these are pretty cute or funny and just because they're not the most efficient design doesn't mean they're not allowed to exist?