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When I was a kid, the only thing I liked about LEGO was the fact that I didn't have to follow the instructions. So I could turn the boring police station into

by wanda 9y ago

When I was a kid, the only thing I liked about LEGO was the fact that I didn't have to follow the instructions. So I could turn the boring police station into a spaceship. And the fire station into another spaceship. And the indigo tropical island set into an alien world. Then medical building, the random pirate lair, the galleon and the random 18th century fort into a pirate spaceship. And then I'd dismantle the lot and make a gigantic mega-spaceship, with a diverse crew of police officers, pirates, Imperial British soldiers, island tribespeople, and firemen. --------- Fast-forward to today: I assemble the IKEA furniture my partner wants, but I can't exactly get creative with it. Oh, and since I'm commenting now, I will add that I also feel no attachment to the IKEA crap I assemble and the eponymous "effect" probably does exist, but should have been named differently.

agumonkey 9y ago
I do not feel attached to it too. But I do prefer assembling kits than buying stuff preassembled. Instead of paying someone to do that, if I have time, I prefer the pleasure of doing it, at least a few times, and paying less (and probably costing less in shelf space and global economics). I often wonder if electronics and mechanics shouldn't be done the same. So much is wasted from misuse and repairshop abuse from ignorance.
lifeformed 9y ago
You can still get creative with it by mixing other IKEA parts together! Check out the projects here: https://www.ikeahackers.net/ https://www.ikeahackers.net/
seszett 9y ago
> Oh, and since I'm commenting now, I will add that I also feel no attachment to the IKEA crap I assemble and the eponymous "effect" probably does exist, but should have been named differently. The effect doesn't really mean that you are going to attach a lot of value to a 9-dollar table you mounted yourself. It means you're going to attach more value to it than if you had bought the same table already assembled.

by wanda 9y ago

agumonkey 9y ago

I do not feel attached to it too. But I do prefer assembling kits than buying stuff preassembled. Instead of paying someone to do that, if I have time, I prefer the pleasure of doing it, at least a few times, and paying less (and probably costing less in shelf space and global economics). I often wonder if electronics and mechanics shouldn't be done the same. So much is wasted from misuse and repairshop abuse from ignorance.

lifeformed 9y ago

You can still get creative with it by mixing other IKEA parts together! Check out the projects here: https://www.ikeahackers.net/ https://www.ikeahackers.net/

seszett 9y ago

> Oh, and since I'm commenting now, I will add that I also feel no attachment to the IKEA crap I assemble and the eponymous "effect" probably does exist, but should have been named differently. The effect doesn't really mean that you are going to attach a lot of value to a 9-dollar table you mounted yourself. It means you're going to attach more value to it than if you had bought the same table already assembled.