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"The wonder of modern civilization gave us so much power to produce stuff that it's no longer feasible to just "throw away"" By the same token, it gave us the
by benj111 7y ago
"The wonder of modern civilization gave us so much power to produce stuff that it's no longer feasible to just "throw away""
By the same token, it gave us the power to produce so much stuff that we can afford to throw stuff away.
Who darns socks anymore? Or has their tv repaired?
Your average family of 100 years ago was throwing away ashes and what? The rag and bone man collected rags and bones, veg peelings would have gone to a chicken/pig/compost. Paper probably went in the fire. Plastic was none existent, metal? (rag and bone man? I'm guessing there was a market for it somewhere).
This was the situation in the UK at least.
- DocTomoe 7y ago> Who darns socks anymore? Or has their tv repaired? I have done both in the last two years. I also do not send my brand-new car to the junkyard once the ashtray is full. It's wasteful.
- zaroth 7y agoWait, new cars still have ashtrays?
- benj111 7y agoMy grandmother darns her socks too. It isn't the 'normal' thing though, certainly not for younger generations. What were the economics of your tv repair, what was the cost of the repair v replacement and how old was the tv? Last time I looked into it, they were doubtful they could get the parts, and the likely charge was higher than replacing the tv. The same isnt true for emptying the ashtray. In fact I don't even need to take the car to the garage to empty the ashtray, I can do it myself!