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Mhm. Personally it feels as if we need a better market for, well, 'not quite perfect' items, for lack of better terminology. Not having a super shiny perfect
by esotericn 7y ago
Mhm.
Personally it feels as if we need a better market for, well, 'not quite perfect' items, for lack of better terminology.
Not having a super shiny perfect shower door is really not the end of the world. It's gonna be covered in limescale in about a week unless you're super meticulous anyway.
It's kind of broken that we have an enormous infrastructure around brand new things whilst buying second hand or refurbished is usually a case of scouring ebay or pawn shops.
- voisin 7y agoEmbrace the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
- esotericn 7y agoIndeed! I personally find it way more comfortable to be in a sort of ramshackle environment with random bits and bobs. An old country house with idiosyncracies, nothing matches. A perfect shiny kitchen with all the matching bits and no signs of wear - no thanks!
- tasogare 7y agoIt’s funny you bring Japanese culture because one the contrary of the article you link, the Japanese are quite obsessed with (visual) perfection. Also everything here come too much plastic wrapping, like every cookie in a 10 cookies box having its own wrapping.
- m4rtink 7y agoThe packing starts to nake sense once you consider the very high air humidity (90-95% saturation) of air in Japan & during the summer the air is both humid and hot. Unless the bag is air tightly resealable or each piece is individually sealed, you need to consume the single bag of food at once as the rest will otherwise quickly go bad in the hot humid air.