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Couldn't help but notice the link to the author's Twitch account, which has the description "I live a minimalist lifestyle..." Amazing what passes for a minima

Couldn't help but notice the link to the author's Twitch account, which has the description "I live a minimalist lifestyle..." Amazing what passes for a minimalist lifestyle these days!

ghuntley 5y ago
I have a single bowl, fork and knife. Everything that I own has a purpose or it gets chucked. There really isn't much space in a 7m long van.
- lucideer 5y ago
  Given the size of cutlery, coupled with the fact that multiple bowls will fit inside eachother, is this overcompensation for an extreme maximalist lifestyle on the electronics side?
  - wrycoder 5y ago
    Physical misanthropy FTW
    - lucideer 5y ago
      Well there's nothing necessarily wrong with maximalism per se, it's just the misrepresenting was a bit odd
- LurkingPenguin 5y ago
  > I have a single bowl, fork and knife. And soon 7 (!!!) internet links! Anyway, I just find it interesting how individuals (including myself) describe themselves and rationalize their descriptions.
  - MayeulC 5y ago
    That's cognitive dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance It's normal to a point :)
- panzagl 5y ago
  "Dad, can I use the bowl today?"
  - slumpt_ 5y ago
    This definitely sounds like a rough experience for the kids, practically and socially.
- ddalex 5y ago
  No offence, sir, but 6 different ways to connect to the internet is not minimalist. Your priorities lies elsewhere, perhaps not in bowls, forks and knives, but certainly with internet connectivity :)
  - Ancapistani 5y ago
    I disagree. It sounds like OP has found that six different ways to connect to the Internet is the minimum that is viable for him, and that meeting that is important enough to justify spending a large portion of his limited budget (both financially and in terms of space in/on his vehicle). If one fork does the job, one fork is enough. If five way to connect aren’t enough, then maybe six will be enough :)
    - ddalex 5y ago
      I disagree. The highly specialized monitoring equipment and dual high gains antennas and the plethora of other bits and pieces are NOT required to run a "a meeting" or a "netflix stream". A phone with a sim card usually suffice. All this frivolous spending points out that this is a hobby. Nothing wrong with having hobbies, of course, but the spending is not compatible with the definition of minimalism. A minimalist online meeting is an IRC connection over 3G.
      - jmull3n 5y ago
        You're underestimating how terrible internet connectivity is in rural Australia. A lot of places will only have 1 provider that offers service, if any at all.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
  Pfft. Mahavira didn't even have clothes.
  - FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
    Admittedly a low-effort post, and too late to delete, but just to explain, this whole idea of having a single bowl (used to collect alms) is a thing in monastic/ascetic traditions. Which I always get the sense minimalism is vaguely inspired by. Anyway, whatever, it was off-topic.
nickthemagicman 5y ago
Basic utilities like water, internet, and electricity are what I would consider minimal. They're just much more involved to get in a Van.

Couldn't help but notice the link to the author's Twitch account, which has the description "I live a minimalist lifestyle..." Amazing what passes for a minimalist lifestyle these days!

ghuntley 5y ago

I have a single bowl, fork and knife. Everything that I own has a purpose or it gets chucked. There really isn't much space in a 7m long van.

lucideer 5y ago
Given the size of cutlery, coupled with the fact that multiple bowls will fit inside eachother, is this overcompensation for an extreme maximalist lifestyle on the electronics side?
- wrycoder 5y ago
  Physical misanthropy FTW
  - lucideer 5y ago
    Well there's nothing necessarily wrong with maximalism per se, it's just the misrepresenting was a bit odd
LurkingPenguin 5y ago
> I have a single bowl, fork and knife. And soon 7 (!!!) internet links! Anyway, I just find it interesting how individuals (including myself) describe themselves and rationalize their descriptions.
- MayeulC 5y ago
  That's cognitive dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance It's normal to a point :)
panzagl 5y ago
"Dad, can I use the bowl today?"
- slumpt_ 5y ago
  This definitely sounds like a rough experience for the kids, practically and socially.
ddalex 5y ago
No offence, sir, but 6 different ways to connect to the internet is not minimalist. Your priorities lies elsewhere, perhaps not in bowls, forks and knives, but certainly with internet connectivity :)
- Ancapistani 5y ago
  I disagree. It sounds like OP has found that six different ways to connect to the Internet is the minimum that is viable for him, and that meeting that is important enough to justify spending a large portion of his limited budget (both financially and in terms of space in/on his vehicle). If one fork does the job, one fork is enough. If five way to connect aren’t enough, then maybe six will be enough :)
  - ddalex 5y ago
    I disagree. The highly specialized monitoring equipment and dual high gains antennas and the plethora of other bits and pieces are NOT required to run a "a meeting" or a "netflix stream". A phone with a sim card usually suffice. All this frivolous spending points out that this is a hobby. Nothing wrong with having hobbies, of course, but the spending is not compatible with the definition of minimalism. A minimalist online meeting is an IRC connection over 3G.
    - jmull3n 5y ago
      You're underestimating how terrible internet connectivity is in rural Australia. A lot of places will only have 1 provider that offers service, if any at all.
FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
Pfft. Mahavira didn't even have clothes.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
  Admittedly a low-effort post, and too late to delete, but just to explain, this whole idea of having a single bowl (used to collect alms) is a thing in monastic/ascetic traditions. Which I always get the sense minimalism is vaguely inspired by. Anyway, whatever, it was off-topic.

nickthemagicman 5y ago

Basic utilities like water, internet, and electricity are what I would consider minimal. They're just much more involved to get in a Van.