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> We can use old electronics as a paper weight (“and more!”) if we want to but people don’t normally promote that. The reason for this is that people don't usu
by quadrifoliate 4y ago
> We can use old electronics as a paper weight (“and more!”) if we want to but people don’t normally promote that.
The reason for this is that people don't usually buy paperweights that are indistinguishable from, say, an old and discarded mobile phone.
They do, on the other hand, often buy things like hand towels or dish rags that are indistinguishable from home-made ones that are just old clothes torn up.
- klondike_klive 4y agoMy 4-yr old kid calls them "broken-down t-shirts" - very useful to have a bag of them in the kitchen and bathroom for spills and messes. Before I was always torn between wasting a dishcloth or using a load of paper kitchen towel which might disintegrate.
- dieselgate 4y agoI was torn by whether or not to comment on any wordplay
- klondike_klive 4y agoPurely accidental!
- dieselgate 4y agoFor sure, am not saying people shouldn’t reuse their clothing for x, y, z. I prefer to make patches for holes in clothes with other old clothes and just think the message should be more about reduce reuse recycle in general rather than “make rags”. Edit for clarity