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I bought my German made mandolin that's like 100 years old for less than 10% of an ipad, and it'll never be obsolete, that's the whole point... It'll always be

I bought my German made mandolin that's like 100 years old for less than 10% of an ipad, and it'll never be obsolete, that's the whole point... It'll always be up to date, I'll always find the parts to fix it, and even if one-day it somehow gets damaged beyond repair I can recycle it in my fireplace in about 30 seconds I feel like people making your point don't see the fundamental difference between a functional tool like a hammer and an artistic tool like a musical instrument, and it's kind of scary tbh.

xxs 3y ago
> I can recycle it in my fireplace in about 30 seconds not disagreeing w/ anything else (beside responding to a sarcastic comment, usually 'caring for the children' [esp. out of place] is a decent giveaway + repeating 'inexpensive'); however burning stuff is not recycling. If anything it releases all the carbon (CO2 + CO) in the atmosphere, compositing in the ground is a tad better option, but the lacquer might prevent that part... for a while.
- lm28469 3y ago
  > If anything it releases all the carbon (CO2 + CO) in the atmosphere Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel > compositing in the ground is a tad better option It releases the same amount of carbon in the atmosphere, burning it is just a tiny bit faster than having termite digest and fart it away The problem with carbon is when you take it from outside of the system (deep in the ground) and put it back in the cycle, anyways, you get the idea
  - xxs 3y ago
    >Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel Not recycling still, recycling would be making something out of it, e.g. a plate, a toy, whatever. Another option is making fiberboard alike material out of it from sawdust. Dunno about termites, it'd depend where you live, but then again, I am not sure how that came into the discussion. Anyway compost is used in gardening, so it's a form of recycling.
    - sophacles 3y ago
      When you turn the wood into co2, it eventually becomes more wood.

xxs 3y ago

> I can recycle it in my fireplace in about 30 seconds not disagreeing w/ anything else (beside responding to a sarcastic comment, usually 'caring for the children' [esp. out of place] is a decent giveaway + repeating 'inexpensive'); however burning stuff is not recycling. If anything it releases all the carbon (CO2 + CO) in the atmosphere, compositing in the ground is a tad better option, but the lacquer might prevent that part... for a while.

lm28469 3y ago
> If anything it releases all the carbon (CO2 + CO) in the atmosphere Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel > compositing in the ground is a tad better option It releases the same amount of carbon in the atmosphere, burning it is just a tiny bit faster than having termite digest and fart it away The problem with carbon is when you take it from outside of the system (deep in the ground) and put it back in the cycle, anyways, you get the idea
- xxs 3y ago
  >Not more than burning my regular fire wood, and infinitely better than fossil fuel Not recycling still, recycling would be making something out of it, e.g. a plate, a toy, whatever. Another option is making fiberboard alike material out of it from sawdust. Dunno about termites, it'd depend where you live, but then again, I am not sure how that came into the discussion. Anyway compost is used in gardening, so it's a form of recycling.
  - sophacles 3y ago
    When you turn the wood into co2, it eventually becomes more wood.