Side note: people (men, mostly, still) who don't know how to use sewing machines are missing out on perhaps the most transformative, clever, empowering machine

Side note: people (men, mostly, still) who don't know how to use sewing machines are missing out on perhaps the most transformative, clever, empowering machine ever made. You could teach an entire curriculum just on the history, design, manufacturing and use of the sewing machine, and barely scratch the surface. They are quite simply marvels. (Great Veritasium video about them too)