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It's funny that DIY is seen as a "movement", like alternative lifestyle. When you're poor, or from a poor country, DIY is the absolute default. My experience g
by hcarvalhoalves 12y ago
It's funny that DIY is seen as a "movement", like alternative lifestyle.
When you're poor, or from a poor country, DIY is the absolute default. My experience growing up in latin america during the 80's taught me only cashing out at the store after exhausting all possibilities of building/fixing something at home. People would often fix their own speakers, sound systems, TVs, clothes washer, cars, and so on - to the point the more easily serviceable brands were sought after, not the top-notch ones.
- kaitai 12y agoI recently traveled through some rural, non-tourist parts of Mexico and found exactly this attitude. I thought I had some of it -- I know how to make dirt, food, clothing, yarn/rope, soap, candles, beer, wine, etc, and the car has been repaired innumerable times -- but the level of DIY in these regions blew me away again. The vision, talent, and know-how to just get things done, which I also hear about from my American grandfather. A different level than just replacing a part in our washing machine. My only other criticism of the original article is that if it's going to get gendered, we do need to think about the making that women have traditionally done. Food and textiles come to mind right off the bat.
- aaron_m04 12y ago> I know how to make dirt, Composting?
- freehunter 12y agoYeah, likely means "how to make topsoil" or "how to make arable dirt". An awful lot of land needs to be converted to something that can sustain the right kind of plants for humans to live on.