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• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Cant you see how someone might value an instrument they repaired (and probably taught themselves how to do that) themselves a lot more than a store bought, flawless replacement?

  There is value in doing things yourself, even if you could get always a better result by paying someone professional to do it for you.

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It wasn’t replaced, it was repaired. A professional repaired it. If he taught himself how to repair it then he must have done a shit job or it wouldn’t have cost 200$ to repair.

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    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Another example that maybe makes it clearer coming to mind: warhammer is a massive business, for decades. But why do people like to buy unpainted little plastic models and then do a usually mediocre job themselves painting those, taking forever? They could just buy them fully painted by professionals, that would look obviously much better.

      But the enjoyment and emotional attachment comes from doing that yourself. It is your little sci fi army even if their lines are smudged. You look at those figures and remember the hours spent painting them, progressively getting a little better with each. It is the same with the instrument, the husband fixed it up, spent a lot of love and effort on it, learned something in the process. Now thats all gone and instead he has some product.

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      • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Customization isn’t repair, being unpainted isn’t damage, this example is also stupid

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You can’t claim other people are projecting, when you are replying to everyone on this thread.

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  • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I can actually, seems like you don’t know what the word means

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    • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Oh you’re one of those people.

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      • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        People that bother knowing what words mean before using them? Yes, and proudly.

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