It’s easy to look young when I hardly ever go out in the sunlight.
it takes time to start appreciating imperfections instead of beauty
Submitted 10 months ago by graphito@sopuli.xyz to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Delusional@lemmy.world 10 months ago
neidu2@feddit.nl 10 months ago
I now hold a support function for this offshore system that deals with seabottom equipment. But I used to be a “backdeck monkey” myself. It was real dirty work, because the hardware came back on board covered in mud, clay, and whatever else was down there. We always made fun of geophysicists during man over board drills and such, because their coveralls were always the cleanest, to the point of being shiny.
Mine were so dirty they could almast stand upright on their own.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just saw a Steve mould YT short: every time you sharpen a pencil, you’re at best removing 2/3 of the lead so that you can use 1/3 of it to write. At worst, your removing like 9/10 of the pencil
xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 months ago
Mechanical pencils for the win! Did you know there’s even ones that rotate the lead for you as you write so there’s always a sharp point?
umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
rotate the lead for you as you write so there’s always a sharp point
which ones? never heard of it but sounds cool.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Sacrifices must be made.
danc4498@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We’ve all had managers that fit this meme perfectly.
Mango@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not when you’re a human being. You’re gonna look real dull after a bunch of nothing.
Soleos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Don’t you mean appreciating the beauty in imperfections?
graphito@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I wish I could mean that, but looking at real wear and tear, I can’t find beauty in that. Only significance and meaning
Funkytom467@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You know beauty isn’t just the word we use for aesthetic beauty, we also use it for concepts such as this one.
JoShmoe@ani.social 10 months ago
In terms of the pencil, its just as easy to shatter the entire core. “F around and find out”
JohnSmith@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I for one have done something. It was a bit of a bender, and it’s fair to say I don’t look the sharpest.
Quik@infosec.pub 9 months ago
Username checks out
weeeeum@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As a diy-er Always found it funny how YouTubers always have the most pristine tools while professionals will have the dingiest, sketchiest tools. Granted, YouTubers are representing their craft but the two (professional and YouTuber) are very distinct from each other.
It’s ok to have tools that look like they’ve gone through hell and back, because that’s the only way you know they have.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
There’s a joke in the climbing community, “never trust a person with shiny gear”, and I think it might well apply to DIY as well
Anticorp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is why I was so hesitant to buying new climbing shoes, even though mine were completely falling apart. I didn’t want to go back to being seen as a newb when not on the wall.
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is a fair part assesment, however you also have to consider how people take care of their tools. A 40 year old tool that looks as beat up as a 5 year old tool has been taken care of better by the owner/user.
That said, I feel like we all have that massive sacrificial flat head that’s no longer flat, super warped, got electrical bites, and still keeps chugging.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
a metal rod flattened at the tip is a metal rod flattened at the tip after all.
ThePantser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Then you haven’t watched much of Adam Savage and Big Clive, their tools they use on screen are always so well used.
sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
The best musicians can often be seen creating the most dulcet tones on the most dirty, busted, and worn-in instruments.
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If your guitar isn’t covered in dried beer and blood then I don’t want to hear it.
frezik@midwest.social 10 months ago
There’s also repair outlets that sometimes keep nice tools up front for when a customer comes in and they can fix it quick, but then have bullshit tools in back that for the real work.