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Do It Yourself

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[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It looks to be reusing a bread bag and an empty bottle, so those would have been trash. Reuse/repurposing is better than just throwing away.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reduce
Reuse <- You are here
Recycle

Not using it at all would be better, sure, but if you don't have that option for whatever reason, reusing it is the next best thing. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you may have meant to respond to the other person since this is pretty much what I said

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I was supporting your point. I forget that comments are seen as counterargument by default.

But you're right, my comment would have been more useful in reply to the other person.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You raise a great point about comments being seen as a counter by default. And if you try to give a disclaimer in your comment (like saying you agree) you still get downvoted for some reason. I'm very cautious about participating in any serious topics because of this, jokes, one-liners and sharing (unimportant) personal experiences are pretty much the only safe comments.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Come on over to Beehaw, where we don't have downvotes, then!

It forces people to actually take time and effort to disagree with you, rather than just hitting one button, and somewhat unsurprisingly, that deters a lot of "drive-by" negativity.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah got ya. Since you were responding to my comment it seemed like you meant that I was letting perfect be the enemy of good.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Me no word good 😄
Nah, you've got a point, my brain is just fried these days. I definitely need a vacation.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago

No worries, I 100% feel ya