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fire!
Using a brush to paint my house as opposed to an hvlp setup
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G-Shocks 🤗
Automatic (mechanical) wristwatches.
I love the idea of a truly symbiotic relationship between a thoughtfully and carefully designed mechanism and a human. I walk around and live my life, and by doing so, I give it the kinetic energy it needs to keep its mainspring wound, and in return it tells me what time it is. Always. Without fail. I just have to tweak the time if it starts to get too far off, but that’s barely even an imposition. After a good long while, it’s prudent to have them serviced, but if you’re not observing any problems, it’s generally perfectly fine, and will keep ticking along as long as you wear it regularly.
I had a cheap automatic in college, sadly lost it in a move.
But I loved it so much, kept itself wound up without issue, and it was amazing to look at all the tiny parts that made it work.
There are some good enough automatics out now at very reasonable prices.
Of course there are also crazy expensive ones also, but they all do essentially the same thing - convert your movements into time measurements 😀
also, knowing you are listening to the same exact tick tock that has been heard for centuries
Similarly, I have a cuckoo clock. I could watch the internal mechanism for hours.
The alarm clock
Scissors. Their value is noticed most when you cannot find them.
You can always use a knife instead.
But not as precise.
Yeah, but in most cases it’s far, far harder.
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Dumb TVs. I love the option to turn it into a pseudo-smart TV with just a streaming stick. But, I’m always okay with a TV that just has the ports for basic things.
Recently made some jam. Was really impressed by how low tech the process was. Just cook some fruits, separate the roughage and branches and seeds, etc. Add sugar and cook it again. I believe you also have to add pectin if the fruit you’re turning into jam doesn’t have a lot of it.
Then bottle the stuff and enjoy it with bread for a long long time!
Tweezers.
When you realize how many wars were averted because of them.
Swamp cooler
I agree with knives, love them.
Natural fermentation is a technology I love, that is pretty ancient. The way I make bread, it’s leavened the same way as almost 15,000 years ago. Beer is like that too - it’s commercial now but you can achieve it at home without the industrial tech.
Windshield wipers are so clever.
Consider the humble pillow.
I went hi tek with pillows and got nice memory foam pillows. Changed our backs’ lives, never going back!
See memory foam is cool and all
But my point is that even the simplest pillow consisting of a linen sack with some animal nonsense inside it is still an exponential improvement over not that, or worse, those wooden head-supports that they still use in some eastern cultures.
Also: People use way too few pillows. I use five for the average night.
MULTIPILLOWGANG
right now there are eight on the bed, but two of them are those standing-up-sit-arms-pillows (I don’t know what they’re called) because my partner and I just got the VID.
we used two head pillows each before we got memory foam, now we just need one head pillow and a knees pillow each to be comfy!
Fun fact, some cultures don’t use pillows, and instead have carefully shaped head stands.
I am fully aware
I fear every person from any of those cultures. Those who sleep on hard surfaces are not to be trifled with, for they are stronger than all of us.
I’ve heard it’s actually more comfortable in really hot conditions. If its metal, the whole thing can be a cold spot I guess.
Anyway, I’d like to flex about all the rough sleeping I’ve done. It’s not usually braggable.
Pasta House cheese grater
