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I once brushed off our town's repair cafe, but fixing my blender there instead of replacing it changed my outlook.
The volunteer's help and free parts saved me nearly eighty dollars this month.
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henryp4017h ago
Saved eighty bucks, good for you. Honestly though, it's just a blender. Feels like we're treating these volunteer fixes like some major revolution. Most stuff nowadays is built to be tossed, not fixed. What percentage of broken things can these cafes actually handle? It's a nice little community band-aid, but it doesn't address the actual problem of manufacturing disposable junk. Feels like patting ourselves on the back for a tiny win while the system stays broken.
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taylor.reese13h ago
But what if the real win isn't the fixed blender, but people learning that stuff shouldn't just break? Once you've fixed one thing, you start asking why everything else is so flimsy.
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