Tootfinder

Opt-in global Mastodon full text search. Join the index!

@jake4480@c.im
2026-01-10 22:08:23

I was thinking this morning, there should be more things like Goodwill, more thrift stores like that everywhere, for even LESS things going to landfills. Just people getting together, even as a trade or barter system, things like flea markets or garage sales-- people do some of this already.
Reusing things is so important, and repair, when possible-- I've been seeing some cool self-repair fix-it meetups on here, too.
As I was talking to my wife about it, and I remembered thi…

Snip from Wired piece that says 'how will these smaller groups of happier people be monetized? This is a tough question for the billionaires. Happy people, the kind who eat sandwiches together, are boring. They don't buy much. Their smartphones are six versions behind and have badly cracked screens. They fix bicycles, then talk about fixing bicycles, then they show their friend, who just came over for no reason, how they fixed their bicycle, and their friend says, 'Wow, good job," and they make…