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No Really, You can just do stuff. I posted this https://poal.co/s/oldtechnology/750937about a crazy ass "RV" built in the 1930s but you know what?

If you have some time and space and a little bit of $$ you can just build stuff if you want to. You don't need permission. You don't need a engineering degree (reading helps).

Don't let others put limits on what you want to do.

I think I'm going to build a experimental aircraft once I move and have the space for it. Because, why the fuck not? However, I will buy a parachute and not make my own.. That I feel like would be a bad idea. I am not very good at sewing.

No Really, You can just do stuff. I posted this https://poal.co/s/oldtechnology/750937 about a crazy ass "RV" built in the 1930s but you know what? If you have some time and space and a little bit of $$ you can just build stuff if you want to. You don't need permission. You don't need a engineering degree (reading helps). Don't let others put limits on what you want to do. I think I'm going to build a experimental aircraft once I move and have the space for it. Because, why the fuck not? However, I will buy a parachute and not make my own.. That I feel like would be a bad idea. I am not very good at sewing.

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[–] • 3 pts 2mo

Has anyone ever told you that you can just DO things?

So many people don't seem to get this. You can literally do whatever you want.

[–] • 3 pts 2mo

After a bad breakup, it hit me that I had been being told for a decade that I was too stupid, too weak, too lazy to do anything. Within a year I was successfully recording audio books, building my own microphones, repairing electronics, etc. All it took was not being told that I was utterly useless.

[–] • 2 pts 2mo

I posted this as a literal shower thought. I know so many people that never considered that they could just "Do something".

It was stuff like "I don't know how" or "It seems hard" or "I don't have a degree". Bitch, I was doing circuit design when I was in middle school because I wanted to and it was fun. I found resources online and learned how to do it on my own and did it.

I posted a couple of days ago about fixing shit on my car and that I don't need someone to tell me I can, I have a manual and can look up videos on the internet or go to owners forums. It's not that fucking hard. You just have to be willing to try.

I think a lot of people have never really tried something for fear of failure or something. I have failed a LOT but I have also learned a ton and fail less now that I have at least tried. How are you going to rebuild the world if civilization falls?

You won't, you will rely on people like us to do it. (end rant).

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Same for me. Good part of the skills I have I learned online through jewtube videos or Udemy. You don't need to pay loads of money to some faggot to give you a paper that certifies you can now do the specific things.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

I was a teacher for a short period of time. The first thing I did was throw out everything that the prior teachers did and were teaching then rebuilt the entire program on real-world situations with free docs/books/etc online. I did not teach for a book or a test, I taught for the work.

The students that finished the class all got great jobs right out of graduation and most of them still check up with me on stuff. They were motivated and worked hard but I hope that I imparted a little of the "if you want to, learn it" mentality in them.