• BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net
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    5 days ago

    I admire the ideals of renaissance men trying to become proficient in every possible skill …

    Look, maybe given the situation you would try to become proficient “in every possible skill”, most people will just focus on a few key ones, and maybe have a few auxiliary ones.

    No one is telling you to put your life in the hand of a hobbyist, but if you had a big wooden table with a broken leg, would you rather buy a new table (seeing as actually finding someone who deals with woodwork in this economy is almost impossible), or go see a friend/neighbor/friend-of-friend who does woodwork as (mostly) a hobby, and trade favors with them in exchange for keeping your old table you are probably sentiment about for longer than expected?