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Re:We mourn our craft by ori_b on Saturday February 07, 2026 @03:30PM (#46927615)
The analogy you're making is that wiring a taskrabbit to assemble Ikea furniture is woodworking.

There's a market for Ikea. It's put woodworkers out of business, effectively. The only woodworkers that make reasonable wages from their craft are influencers. Their money comes from YouTube ads.

There's no shame in just wanting things without going to the effort of making them.

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Re:We mourn our craft by datsci_est_2015 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:33PM (#46929969)
Love this extension of the analogy, particularly. Especially because, like a woodworker inspecting IKEA assembled by a taskrabbit, the craftsmanship of a finished product becomes less and less impressive the longer you inspect it
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