I mean, what’s something you can do that people are like, “really? You know how to do that?”

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    7 days ago

    I’m a tall burly cisman so people are always surprised that I know how to sew. I mostly hand-mend my clothes but I made my own pants in high school when I had access to a sewing machine.

    • @Agent641@lemmy.world
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      257 days ago

      Sewing fellas unite!

      I usually make hats and tool wraps, but I mend dresses or alter clothes for friends too.

    • @Rossi199@lemmy.world
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      97 days ago

      Hand-sewing is my “something to occupy my hands while watching tv” hobby. I usually take shirts that I buy at a thrift store and customize them (side panels to make them fit better, add lacy pieces, etc.).

      • spicy pancake
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        106 days ago

        “own a sailboat and have no money” that’s a redundant statement :]

        • @Hadriscus@jlai.lu
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          36 days ago

          I think that would be antithetical, or paradoxical. Redundant means superfluous (=more than is necessary)

          • spicy pancake
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            76 days ago

            See the common conception of boat owners is that they’re rich. And they certainly might start out that way. But a boat is a hole in the ocean into which money is thrown, and thus boat owners quickly become not rich

            • pmk
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              56 days ago

              I’ve heard that boat owners are happy on two days. The day they buy it, and the day they sell it.