This.
I'm certainly not change-averse (I work in a technology field and must stay current) but I often find myself shaking my head as I see many around me neglecting to use or take advantage of sound solutions solved hundreds of years ago. Examples -
- Hats in the rain - I wonder why these wet-heads dont wear a cover and prevent water down their collars
- belts or suspenders - instead of constantly yanking your own trousers back up
- handkerchiefs - too many uses to cover adequately, but
- wiping your brow
- binding a wound
- cleaning your hands
- dabbing a tear (I'm amazed how few folks carry these to funeral and weddings - I carry several for this)
I think my point was just that one thing people forget is that much of the time you're not making a 100 percent improvement you are making a trade off. And like all trades they're not always even. But you lose something when you gain something. And making things easier or simpler or whatever often creates an inferior product or ironically makes more work for people. Computers (which I love by the way) make people more productive in many ways and just increases the amount of stuff they have to do.
1. for hats to come back we have to stop making fun of hipsters for wearing them. And it requires a large spread acceptance. Hats need a good place to be put. And you don't see many hat racks around. Which explains why baseball caps and hats that can be folded and put in a pocket are still common.
2. wait what? Belts seem pretty common.
3. yeah only people I know who have those, take snuff. And if you use it for snuff it ironically means only the binding of wounds is good. People worry about clean too much in that situation, I mean I would pick most cloth before underwear. Which reminds me of the day I realized I could get away with murder. I used a white shirt to bind a wound for someone before helping them to the e.r. got the shirt back wore it cause it was too cold not too and I didn't have a coat or shirt. Stopped at a minit mart to get a bite (long night right) it was crowded and everyone did the same thing looked at the fresh blood (a lot more then I registered at first) then at my face then shrugged it off. When I got home I was took the shirt off I was like it looks like I murdered someone.
Oh why not use a snuff a hanky for those other things. Main use of a hanky isn't blowing your nose not after you've used snuff for a while (sneezing is like tongue bite in that it becomes much less of a thing as you go) but for wiping away the crumbs that get on your face. Ever get snuff in your eye? Ever get a pipe ember in your eye that's the low fat pleasant version of getting snuff in your eye
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O.k. sorry about the ramble, still getting caffeine into my system.
Oh yeah neat hint if you're in a bind and need to staunch a wound not a gapping wound. Tobacco works good for that. Constricts small blood vessels kills germs and burns like a mofo. But if there are no other good options. Oh and if you have a bad bug bite grind some tobacco to dust add water make a paste (or mud) and cover the bite. It reduces itching and irritation and I think when the water dries out it makes a tiny vacuum effect. Either way it seems to pull out some of whatever is in there including stingers.
Okay I'll own up. I too use a butterfly razor.
