<![CDATA[Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.]]>Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you’re 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things."

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c9c8fd8a-4bee-42a6-97f5-23ebcb8fb3be/douglas-adams-wrote-anything-that-is-in-the-world-when-you-re-born-is-normal-and-ordinary-and-is-just-a-natural-part-of-the-way-the-world-works.RSS for NodeMon, 22 Jun 2026 12:01:23 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2026 16:08:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:55:01 GMT]]>@pluralistic he also said (paraphrasing) that the universe is this really strange and complex thing that nobody can understand... and as soon as anyone does manage to get their head around it, it just becomes even more strange and complex and difficult to understand.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116735587188897436https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116735587188897436Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:11:51 GMT]]>@LPerry2
I replaced my maytag clothes washer with a whirlpool and traded my toyota that i drove for 23 years for a Subaru. I want my maytag back

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skoombidoombis/statuses/116735181580637122https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skoombidoombis/statuses/116735181580637122Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:11:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:08:51 GMT]]>2007 was a good year for cars.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/CassandraVert/statuses/116735169766754449https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/CassandraVert/statuses/116735169766754449Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:07:44 GMT]]>@LPerry2 @Npars01 @7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic yeah, I too won't buy a car made after 2016.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116735165367878091https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116306723250896134/statuses/116735165367878091Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:07:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:23:06 GMT]]>@Npars01 @7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic I recently had to replace my 25-year-old oven. I HATE the new Whirlpool...and I've had Whirlpool appliances for 30 years. This one is crap.
Oh. I'm not replacing my 19-year-old Toyota. It works just fine and doesn't spy on me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LPerry2/statuses/116734518022313507https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LPerry2/statuses/116734518022313507Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:23:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:08:17 GMT]]>@MHowell
It was Mountain Equipment Coop when they still made anything of quality 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/msb/statuses/116734459750312218https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/msb/statuses/116734459750312218Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:08:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:56:20 GMT]]>@chx @7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic
Darn Tough socks. Guaranteed for Life. Got a lifetime supply (7 pair) when I moved here. Lots of popular brands from Vermont seem long lasting
Orvis
Zutano
Vermont Glove
Vermont Flannel
Queen City Shoes
Bickford USA
Burton Snowboards
Skida
Johnson Woolen Mills

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clayfoot/statuses/116733940894071134https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clayfoot/statuses/116733940894071134Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:56:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:51:46 GMT]]>@msb MEC is Mountain Equipment Company? If so, thanks for the tip.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/MHowell/statuses/116733922941452624https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/MHowell/statuses/116733922941452624Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:51:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:01:09 GMT]]>@pluralistic Holy sh*t--"Kafka-as-a-service". 🤯

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/rpardee/statuses/116733723903863252https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/rpardee/statuses/116733723903863252Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:01:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:42:39 GMT]]>@MHowell @7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic
Yep. I have a pair of leather MEC sandals that are now approaching 25yrs. I have put countless miles on them from the Arctic to the Amazon to the Sahara--pretty much every continent on the planet (except the antarctic!) I've had to whip a couple stitches here and there, but they are still the most comfortable sandals I have ever owned. I have been looking for a replacement for 7 or 8 years now, but nothing even comes close to that quality.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/msb/statuses/116733651138262834https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/msb/statuses/116733651138262834Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:42:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:38:07 GMT]]>@pluralistic@mamot.fr It's funny because as someone who's between 15 and 35, I'm extremely frustrated. Everything that's being invented is boring and rote despite the hype-men and marketing teams trying to convince me otherwise. And it's actively antagonistic to my ability to get a career in it. Fuckin' sucks honestly

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sk.girlthi.ng/notes/andl2kxmbpe709afhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sk.girlthi.ng/notes/andl2kxmbpe709afThu, 11 Jun 2026 21:38:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:57:01 GMT]]>@Npars01 Items that had not been enshittified.
The other important thing about such older products is that many of them can actually be repaired when needed.
Living part time on a Caribbean island makes you appreciate older, repairable and more rugged items that can also handle unreliable electricity grids. New smart appliances become quite stupid and useless after a few good power surges or brownouts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116732999825581044https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116732999825581044Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:57:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:41:10 GMT]]>@7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic

There's a thriving dark economy in good quality second hand goods.

Prized items that all pinpoint what date a company decided to enshittify:

Garage sales & boot sales selling ...
1. Grandma's all-steel Singer sewing machines.
2. Auntie's canning jar collection
3. Bosch home appliances
4. Kitchenaid mixers
5. Vehicles: Volvo, Toyota, Honda, old Ford trucks
6. Old farm tractors
7. IBM laptops
8. Unsmart refrigerators & washers

Brands that used to be good.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116732937514138766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116732937514138766Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:01:29 GMT]]>@ZhiZhu @pluralistic

I'm happy to see someone providing that quote with more than one sentence. But have you ever read the original and complete Crooked Timber comment by Frank Wilhoit, which greatly expands on 'Wilhoit's Law' and delivers much nuance?

> http://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

Because he's also saying there really isn't such a thing as 'anti-conservatism' and, "… no other model of polity had ever been proposed."

And he proposes a similar construct to 'Wilhoit's Law' for anti-conservatism'.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rustedneuron.com/users/jackwilliambell/statuses/116732781522507007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rustedneuron.com/users/jackwilliambell/statuses/116732781522507007Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:01:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:52:25 GMT]]>@7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic same is true for Keene (river) Sandals.

I won't be buying another pair b/c the main heel strap tore off the footbed twice, and I stitched it with my speedy stitcher twice while on a camping trip.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/MHowell/statuses/116732745869899718https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/MHowell/statuses/116732745869899718Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:52:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:50:55 GMT]]>@7leaguebootdisk @pluralistic I can't find socks or underwear. I had ones fit for my needs, they are either no longer sold or the replacement is utter shit. The phenomenon is not even new, here's a 2018 review of the once incredibly comfy hanes tagless underwear.

Does anyone know what to replace the florsheim non-elastic socks with? I am drawing a blank. Across many countries, even.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chx.contact/users/chx/statuses/116732739913438045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chx.contact/users/chx/statuses/116732739913438045Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:50:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:40:56 GMT]]>@pluralistic Hesiod covered it well ~700BCE.

The problem is quite simply: kids these days.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116093362779202968/statuses/116732700659490143https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116093362779202968/statuses/116732700659490143Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:40:56 GMT]]>@pluralistic

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it,
and there never has been."

~Frank Wilhoit, composer
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/ZhiZhu/statuses/116732700695926517https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/ZhiZhu/statuses/116732700695926517Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:12:35 GMT]]>@pluralistic Reddit's r/buyitforlife is a pit of despair, just about all the former good stuff sucks now. Birkenstock, LL Bean, you name it, when your old one finally wears out, the replacement will suck.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/7leaguebootdisk/statuses/116732589233146582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/7leaguebootdisk/statuses/116732589233146582Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:56:14 GMT]]>@pluralistic To honor the true and original libertarians (those anarchists that hold a municipalist view) and free the term from any financial implication, we should find another word for those neoliberals.

Maybe “Kissingerites”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.la/users/beckermatic/statuses/116732524890769175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.la/users/beckermatic/statuses/116732524890769175Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:56:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:42:44 GMT]]>@pluralistic BTW you forgot to add "Burma Shave".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/maybeimaleo/statuses/116732471825965277https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/maybeimaleo/statuses/116732471825965277Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:42:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:38:56 GMT]]>@heygarrett Will fix as soon as I get through airport security and get back on my laptop

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116732456910276664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116732456910276664Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:32:31 GMT]]>@pluralistic This note with a link to the essay-formatted version is also _in_ the essay-formatted version. Unintentional? 🙈

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/heygarrett/statuses/116732431684339601https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.lol/users/heygarrett/statuses/116732431684339601Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:32:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Douglas Adams wrote, "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:25:11 GMT]]>@pluralistic Umm…TLDR?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/maybeimaleo/statuses/116732402794958331https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/maybeimaleo/statuses/116732402794958331Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:25:11 GMT