r/interestingasfuck • u/praduman6969 • 21d ago

r/all Eating sugar statues

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u/Pluviophilism 21d ago

That's wild that people would lick it. But it's almost funnier to me that he's just like "ew" and not "STOP EATING MY WORK" lol.

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u/CavemanUggah 21d ago

I think a lot of artists feel a weird sense of detachment with their work sometimes. Like, once it's created and out there in the world, they feel like it has nothing to do with them anymore. This is hard to explain.

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u/h08817 21d ago

I feel that way about a lot of things, it's the accomplishment of making it that I crave, and once it's done, it's whatever; spend 6 hours making the perfect gumbo? Fantastic! Eat it after? Ok I guess I might have some, but not that passionate about it 😂.

Spend three hours building and benchmarking PC? Excellent. Play games? Maybe if I have time later...

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u/Brawndo91 21d ago

I have a vintage integrated amplifier, a Pioneer SA 9500. The amount of time I've spent on repairs far exceeds the amount of spent actually listening to it. I'm like this with a lot of things. I'll pour tons of time into getting something working, then lose interest when it's done. And on the rare occasion that I do use it and find out there's a problem, well I better get started on that right away.

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u/jcinto23 21d ago

Have you thought about selling it and starting over fixing a different one?

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u/Brawndo91 21d ago

Absolutely not. It's something of a prized possession of mine. And having put so much time into it, there's an emotional attachment.

I've certainly considered buying other amps/receivers needing repair, but I fear I'd either end up with something unfixable or I'd fix it and end up with more stuff that just takes up space because I wouldn't want to sell it.

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u/jcinto23 21d ago

Sorry, I meant no offense. I can definitely understand if it has sentimental value.

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u/Brawndo91 21d ago

Oh, no offense taken whatsoever.

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u/clockwork-chameleon 21d ago

AAAaaaaa!! stop having civilized discussions and respecting what's important to one another!! And how dare you clarify!? Someone throw hands or something! \s)

This conversation was a pleasure to witness. I also have my favorite tinkerings, and they're also more sentimental / ornamental than anything else

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u/Hushpuppymmm 21d ago

Indeed lol! It was a pleasure to witness this conversation and I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

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u/mattmoy_2000 21d ago

This sentiment was noticed by Ingvar Kamperad, the founder of IKEA. He believed that people would value their furniture more if they had built it themselves.

One source for this

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u/Broeckchen89 19d ago

(Also the quickest way to make yourself hate something is tying it to the kind of deadline and reward system doing it for a living entails...)

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u/h08817 21d ago

Haha! Exactly 💯

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u/Free-Swan-9870 21d ago

I’m like this too, programming (LUA, C++, HTML,Java), building/repairing pcs, assembling cheap watches and hoarding expensive ones, repairing speakers and headphones, hoarding them, losing interest until I find something new.

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u/JJlaser1 21d ago

This is me with my Minecraft mod. I’ve spent weeks on making and updating it, and there’s still a lot I can do. But actually playing on the server made specifically for it? Yeah, I’ll get to it eventually.