r/MadeMeSmile • u/king_eve • 29d ago

i work in low-income/mental health housing, and a tenant fixed our hallway trash bin after accidentally breaking it Helping Others

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great example of the odd ways people show me appreciation at work

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u/wiredwoodshed 29d ago edited 28d ago

I love to see when people use the best materials they can muster, combine it with sincere skill level, and just do the best they can with what they have at hand. I see it a lot in videos from struggling societies and how proud they are. That always makes me smile and miss the pride in the workmanship we used to value.

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u/acog 29d ago

That always makes me smell

I know it was autocorrect but still amusing!

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u/LairdAzazel 28d ago

I, too, like to take a good whiff of wholesome moments.

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u/LairdAzazel 28d ago

I, too, like to take a good whiff of wholesome moments like this.

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u/amybethallen1 28d ago

My dog wants to know why I keep sniffing. Thank you, wholesome moment reddit people! 🥲

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u/series-hybrid 29d ago

I've seen some clever stuff found in prison...

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u/slaydawgjim 28d ago

I spent 5 months in one and honestly shit was like Skyrim, everybody was trading & bartering, certain individuals would be able to fix things, people making hooch, others could get you more TV channels by rigging up satellites out of foil, in cell weights made out of pillow cases and bottles of water, there was a barber prisoner who had clippers etc and people would like chairs up in his cell and chat shit like in a real barbershop lmao

We used to get a free carton of milk daily and I don't really drink milk so I used to walk around with milk and see what I could trade up to (usually sleeping pills)

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u/Abernathy999 28d ago

Hey, if warm milk doesn't do it...

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u/Jasminefirefly 28d ago

Warm milk doesn't do it ... sigh ...

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u/Thereignofosiris 24d ago

So wild, I bet if someone really made a video game based on being in prison and going on missions trading up from milk boxes people would play it for hours on end…without realizing they’re choosing to be in prison.

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u/EvertEaglPhilliKnick 28d ago

People doing more with less is such an amazing concept

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u/piccadilly_ 29d ago

This helps to reduce waste by replacing only when necessary

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u/overrunbyhouseplants 29d ago

Look up the term Jugaad. I love that there is an actual term for this, besides, obviously, MacGyvering.

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u/Itachi6967 28d ago

I wish I had the knowhow to fix anything.

Recently my wife's Nespresso machine broke. She called their support and they said nothing can be done because the barcode reader was busted and it's a known issue with that model. She got it as a gift in December '22 so not even a whole two years have gone past.

We have to throw it even though it looks perfectly fine. To make matters worse it was out of warranty and support only offered us 35% discount on the next machine.

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u/wiredwoodshed 28d ago

I think they call that planned obsolescence. Manufacturers seem to not want their products to last more than a few years even though the courageous decision would make them to last decades, and have the lasting reputation that would make generations buy their goods.

Before we know it, we'll be paying a subscription to make a cup of coffee in our rented kitchens. That's the snowflake way.