Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "Overconsumption has DEBT EXPLODING in 2024..." video.

Not exactly minimalist, spent a little fortune on crafting supplies in the past few years, but I am quite savve and hate wasting stuff that is still good. Even brought back to life my 15 yo laptop, learned new skills by refurbishing it and putting Linux into it. Even with Microsoft denying support to Win10 computers next year, making millions still good to go machinees unsafe and e-waste overnight, mine will go Linux too, the newer machine, getting many more years out of it without being forced to buy a new one, compatiblle with Win11 or whatever comes after it. Also preparing most food at home and taking home made coffee in a flask with me, saving myself a fortune. Also generally debt free and actually overpaying mortgage, so we save on that one too. There are people truly struggling, despite not overspending but many are overspending because they have no financial intelligence.
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I don't even have a rice cooker. I just cook rice in a pan on a hob. No eggs boiler, also boiling (or scrambling) them in a pan. No bread maker, I can mix and knead dough by my hands. No soup maker, I have a tall pot for that, also cooking pasta in it. Etc. We do have a slow cooker though, for stews, goulash, Stroganoff... different taste than on a hob or in the oven. Pressure cooker went to the bin after the lid broke. Didn'tt use it much anyway. Risky business LOL
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This is overspending, not overconsumption. Most of this stuff bought in excess will be thrown away unconsumed. Everyone has just one face, one body to pat all those chemicals on, or wear stuff they bought on impulse. Even charity shops have clothes with their tags still on... those things were probably never worn.
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@HansHorst-fu2il Cool. My old buddy is Wilma. A newer laptop I bought second hand to learn Linux earlier this year is LMDE and I manually partitioned it and installed LMDE and bootloader and everything from scratch, also installed Ubuntu 20.4.6 into a separate partition on the the same nvme (which I also upgraded to 1TB from a quarter of the capacity as it came with Win11 fresh install initially). It was a complicated process but I succeeded and made a disk image backup if it went wrong. I accidentally booted from that backup ssd and so I know it is working as a standalone operating system. My main computer will probably be also LMDE. I firstly struggled with 32 bit distros on the old buddy, then I found out it can handle 64 bit as well, so Wilma (xfce Mint) has it. And yes, it is so satisfying being able to have an alternative from the bully Microsoft or Apple even. They are pushing us into things we don't need or want, so I showed them a big fat middle finger. I still can use Win11 from a usb if I need, but that will be sporadic as I don't inherently need Win exclusive software.
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