/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Yes, this has happened to me many times, not just on /diy/.

Sometimes it's when I realize the answer is readily available on Google to anyone who's been on the internet longer than a week.
Most of the time it's because they came off as a faggot and I don't want to help someone who's unfunny, rude or has bad motives.
A few weeks ago someone asked how they could hide a camera to film having sex with unsuspecting partners or something. That's despicable behavior, so I wouldn't help.

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>For instance, it is common in the US to not believe in psychology, to see mental illness as the sinful results of moral failings.

I'm under the impression that many put too much faith in the assessments of psychologists, which as a field is little more than pseudoscience as far as I'm concerned. Lots of kids in the US are on medication for ADHD and similar, the symptoms for which are vague shit like "inattentiveness" and "impulsivity", which to me seem quite natural for atalented /diy/er
My only source on this is the Louis Theroux documentary on the subject.

I hate to think instilling discipline through violence is necessary or productive. Would you want to think back on a childhood where your parent(s) slapped you around?

Other than that I agree with most of the things said in this thread. Probably want to keep the TV-watching to a minimum or limited to educational viewing since it's pretty much like taking concentrated contemporary culture intravenously. The kind of degeneracy that's promoted or atleast propagated on MTV and the likes is mindboggling. Consider the stereotypes that are compounded into your head over and over by the average sitcom. The internet is a superior anyway since you're not spoonfed in the same way.

I also think kids benefit greatly from, even if not living rurally, atleast having access to natural areas. I'd never feel good bringing atalented /diy/erup in an innercity apartment. Not that I'd feel good living in such a place myself.

>at first I was like :|
>then I WOW THAT'S AMAZING