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I made a replacement for my broken fridge handle (feddit.uk)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/diy@slrpnk.net
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The new one is the one on the top.

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[–] 14 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

I like it better than the original, unironically.

Replace the other one too!

I am beyond sick to death of 'everything is either landlord white, or stainless steel and black'.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I honestly do too.

    The Japanese even have a term for this kind of thing: Kintsugi - for when instead of hiding the repair you embrace it. I like the aesthetic personally. I think it adds character. I've got plenty of builds and repairs like this around the house that might not look so pretty but are handmade and of high quality.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Yep, yep yep yep, fully agree and am also a fan of the concept behind Kinstugi.

    Though I think that kintsugi more specifically refers to ... well, a literal artform/method of repair of things like glasses, cups, vases, etc...

    Yeah, the general idea of ... just repairing things that break, instead of replacing them wholly... making do with what you have and what you know...

    We all need to shift toward that.

    Reduce, reuse, recycle, repair.

    We are living in a cyberpunk dystopia and if we ever want it to inch toward a solarpunk alternative, we will need to do with what exists, produce less literal mountains and islands of garbage.

    ... Beyond that, you could say that a kind of custom repair like this is literally building character.

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