• Zink@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    I have been going to Home Depot constantly this summer. A lot of my self-care/hobby time involving wood working and construction for the past several months.

    I always love the visual of me, computer nerd wearing business casual, precision loading 8ft lumber into the whole length of my old beaten up Mazda3 while half the other customers in their clean polos head to their sparkling pristine $80,000 emotional support commuter RAM trucks with their latest convenient prepackaged “manly” products. Or like one thin piece of wood or trim – the thing they spent an extra $50,000 on their vehicle to be able to do.

    I don’t mean to act like I am above being a consumer whore though. I have gotten myself a bunch of nice new tools in the process and have regretted nothing.

    And this probably goes without saying, but I am talking about the consumer/homeowner type customers, not the actual work vehicles loaded with tools that pull up to the special “pro” entrance.