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Hhffggshn @lemmy.click
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Your favorite minimalism YouTube channels

I love Shannon Torrens. She has such an easygoing style, and seems like a genuinely nice person.

Who do you like to watch?

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When did you start embracing the minimalist life?
  • My parents aren't serious hoarders, but they had way too much stuff when I was a child. They don't keep trash and don't pick up stuff off of the street, but they own a lot of furniture, and my father could never throw out a newspaper article that he thought might be useful someday. They lived in a gigantic house, which my mother is still in. It is totally full, but it doesn't have goat trails or anything like that. Still, my mother has like eight sets of dishes, six or seven sofas, five dining room tables.

    I grew up with similar bad habits, thinking that more was better. I lived in a pretty small apartment with my then husband, and we had stuff everywhere. I collected books, vinyl albums, house plants, so many different things.

    I don't know what exactly flipped the switch in my head. I think it was watching that old TV show, Clean Sweep, where they clear out two rooms of a cluttered house. Peter Walsh was the organizer and declutter expert on the show. I started reading his books. I suddenly realized that I had so much stuff, I had videotapes in the kitchen and cookbooks in the bathroom. It was crazy.

    I started by putting things in their proper rooms. All videotapes and albums had to fit in the living room, where the stereo and TV were. All books had to fit on the hallway bookshelves. I got rid of anything that had foxing or was not in good condition. And gradually I started to see that my mind was much clearer when I had much less stuff.

    My challenge now is to not buy. I still feel that I have way too much stuff. Like my parents, I have room for it. But I would prefer to have empty space.

    Another challenge is that my partner is not fully on board with me getting rid of things. We don't live together, which makes it a little bit easier. The next time he goes out of town, I am going to clean crap off of high shelves and out of my closets. I just like having empty space.

  • Some communities don't come up in search

    [email protected] Is the latest one I've found. I can find it if I go to my instance in the web, but not within the app.

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    Feels this way to Americans, too
  • I believe in most Democrat state primaries, delegates are apportioned based on the percentage of vote. On the Republican side, most state GOP primaries are Winner Takes all.

    Even so, the Democratic "No change!" candidate always wins.

  • Feels this way to Americans, too

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    Truly, he's a man of the people

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    Selective memory?

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    Whats your favorite background/side gag?
  • Definitely when Bender eats one fat free potato chip and a pile of bricks fall out his ass. Fry never comments on it.

    Olestra was a fat-free "oil" manufacturers were using in potato chips, and there was a bunch of press about it causing diarrhea.

  • I had a migraine. Mom insisted we go here to eat. Yes, a bowling alley. In a casino.

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    Atheism @lemmy.ml Hhffggshn @lemmy.click

    Favorite atheist quotes

    What are some of your favorite quotes about atheism?

    "Christianity is the religion of love the same way Islam is the religion of peace." - Richard Dawkins

    I added a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi for fun.

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    Sunday school spreading commie ideas

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    Atheism @lemmy.ml Hhffggshn @lemmy.click

    Religious fruitcake art

    Any interest in one thread where we post bizarre religious art and comics?

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    One bag for commuters?

    I'm wondering about those of you who commute to work now and then. For some reason I have a hard time minimizing what I carry with me. I don't have a car, so when I leave the house I need to have everything I might need on my back. It leads to me carrying all kinds of crazy things, like a multi-tool and a flashlight. Do any of you have a minimalist setup for your bike or bus commute?

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    Welcome newbies!

    Just found this sub from reddit. Glad to see the community here!

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