Teisou Gyakuten Sekai - Vol. 2 Ch. 12
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This is so true
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Does she not have any family? It would be interesting to see what alternate universe family is like compared to her normal family.
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You're not factoring in time, energy, and other upfront material costs. Depending on how familiar one is with sewing, it could take something like half an hour or so and end up causing hand pains. (Primarily from using unfamiliar muscles, not stabbing oneself.) Also, you need to find appropriate thread/needles and whatnot as well. If you've not done it before, you might need to look up a video online or something explaining it which could take nearly an hour depending on how information dense the resource you come across is. You'll probably have to find a specialty store too that sells sewing materials to get a hold of more hooks. All that, and there's no guarantee that it'll last all that long, so you've also got do accept the possibility that all that effort might have been for nothing. Even if it ends up being cheaper from an hourly wage perspective, that takes up a lot of psychological and a decent amount of physical energy as well.
You're not factoring in time, energy, and other upfront material costs. Depending on how familiar one is with sewing, it could take something like half an hour or so and end up causing hand pains. (Primarily from using unfamiliar muscles, not stabbing oneself.) Also, you need to find appropriate thread/needles and whatnot as well. If you've not done it before, you might need to look up a video online or something explaining it which could take nearly an hour depending on how information dense the resource you come across is. You'll probably have to find a specialty store too that sells sewing materials to get a hold of more hooks. All that, and there's no guarantee that it'll last all that long, so you've also got do accept the possibility that all that effort might have been for nothing. Even if it ends up being cheaper from an hourly wage perspective, that takes up a lot of psychological and a decent amount of physical energy as well.
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Uh oh, I feel bad for boys because they don't have a lot of variation to pick in underwear. ?
No wonder they don't like shopping
No wonder they don't like shopping
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Using unfamiliar muscles? Seriously?
Putting in a few hours to learn to sew well enough requires effort? Obviously. But then you can sew, which is a pretty basic thing you should have learned in elementary school anyways.
Using unfamiliar muscles? Seriously?
Putting in a few hours to learn to sew well enough requires effort? Obviously. But then you can sew, which is a pretty basic thing you should have learned in elementary school anyways.
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I've personally gotten sore hands from sewing in the past. Of course, I've sewed things so unoften that the experiences could probably be counted with my hands, but that's also probably why they hurt in the first place. Additionally, I suspect that like most muscles, they'll atrophy through disuse, so I'm not sure how much I'd be helped present day if I had experience sewing in the past. (Perhaps I'd have better needle gripping technique or something?)
While it's fine for people to have various handy life skills, unless it's something that one has reason to do often, one may not find it worthwhile to pursue. For example, I probably encounter an instance where sewing could be applicable maybe a couple times a year or so. In a lot of cases, it wouldn't have saved me time to go and acquire the materials from a specialty shop. (Stuff like a new zipper, cloth patches, or whatever.) Now, if one has more use cases, such as if one has children, sewing might actually be rather beneficial. It's probably easier to pick up some materials and sew something together than it is to drag some young children to a clothing store, and you're going to have to do it a lot more often anyway. It still has benefits outside of that use case, of course, and if one finds sewing to be a way to relax, that could actually be seen as a benefit as well.
That said, let's take a skill that I'm I actually have more experience in and theoretically could use every day, which would be cooking. I actually enjoy cooking, but a lot of the time, I'll end up buying something premade since I have other things that I need to spend my time and energy on.
Anyway, my main point wasn't so much that there's no value in learning a life skill like sewing or that it's senseless to go out and do something like repair the hook on some undergarments. Rather, I wanted to emphasize two things: There is additional cost other than the price of that hook that is not strictly monetary, and that those costs are something that a still reasonable individual could find rather unappealing when compared with just spending some money on some new, premade item.
I've personally gotten sore hands from sewing in the past. Of course, I've sewed things so unoften that the experiences could probably be counted with my hands, but that's also probably why they hurt in the first place. Additionally, I suspect that like most muscles, they'll atrophy through disuse, so I'm not sure how much I'd be helped present day if I had experience sewing in the past. (Perhaps I'd have better needle gripping technique or something?)
While it's fine for people to have various handy life skills, unless it's something that one has reason to do often, one may not find it worthwhile to pursue. For example, I probably encounter an instance where sewing could be applicable maybe a couple times a year or so. In a lot of cases, it wouldn't have saved me time to go and acquire the materials from a specialty shop. (Stuff like a new zipper, cloth patches, or whatever.) Now, if one has more use cases, such as if one has children, sewing might actually be rather beneficial. It's probably easier to pick up some materials and sew something together than it is to drag some young children to a clothing store, and you're going to have to do it a lot more often anyway. It still has benefits outside of that use case, of course, and if one finds sewing to be a way to relax, that could actually be seen as a benefit as well.
That said, let's take a skill that I'm I actually have more experience in and theoretically could use every day, which would be cooking. I actually enjoy cooking, but a lot of the time, I'll end up buying something premade since I have other things that I need to spend my time and energy on.
Anyway, my main point wasn't so much that there's no value in learning a life skill like sewing or that it's senseless to go out and do something like repair the hook on some undergarments. Rather, I wanted to emphasize two things: There is additional cost other than the price of that hook that is not strictly monetary, and that those costs are something that a still reasonable individual could find rather unappealing when compared with just spending some money on some new, premade item.
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If you get sore from sewing that means your daily physical activity is nonexistent. Which will come to bite you in the ass when you get older. So better start exercising. As far as your wrists and forearms are concerned, carpal tunneling can be prevented through physical activity.
As for sewing, it's something you learn once and then you can use it your whole life. As far as materials go, you buy them once and keep them around. There is literally no good excuse for not being able to sew unless the person is disabled.
If you get sore from sewing that means your daily physical activity is nonexistent. Which will come to bite you in the ass when you get older. So better start exercising. As far as your wrists and forearms are concerned, carpal tunneling can be prevented through physical activity.
As for sewing, it's something you learn once and then you can use it your whole life. As far as materials go, you buy them once and keep them around. There is literally no good excuse for not being able to sew unless the person is disabled.
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I wouldn't say that I'm in good physical shape, but I do walk a decent amount daily. I can type without much difficulty either. (Assuming I'm not running consecutive typing speed tests for the kicks or something.) The muscles used for holding a needle aren't exactly the same muscles you use to hold a fork/chopsticks (at least with the way I use chopsticks, which is improper) nor the same ones that you use when walking from place to place. That said, I think that having knowledge of sewing is definitely beneficial since it could come in handy in some emergency situations as well, but I don't exactly think, "Hey, getting a hook is 99 yen while getting new clothes would be significantly more, so why get new stuff?" is taking in to account the holistic (not just monetary) cost of the former option. Basically, I think knowing how to sew is cool, being able to sew is cool, but that it's perfectly reasonable not to actually do the repairs for something like that yourself. Another option to consider depending on where you live, I think, would be getting that done by a professional. That could theoretically cost less and yield a very favorable result, I suppose.
Regarding buying things and keeping them around, some folks have limited storage space. While a sewing kit and supplies don't take up too much space, all that stuff can add up with various other things that one doesn't necessarily use regularly. I personally think having a basic sewing kit (thread, needles, a couple pins, threader) is a good idea in case of emergency situations, but I'm not so sure about stuff like hooks, buttons, zippers, or cloth patches (which you'll probably want to have match colors).
Like you said though, theoretically, most people can sew. That said, I don't think everyone's going to find it worth it in certain situations.
I wouldn't say that I'm in good physical shape, but I do walk a decent amount daily. I can type without much difficulty either. (Assuming I'm not running consecutive typing speed tests for the kicks or something.) The muscles used for holding a needle aren't exactly the same muscles you use to hold a fork/chopsticks (at least with the way I use chopsticks, which is improper) nor the same ones that you use when walking from place to place. That said, I think that having knowledge of sewing is definitely beneficial since it could come in handy in some emergency situations as well, but I don't exactly think, "Hey, getting a hook is 99 yen while getting new clothes would be significantly more, so why get new stuff?" is taking in to account the holistic (not just monetary) cost of the former option. Basically, I think knowing how to sew is cool, being able to sew is cool, but that it's perfectly reasonable not to actually do the repairs for something like that yourself. Another option to consider depending on where you live, I think, would be getting that done by a professional. That could theoretically cost less and yield a very favorable result, I suppose.
Regarding buying things and keeping them around, some folks have limited storage space. While a sewing kit and supplies don't take up too much space, all that stuff can add up with various other things that one doesn't necessarily use regularly. I personally think having a basic sewing kit (thread, needles, a couple pins, threader) is a good idea in case of emergency situations, but I'm not so sure about stuff like hooks, buttons, zippers, or cloth patches (which you'll probably want to have match colors).
Like you said though, theoretically, most people can sew. That said, I don't think everyone's going to find it worth it in certain situations.
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