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6/29/2025, 5:38:32 PM
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>>95978093
I don't think it's even that. it's just that "just print it bro" vs "buy kits for the bits" has become the latest battleground for the Can-Do Hobby mentality vs the Consume Product mentality. which is a fight that's been going on since long before 3d printing was in the discussion. it's fucking religion. neither side will ever gain any ground or find a way to reason with the other.
3d printing offers the ability to get bits in any quantity you need, exactly the bits you want, same day and it's cheap. the downside is the entry cost of taking on a whole 'nother sub-hobby. for the Can-Do Hobby crowd, those advantages are so compelling they can't even understand why someone would do anything else. but for Consume Product guys, it's incomprehensible. why would you want to do more work so you can buy less?
buying kits for bits used to be considered a necessary evil by the hobby people, but for the Must Consume player it had a very different purpose - it gave you an excuse to buy kits you otherwise didn't need. it fed the hoarder impulse in a way that stls archived on an HD never could. if consuming product is the point for you then you're never going to acknowledge an argument that's coming from a place of DIY. it would defeat the purpose.
>>95978093
I don't think it's even that. it's just that "just print it bro" vs "buy kits for the bits" has become the latest battleground for the Can-Do Hobby mentality vs the Consume Product mentality. which is a fight that's been going on since long before 3d printing was in the discussion. it's fucking religion. neither side will ever gain any ground or find a way to reason with the other.
3d printing offers the ability to get bits in any quantity you need, exactly the bits you want, same day and it's cheap. the downside is the entry cost of taking on a whole 'nother sub-hobby. for the Can-Do Hobby crowd, those advantages are so compelling they can't even understand why someone would do anything else. but for Consume Product guys, it's incomprehensible. why would you want to do more work so you can buy less?
buying kits for bits used to be considered a necessary evil by the hobby people, but for the Must Consume player it had a very different purpose - it gave you an excuse to buy kits you otherwise didn't need. it fed the hoarder impulse in a way that stls archived on an HD never could. if consuming product is the point for you then you're never going to acknowledge an argument that's coming from a place of DIY. it would defeat the purpose.
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