[hutzlibu]

"Simply eschew modern conveniences and spend hours each week beating your clothes against a rock"

My question is, if those people actually tried that by themself before suggesting it, or if they just picture the women doing it somewhere.

I mean in this specific instance I can imagine they tried. And I did too, while off grid. It gives you a special connection to your clothes. But suggesting this as a general way of life is a bit offworlds.

[ip26]

I think if you read lowtechmag much it's fairly clear they are true believers and probably have done a fair amount of washing clothes the hard way. They aren't simply armchair philosophers.

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/10/mist-showers-susta...

[hutzlibu]

I know: "I mean in this specific instance I can imagine they tried"

But the person I was answering to, was speaking more broadly of people proposing "awesome simple solutions". Who in my experience seldom lived their solutions.

[hippari]

I grew up doing all of those by hands, with the exception of washing machine, I still do all of those chores by hands now.

And I'm still only in early 20s, not some old dudes.

We debloating our computers all the time, so what's wrong with debloating our houses, and our life ?

[radus]

Doing more manual chores is the opposite of debloating IMO.

[temporallobe]

Absolutely nothing wrong with that (I grew up hanging clothes on a line and using gas stoves, for example), but suggesting these kind of regressions as a drop-in solution to our modern lives is misguided.