When I was about 8 years old, I wanted a play-kit called "The Little Chemist", which contained various chemicals for fun experiments at home.
Parents decided that had too much potential for danger, so I instead got "The Little Electro-Technician".
It contained things like plates of zinc and copper to make a battery,
a hollow spool and a steel pole to electromagnetically hit a bell for a buzzer,
conducting poles set to just barely touch, so that vibration of sound created vibrations in a lamp or one could also build a speaker and it became a telephone.,
basic components for creating an electric engine/generator, etc, etc.
I doubt it still is being made today, but it really, really should be.
Decades later, just from that, I was honestly like "Of course I can fix a generator to save the social-centre's party! Can't everyone?". Everyone should have the chance.
also if this is your alt: clean your act up and took a look in the mirror idk what else to say
@Dayglochainsaw i wanna see howl’s castle do a sick flip now
@pbandkate
nuts if tru
Even more annoying than capitalism itself is how poorly its most ardent defenders even understand it. Today’s “surprising” expose: “Portugal Dared to Cast Aside Austerity. It’s Having a Major Revival.”
SHOCKED to hear that ignoring advice that’s the macroeconomic equivalent of “if your car’s check oil light is on you should put even less oil in to teach it not to be so dependent on oil” worked out well
@danishcookies that's a poophole and it counts
queer/geek/artist/entomologist/professional regiphagist
transphobes/aphobes/biphobes/panphobes and pedos please kindly fuck off