Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's a process where you prefer the old way of doing things instead of how it's done now?message-squaremessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down11
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a process where you prefer the old way of doing things instead of how it's done now?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square201linkfedilink
minus-squareDasFaultier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days ago Mowing grass with a scythe instead of a mower Splitting wood with an axe instead of an electrical splitter They both are quieter and calming to the mind and soul, meditative even. And you kind of feel like an NPC in Anno 1602.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI don’t think anyone mowed grass with a scythe. At least for me mow suggests ornamental grass.
minus-squareDasFaultier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoEnglish is my second language, but my understanding was that nobody mowed their lawn with a scythe, but tall grass and wheat is something that you would absolutely have cut with a scythe.
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoCertainly but you said mowing grass with a scythe instead of a mower. Nobody mows grass with a scythe and no one harvests wheat with a mower.
They both are quieter and calming to the mind and soul, meditative even. And you kind of feel like an NPC in Anno 1602.
I don’t think anyone mowed grass with a scythe. At least for me mow suggests ornamental grass.
English is my second language, but my understanding was that nobody mowed their lawn with a scythe, but tall grass and wheat is something that you would absolutely have cut with a scythe.
Certainly but you said mowing grass with a scythe instead of a mower. Nobody mows grass with a scythe and no one harvests wheat with a mower.