>>2461306Evolved my ass, more like degenerated. And there's not much to tell. Left high school as a smart promising kid but just went to community college because fuck having to put real effort into anything. Hung out with rednecks at said community college and learned some of the basics. Owned a series of 20-30 year old shitbox cars because fuck having a complicated new car I can't fix, and then learned how to work on them because they were always breaking and fuck paying someone else to fix it. Got low level IT job because, again, fuck putting in effort, but that ensures I couldn't afford the nice shit even if I wanted it. Bought a really old run-down trailer to live in, because fuck paying rent. But now everything that goes wrong in that trailer is my problem and I have to fix that, so I do. Also, I got into hobbies like motorcycles and 4 wheelers, but again, can't afford the nice shit and don't like it anyway, so I have to buy the broken ones and learn to fix them.
Basically just live by the motto of, never buy anything that works when you could buy twice as much shit instead if it's broken. Then you have no choice but to fix it.
It's a little like selling your soul. I have a bunch of toys and a bunch of repair skills, but the trade off is I'm never not fixing stuff and I keep having to turn down invitations to go out with friends or do fun things because I have to fix my car or my water heater or whatever fucking thing decided to shit the bed this week. Plus early on I broke 2 things for every 1 I fixed, or made half ass fixes that didn't last a year because I didn't know what the hell I was doing yet.
