It's particularly strange considering YouTube now has a wealth of videos showing practically all aspects of how to do something.
In my down time I've been helping out a bunch of home improvement projects being done by several other people just to help out
This type of thing is a major major source of post educational adult male socialization, and I think it's something that adult males need in a serious way. I agree that the culture that surrounds it is kind of dying off.
But it also might be a sign of the fact that housing is simply out of reach of an entire generation or perhaps even two generations now.
Only old people have houses anymore might actually be true in a very very general sense.
And young people with lots of energy and healthy backs have the time and motivation to DIY, if only they had their own houses.
In my down time I've been helping out a bunch of home improvement projects being done by several other people just to help out
This type of thing is a major major source of post educational adult male socialization, and I think it's something that adult males need in a serious way. I agree that the culture that surrounds it is kind of dying off.
But it also might be a sign of the fact that housing is simply out of reach of an entire generation or perhaps even two generations now.
Only old people have houses anymore might actually be true in a very very general sense.
And young people with lots of energy and healthy backs have the time and motivation to DIY, if only they had their own houses.