• @Godnroc@lemmy.world
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      986 months ago

      Sharing your enjoyment with others. Work you can take pride in. Preserving history. Sounds pretty great for mental health.

        • @ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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          216 months ago

          Depends on if you’re in America, or a real first world country.

          One won’t be cheaper, the other has a high likelihood of being cheaper.

          • @QuantumStorm@lemmy.world
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            46 months ago

            Also depends on your insurance. I pay $25 per visit, and even over a year when I went every week, I doubt it was more expensive than restoring a train lol.

          • @dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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            -76 months ago

            I am an American, and I pay zero dollars for my and my kid’s therapy. But it’s okay, you just wanted the low-hanging fruit by taking a shot at America.

        • Tar_Alcaran
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          Yeah, restorations aren’t cheap, and the bigger the parts get, the more expensive they get. And it’s not like you can hit up ye olde fireboxes-r-us anymore.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        46 months ago

        steam equipment is definitely not cheaper than therapy, you get a cracked cylinder? Better hope you have literal tons of iron/steel sitting around, and or something/someone to pay for it, as well as someone to machine it, because none of that exists anymore.

    • guyrocket
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      336 months ago

      Yeah, I was gonna say that these men DID go to therapy.

    • Rose Thorne(She/Her)
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      That was my thought.

      Men got themselves a hobby they enjoy, and gets to share with others. Two amazing things for someones overall mental health. Sounds like someone living the dream.

    • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      Yeah, most people today meed therapy because they feel isolated from their work, unappreciated, and are stressed about finances. A hobby where you work towards a common goal with no real world consequences is what most people need in their life right now. ~~~~

    • @Rooskie91@discuss.online
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      Honestly, if you think about it, therapy did kind of replace the support structures formed in tight knit communities…