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Re: Lego Hobby Blues
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Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:52:36 GMT
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Hi Thomas,
--SNIP--
I'm not going to comment on the first section as I am not sure myself what I
prefer there.
> THINGS THAT ARE WRONG
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> Our interest in the Swanberg case -- it's a court case, it's a person's life, it
> only has to do with Lego incidentally.
AFOLs are people and people like to gossip. The Swanberg case is just spomething
to gossip about really, much like the Michael Jackson case was to millions
around the world. The world would probably be a nicer place without so much
gossip but we are a social animal so it's not likely to change I'm afraid.
> Our addiction -- how much Lego is too much? I probably had about 100 sets when
> I was a kid, built up over 4-5 years -- now I have 60,000 pieces. I feel bad
> about this. I want to buy more Lego, but why? What's reasonable? $200 a year?
> Is more irresponsible? There are people living in poverty all over the world --
> it's kinda sickening to think I spend more on a toy in a month than some people
> spend on food. :( I'd really like to know what a sane amount of money is - not
> based on what we have done as a community in the past - but what is really a
> moral amount. Anyone want to really examine this? Do we dare?
I would argue that, if you base your morals on alleviating poverty ahead of your
own satisfaction then buying any amount of Lego (or other nonessential goods) is
immoral. The amount of Lego we own (in my case not much by AFOL standards) is,
in many ways, illustrative of the modern consumer culture in the developed
world, something which each individual has to decide how much they wish to
embrace.
> I know this soinds like a complaint - it is - and it's not as structured or
> thought out as I had hoped it to be. But what it comes down to is that I am
> looking for answers. I used to feel good about this hobby. Some days I still
> do. But I want to know what happened to the community - is it still there? Is
> it thriving or dying? And I want to know how sane and moral this hobby is. To
> me, these are important questions. I am hitting a wall coming up with answers
> -- I am looking for discussion and insight....
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> --
> Thomas Main
> thomasmain@charter.net
On the topic of community, it is still there, sometimes buried and sometimes
shifted to other forums, offline etc. If you look back carefully though, you
will see that Lugnet has never been as wonderful and lovely as we remember it.
It was possibly a little nicer in the early days when there were less people but
I wouldn't say it was that much better, merely newer. Remember that the novelty
factor of finding a community of like-minded individuals plays a big part in
your enjoyment of that community. Once the newness goes you just have a bunch of
people with one thing in common: love for Lego.
As for how sane and moral it is, that's up to each person to decide. Everyone
chooses their own morals and their own sanity measures.
Anyway, that's my comment for now.
Yours,
Tim
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