"One would have to be out of their mind to hire someone who is untrained and high out of their mind to build a house (or anything else for that matter)."
Tell me you've never worked in the trades without telling me you never worked in the trades.
"That said, if you pick the right set of filters to look through, anyone can look helpless in a way that is unfathomable to someone else, so to judge anyone on such a basis is at the least misinformed."
Postmodernist navel-gazing aside it isn't unreasonable to expect grown-ass adults to be able to handle maintenance and repairs on their home.
1. Unless you're screwing around with systems work (plumbing, electrical, hvac) there's nothing particularly complicated about the work and honestly even plumbing and electrical work are dead fucking simple compared to wrangling a codebase.
2. The majority of folks were able to clear this low-ass bar 20 years ago.
3. The US is missing two full generations of skilled trades, the odds of being able to attract a talented craftsman to your project are slim and the majority of folks can't afford one when the find them. The aphorism "If you want it done right do it yourself." has never been more true than it is now.
Tell me you've never worked in the trades without telling me you never worked in the trades.
"That said, if you pick the right set of filters to look through, anyone can look helpless in a way that is unfathomable to someone else, so to judge anyone on such a basis is at the least misinformed."
Postmodernist navel-gazing aside it isn't unreasonable to expect grown-ass adults to be able to handle maintenance and repairs on their home.
1. Unless you're screwing around with systems work (plumbing, electrical, hvac) there's nothing particularly complicated about the work and honestly even plumbing and electrical work are dead fucking simple compared to wrangling a codebase.
2. The majority of folks were able to clear this low-ass bar 20 years ago.
3. The US is missing two full generations of skilled trades, the odds of being able to attract a talented craftsman to your project are slim and the majority of folks can't afford one when the find them. The aphorism "If you want it done right do it yourself." has never been more true than it is now.