It’s time to man up, learn some DIY skills — and entrust our fate to the good folk on YouTube

In a cost of living crisis we can’t just replace our broken equipment

Shane HegartyThe Sunday Times

Someday I hope to pass on the traditional skills to my children. The old ways of making and repairing. You don’t need to replace that broken washing machine, I will tell them. You can fix it. You simply need the tools and the know-how. Here, let me guide you, using the expertise I have learnt on my journey through life.

It’s time to man up, learn some DIY skills — and entrust our fate to the good folk on YouTube

First you must gently swipe open your phone. Next you carefully type “How to fix a washing machine” into YouTube. Then you watch a video of someone in grease-stained work pants, down on their haunches, explaining how to do the job while making it look easier than it is.

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After which you must watch a dozen more videos of other people in grease-stained work pants