Actual axe-sharpening rarely turns into intellectual masturbation because sharpness and sharpening are well understood.
I have met people who geeked out over sharpening. They are usually more focused on knives but they can also geek out over sharpening axes.
Is it that you have never met a person who geeked out over sharpening (maybe because those people mostly aren’t in your social circles) or do you think that’s qualitatively different from intellectual masturbation?
I have met people who geeked out over sharpening. They are usually more focused on knives but they can also geek out over sharpening axes.
Is it that you have never met a person who geeked out over sharpening (maybe because those people mostly aren’t in your social circles) or do you think that’s qualitatively different from intellectual masturbation?
I think doing things for their own sake is fine, it’s only masturbation with negative valence if people are confused about the goal.