When faced with an issue, I classify it according to one or more of these "buckets":
Bucket #1: Not actually a problem at all (usually just unnecessary drama).
Bucket #2: A genuine problem, but not my problem (none of my business).
Bucket #3: A genuine problem, but I can't do anything about it (it is not within my sphere of influence, or is beyond my capability to solve).
Bucket #4: A real problem that I can do something about (basically everything that isn't in one of the other buckets).
If an issue may be categorized into buckets 1, 2, or 3, I don't waste time or energy on it. If it's in bucket 4, I get to work on it. I think this approach has saved me much stress.
I bought a cheap 3d printer years ago and I'm pretty sure it's paid for itself just making replacement parts for our dishwasher. Probably paid for itself several times over if I add up the price+shipping of all the other miscellaneous repair parts it's made.
I don't know about "ethical", but I have used a color laser printer (Brother L3270CDW) for a few years and it's cheap to run and works fine for everything except photos.
Photo printers seem to need inkjet tech, and ink is absurdly expensive and throwing away the whole printhead (HP) is just wasteful. I have an inkjet but don't use it anymore. For the rare instances that require photo quality I take it to a service bureau.
I'm in a similar situation, but not about gaming. I have two programs that will only run on windows that I need to maintain some specific , unusual hardware that has no network connection, only USB for external control. I've tried running it under WINE with no luck. I've successfully moved everything else I need to Linux.
The problematic hardware and software will never be updated and will reach end of life in a few years, so I moved the SW onto an old laptop running Windows 7 that has no wifi or Ethernet connection. I see that as the best and safest solution for now.
I don't open any email attachments of any kind unless they are critically important and the sender has spoken to me about them in advance.
Surfing videos, on YouTube for example, I might casually look at a video up to about 10 minutes long. I only look at longer ones if I sought out the specific video.
It's not much money to invest, but if you don't need it and don't have any big ticket purcases in you future I'd suggest opening a brokerage account and buying shares in an index fund.
Given the situation these days, even index funds aren't a sure thing, but it's about the best thing I can think of for that amount of cash.
Plunger, plumber's snake, and step stool. Watch out with that ladder; ladders are killers. Up to a six foot folding ladder is pretty safe, but I won't go up an extension ladder.
I hate sewing, but it has saved me thousands of dollars over my lifetime and I am convinced that everyone should know how to do it unless they really don't care about money.
I was standing at a window when lighting struck an outside shower pipe about 10 feet away.