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Post a pic of something that shows we solved a problem 75-100 years ago and then regressed
Posted on 2/14/22 at 10:59 am
Posted on 2/14/22 at 10:59 am
Westinghouse running 24/7/365 since at least the early 1950s at my mom's house. Everything stored in there is still ice cold and aside from the plastic cover over the card guide (which we broke as kids) its damn near mint.
I have thrown away at least 2 shoeboxes full of '20 year guaranteed' LED bulbs in the last 5 years meanwhile this motherfricker right here...
These 1981 Maytags are like "BITCH, we'll keep cleaning the frick out of your clothes for the next 50 years unlike that LG that required a $600 repair 13 months after you bought it".
I have thrown away at least 2 shoeboxes full of '20 year guaranteed' LED bulbs in the last 5 years meanwhile this motherfricker right here...
These 1981 Maytags are like "BITCH, we'll keep cleaning the frick out of your clothes for the next 50 years unlike that LG that required a $600 repair 13 months after you bought it".
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Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:01 am to CAD703X
Vehicles
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:01 am to CAD703X
I'd save that fridge. Awesome design.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:01 am to CAD703X
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:01 am to CAD703X
not 75 years ago but F it
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:02 am to CAD703X
Freaking dishwashers. Does no one build a dishwasher that lasts longer than five years any longer?
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:02 am to CAD703X
Our oven in my house is from 1975. Still works like a champ although it is fairly ugly. I've always been hesitant to replace it because it's probably still better than anything I can buy now.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:02 am to CAD703X
Can't make money off of appliances that last forever.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:02 am to AUCE05
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:03 am to CAD703X
Planned obsolescence is a real thing. And yes, companies do conspire to plan the obsolescence of their products. The light bulb was one of the first products manufactured to not last too long.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:03 am to CAD703X
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:04 am to Darth_Vader
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dishwashers
I have a KitchenAid that's going on 10 years - bought it because it was the top ranked by Consumer Reports. It's built like a tank and is quiet as frick. Cost a shitload tho.
This post was edited on 2/14/22 at 11:10 am
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:05 am to CAD703X
Those appliances have regressed due to where they are made now.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:05 am to CAD703X
Education
Education 75-100 years ago was more advanced and taught out kids better than what we have today and I am a teacher.
Every year they change what and how we have to teach and every year it gets worse.
Education 75-100 years ago was more advanced and taught out kids better than what we have today and I am a teacher.
Every year they change what and how we have to teach and every year it gets worse.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:06 am to CAD703X
quote:
Post a pic of something that shows we solved a problem 75-100 years ago and then regressed
Manufacturing
American businesses offshored manufacturing and are now suffering the calamitous effects of chasing cheap labor
This post was edited on 2/14/22 at 11:08 am
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:06 am to WHS
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Education 75-100 years ago was more advanced and taught out kids better than what we have today and I am a teacher.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:07 am to CAD703X
Tube and solid state stereos in the 70s were far superior to what came after in the next 40 years or so...there are exceptions of course, but in general.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:07 am to GumboPot
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Planned obsolescence is a real thing. And yes, companies do conspire to plan the obsolescence of their products. The light bulb was one of the first products manufactured to not last too long.
yet these same corporations lecture us endlessly about racism and climate change.
BITCH, building a refrigerator that only lasts 13 months and promptly goes into a landfill for metal ant plastic and dumps its freon into the air might be a bigger problem..
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:07 am to Darth_Vader
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Freaking dishwashers. Does no one build a dishwasher that lasts longer than five years any longer?
Bosch vs Miele
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:08 am to WHS
The less features the less repairs.
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