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re: Products that now exhibit a noticeable decline in quality
Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:01 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:01 pm to weagle1999
KitchenAid stand mixers. Got one recently and smoked it the first time I used it. Noticed the “St. Joseph, Michigan” stamp isn’t on the new ones. Yep, they’re now assembled using Chinese junk parts.
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:16 pm to TSmith
Board games
Guess Who, Operation, Trouble, etc.
They are made of such crappy flimsy cardboard. It's so cheaply made.
Guess Who, Operation, Trouble, etc.
They are made of such crappy flimsy cardboard. It's so cheaply made.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:19 pm to CAD703X
quote:
once google mixed ad revenue and social engineering with search results the web died.
Yep
Search functions are now worthless due to the commercial and social crap they push to the forefront.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 3:30 pm to Porpus
quote:100% fact.
Anyone defending German cars nowadays probably bought his wife one and doesn't want to feel stupid. I can't imagine any other explanation for such willful blindness to the facts.
i have a good mechanic here in nashville and he'll work on most anything i bring him but if i mention BMW or Audi he throws his hands up and says 'why don't you just throw your wallet out into the street?'
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:14 pm to CAD703X
Yes, I was being over the top, German cars certainly last beyond 50,000 miles but they'll have multiple thousands in repair bills after relatively few miles versus a Japanese alternative. Wildly different resale values (and German only repair costs) after 5, 10 and 15 years confirm the reality.
A 5 year old Toyota/Lexus is worth double the equivalent BMW for reason.
A 5 year old Toyota/Lexus is worth double the equivalent BMW for reason.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:25 pm to GoIrish02
quote:tell me about it
A 5 year old Toyota/Lexus is worth double the equivalent BMW for reason.
wife's been in the market for a used car and the prices on rav4s, highlanders and pretty much anything with an L in front of it are insane. almost nothing under 30k. meanwhile, you can pick up a similar mercedes, audi or bmw for half that.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:32 pm to weagle1999
The size of chicken at fried chicken fast food restaurants. That includes chicken tenders
Posted on 5/29/25 at 4:37 pm to weagle1999
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Viva paper towels
I think the original are still just as good. These are all i buy.
The bullshite "multi surface" version are taking more and more shelf space and those are definitely not the same or any better than average paper towels
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:21 pm to Grievous Angel
Zapps
Popeye's
Hubig's pies
Lumber
Most furniture
Brooms (corn style - I went to 5 places looking for one that didn't suck and never found one)
Popeye's
Hubig's pies
Lumber
Most furniture
Brooms (corn style - I went to 5 places looking for one that didn't suck and never found one)
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:27 pm to calcotron
Basic TV programming is horrible these days
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:33 pm to Bayou
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
It used to be so much better.
It used to be so much better.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:30 pm to weagle1999
quote:
Products that now exhibit a noticeable decline in quality
Nebraska football.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:32 pm to weagle1999
Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies. One third the size and zero flavor.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:40 pm to weagle1999
Refrigerators and every appliance that now has a computer board.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:10 pm to OK Roughneck
This really has me thinking.
Is this all just a race to the bottom?
Like the corner cutting, size reduction, decline in quality of EVERYTHING has to stop SOMEWHERE right?
But if the goal of a company is to make more profits… and the ways to doing that are what I listed above ….
Will we end up with potato chips made of literal air while we drive to work in a car that lasts 500 miles at most?
Is this all just a race to the bottom?
Like the corner cutting, size reduction, decline in quality of EVERYTHING has to stop SOMEWHERE right?
But if the goal of a company is to make more profits… and the ways to doing that are what I listed above ….
Will we end up with potato chips made of literal air while we drive to work in a car that lasts 500 miles at most?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:13 pm to weagle1999
quote:
Viva paper towels - Rougher than before.
You wiping your arse with paper towels baw?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:18 pm to LSUSkip
I quit chemical cake, i.e. little Debbie’s and will just buy a slice of bakery cake and eat a couple bites per day for a quick fix. One slice can last a week. Seems nothing is the same anymore no matter what we buy.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:21 pm to madamsquirrel
And increasing prices so that pet ownership is unaffordable. I will never use a PE vet unless it’s like med vet for an emergency bc mine is close. Those PE vets don’t care one bit about their patients. Only profit.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:34 pm to CAD703X
quote:
Cars
no
I think the sweet spot for vehicles was circa 2004 to 2016. After that, manufacturers trying to comply with CAFE and emissions standards added ever more complexity.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:41 pm to Delacroix22
quote:
Is this all just a race to the bottom? Like the corner cutting, size reduction, decline in quality of EVERYTHING has to stop SOMEWHERE right? But if the goal of a company is to make more profits… and the ways to doing that are what I listed above …. Will we end up with potato chips made of literal air while we drive to work in a car that lasts 500 miles at most?
That’s capitalism for you. But theoretically, some other potato chip company will step forward and offer a good chip that people want.
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