walterh wrote
Reply to comment by rutabaga in What are some fucked up things that mainstream society accepts as normal, and even encourages? by chaos
This! We used to pride ourselves on having things that were quality made and just worked. I remember my mother's vacuum from the 70s; made of steel, and would pick up anything from dirt to pennies. It just worked.
Nowadays you get a vacuum that's all plastic, and pray that you don't run over a coin or bobby pin because that'll just tear up the plastic in the motor.
We have nice things like metal cupcake pans or the like - but many people pick up the disposable ones - made out of cheap aluminum - from dollar stores, use them once, then throw them out.
The amount of waste from products I grew up thinking were irreplaceable unless catastrophically destroyed, is horribly amazing.
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