50 years ago everything was built better

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I can't stand the quality of anything nowadays. Old everything lasts forever that's why "antiques" are so in demand. People like old cars, old clothes, old TVs, old phones, old stoves, old houses... All that stuff is in demand. Back then people didn't say they wanted things that were made 50 years before then. Why? Because what they had worked. People took pride in what they made and they made it well. A house made back then was made to last. A house today will need something major replaced within a year.

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  • kupokupo
    7 years ago

    It's called planned obsolescence buddy. Placing a lifetime upon goods so that they become obsolete, hence forcing the consumers to buy the next brand/model.

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  • dirtybirdy
    7 years ago

    I feel ya. My sweet hoopdie is 40 years old and I love her. I also have a lovely assortment of rusty old junk. Thems my treasures.

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  • Jujudog
    7 years ago

    Are you actually talking about your willy? I bet you are.
    Don't worry, there are pills for that
    Word.

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    • dirtybirdy
      7 years ago

      Word you say? I am the word!!!!!

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      • Jujudog
        7 years ago

        Now birdy, there you are! Story!!
        The word you are is cool and you just know it ;)

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        • dirtybirdy
          7 years ago

          Here I am! Busy birdy I was, with the migration and all..
          :D some say awesome but cool is just as rad!

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    7 years ago

    i still has grandpas ipod and it works great

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  • shuggy-chan
    7 years ago

    Yeah I love asbestos in all my shit, and lead,all that shit is great

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    • Ellenna
      7 years ago

      Beat me to it!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      7 years ago

      Did you watch John Oliver last week? Lead is still in everything and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere so suck it up.

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      • shuggy-chan
        7 years ago

        I notice you completely ignored my comment about asbestos. As someone who's been personally exposed to that shit, I don't really want that around. And if it gets disturbed you need professionals to remove it safely, technically

        And also that's a very narrow view of things. In the 50s and before that thing for me to last yes

        But they're also not made to run efficiently, or economically be that viable because of how expensive they are.

        Although I think it's a shame we live in such a throwaway economy. I don't think you quite grasp that how cheap vs the old days.

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        • shuggy-chan
          7 years ago

          You don't really see a lot of repairman for appliances anymore, because it's actually more expensive now to repair something that it isn't just buy a new one

          If we could just get people to recycle shit better it would at least help with all of the extra waste we generate in this model

          I think the main problem with the quality of things we buy now, is more who is making it.

          Because most manufacturing jobs are no longer in the US.

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          • shuggy-chan
            7 years ago

            And sadly they will never really return to the way they were.

            China's ability to manipulate it's currency value to make it more profitable in the macro for the US

            means that manufacturing in the United States can't compete on the same level.

            But on the flipside of that argument, everything is much more afordable now for the average buyer.

            Really what needs to happen is finding a delicate happy balance point between the two. Affordability and quality.

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            • shuggy-chan
              7 years ago

              Also please excuse any typos, I'm using the talk it types on my phone

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  • Rihyae
    7 years ago

    It's because it's quicker to make crap and sell it super expensive.

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  • TheMightyOz
    7 years ago

    I wish my cock was built better. I can't get it up. I am just pathetic.

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  • Holzman_67
    7 years ago

    What I liked is if something broke, they fixed it. Now we just throw it away and buy a new one.

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