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That old two-burner coleman stove i inherited still works better than my new fancy one.
My dad's 1970s Coleman stove lights up in the wind without a fuss, but my new $150 propane stove sputters out if a tree branch moves wrong. Anyone else notice the older gear just holds up better without all the extra parts to break?
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jordan1341mo ago
Honestly, have you ever thought that maybe the old stuff works better because it was built to be fixed, not replaced? Your dad's stove has maybe five moving parts total, while the new one probably has a pressure regulator that dies the second dirt gets in it. Ngl, that whole "planned obsolescence" thing is real, and it's why my grandpa's 1970s drill still runs circles around my cordless one.
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thea2461mo ago
The "planned obsolescence" thing is spot on, @jordan134. My dad's got a toaster from the 80s that's just a heating coil and a spring, and it's outlasted three "smart" toasters I've owned. Those new ones have circuit boards that fry if you look at them wrong. It's like they design them to die right after the warranty runs out.
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