supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Enshittification@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-25 days agoNot your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worsewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlusa@midwest.socialnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 days agoI have been telling my wife that many things peaked in the early twenty teens. Some earlier. There are exceptions of course, but for the most part, you are better off buying used.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days ago2008 permanently lowered the bar for everything in the US except average large yacht size.
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·5 days agoEverything have been better in your early teens
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoExcept that I am 53 years old. Most things were hot garbage in my early teens…except household appliances and such. Those were built to last.
I have been telling my wife that many things peaked in the early twenty teens. Some earlier.
There are exceptions of course, but for the most part, you are better off buying used.
2008 permanently lowered the bar for everything in the US except average large yacht size.
Everything have been better in your early teens
Except that I am 53 years old. Most things were hot garbage in my early teens…except household appliances and such. Those were built to last.