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> And on the consumer side? When did we go from "best value for money" to "cheapest whatever it takes".
leisure time required to make a whole-ass trip to the hardware store with the good shit instead of picking up something at the dollar store on the way home from work
our fathers turning into insufferable right-wing boomers who can't be trusted for the time of day with a clock on their face, likely more brainpoisoned by online misinfo than we are, so no intergenerational guidance on how to appraise tools
online help for appraising tools completely drowned out in the noise of SEO spam and various degrees of advertising, with even known reviewers likely being compromised by money
manufacturers with absolutely no connection whatsoever to the communities that their customers come from, who have no accountability and are very difficult to sue
lack of permanent space to store backup items, so if something breaks we need a replacement *now* and a shitty replacement *now* that breaks after five uses is infinitely superior to a decent replacement that arrives (or the paycheque needed to cover it arrives) too late for the task at hand
the hardware store with the good shit closed down
> And on the consumer side? When did we go from "best value for money" to "cheapest whatever it takes".
leisure time required to make a whole-ass trip to the hardware store with the good shit instead of picking up something at the dollar store on the way home from work
our fathers turning into insufferable right-wing boomers who can't be trusted for the time of day with a clock on their face, likely more brainpoisoned by online misinfo than we are, so no intergenerational guidance on how to appraise tools
online help for appraising tools completely drowned out in the noise of SEO spam and various degrees of advertising, with even known reviewers likely being compromised by money
manufacturers with absolutely no connection whatsoever to the communities that their customers come from, who have no accountability and are very difficult to sue
lack of permanent space to store backup items, so if something breaks we need a replacement *now* and a shitty replacement *now* that breaks after five uses is infinitely superior to a decent replacement that arrives (or the paycheque needed to cover it arrives) too late for the task at hand
the hardware store with the good shit closed down