Idk I’m getting tired of emails that say “OMG THIS PRODUCT IS SO CHEAP!!!” Instead of “this product is so well made and it will last you several years to come!!”
Preach!!
Clothes are so flimsy now-a-days they’re practically see-through and they can’t handle washing more than like 20 times before they’re ruined. Same with vehicles, same with phones, same with basically everything now. Everything is flimsier and more breakable…
Everything is made as cheaply as possible so that the company can save 1/8 of a penny producing it. That pads the profit margin numbers and buys the CEO a new yacht because stock prices go up slightly for a few days, which makes millionaires buying stocks happy. And that’s all a company cares about. Fuck 30, 10, or even 2 years down the road! They can make a fast buck today.
Longevity, both in products and in corporate thinking, is a critically endangered idea.
You’re 100% correct on all of this. Tbh when I made this post I should have added these, but I want to add them now at least to curb some despair. Because some manufacturers are just as fed up as we are!!
Buy Me Once is a website that sells products that, uh, you only have to buy once. They have razors, duvets, kitchenwear, hosiery, gardening tools—all that are designed to last as long as physically possible. Hell, they have a smartphone ($200, 4 year warranty) and a VACUUM, both made to never be replaced. A lot of these things are also self-serviceable (looking at you Apple).
There are other sites out there like this, but this is the one I know is reputable. There are also some clothing companies like Eddie Bauer, Uniqlo, LandsEnd, and Duluth Trading Post that all sell durable, reliable clothing. In Uniqlo’s case, they’re also recycling materials and creating innovative new ways to sew clothes, including just not sewing them at all.
So yes, the mainstream stores you see in the mall are USUALLY bad. But there are some out there that’re still working on improving and doing better all the time. The next issue we have to hurdle is money. Because how many of us can afford to buy an actual wool coat vs a synthetic something or other that’ll last two years?
changing your sheets is the hardest thing in the whole world who the fuck cares about sisyphus and his stupid rock i have to take the sheets off my bed and then put new ones on and then in a little bit? ill have to do it again
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