Falgn0n The Wizard 🔮Terry Pratchet on why it's expensive to be poor:
Daniel@falgn0n the problem is that it's not right anymore.
The last time I bought expensive shoes, hoping for them to last, was ruined after 8 monthes 😞
Doug Webb
read-only account (Rain 🚱)
saper@grainloom @DaD @falgn0n @Anna that's the central law of logic a -> b does not imply b -> a.
In Poland we say
> Jesteśmy zbyt biedni, żeby kupować tanie rzeczy
> We are too poor to buy cheap things
and in South Africa we find that we are paying more and more money for cheaper and cheaper shit .... 😕
@falgn0n Beautiful, concise summary. My personal conclusions in this direction:
- cast iron / stainless steel > teflon
- safety razors > cartridge razors
- honing steel for kitchen knives
- tents: double-skin > single-skin
- laptops: second-hand thinkpads
- bike gears: hub > derailleur
Samuel ✅ moved to raphus.socia@douginamug @falgn0n Pratchett had a knack for distilling ideas into easily understood analogies.
Michael Sheldon 🌵@falgn0n This is still *very* true.
Modern mass-produced shoes/boots rarely last more than a year or two. My Red Wing boots cost about 2-3 times as much, are over 6 years old, and still going strong. And, if I wear out the soles or damage them, Red Wing can repair/resole them for less than the cost of a new pair of cheap boots.
And that's just shoes. A friend bought a decades-old Kitchenaid mixer at an estate sale. Replacing the motor brushes on it was literally a 2 minute job. They still make them the same way.
Modern mass-produced shoes/boots rarely last more than a year or two. My Red Wing boots cost about 2-3 times as much, are over 6 years old, and still going strong. And, if I wear out the soles or damage them, Red Wing can repair/resole them for less than the cost of a new pair of cheap boots.
And that's just shoes. A friend bought a decades-old Kitchenaid mixer at an estate sale. Replacing the motor brushes on it was literally a 2 minute job. They still make them the same way.
Falgn0n 🔮 (@[email protected])
1.9K Toots, 582 Following, 288 Followers · there is no spoon #SouthAfrica #ZA #OpenSocialAfrica #Africa
mmu_man@falgn0n +10^100000