• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      IMO fuck everyone who doesn’t care about good quality appliances. They are to blame for how common shitty ones are these days. Especially developers who just get something that looks nice but actually sucks when you use it.

      Glares at oven that takes forever to preheat, doesn’t keep the temperature even once it does, and has a drawer oven that takes even longer to preheat than the shitty main oven takes to preheat and COOK things

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 year ago

        I sell appliances and the number of times I hear “It’s for a rental”, as a reason to get the cheapest thing, is depressing.

        • Chuckles@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          As someone that is on the marketing side of individuals renting condos for vacations, the ones that buy the quality stuff, are able to get more revenue per booking, and a better retention. It not only applies to the kitchen, but to things you wouldn’t expect, like sheets, towels, and toilet paper. Go cheap on any of those, and you’ll read about it in a 2 star review.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve been quite poor my whole life. For me simply having the appliance, in my own apartment, is amazing. One year I lived in a little place with a little washer and dryer in the closet. It was incredible. The washer didn’t drain right, and the dryer would go for hours without drying the clothes, but it was still amazing because it was the first time ever I’d had a washer and dryer of my own that I didn’t have to go outside to use.

    • Chuckles@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was at a cocktail party a couple of weeks ago, and had an engaging conversation with 4 other dads about our choices and regrets in kitchen appliances…and lawnmowers.

      • shastaxc@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep. It hit me at 32. I literally wasn’t even bending over. I walked about 30 feet in my house and by the time I got to the couch I was in terrible pain

  • Tujio@lemmy.world
    81·
    1 year ago

    I was at Warped Tour many years ago, talking with randos in the campground. I mentioned which bands I was there to see, and this guy gave me a huge smile and yelled ‘You’re old’ in my face.

      • Sludgehammer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        For me it was “Why are they remaking Metroid Prime? The original looks fine and it was only released in… 2002? Oh god… that’s 21 years ago…” One of my favorite games in college is old enough to drink.

        • bozo@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Want to really feel old? In just a little over two years from now, the Xbox 360 will be 20 years old.

  • Moghul@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    First time I picked up the laundry basket and my back hurt. I’m careful now to lift with my legs but my back hurts more or less in the same place when it does hurt. My vision’s going too, but that’s genetics, not age related.

  • egonallanon@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    I was speaking to someone at a party recently and realised they where both in their 20s and born after 9/11. Was quite a moment.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hell, I clearly recall the space shuttle Challenger tragedy. I even vaguely recall when Reagan was shot.

  • Gumby@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Within the past few years, once my neck problems started getting worse and I finally went for an MRI and was diagnosed with arthritis.

    0/10, do not recommend.

    • Chuckles@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      My MIL has had really good luck with non-thc CBD creams for arthritis. Done it daily for the the last couple of years and she swears by it. Don’t have personal experience with it, but she recently opened a jar of pasta sauce in front of me and didn’t blink. Hope you get some relief.