[heather45879]

Sure some things are better—but you won’t find half-decent workmanship in the majority of products—just walk through Home Depot and take a look at anything “Husky”.

And regardless, modern features are pretty much frivolous crap anyway. I mean, a smart refrigerator? A smart oven? Please. Older ovens are designed to bake—not sell ads.

When my TV just magically started showing ads I decided it’s time I go to the library and read more books. Books were designed to better humanity.

[kube-system]

I'll take a set of Husky wrenches over any early 20th century hand tools, any day. Sure, many of those wrenches are still around, but they're awful to actually use.

[Aunche]

>just walk through Home Depot and take a look at anything “Husky"

For the average person who has one or two projects every year, Husky or Harbor Freight is more than enough.

[yamtaddle]

> When my TV just magically started showing ads I decided it’s time I go to the library and read more books. Books were designed to better humanity.

Not a fan of mid-century sci-fi mass-market paperbacks, I take it? :-)

(they often have some glossy ad pages stuck in the middle, typically at least one of them for cigarettes)