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rileycolin t1_izxvng6 wrote

Reply to comment by cherlin in Are all those old alarm clocks really anything special? by LowerSurplus

We seem to have found the problem.

The sub is meant to show off items that have demonstrated the ability to survive for decades, while the audience only cares about things that are available for purchase today.

The intersection on that Venn diagram is extremely small.

Well, mods, guess it's time to shut 'er down.

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cherlin t1_izyok9a wrote

Negative, The sub is "BUY it for life", not "BOUGHT it for life". the sub is meant to be for items that you can "Buy" for life, Can't exactly easily go buy a 1920's era toaster right now. Also, Look at the sidebar, it's all guides on what new products to buy in various categories, and explicitly states "This is a subreddit emphasizing products that are Durable, Practical, Proven, and Made-to-Last. Products that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last an lifetime) are accepted.".

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Pinkfish_411 t1_j07dc56 wrote

>The sub is meant to show off

No, it isn't, that's just what some people have tried to turn it into. I've been around here since the beginning, and the sub was never about "showing off" anything, it was about discussing high quality products and where to purchase them. It was years before it became a stream of pictures of random old things. It was at the inception a shopping sub.

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