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Nomorereddit@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Golden age revisionism is a comforting illusion that edits out the past’s flaws and distorts reality; it becomes dangerous when it shapes decisions based on nostalgia instead of truth.

Those 1980s fridges for ex lacked ice makers and water filtration, used far more energy due to inefficient design, struggled with consistent temperatures that spoiled food faster, often required manual defrosting, and had poor seals that let cold air escape and raised costs.

Golden age revisionism is the chief tactic of blow hard Republicans. Ever hear, make America great…again?

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MissingGhost@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve never used a fridge that has an ice maker or water filtration. They are still premium options, or some people just don’t have any use for the features.

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- PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Must be an American thing.
  
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MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Except in this case its true. They have over stuffed modern appliances with useless features that shorten the life of the appliance. As to how they didn’t comes with ice makers. Of course they did. Most had a place where it could be added if you didn’t buy one with that feature. Water filtration wasn’t there true enough but no one thought of that then. Only older early 70’s fridges came without defrosting. As to the poor seals you get that from damage which applies to modern fridges as well. The fridge I have is from the early 90’s and it rocks. No problems with ice buildup No leaks and a consistent temperature. I dread having to buy some modern POS built to fail so you can get sold another one.

Not everything is a republican plot to get you to purchase a forty year appliance.

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- Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I have a mini fridge purchased new early 00s that I recently left unplugged for a day or so to melt the ice buildup on the freezer.
  
  Not that I’m happy with the overall state of appliances these days, but the reality is that technology is still improving, but some of those “improvements” aren’t for the buyer’s benefit (while others are). And there’s plenty of plain old cheap shit in a nice brushed stainless steel package to make it look high end.
  
  Like induction stoves and convection ovens weren’t really a thing in the 80s but imo are way better than what came before. But, despite being a convection oven, the cheap one the developers picked for my place is the worst oven I’ve ever used. And I’m hesitant to “upgrade” because, despite knowing they can be better, there’s a good chance whatever I end up getting won’t, or make will be at first but will start degrading rapidly from day 1 such that it’s shitty by the time the warranty runs out.
  
  That is the big difference between modern and older appliances. The older ones were made in good faith, the newer ones are a gamble because we have an economic system based on greed and it has progressed a lot since the 50s.
  
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ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You forgot about the locking doors so children had to be taught not to play inside of them if you saw one outside because you would suffocate and die.

I remember watching an episode of Punky Brewster on TV about that.

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P1k1e@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I mean you ain’t wrong or nothing, but I’m pretty sure they’re mostly focusing on enshitification.

I’m 40 and the only memory I have of an old appliance that stands out was the time I took soaked clothes and put them in the dryer and ran it. I broke that sum-bitch gud

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