Post B0VHBfG5ZTLtfMdjfM by kyonshi@dice.camp
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 (DIR) Post #B0VCsVUZG6tY3c1PZg by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-11-22T11:33:20Z
       
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       "They don't build them like they used to. Vintage furniture has more quality materials and better construction."Or... maybe the furniture that is still around and not in a landfill is higher quality. There were a lot of cheap disposable trends in the 70s and 80s and those items are all in landfills now. I think about the beanbag chairs slowly compressing into strange new minerals in landfills. Will a confused fossil hunter some  day wonder at these "organisms" ?
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VDjYEJoHABteiNNI by guigsy@mstdn.social
       2025-11-22T11:42:53Z
       
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       @futurebird Chipboard flatpack furniture with cheap plastic laminate coverings from 40 years ago, which probably made up the majority of wardrobes, chests of drawers and cabinets, has not lasted.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VE3s29tC6f6oiSLw by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
       2025-11-22T11:46:35Z
       
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       @futurebird There's a similar thing about Roman cement.  It lasts far longer than modern cement, said people who don't notice that 95% of buildings the Romans built that used cement fell down.(It is actually interesting to see why the surviving cement is so robust and whether it's reproducible, and there has been some good research on this, but it's not that the Romans were magic, it's that they were lucky in a few cases and we get to study the luck.  There's probably a similar thing in furniture, where if you look at the pieces that have survived you can learn something interesting about how furniture should be made).
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VEbkw6mge0wT2n7A by semitones@tiny.tilde.website
       2025-11-22T11:52:37Z
       
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       @futurebird my parents have some cane bottom chairs. The bottoms are broken. We tried to give them away, no one wants them. We tried to get them repaired and were quoted $175 per chair, plus the cost of materials. That's $2.50 per hole. And there are 70 holes. YT shows a DIY fix that requires time and skill and special materials.I get why no one can afford to restore old furniture. 1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VEkUxFZZbXyxkM8u by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-11-22T11:54:05Z
       
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       @semitones When you see an item that has been repaired you see how someone loved it. Sometimes love can leave scars... but it's still love.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VEmeRJHNfxyhpjxg by BenAveling@mastodon.ie
       2025-11-22T11:54:40Z
       
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       First formulated (*) as Sturgeon's Law.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law(*) Almost certainly not the first. Just the oldest surviving.@futurebird
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VHBfG5ZTLtfMdjfM by kyonshi@dice.camp
       2025-11-22T12:21:35Z
       
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       @futurebird its the same with "music back then was better". No it wasn't. The good songs lasted. Look at the billboard charts of the time and you see 90% of forgettable sludge.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0VdaAbwqvE6qVxG6q by pavsmith@theblower.au
       2025-11-22T16:32:28Z
       
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       @futurebird hey! i still have a beanbag and it is still very comfy sitting watching TV!if there's anything compressing it into strange new minerals, it is my backside!