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NikolaiVsevolodovich on scored.co
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I'm not sure if you've had to deal with this yet, but I've noticed almost all modern appliances are incredibly loud, and they tend to have way longer run times due to "efficiency."
We had to replace our old fridge and went with what we thought was a good one. The thing is so fucking loud and the compressor almost never turns off. I couldn't spend the first few months down stairs, it's just an ear piercing sound. Couldn't return it - no returns without original packaging, which guess who took away after they finished delivery. Techs came out said it's fine (obviously).
More and more i feel like it's some crazy conspiracy to stifle cognitive power. I still haven't fully tuned it out, but all I can think is that my brain is now actively being forced to waste power to tune this fridge compressor out.
But then I think about what you said, and the fact we know the population is at least 1 standard deviation dumber compared to approx the 90s. Maybe people just aren't as in tune anymore and the manufacturers have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
> More and more i feel like it's some crazy conspiracy to stifle cognitive power.
Well, I think it's just negligence and sloppiness that leads to that. They just don't care.
> have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Probably, yes. I assume *most* people don't care either. Most people also think "smart" devices are better than non-smart devices. None of my appliances are "smart", I even use a Nokia brick phone. Also most people also seem to be influenced as intended by advertisements. Not sure if most, but certainly too many.
> Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
Yeah. In the past the concept of planned obsolescence wasn't popular, so whatever old appliances you have probably work today as well. Nowadays, if you return an item, they'd even rather let you keep it and send you a new one, than try to repair it or just look at it. It's a highly consumerist, wasteful system that leads to low quality products.
We had to replace our old fridge and went with what we thought was a good one. The thing is so fucking loud and the compressor almost never turns off. I couldn't spend the first few months down stairs, it's just an ear piercing sound. Couldn't return it - no returns without original packaging, which guess who took away after they finished delivery. Techs came out said it's fine (obviously).
More and more i feel like it's some crazy conspiracy to stifle cognitive power. I still haven't fully tuned it out, but all I can think is that my brain is now actively being forced to waste power to tune this fridge compressor out.
But then I think about what you said, and the fact we know the population is at least 1 standard deviation dumber compared to approx the 90s. Maybe people just aren't as in tune anymore and the manufacturers have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
Well, I think it's just negligence and sloppiness that leads to that. They just don't care.
> have slowly gotten away with annoying and terrible products because I am an outlier now by the fact I notice it.
Probably, yes. I assume *most* people don't care either. Most people also think "smart" devices are better than non-smart devices. None of my appliances are "smart", I even use a Nokia brick phone. Also most people also seem to be influenced as intended by advertisements. Not sure if most, but certainly too many.
> Burns my britches too because I know this fucker probably won't last 10 years, meanwhile the ancient box from the 70s in the garage is still going strong, and also doesn't sound like a cricket hopped up on meth
Yeah. In the past the concept of planned obsolescence wasn't popular, so whatever old appliances you have probably work today as well. Nowadays, if you return an item, they'd even rather let you keep it and send you a new one, than try to repair it or just look at it. It's a highly consumerist, wasteful system that leads to low quality products.