The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Nostalgia@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoI miss how much color there was back thenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
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minus-squareChriswild@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI get that plastic is cheap, common, and often wasteful but it is also shock resistant, light, and transparent.
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoThe problem is not “plastic”, but cheap looking shit these things were made out of. There are plenty of good looking plastic products.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoWhy does it matter whether it looks “cheap” though? I get that you don’t want something ugly-looking, but what’s the problem with it being cheap, as long as it works?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoBecause it looks like shit. What else is there to explain?
I get that plastic is cheap, common, and often wasteful but it is also shock resistant, light, and transparent.
The problem is not “plastic”, but cheap looking shit these things were made out of. There are plenty of good looking plastic products.
Why does it matter whether it looks “cheap” though? I get that you don’t want something ugly-looking, but what’s the problem with it being cheap, as long as it works?
Because it looks like shit. What else is there to explain?