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Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about a fan motor dieing a washing machine leaking and finally a can opener breaking. Why do physical things break over time.

Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about a fan motor dieing a washing machine leaking and finally a can opener breaking. Why do physical things break over time.

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Second Law of Thermodynamics.

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^ This is the only answer.

Since OP's can opener isn't a closed system, he can reverse some of that entropy with his own energy input.

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he can reverse some of that entropy with his own energy input

Commonly referred to as maintenance/repair.

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More specifically, there are a lot more configurations of a device that constitute a broken state compared to a working state, and it's constantly moving from one state to another, never going back to its original new state.

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Low build quality. You touch yourself at night. Entropy.

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That's why I started touching myself in the morning. Really improved the quality of things i own.

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Everything breaks down over time. Some things last longer because they are built/constructed better, but it all breaks down eventually.

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Does it?

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Everything

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Yes when we consider entropy on a long timescale. Your stuff breaking down seems to be more imediate, so I would chalk it up to planned obscolescence.

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If it moves, it

A) breaks

B) needs lubrication

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my fucking olecranon bursitis

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Because they weren’t built to last.

My cousin has a fridge in his basement from back in the 60s (he got from his grandpa). It’s still keeping beer fresh and rocks the ice cubes.

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That's survivor bias. Old things that are still around are the ones that were well-made.

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Contractor here...I have removed countless old appliances from the 60s and 70s that were in daily use, working just fine, but the owner wanted shiny new shit that might work 2-3 years. I see it all the time.

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New appliances cause a lot more stress on parts to achieve greater effectiveness. Working on the limit of what your parts are able to withstand and produce will lead to earlier failure.

Also, current fridges are comparatively way cheaper. The 1952 Coldspot Refrigirator was sold for $329, or $3,242 in today's money. You can get way cheaper fridges today.

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That was before jew-owned corporations came up with the programmed obsolescence idea to get more shekels out of the goyim.

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I have a chest freezer that the old lady down the street gave me circa,1965 .It's full and works fine

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Those old appliances were made in America. Built to last a lifetime.

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Friction

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That's what I was going to say.

Also corrosion.

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They don't need to break down as fast as they do. The Chinese junk we have been forced to buy barely works at all. I've bought things that fell apart within a week, or didn't work the first time I tried them. I bought a Panasonic microwave a while back, it quit after a few days. There is no pride in workmanship in this Chinese junk, they use the cheapest possible materials, and they have no testing standards.

Even the screws and bolts in Chinese crap are bad -- the actual steel is soft or brittle, and the slots for screwdrivers are off-center on the heads of screws. How do you even fuck up this badly? I once bought a set of hacksaw blades made in Asia -- the first time I tried to use one, it shattered like glass. Another time, I bought a set of hacksaw blades from the mysterious far East, and the first time I tried to use one, all the teeth were knocked off. I'm not kidding, these things actually happened.

I bought a spark plug extractor once that was made of aluminum, and it worked for one spark plug -- then it was rounded and finished. I bought a bicyclel pump and it wouldn't pump -- brand new, and it wouldn't put air into a tire. It looked like a bicycle pump on the outside, but it was really a lawn ornament.

The trouble is, we don't know what product is quality and what product is total crap until after we buy it and use it. And 90% of what comes out of China is total crap.

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Best answer to my question thanks.

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You don't think the chinks fuck with the roundeye?

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I have an old Milwaukee 1/2” drill, made in the 60’s. That thing will break your fucking wrist it has so much torque. It was my 1st wife’s grandfather’s. It still runs great. I found it in his old shed we were tearing down, wasn’t used in probably 20 years, and still runs strong. That thing is solid. I mean, the thing weighs about 15 pounds. Made in America when tools were made to last. I’ve mixed thin set, grout, drilled through 60 year old concrete like butter. I have a new Hitachi 1/2” drill and it feels like a child’s toy compared to this relic. Also, the original Pyrex is virtually unbreakable. Her mom had some of grandma’s baking dishes and I dropped one on porcelain tile and it just bounced. As it was falling, I thought “She’s going to kill me”. It chipped the tile, but the dish was fine. I just read a story recently about a bar doing some remodeling and ripped down a wall, behind it was a lightbulb from the original marquee that was still lit. The place was remodeled in the 50’s, so this this was lit for at least 70 years and still shining bright. Things were built to last, until the jews pointed out that you don’t make money selling well made products, as you only have to buy it once. Just like the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t make money curing people, just treating them over a lifetime.

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I love this post. Old tools are the best - as are old hardware stores with wooden floors and bins of nails and old guys standing around the counter who all have suggestions for doing your project.

Sadly, we live in a society where everything's disposable.

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Pyrex is an example of a company that had to decrease the quality of their product to keep the business alive. They were legit indestructible. But you can't sell new unbreakable stuff to someone who still hasn't broken their original.

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Because they are man made. Planned Obsolescence.

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As several others have said, it's planned obsolescence to keep the consumers coming back and the manufacturers in business. I recall enjoying a documentary that came out about 11 years ago called the "Light Bulb Conspiracy," regarding the topic. I was surprised that I could find a link to it (pasted below).

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/light-bulb-conspiracy/

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Planned obsolescense.

You're not allowed to cure cancer or create a light bulb that last more than a year.

Gotta keep customers.

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