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I bought a weight set that included a rack. Of course they're all made in China so you have no choice.

While I'm putting together the rack I notice that their 17mm bolts are so far out of spec that the 17mm socket fits so loosely that I'm afraid it's going to strip the cheap Chinesium metal they're made out of, and of course 16mm won't fit. But that wasn't the worst of it. The retarded moron who designed the thing put the bolt holes so close to corners that you can't fit a wrench on the bolt. Dude, this is like comical Kindergarten-level engineering.

Then the dumbbells themselves. Ho-lee-shit. The "20 lb" ones weighed in at 21.5 lbs. each, but the 30 lb. ones were 29 lbs. Every weight was off by 10-20%.

You'd think that's all that could be wrong with a set of dumbbells, but you'd be wrong. They were also rubber coated, but the rubber stank so bad I couldn't bring them in the house. First I tried washing them with soap and water. Then I tried leaving them in the sun for three days in 90+ degree weather to bake off the smell. Then I left them sit in the garage for a week and they still stank up the whole garage. After the week several of the weights started developing cracking and peeling rubber.

So I had to return that set and went looking. Every fucking weight I can find at any store anywhere is similar junk. I found some plain cast iron dumbbells at a local sporting goods store, but of course they're made in China. Some of them have knurling on the handles and others don't. Some of them have sharp metal burrs on the handles that would cut your hand. Some of the heavier ones had the weights detaching from the handle, or had rust.

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Why can't they just make something even half way decently without some white guys standing over them to supervise they way Apple has to?

I bought a weight set that included a rack. Of course they're all made in China so you have no choice. While I'm putting together the rack I notice that their 17mm bolts are so far out of spec that the 17mm socket fits so loosely that I'm afraid it's going to strip the cheap Chinesium metal they're made out of, and of course 16mm won't fit. But that wasn't the worst of it. The retarded moron who designed the thing put the bolt holes so close to corners that you can't fit a wrench on the bolt. Dude, this is like comical Kindergarten-level engineering. Then the dumbbells themselves. Ho-lee-shit. The "20 lb" ones weighed in at 21.5 lbs. each, but the 30 lb. ones were 29 lbs. Every weight was off by 10-20%. You'd think that's all that could be wrong with a set of dumbbells, but you'd be wrong. They were also rubber coated, but the rubber stank so bad I couldn't bring them in the house. First I tried washing them with soap and water. Then I tried leaving them in the sun for three days in 90+ degree weather to bake off the smell. Then I left them sit in the garage for a week and they still stank up the whole garage. After the week several of the weights started developing cracking and peeling rubber. So I had to return that set and went looking. Every fucking weight I can find at any store anywhere is similar junk. I found some plain cast iron dumbbells at a local sporting goods store, but of course they're made in China. Some of them have knurling on the handles and others don't. Some of them have sharp metal burrs on the handles that would cut your hand. Some of the heavier ones had the weights detaching from the handle, or had rust. WHAT. THE. FUCK. Why can't they just make something even half way decently without some white guys standing over them to supervise they way Apple has to?

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Because they have a different work culture. They want to get something done at all costs, even if it means the final product is ultimately useless or even dangerous. Also, their society frowns upon questioning authority, so they often have toxic and unsafe work environments where everyone is afraid to speak up to managers or the government.

Most US companies have a safety culture that encourages everyone, even the front line worker, to take responsibility and call out any problems. It's not perfect, but most large businesses understand that it's better (ethically and financially) to briefly shut down production by mistake to investigate a potential problem rather than have one catastrophic event.

But not in China. They learn primarily though fuck ups, and those lessons only last so long. No one is going to say "Hey I think we screwed up building that bridge" or "I think we might have released that hybrid AIDS/cold virus." Chernobyl was a great example of how safety shit is handled in Communist countries.

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Also, their society frowns upon questioning authority, so they often have toxic and unsafe work environments where everyone is afraid to speak up to managers or the government.

I used to have two Chinese girls that worked for me as financial support in an office. They managed project and departmental budgets. One day after some particular budget issues had been brewing for a couple of weeks I said, "That's it! We're going to see the CFO right now!" Keep in mind this is a multi-billion dollar company, so the CFO is about twenty levels above us in the hierarchy. I made them come with me as we went up the elevators to the executive floor and marched right to the CFO's office. I thought they were going to pee their pants. They were hiding behind me like little kids. I just knocked on the door and walked in and asked about our issue and told him if he needed to talk details these are my financial people.

It was hilarious how timid they were. I tried telling them, "It's just some dude, what are you worried about?" but they just couldn't compute.