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I wonder how much the author has traveled abroad, because when TFA mentions "the world", I don't recognize what I see here where I live: I've never found a poco

I wonder how much the author has traveled abroad, because when TFA mentions "the world", I don't recognize what I see here where I live: I've never found a pocorn button, for example, or moisture sensors, not even in the good old times. And Instant Pot is completely unknown, Covid notwithstanding.

vanderZwan 3y ago
Yeah, I wonder if this is a US specific problem, because there seem to be plenty of "stable" established household appliance companies in Europe that are perfectly happy living on the margins of products that only get bought when the old model fails. In this particular case I bought a simple "one knob for power, one for time" model at the local Swedish supermarket for the equivalent of about fifty dollars (because it was in the discount) just a few years ago. It was during covid times so it can't have been more than three years. It works fine, precisely because it's dumb. They don't sell that model any more, but another local chain has the equivalent for (at current exchange rates) about 90 dollars[0]. [0] https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Fristaende-mikrovagsugn-vit/p/Pr443979000 https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Fristaende-mikrovagsugn-vit/p/...
patchymcnoodles 3y ago
I had the exact same thoughts, that this might be centric to the US. I also never seen a popcorn button and popcorn for the microwave exists and is fairly easy. Not as good as from a popcorn machine, but still ok. I also don't know anyone using an Instant Pot. And so far I also don't know anyone whose microwave broke after just one year, no matter if cheap or expensive.
- pxmpxm 3y ago
  > capitalism will destroy everything it touches. The irony of some US based kid, who's literally been the biggest benefactor of capitalism his/her whole life, coming up with this line of argument isn't lost on me. The first time I've personally even seen a microwave was around 1992-93, because communism.
jannyfer 3y ago
https://moth.monster/about/ https://moth.monster/about/ A 21-year-old from Baltimore.

vanderZwan 3y ago

Yeah, I wonder if this is a US specific problem, because there seem to be plenty of "stable" established household appliance companies in Europe that are perfectly happy living on the margins of products that only get bought when the old model fails. In this particular case I bought a simple "one knob for power, one for time" model at the local Swedish supermarket for the equivalent of about fifty dollars (because it was in the discount) just a few years ago. It was during covid times so it can't have been more than three years. It works fine, precisely because it's dumb. They don't sell that model any more, but another local chain has the equivalent for (at current exchange rates) about 90 dollars[0]. [0] https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Fristaende-mikrovagsugn-vit/p/Pr443979000 https://www.clasohlson.com/se/Fristaende-mikrovagsugn-vit/p/...

patchymcnoodles 3y ago

I had the exact same thoughts, that this might be centric to the US. I also never seen a popcorn button and popcorn for the microwave exists and is fairly easy. Not as good as from a popcorn machine, but still ok. I also don't know anyone using an Instant Pot. And so far I also don't know anyone whose microwave broke after just one year, no matter if cheap or expensive.

pxmpxm 3y ago
> capitalism will destroy everything it touches. The irony of some US based kid, who's literally been the biggest benefactor of capitalism his/her whole life, coming up with this line of argument isn't lost on me. The first time I've personally even seen a microwave was around 1992-93, because communism.

jannyfer 3y ago

https://moth.monster/about/ https://moth.monster/about/ A 21-year-old from Baltimore.