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I remain to be convinced. We rarely smash glasses in my household. Normal glass is (presumably) cheaper and less resource intensive than this special glass. Som
by JR1427 2y ago
I remain to be convinced. We rarely smash glasses in my household. Normal glass is (presumably) cheaper and less resource intensive than this special glass. Sometimes making things less durable actually is better. Over engineering and special manufacturing has costs.
- JR1427 2y agoAlso, if 120m were made, but they are now fetching 30+ dollars, then there can't be that many around anymore, so are they really that long-lived? It doesn't matter if they _theoretically_ last a long time, if people are still going to throw them away to freshen up their cupboard of glasses to keep up with the latest fashions.
- pixelfarmer 2y agoEast Germany ceased to exist in 1990. One of the glasses also shows the Mitropa label: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitropa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitropa but it was used on a broader scale. I wouldn't assume that all these "assets" of bars, pubs, Mitropa etc. were for example sold off, i.e. you can expect quite a big number being dumped/destroyed, aside of the numbers that went into wear and tear until 1990 in the first place. There is a lot of stuff that was ubiquitous during the time of East Germany and went poof pretty fast after the wall came down, usually into the dumpster in one way or another.
- ljsprague 2y ago6 pieces going for $283 on eBay right now with 2 days of bidding left.
- dabber21 2y agohousehold maybe, but bars and cafes? also usually with time companies figure out ways to reduce costs of production/process