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Well she is Dutch I don’t expect she threw away good bike. I am not Dutch but I lived there for 10 years. In my country of origin I live in area others would
by ozim 2y ago
Well she is Dutch I don’t expect she threw away good bike.
I am not Dutch but I lived there for 10 years.
In my country of origin I live in area others would call Dutch or Scottish so we are also rather cheap.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIn America "cheap" has been given a negative connotation because we're expected to consume excessively and replace things that still work. But keeping something this long if it's still working is more reasonable.
- ozim 2y agoFun part is I used cheap just as I expect any person in US would. I consume HN and loads of US centric media as basically we could play “We all live in America, America is wunderbar” by Rammstein. Because Dutch, Scottish or area of people I live nowadays frugal nature has negative connotation. I’d say having bicycle for so long is impressive but at the same time it is not really worth it if you can get a new one supposedly better spending less than quarter of your monthly income.
- al_borland 2y agoWhy throw a whole bike in the landfill when it just needs a new part? Low price are great for allowing people to afford a comfortable life, but also really drive a culture that doesn’t value maintenance or repairs.