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bucolic_frolic

(48,411 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2025, 05:12 PM Jan 25

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The Sh*tification Of Everything & New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why [View all]

The Sh*tification Of Everything

With apologies for the commercial blurb about 1/3 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our consumer lives, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.

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New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why

With apologies for the commercial blurb about 7/8 of the way through, see if this video doesn't describe what is happening to our homes, and explains why nothing lasts like it always did.

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The Sh*tification Of Everything & New homes won't last more than 20 years - Here's why [View all] bucolic_frolic Jan 25 OP

I call them particle board death traps. (But more likely cork Wood.) GreenWave Jan 25 #1

Yep. Been in several. Not hard to imagine. Disposable houses Raven123 Jan 25 #2

A contractor doing work for me told me to never buy madaboutharry Jan 25 #3

luckily i never lived in a house newer than 1926. i love resale/hand me downs/estate sales. pansypoo53219 Jan 25 #4

That's utterly frightening. MissB Jan 26 #5

Skip sheathing being horizontal lathe, spaced, to provide support and ventilation bucolic_frolic Jan 26 #6

New cars are outrageously expensive milestogo Jan 26 #7

ok showing my age here Kali Jan 26 #8

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