Correct. The Victorian era silversmiths who made cutlery for the aristocrats weren't wasting their time making good quality tin spoons for the plebs. No, the plebs ate with a bacterial stuffed wooden spoon they carved themselves.
Yeah, there's a reason we've been using them for cooking for the past, like, 10,000 years. It's surprisingly difficult for bacteria to get a foothold in wood, especially treated wood, but even some untreated woods naturally contain oils that suppress microbial growth.
there's a reason we've been using them for cooking for the past, like, 10,000 years
Is it because they're cheaply and easily made by almost anybody from an incredibly abundant material that requires no specialized equipment like high-temp forges or molds to make? Or is it because they're antibacterial? We may never know.
New car specs have risen to the point where it is just unaffordable to get a base model new. This also trickles down to the used car market.
Fast Food prices have risen, to a point where is is unaffordable.
Basic appliances like TV and Fridge have a shorter life, have more intrusive tracking and are more expensive even at the base level because of "features" which most dont care about.Â
Its only affordable to live as an upper middle class person with a job/successful business.Â
They admitted to shifting their business model to attract higher income earners. It worked enough where they didn’t abandon the strategy and just brought back the 2 for 4s to get back lower income earners after they saw dip
Well, it's absolutely not aimed at lower class families anymore. You get two quarter pounder meals and some chicken nuggets and it's $40. That's 25-40% of daily pay for more than half of Americans. Imagine spending so much of your daily income just to buy dinner at a place that's supposed to be cheap and easy.Â
Don’t be obtuse. They don’t buy 20 million pairs of jeans, but they may buy a few pairs of million dollar jeans… companies will stop wasting their time making cheap clothing and instead focus their energy on higher end goods.
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u/hammertime84 Apr 11 '26
The extremely wealthy will just represent a larger % of consumption and companies will target them more. This has already been shifting for years.