They were one of the most significant holdouts over the past decade or so, but they won't learn from their mistake. They could have learned from vise-grip, who could have learned from dremel, who could have learned from Stanley. Sears (Craftsman) could have learned from any or all of them, as could Husky and Kobalt.
They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
One could easily see this lesson by taking a Craftsman wrench from the 1990s and comparing it with one made today.
Now, one can just go to Harbor Freight, pick up hand tools which are just as good as the Craftsmans (because they likely come off the same forges and on the same boats), but a lot cheaper. For stuff that is infrequently used, this is fine. Same with HF's power tools. I've seen their stuff with a different color and a name brand... same cheap, Chinese construction... but 2-5 times the price.
It's problematic to do comparisons with older objects. The ones that lasted were the good ones. The ones with manufacturing defects have been replaced long ago.
It's called survival bias, came up recently in that someone was complaining about catering to nut allergy people and said see what happens now there's a lot of people with nut allergies. I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
It was a question. I'm aware there is a thing called food allergies, but I'd never heard of them until the 90's. So I'm wondering how in the space of 20 years there can be so many people come out of nowhere that are allergic to food. And if you accept that millions of people claim they are on the verge of death if they touch food, you have to accept that millions of people were dying before food allergies became a thing just recently.
I don't think it's asking too much to see some actual numbers before I be
It's easier to accept if you understand what a peanut allergy is and what its effects are. Many people have it but are not "on the verge of death", however that doesn't meant the symptoms are not severe and unpleasant.
The rise of allergies in developed nations is well documented but not fully understood.
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They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
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One could easily see this lesson by taking a Craftsman wrench from the 1990s and comparing it with one made today.
Now, one can just go to Harbor Freight, pick up hand tools which are just as good as the Craftsmans (because they likely come off the same forges and on the same boats), but a lot cheaper. For stuff that is infrequently used, this is fine. Same with HF's power tools. I've seen their stuff with a different color and a name brand... same cheap, Chinese construction... but 2-5 times the price.
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It's problematic to do comparisons with older objects. The ones that lasted were the good ones. The ones with manufacturing defects have been replaced long ago.
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It's called survival bias, came up recently in that someone was complaining about catering to nut allergy people and said see what happens now there's a lot of people with nut allergies. I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
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I said, "Yea, it sure would have been better if they just died off as children." sarcastically.
Citation? Seriously, what was the death rate of children from food allergies before every second person became allergic to something?
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Really? Peanut allergy denial is a thing now?
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Really? Peanut allergy denial is a thing now?
It was a question. I'm aware there is a thing called food allergies, but I'd never heard of them until the 90's. So I'm wondering how in the space of 20 years there can be so many people come out of nowhere that are allergic to food. And if you accept that millions of people claim they are on the verge of death if they touch food, you have to accept that millions of people were dying before food allergies became a thing just recently.
I don't think it's asking too much to see some actual numbers before I be
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It's easier to accept if you understand what a peanut allergy is and what its effects are. Many people have it but are not "on the verge of death", however that doesn't meant the symptoms are not severe and unpleasant.
The rise of allergies in developed nations is well documented but not fully understood.
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The rise of allergies in developed nations is well documented but not fully understood.
So it won't be too difficult to send a reference then? I mean this could be resolved with a simple link, yet that is suspiciously absent so far.