> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://smartjots.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The End of an Era: 430+ Buy-It-For-Life Owners on the Gear That's on Its Last Legs - URL: https://smartjots.com/bifl-items-impossible-to-replace/ - Published: 2026-09-05T04:29:36.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-05T04:29:36.000Z - Description: Analog cars with real buttons, 30-year Kenmore washers, iPod classics, and pre-buyout hand tools—an exhaustive audit of vintage mechanical workhorses that modern planned obsolescence cannot replace. - Author: Smart Jots - Tags: Worth It > [View the original Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/comments/1vu3lim/what%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fcurrently%5Fown%5Fthats%5Fon%5Fits%5Flast%5Flegs/?ref=smartjots.com) Buy It For Life # The things people own that they cannot replace — and what commenters said actually keeps one going Start here ## What the thread said is running out, and what to do about it The answers concentrate on a handful of things: cars kept for their physical buttons, washers and dryers dated in decades, discontinued mice, keyboards and phones bought several at a time, and hardware switched off by the company that made it. Underneath every one of those categories the same three moves recur — buy the spares while the line still exists, buy the part rather than the product, and work the secondhand market that already holds the stock — while the two causes commenters name most concretely are a discontinued product line and a change of material from metal to plastic. What you will find - Buy the spares while the line still exists — the tactic that recurs under the most unrelated objects in the thread - Buy the part, not the product: the component-level repairs commenters actually completed - Estate sales, Marketplace, eBay and used-appliance dealers — where the remaining stock is - Cars and trucks are the largest theme; washers and dryers drew the most-liked answer - Plastic where metal used to be — the cause commenters named in the most concrete detail - 63 of the 374 classified records answered with a body, a person, a pet or a right, and are counted separately 33 answer cards Browse categories and subcategories - [Washers and dryers, the thread's opening answer](#cv-category-washers-and-dryers-the-thread-s-opening-answer) - [The thirty-year-old washer and dryer people wish they had kept](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-0-the-thirty-year-old-washer-and-dryer-people-wish-they-had-kept) - [Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reported](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported) - [Where commenters said to look for another one](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-2-where-commenters-said-to-look-for-another-one) - [Cars and trucks](#cv-category-cars-and-trucks) - [The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgrade](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-0-the-old-car-with-physical-buttons-and-why-owners-refuse-to-upgra) - [Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-1-hondas-and-toyotas-and-the-mileage-owners-reported) - [Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-2-parts-rebuilds-and-the-components-no-longer-made) - [What commenters said to buy instead](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-3-what-commenters-said-to-buy-instead) - [The fixed systems in a house](#cv-category-the-fixed-systems-in-a-house) - [Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty years](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-0-furnaces-air-conditioning-and-the-unit-that-has-run-for-forty-ye) - [Fridges, freezers and water heaters](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-1-fridges-freezers-and-water-heaters) - [Screens](#cv-category-screens) - [Plasma and “dumb” TVs owners refuse to give up](#rich-node-0-group-3-subgroup-0-plasma-and-dumb-tvs-owners-refuse-to-give-up) - [The argument over whether an old plasma is worth keeping](#rich-node-0-group-3-subgroup-1-the-argument-over-whether-an-old-plasma-is-worth-keeping) - [Music players and hi-fi](#cv-category-music-players-and-hi-fi) - [iPods, and the community that keeps them running](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-0-ipods-and-the-community-that-keeps-them-running) - [Headphones and amplifiers nothing new has matched](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-1-headphones-and-amplifiers-nothing-new-has-matched) - [Computers, phones and input devices](#cv-category-computers-phones-and-input-devices) - [Phones people are holding on to](#rich-node-0-group-5-subgroup-0-phones-people-are-holding-on-to) - [Mice, keyboards and controllers people bought in multiples](#rich-node-0-group-5-subgroup-1-mice-keyboards-and-controllers-people-bought-in-multiples) - [Learning to repair it rather than replace it](#rich-node-0-group-5-subgroup-2-learning-to-repair-it-rather-than-replace-it) - [Old machines still doing real work](#rich-node-0-group-5-subgroup-3-old-machines-still-doing-real-work) - [Discontinued by the company, not worn out](#cv-category-discontinued-by-the-company-not-worn-out) - [Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker](#rich-node-0-group-6-subgroup-0-smart-home-hardware-switched-off-by-its-maker) - [Universal remotes and media boxes](#rich-node-0-group-6-subgroup-1-universal-remotes-and-media-boxes) - [Hardware that still works and software that no longer will](#rich-node-0-group-6-subgroup-2-hardware-that-still-works-and-software-that-no-longer-will) - [Clothes, shoes and bags](#cv-category-clothes-shoes-and-bags) - [T-shirts, underwear and the fabric that changed](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-0-t-shirts-underwear-and-the-fabric-that-changed) - [Coats, boots and shoes](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-1-coats-boots-and-shoes) - [Bags, wallets and everyday carry](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-2-bags-wallets-and-everyday-carry) - [Kitchen, workshop and furniture](#cv-category-kitchen-workshop-and-furniture) - [Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-0-mixers-ovens-and-machines-built-when-the-gears-were-metal) - [Countertop cookers, coffee makers and grills](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-1-countertop-cookers-coffee-makers-and-grills) - [Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-2-hand-tools-mowers-and-workshop-machines) - [Chairs you can still get parts for](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-3-chairs-you-can-still-get-parts-for) - [Small things with no equivalent](#cv-category-small-things-with-no-equivalent) - [Pillows, lamps and household objects nothing replaces](#rich-node-0-group-9-subgroup-0-pillows-lamps-and-household-objects-nothing-replaces) - [Discontinued small goods people stockpiled](#rich-node-0-group-9-subgroup-1-discontinued-small-goods-people-stockpiled) - [When the answer was not an object](#cv-category-when-the-answer-was-not-an-object) - [Bodies, knees and backs](#rich-node-0-group-10-subgroup-0-bodies-knees-and-backs) - [People and pets](#rich-node-0-group-10-subgroup-1-people-and-pets) - [Patience, money and the sense that everything is wearing out](#rich-node-0-group-10-subgroup-2-patience-money-and-the-sense-that-everything-is-wearing-out) - [Rights, information and institutions](#rich-node-0-group-10-subgroup-3-rights-information-and-institutions) **Evidence status:** As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Washers and dryers, the thread's opening answer36 records · 3 sub-topicsThe thread's most-liked answer, and the long argument underneath it about whether anything sold today lasts. 36 records. The thirty-year-old washer and dryer people wish they had kept9 index entriesMachines dated in decades, and the regret of the people who let one go. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: The thirty-year-old washer and dryer people wish they had kept Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### The thirty-year-old washer and dryer people wish they had kept 9 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 235 **Appears when:** The thirty-year-old washer and dryer people wish they had kept **What the pattern means:** Every record here dates the machine instead of describing it — 40 years, 30 years, since 1998, since 2000, 20 years and counting — and treats the date as the whole argument. One of them is running on a workaround rather than a repair, and the anxiety in the set is about service rather than failure: whether a part, and a person who knows the machine, will still exist on the day it finally stops. **What commenters described:** My Whirlpool Gold washer with a HUGE tub that’s been running strong since 1998\. I have to bang the lid about 3 minutes into the wash cycle now but it then finishes the cycle. I dread the day that trick stops working. **Limit:** The thread's most-liked record in this set is a regret reported after the fact — a working 30-year-old pair left behind during a move — with no side-by-side comparison against what replaced it. What the replies added1 Try to find a used appliance store or someone who repairs old machines. Chances are they have some that customers chose to replace. I buy from a workforce development program that trains people how to fix appliances. If I can't handle a repair myself--usually electrical--I trade the old one in for another used Kenmore from the 80s or 90s and they repair and resell the broken one. Win win. Hint: If you are not living in the land of "Yankee thrift", look in working class neighborhoods to nearest big city to find an appliance whisperer. Most people making minimum wage aren't dropping $2k on a new washing machine unless they absolutely have to. Reported failure♥ 1 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source I had to leave behind my Kenmore washer and dryer my mother in law gave us as a housewarming gift over 30 years ago when we moved across country. Hey, our new house already came with a washer and dryer. What's the problem? If I would have realized the quality difference I would have hauled them across country and kept them repaired as long as I could. source record 0♥ 664 Later-arriving source No, the ones I left behind weren’t rusted. They did have the “harvest gold” finish though. posted about 23.3 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source I’m wondering if you’re the couple that sold us our house. We have old kenmores and after years of living in apartments with shitty modern washers that were brand new, I’m completely in love with this old, partially rusted set. No WiFi, three knobs, a button, and pure magical clean clothes. They really don’t make’’em like this anymore posted about 22.1 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 9 source records, 1 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 9index entries 9distinct source records 25%of parent category 2.4%of the complete index 6top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments9 preserved records · 9 of 9 source records accounted for **I had to leave behind my Kenmore washer and dryer my mother in law gave us as a housewarming gift over 30 years ago when we moved across country. Hey, our new house already came with a washer and dryer. What's the problem? If I would have realized the quality difference I would have hauled them across country and kept them repaired as long as I could.**♥ 664source record 0 **I dread when out 40 year old washer/dryer combo finally breaks down. I’m fearful there will even be parts and a repairman who knows how to fix.**♥ 4source record 21 **I’m wondering if you’re the couple that sold us our house. We have old kenmores and after years of living in apartments with shitty modern washers that were brand new, I’m completely in love with this old, partially rusted set. No WiFi, three knobs, a button, and pure magical clean clothes. They really don’t make’’em like this anymore**♥ 1source record 27 **No, the ones I left behind weren’t rusted. They did have the “harvest gold” finish though.**♥ 1source record 28 **My Whirlpool Gold washer with a HUGE tub that’s been running strong since 1998\. I have to bang the lid about 3 minutes into the wash cycle now but it then finishes the cycle. I dread the day that trick stops working.**♥ 7source record 235 **Maytag top-loader.**♥ 3source record 281 **My Whirlpool washer and dryer from 2000\. Both still working. Over the years the washer need some new parts. The dryer runs smoothly, but the washer stalls at random times. I hope they keep going for a least a few more years!**♥ 2source record 320 **My washing machine. I think it's an old whirlpool or kenmore. And my sanity**♥ 1source record 392 **My washer and dryer are still strong but its one issue and RIP... 20 years going strong.**♥ 1source record 393 Archive: 9 index entries preserve 9 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reported17 index entriesThe reply thread that turned the top answer into an argument about a specific machine type. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reported Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reported 17 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 3 **Appears when:** Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reported **What the pattern means:** The opening answer's reply thread turns into a disagreement about one machine type. Owners report repeated repairs on front-loading washers — a spider bracket replaced twice, a hot-water pump twice in two years, gaskets and seals, four repairs in three years — while another owner of the same brand reports none at all since 2008\. Two explanations are offered inside the thread rather than by us: that the feature-heavy machines sold as the premium option have more points of failure, and that detergent overdosing rather than the machine causes the fouling people blame it for. One commenter describes stripping and scrubbing the tub and replacing the pump and waste hose for about $50. **What commenters described:** I have an LG front loading combo and I’ve had to repair the washer 4 times in 3 years. **Limit:** The set contains flatly opposed reports about the same brand — zero repairs in fifteen years alongside four repairs in three — so it supports no reliability conclusion in either direction. What the replies added2 I have an LG front loading combo and I’ve had to repair the washer 4 times in 3 years. From the replies♥ 66 This makes me even more frustrated that I have to replace the nearly-new LG washer in the house I just bought. Previous owners used WAYY too much soap, and the buildup is too much. Every cleaning cycle generates more and more debris. So out the door it goes. From the replies♥ 12 #### Where commenters report limits Explicit limit or counterpoint I had an amazing front loading LG washer I bought 15 years ago. It was an XL size so it fit so much more. When we moved five years ago my husband refused to take it with us because it was a struggle to get it up the stairs. I wish we had kept it so much. Our Maytag front loader got molds within three months. I hate it. source record 19♥ 3 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source I recently moved and brought my LG (very basic) frontloaders. And I bet they’ll outlast their 15 year warranty with proper cleaning and maintenance source record 2♥ 69 Later-arriving source I wonder how much the bad reputation certain washers get is due to boomers dosing detergent like it's 1980. posted about 27.2 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source You tried running towels, vinneager and hot water through a bunch? posted about 27.2 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgradeSwap instead of subtract · 9 there](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-0-the-old-car-with-physical-buttons-and-why-owners-refuse-to-upgra)[Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty yearsSwap instead of subtract · 5 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-0-furnaces-air-conditioning-and-the-unit-that-has-run-for-forty-ye)[iPods, and the community that keeps them runningSwap instead of subtract · 3 there](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-0-ipods-and-the-community-that-keeps-them-running) #### What the counts show Across 17 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (6 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 17index entries 17distinct source records 47.2%of parent category 4.5%of the complete index 0top-level comments 17replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 1explicitly reports a limit or failure 2asks a question 0says they intend to try it 14other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **6**Use a sensory reset **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments17 preserved records · 17 of 17 source records accounted for **I recently moved and brought my LG (very basic) frontloaders. And I bet they’ll outlast their 15 year warranty with proper cleaning and maintenance**♥ 69source record 2 **I have an LG front loading combo and I’ve had to repair the washer 4 times in 3 years.**♥ 66source record 3 **Mine also terrible. Shakes so much in spin.**♥ 12source record 4 **Yeah I thought it was well-known front-loaders are way less reliable than top-loaders? OP is in for a rough surprise when they realize they'll probably use that 15yr warranty multiple times in that period**♥ 8source record 6 **LG with the direct drive motor is typically pretty reliable.**♥ 3source record 7 **American market front loaders have reliability problems because they're the "fancy" option and thus have more features and points of failure. European and Asian market ones don't have that problem because they're ordinary machines. Kinda like how European market Mercedes and BMWs keep on ticking at 300k miles while American market ones crap out at 120k.**♥ 5source record 8 **We bought our Samsung front-loading W/D set in 2009 and they have never needed anything except basic cleaning.**♥ 2source record 9 **I had an LG front load, replace the spider part that connects drum to motor 2x. It’s some sort of die cast pot metal that disintegrates in the presence of soapy water. And I had thought that the front seal would have been the problem of front loaders…. I threw it away and went to Speed Queen.**♥ 3source record 10 **Same all kinds of problems, and I’ve replaced gaskets and seals and all kinds of crap too**♥ 1source record 11 **Haha same. Had to replace the hot water pump twice in the span of 2 years.**♥ 1source record 12 **This makes me even more frustrated that I have to replace the nearly-new LG washer in the house I just bought. Previous owners used WAYY too much soap, and the buildup is too much. Every cleaning cycle generates more and more debris. So out the door it goes.**♥ 12source record 13 **Had the same issue when we bought our house 7 months ago.. LG top HE washer.. i had to disassemble the tub and SCRUB it clean then replaced the pump and hose on the waste water side.. (all very cheap and easy to do) works like a charm now and cost me a total of maybe $50**♥ 10source record 14 **Yep. HE top loader. Glad you got yours clean! I tried taking the bottom plate out to start cleaning things, and it’s seized in there. After some online research, looks like that’s a very common issue with LGs. Too much plastic where there should be metal. Many appliance repair people recommend using a few different methods to break the plate off, like a chisel and hammer, which means you have to replace it. LG wants like $140 for that part. So rather than buy parts for a washer that I \*still\* may need to replace depending on how bad it’s gunked up, I just bit the bullet. Too much going on with moving, cleaning old house, etc. for me to spend hours on disassembly and cleaning.**♥ 4source record 15 **I wonder how much the bad reputation certain washers get is due to boomers dosing detergent like it's 1980.**♥ 2source record 16 **You tried running towels, vinneager and hot water through a bunch?**♥ 1source record 18 **I had an amazing front loading LG washer I bought 15 years ago. It was an XL size so it fit so much more. When we moved five years ago my husband refused to take it with us because it was a struggle to get it up the stairs. I wish we had kept it so much. Our Maytag front loader got molds within three months. I hate it.**♥ 3source record 19 **I've had my LG set since 2008\. Zero repairs.**♥ 2source record 20 Archive: 17 index entries preserve 17 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Where commenters said to look for another one10 index entriesThe secondhand and specialist routes named when the old machine finally stops. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Where commenters said to look for another one Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Where commenters said to look for another one 10 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 29 **Appears when:** Where commenters said to look for another one **What the pattern means:** The replacement advice in this thread is concrete and secondhand-first: estate sales, marketplace listings at around $200, and a used-appliance dealer attached to a repair-training programme where a broken machine can be traded in. One commenter names Speed Queen and distinguishes its two current lines by letter code. A dissenting record argues the durable machines were never discontinued, only repriced — that a comparable pair cost the equivalent of $4,000 when the old ones were new. **What commenters described:** Try to find a used appliance store or someone who repairs old machines. Chances are they have some that customers chose to replace. I buy from a workforce development program that trains people how to fix appliances. If I can't handle a repair myself--usually electrical--I trade the old one in for another used Kenmore from the 80s or 90s and they repair and resell the broken one. Win win. Hint: If you are not living in the land of "Yankee thrift", look in working class neighborhoods to nearest big city to find an appliance whisperer. Most people making minimum wage aren't dropping $2k on a new washing machine unless they absolutely have to. **Limit:** The Speed Queen recommendation is qualified inside this same set: one record recommends the brand highly, another reports being told that even the current agitator models are not what the old ones were. What the replies added1 Try to find a used appliance store or someone who repairs old machines. Chances are they have some that customers chose to replace. I buy from a workforce development program that trains people how to fix appliances. If I can't handle a repair myself--usually electrical--I trade the old one in for another used Kenmore from the 80s or 90s and they repair and resell the broken one. Win win. Hint: If you are not living in the land of "Yankee thrift", look in working class neighborhoods to nearest big city to find an appliance whisperer. Most people making minimum wage aren't dropping $2k on a new washing machine unless they absolutely have to. Reported failure♥ 1 **Speed Queen washing machine**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Speed+Queen+washing+machine&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Speed Queen, do research before buying they have 2 types TR and TC , tc is the classic old school but I recommend the brand highly! source record 239♥ 11 Later-arriving source I have an old school speed queen washing machine. According to my mom even the new ones with agitators still aren’t as good. posted about 40.7 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source The older ones are easy to work on. Parts cheap and plentiful. Hardest part is getting the manual and finding what to order. posted about 27.1 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported)[Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty yearsSwap instead of subtract · 5 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-0-furnaces-air-conditioning-and-the-unit-that-has-run-for-forty-ye)[iPods, and the community that keeps them runningSwap instead of subtract · 3 there](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-0-ipods-and-the-community-that-keeps-them-running) #### What the counts show Across 10 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (3 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 10index entries 10distinct source records 27.8%of parent category 2.7%of the complete index 3top-level comments 7replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 9other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **3** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments10 preserved records · 10 of 10 source records accounted for **Is it worth stockpiling the most commonly replaced parts now?**♥ 3source record 22 **The older ones are easy to work on. Parts cheap and plentiful. Hardest part is getting the manual and finding what to order.**♥ 1source record 23 **People always bring up washers and dryers but they exist. People just aren't willing to pay the same money for what they used to cost. Imagine paying $4000 for the pair. That's what 80s and 90s washers and dryers used to cost.**♥ 2source record 24 **You might find something close or even the same at an estate sale.**♥ 1source record 25 **People always upgrade.. check out Facebook marketplace etc. At times find them for $200\. I know how you feel ours is exactly 28 years old and it is a Kenmore. Simplicity! Water goes in the top of it and stays in the top of it.. I will not buy the front loader all my friends and families front loader always has distinct tennis shoe pond smell. And I can't tell you how many times they've ditched one to buy another.**♥ 1source record 26 **Try to find a used appliance store or someone who repairs old machines. Chances are they have some that customers chose to replace. I buy from a workforce development program that trains people how to fix appliances. If I can't handle a repair myself--usually electrical--I trade the old one in for another used Kenmore from the 80s or 90s and they repair and resell the broken one. Win win. Hint: If you are not living in the land of "Yankee thrift", look in working class neighborhoods to nearest big city to find an appliance whisperer. Most people making minimum wage aren't dropping $2k on a new washing machine unless they absolutely have to.**♥ 1source record 29 **My washing machine just went out and I’m having a difficult time finding a new set. If I knew it’d be so difficult we’d just try again to fix the old one.**♥ 7source record 238 **Speed Queen, do research before buying they have 2 types TR and TC , tc is the classic old school but I recommend the brand highly!**♥ 11source record 239 **Love my White Knight tumble dryer, so cheap to use but hard to replace.**♥ 1source record 361 **I have an old school speed queen washing machine. According to my mom even the new ones with agitators still aren’t as good.**♥ 1source record 423 Archive: 10 index entries preserve 10 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Cars and trucks72 records · 4 sub-topicsThe largest theme in the corpus: vehicles kept running past 200,000 miles because the owner does not want what replaced them. 72 records. The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgrade38 index entriesVehicles kept for what they do not have: screens, subscriptions and software. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgrade Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgrade 38 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 372 **Appears when:** The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgrade **What the pattern means:** These owners describe their cars by what the vehicle lacks. The list is consistent and specific: buttons and knobs instead of a touchscreen, no subscription, no telemetry, a CD player, hand-crank windows, a simple engine and few enough electronics that a mechanic can work on it. Age is worn as a joke — old enough to vote, old enough to drink, close to antique plates — but the stated reason for keeping the car is rarely sentiment. It is that the replacement adds software that will go obsolete before the mechanicals do, and a payment the owner does not want. **What commenters described:** Honestly, my car. I have a 20 year old Toyota Corolla. This thing is a beast. As long as you care for it, it will keep going for a long time. But the main reason is because it doesn't have a lot of electrical parts. There is no heated seats, fancy dashboard screens, remote start, etc. This makes it more reliable and easy to fix. Once it finally quits on my I will get a new (to me atleast) car but it is likely going to be after when all of these things started to become standard. **Limit:** Two records inside this theme reject the premise: one owner says a ten-year-old car meets every requirement on the list, and another names a current-model hybrid with buttons for everything and no subscription. What the replies added2 We have a 1999 Honda CRV for a local commuter that has 110,000 miles on it-everything on it looks great and is new or newish-added bluetooth and a backup camera and will be replacing the timing belt soon and hope to drive it another 100,000\. Such a fun car and our mechanic loves it because it's so easy to work on. From the replies♥ 131 The worst part is that the only reason these have to die is because they don't make the parts for them any more. And aftermarket is usually a fucking joke. From the replies♥ 34 #### Where commenters report limits Explicit limit or counterpoint For me the answer was my 2006 F150\. Had to get rid of it a few weeks ago. The frame was completely rusted out. The only fix would be a frame swap and that would have ran at least 12K. It served me well for 20 years and 315K miles. I just bought a 23 Silverado. There is so much annoying high tech garbage in there. I hate it. But for a modern truck it's basically got the least amount of fancy stuff. source record 206♥ 15 Explicit limit or counterpoint My 2005 Buick century is old enough to drink this year. Engine is great, unfortunately all of the interior GM plastic is cracking from heat/sun. source record 119♥ 3 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source A car with push buttons, no subscriptions, far easier to repair, was affordable, lasted all through Covid, never needs oil besides a standard change, uses regular unleaded, and gets \~35 mpg on average in normal city driving. And next year it will be old enough to vote. source record 85♥ 741 Later-arriving source I have a 21 year old manual golf TDI, I get 43 mpg normal driving. It has 360,000km on it. I had it inspected last year and the mechanic said I could probably get another 300k out of it. Aside from regular maintenance I've had to replace a few sensors here and there. It will be a sad day when it gets retired. I don't want an upgrade. posted about 29.1 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source 2013 Subaru Outback 🫡 137k and going strong as a weekend car. posted about 21.9 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported)[Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty yearsSwap instead of subtract · 5 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-0-furnaces-air-conditioning-and-the-unit-that-has-run-for-forty-ye)[iPods, and the community that keeps them runningSwap instead of subtract · 3 there](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-0-ipods-and-the-community-that-keeps-them-running) #### What the counts show Across 38 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (9 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 38index entries 38distinct source records 52.8%of parent category 10.2%of the complete index 24top-level comments 14replies #### What commenters explicitly report 1explicitly reports a benefit 2explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 35other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **9** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments38 preserved records · 38 of 38 source records accounted for **A car with push buttons, no subscriptions, far easier to repair, was affordable, lasted all through Covid, never needs oil besides a standard change, uses regular unleaded, and gets \~35 mpg on average in normal city driving. And next year it will be old enough to vote.**♥ 741source record 85 **Still rocking my 30 year old toyota, still works just as well as it did when my family bought it used 20 years ago.**♥ 9source record 112 **My car is quite a bit newer (still 10 years old) and it hits every qualification you listed. There are still plenty of options.**♥ 7source record 113 **My 2005 is SO CLOSE to being old enough for antique plates. 2005\. Let that sink in lol.**♥ 7source record 114 **Yeah, I still look at my 1999 Chevy truck as a modern reliable vehicle that's perfectly suitable to take on vacation, despite it qualifying for antique plates.**♥ 2source record 115 **My 2010 Hyundai Accent is old enough to get a license to drive herself. She's been a great investment.**♥ 4source record 116 **My 2008 crv is my baby and my husband wants me to upgrade it. I told him a 2013 crv is newest I will go. I hate driving his new Mazda even if it rides way smoother than my jalopy. I want my cd player and my haptic climate controls and no backup camera It has been to my mechanic in the last 5 years more than I’ve been to the dentist, doctor, and veterinarian combined (and I go to those regularly) and they laugh at how much I’ve put that car through (doing constant fieldwork in rural Appalachian Ohio has done a number on that vehicle). And she’s still chugging because pretty much everything in that car is easy to replace.**♥ 3source record 117 **My 2005 Buick century is old enough to drink this year. Engine is great, unfortunately all of the interior GM plastic is cracking from heat/sun.**♥ 3source record 119 **Haha yah my 20yo Corolla just won’t quit. It’s outlasted two other preowned cars with minimal maintenance.**♥ 3source record 120 **Maybe but there are options. My 2025 Honda Civic Hatch Hybrid has buttons for everything but also a touch screen for Android auto for navigation, settings, music etc. wipers, AC and anything you interact with regularly is buttons. No subscriptions, nearly 50mpg.**♥ 2source record 121 **I have a 21 year old manual golf TDI, I get 43 mpg normal driving. It has 360,000km on it. I had it inspected last year and the mechanic said I could probably get another 300k out of it. Aside from regular maintenance I've had to replace a few sensors here and there. It will be a sad day when it gets retired. I don't want an upgrade.**♥ 2source record 122 **Mine will do about 26mpg, and the top comes down. My kid just got me to fix it, and get it back on the road... The thing is amazing, and I hope it never dies. It's pushing 30... Just new enough for obd2, but not so new that it needs a tablet to change the ac settings... Its in the goldilox zone.**♥ 1source record 123 **Our car. '08 Honda that we bought in '13 with about 50k miles. Now at 220k. Anything new has a CVT transmission (yes I know that's redundant), a touchscreen instead of physical buttons, and so much tech it will be software-obsolete before it reaches its mechanical end of life. Plus, the costs on any newer-year vehicle are kinda nuts...market still disrupted from covid and supply chain impacts, EV rebates, not to mention loan rates that are still kinda insane.**♥ 88source record 159 **For me the answer was my 2006 F150\. Had to get rid of it a few weeks ago. The frame was completely rusted out. The only fix would be a frame swap and that would have ran at least 12K. It served me well for 20 years and 315K miles. I just bought a 23 Silverado. There is so much annoying high tech garbage in there. I hate it. But for a modern truck it's basically got the least amount of fancy stuff.**♥ 15source record 206 **Subaru Outback with the 3.6R engine. My plan was to pass this one down to a teen driver and get a new one a few years ago but they don’t make that engine anymore so I’ll drive it until it dies.**♥ 42source record 210 **Same here. We have an Outback and a Legacy, both with the 3.6\. Analogue gauges, physical buttons, and a screen that doesn’t look like an iPad stuck to the dash. And that engine ❤️**♥ 5source record 211 **Not impossible and not actually on its last leg, but my 1998 Honda Accord.**♥ 11source record 216 **I loved mine. I called it my accordion. It kept getting rear ended. It would crumple and they would rebuild it.. it happened 3x**♥ 9source record 217 **Nothing serious, but mine's radiator has been its weakest part. Got leaks, replaced with 3rd party, acting funny (something felt wrong), replaced again with Honda ori, leak again, fix, then rust attack, replaced with 3rd party again, all that from about 2012-2024\. The last 2 yrs or so, it's been flawless.**♥ 1source record 218 **My 2018 Ford Focus Electric. They no longer make the car. Sure I can buy another electric car but at a starting price that’s twice what I paid for this one.**♥ 4source record 262 **2002 Toyota Sequoia with 300k miles on it. A water pump and radiator is all that’s ever been fixed on it. It’s used just for odd ends at this point as I have a regular everyday vehicle too. It will not die but I always think any day it could. They don’t make them like they used to.**♥ 2source record 304 **CRT tvs cars with manual transmissions and hydraulic steering and no screens**♥ 2source record 307 **My 2001 Ford Ranger. All mechanical with only am/fm radio. Easy to maintain, easy to repair.**♥ 2source record 309 **I plan on keeping my F150 Lightning (EV) as such. BEST truck EVER and already discontinued.**♥ 2source record 314 **My truck… payed $14k for it used in 2009 (it’s an 04’). Impossible to replace because it would cost $60k + to replace it with something comparable today and I refuse to spend that much on a vehicle. I’m betting I’ll get at least another 10 years out of it (until I retire).**♥ 2source record 316 **My vehicle. Can't afford to fix it, can't afford to replace it.**♥ 2source record 324 **1998 sr5 manual transmission 4 cyl toyota tacoma**♥ 2source record 330 **my 2000 civic. I bought it for $2600 CAD. non-rusty ones (which is required to pass inspection) go for like 6000 CAD or more now. Not worth it.**♥ 1source record 341 **A station wagon...**♥ 1source record 343 **2014 Nissan Xterra. She's at 260K, still a runner, but everything is just about worn out. Try finding a simple, body on frame SUV with part time 4WD, a low range, a towing capacity anywhere near this thing, a normally aspirated, simple, bulletproof V6, and minimal tech, so that it can actually be wrenched on with normal tools in your garage.**♥ 1source record 344 **My 2002 Saturn. It's holding up well but parts for it aren't as easy to come by anymore. I'm praying my mechanic skills let this thing last another couple decades!**♥ 1source record 355 **My 2001 f150\. Doesn’t fit the last legs description cause I am going to repair and replace that thing into a ships of Theseus situation. But it’s impossible to replace in regards to how much I love it**♥ 1source record 360 **My reasonably priced used truck**♥ 1source record 362 **My Subaru WRX. It’s a rare one.**♥ 1source record 370 **Honestly, my car. I have a 20 year old Toyota Corolla. This thing is a beast. As long as you care for it, it will keep going for a long time. But the main reason is because it doesn't have a lot of electrical parts. There is no heated seats, fancy dashboard screens, remote start, etc. This makes it more reliable and easy to fix. Once it finally quits on my I will get a new (to me atleast) car but it is likely going to be after when all of these things started to become standard.**♥ 1source record 372 **2004 Toyota Tacoma, 5 speed, regular cab, hand crank windows, manual locks, luckily does have AC. We bought it used from first owner in 2016 with less than 80k miles. We now have about 140k miles on it (clearly not a daily driver). It has a little rust from dings.**♥ 1source record 401 **Element. They exist but hard to find ones in my area that aren't rusted out**♥ 1source record 405 **2013 Subaru Outback 🫡 137k and going strong as a weekend car.**♥ 1source record 406 Archive: 38 index entries preserve 38 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported13 index entriesOne reply thread in which owners answered each other with odometer readings. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported 13 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 93 **Appears when:** Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported **What the pattern means:** One reply thread in which owners answer each other with odometer readings rather than opinions: 110,000 on a 1999 CRV, 125,000 on a 2011 Fit, 160,000 on a 20-year-old Element, 180,000 after five years of fieldwork on bad roads, 242,000 on a Nissan Armada, 140,000 on a Yaris turning 20 next year that passed its test with no advisories. The Fit's discontinuation is the specific complaint, and the condition attached to the mileage claims is on-time oil changes. **What commenters described:** My Fit is 15 years old at approaching 90K! They are small mighty cars that refuse to give out **Limit:** These are self-reported odometer figures from owners of surviving cars; the same models that did not last are, by construction, absent from a thread about what you still own. What the replies added2 Hondas can get to 250,000 or more if you had your oil changes on time. From the replies♥ 24 I love my Fit and was so sad to hear they discontinued it. Mine is 10years old with 70k miles, so I hopefully will have it for another 10 years. From the replies♥ 17 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source We have a 1999 Honda CRV for a local commuter that has 110,000 miles on it-everything on it looks great and is new or newish-added bluetooth and a backup camera and will be replacing the timing belt soon and hope to drive it another 100,000\. Such a fun car and our mechanic loves it because it's so easy to work on. source record 86♥ 131 Later-arriving source Same but mines old enough to drink posted about 22.6 hours after the source♥ 1 Zero-like source 242k on my Nissan Armada, still getting 19 mpg posted about 1.8 hours after the source #### What the counts show The exact phrase “i love my fit” recurs across 2 of the 13 source records in Hondas and Toyotas, and the mileage owners reported; the complete archive stays available below. 13index entries 13distinct source records 18.1%of parent category 3.5%of the complete index 0top-level comments 13replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 12other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments13 preserved records · 13 of 13 source records accounted for **We have a 1999 Honda CRV for a local commuter that has 110,000 miles on it-everything on it looks great and is new or newish-added bluetooth and a backup camera and will be replacing the timing belt soon and hope to drive it another 100,000\. Such a fun car and our mechanic loves it because it's so easy to work on.**♥ 131source record 86 **Hondas can get to 250,000 or more if you had your oil changes on time.**♥ 24source record 87 **I love my fit, 125k miles, 2011 and still going strong. I hope to ready 250**♥ 4source record 88 **Mines at about 180k and I have put it through the wringer doing fieldwork in rural hilly areas with shit roads for the last 5 years. I’m confident I can get it to 250**♥ 1source record 89 **242k on my Nissan Armada, still getting 19 mpg**♥ 0source record 90 **Same boat with my Honda Fit**♥ 17source record 91 **I love my Fit and was so sad to hear they discontinued it. Mine is 10years old with 70k miles, so I hopefully will have it for another 10 years.**♥ 17source record 92 **My Fit is 15 years old at approaching 90K! They are small mighty cars that refuse to give out**♥ 14source record 93 **Same with my Honda Element. I refuse to get rid of it. He turned 20 this year with 160k miles.**♥ 6source record 99 **god same, I have a 2015 and recently did a search to try to find an electric hatchback to replace it and there just aren't... any? gonna run it into the ground at this point!**♥ 1source record 100 **I moved from my BFE town to San Francisco, 2500 miles away, in one of those in 2001\. Bright teal green. Loaded to the gills with clothing, a shelf stereo, computer, guitar and books. About six months later the clutch cable stretched and the car became inoperable. I didn’t have the money to fix it, and I sold it to a tow yard for $300\. About 15 years later, I saw it driving down Mission Street. It’s still had my Grateful Dead sticker on it. I’ll regret the loss of that car till my dying day Eta: oops. Not that car. A Civic DX. The two door hatch. IDK why I got confused.**♥ 5source record 101 **My Toyota Yaris 1.4 petrol is 20 next year done 140k miles and last week it passed its MOT with zero advisories. Runs like a dream bodywork has held up great too**♥ 1source record 102 **Same but mines old enough to drink**♥ 1source record 103 Archive: 13 index entries preserve 13 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made10 index entriesThe point at which a working vehicle becomes uneconomic: a panel, a frame or an engine nobody stocks. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made 10 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 94 **Appears when:** Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made **What the pattern means:** The point at which a working vehicle becomes uneconomic is a component, not the car, and the records name it precisely: a driver's door that requires a multi-state search of recently crashed examples of the same model, a part collected in person from another state, a marine diesel that has not run in eight years, and a rebuilt motorcycle that is knocking again. **What commenters described:** I love my Honda Fit. Someone just backed into me and put a huge dent in my drivers side door. If they have to replace the door they said they have to do a multi state search for a fit that was recently in an accident to find a replacement door 😭 **Limit:** Parts availability in this set splits by production volume rather than by age: the same theme argues that eighteen-year-old economy cars have plenty of parts precisely because so many were sold. What the replies added2 In my experience 18 year old economy cars have plenty of parts availability From the replies♥ 23 There are scrapyards that have parts, if a huge number of that make and model were sold. Like a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. From the replies♥ 6 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source The worst part is that the only reason these have to die is because they don't make the parts for them any more. And aftermarket is usually a fucking joke. source record 104♥ 34 Later-arriving source Since the other drivers at fault my insurance should cover it, the shop did say they would try to just bump out the dent but if they can’t they have to go the replacement route posted about 14.7 hours after the source♥ 4 Low-like source Pull it out yourself with hot water and a plunger! posted about 7.7 hours after the source♥ 2 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 10 source records for Parts, rebuilds and the components no longer made together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 10index entries 10distinct source records 13.9%of parent category 2.7%of the complete index 2top-level comments 8replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 10other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments10 preserved records · 10 of 10 source records accounted for **I love my Honda Fit. Someone just backed into me and put a huge dent in my drivers side door. If they have to replace the door they said they have to do a multi state search for a fit that was recently in an accident to find a replacement door 😭**♥ 14source record 94 **My dad has an older Sequoia and him and my mom had to go on a true odyssey to Davenport Iowa to get a part that their mechanic could not find anywhere else**♥ 4source record 95 **Oh no, sorry to hear that 🥲**♥ 2source record 96 **Pull it out yourself with hot water and a plunger!**♥ 2source record 97 **Since the other drivers at fault my insurance should cover it, the shop did say they would try to just bump out the dent but if they can’t they have to go the replacement route**♥ 4source record 98 **The worst part is that the only reason these have to die is because they don't make the parts for them any more. And aftermarket is usually a fucking joke.**♥ 34source record 104 **In my experience 18 year old economy cars have plenty of parts availability**♥ 23source record 105 **There are scrapyards that have parts, if a huge number of that make and model were sold. Like a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla.**♥ 6source record 106 **A 1985 Yanmar diesel marine engine. I am hoping I can revive it. It should still have more miles in it. But it hasn't run in 8 years.**♥ 2source record 297 **A 15 year old Harley with 90k miles that's been rebuilt several times and is knocking again.**♥ 2source record 298 Archive: 10 index entries preserve 10 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs What commenters said to buy instead11 index entriesConcrete replacement routes proposed inside the car threads, including the arithmetic one commenter worked through. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: What commenters said to buy instead Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### What commenters said to buy instead 11 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 160 **Appears when:** What commenters said to buy instead **What the pattern means:** The concrete replacement routes proposed inside the car threads. Two are products — a used late-2010s model that still has knobs, and a forthcoming truck with hand-crank windows and optional telemetry — and two are corrections rather than recommendations: that continuously variable transmissions are not in everything, and that a Toyota hybrid's eCVT is a different mechanism. The longest record in the theme is arithmetic, working a new car's depreciation and five-year maintenance against a used one. **What commenters described:** Why not just buy another used Honda? A late '10s model would still have knobs and buttons. Can't vouch for the transmission but I will endorse Toyota's eCVT they use in many of their hybrids. Also, I've noticed a lot cars from those years don't have as many miles on them as you'd think because we all stopped going anywhere for a year or so. **Limit:** That arithmetic is one commenter's own worked example using figures they supply themselves, and it closes by asking the thread whether it has missed something. What the replies added1 This. I’ll keep buying 2015 and younger as long as it’s possible to do so. A new car is 30k upfront (or more). Depreciation is 2k or more a year. Maintenance in the first 5 years will be 2k. So after 5 years you’ve “spent” 12k and you’ll trade in the car for 18k. It takes another 12k to buy a new one again. Thats 12k every 5 years with an upfront 30k. A good used one is 5k. Add a radio with CarPlay and android Auto and some initial maintenance and it’s 6k upfront. I then have 6k(!) left to spend on maintenance in the first 5 years before it becomes more expensive than a new car. It can depreciate to 0 for all I care. But it won’t. You can always sell it for 2 or 3k. And Im ignoring the 24k upfront price difference for simplicity as that value isn’t lost fully but only “locked up”. It makes no sense to me to waste 30k and then another 12k every 5 years to buy new, which will be worse in many ways, only to avoid the maintenance costs of older cars. If we look at EV’s it’s even worse as the ones with built in batteries will eventually only be worth their scrap. Older cars are just better. Or am I missing something? Pushback♥ 10 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Why not just buy another used Honda? A late '10s model would still have knobs and buttons. Can't vouch for the transmission but I will endorse Toyota's eCVT they use in many of their hybrids. Also, I've noticed a lot cars from those years don't have as many miles on them as you'd think because we all stopped going anywhere for a year or so. source record 160♥ 18 Later-arriving source There are some videos on YouTube where they mention one of the engineers is over 6 feet and still has some headroom. posted about 39.3 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source If you want to avoid the shitty CVTs just get the hybrids, which have the good CVTs. posted about 27.3 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 11 source records, 4 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 11index entries 11distinct source records 15.3%of parent category 2.9%of the complete index 0top-level comments 11replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 4asks a question 0says they intend to try it 7other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments11 preserved records · 11 of 11 source records accounted for **You might like r/slateauto. No tracking (cellular data module is optional), hand crank windows, and company intends for you to have right-to-repair and DIY for installing options.**♥ 5source record 118 **Why not just buy another used Honda? A late '10s model would still have knobs and buttons. Can't vouch for the transmission but I will endorse Toyota's eCVT they use in many of their hybrids. Also, I've noticed a lot cars from those years don't have as many miles on them as you'd think because we all stopped going anywhere for a year or so.**♥ 18source record 160 **This. I’ll keep buying 2015 and younger as long as it’s possible to do so. A new car is 30k upfront (or more). Depreciation is 2k or more a year. Maintenance in the first 5 years will be 2k. So after 5 years you’ve “spent” 12k and you’ll trade in the car for 18k. It takes another 12k to buy a new one again. Thats 12k every 5 years with an upfront 30k. A good used one is 5k. Add a radio with CarPlay and android Auto and some initial maintenance and it’s 6k upfront. I then have 6k(!) left to spend on maintenance in the first 5 years before it becomes more expensive than a new car. It can depreciate to 0 for all I care. But it won’t. You can always sell it for 2 or 3k. And Im ignoring the 24k upfront price difference for simplicity as that value isn’t lost fully but only “locked up”. It makes no sense to me to waste 30k and then another 12k every 5 years to buy new, which will be worse in many ways, only to avoid the maintenance costs of older cars. If we look at EV’s it’s even worse as the ones with built in batteries will eventually only be worth their scrap. Older cars are just better. Or am I missing something?**♥ 10source record 161 **Absolutely agree. Bought a brand new Mazda RX-8 in 2006, had an utter ball with her but I’m never going to buy new ever again, that payment was just awful. Currently have a 2014 CRV, it’s about to need a transmission and I replaced the shocks earlier this year… but I am loathe to get rid of it for something newer, especially if I have to have a car payment again 😫**♥ 3source record 162 **For Europeans “car payments” are bonkers. Most people here buy cash or lease. Hence our “old” fleets.**♥ 1source record 163 **Do actual research, CVTs aren't in everything, Toyota hybrids have an eCVT that isn't a cvt, bunch of options**♥ 4source record 164 **If you want to avoid the shitty CVTs just get the hybrids, which have the good CVTs.**♥ 1source record 165 **I'm thinking of trading in my current ev for a r/slateauto truck with the suv kit. Real knobs for AC controls, hand crank widows, and even the remote telemetry is optional.**♥ 1source record 207 **The slate looks sweet but I'm 6'10" so I'd definitely have to see one in person to see how roomy it is.**♥ 2source record 208 **There are some videos on YouTube where they mention one of the engineers is over 6 feet and still has some headroom.**♥ 1source record 209 **Doesn't that one only have like 100 miles? You can just go a few years later and get a used one with double the battery...**♥ 1source record 263 Archive: 11 index entries preserve 11 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs The fixed systems in a house20 records · 2 sub-topicsFurnaces, air conditioning and cold storage — the machines nobody chooses and everybody eventually has to. 20 records. Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty years11 index entriesFixed plant old enough that the installer comments on it, and the efficiency argument that follows. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty years Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty years 11 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 139 **Appears when:** Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty years **What the pattern means:** Fixed plant old enough that the installer remarks on it: a 40-year-old HVAC unit, a 30-year-old furnace every technician calls oversized, an olive-green unit from the seventies or eighties, one from 1948\. The theme's only report on a current product is about a wall air conditioner rather than central plant. The efficiency argument runs both directions inside the theme — owners who replaced theirs report the new units are markedly quieter, smaller and cheaper to run, while an owner who has not cites three friends whose new units already needed major repairs. A floor furnace is named as the case where the components are simply out of production. **What commenters described:** We replaced our late olive green 1970/80s A/C unit a few years ago. The guy who did the install said “Oh I have never seen one this old. I heard these old ones may just catch on fire on day, but they run great." **Limit:** Nobody here compares running costs directly; the efficiency claim and the repair-frequency complaint come from different owners describing different units. What the replies added2 We replaced our late olive green 1970/80s A/C unit a few years ago. The guy who did the install said “Oh I have never seen one this old. I heard these old ones may just catch on fire on day, but they run great." From the replies♥ 71 I just replaced a 30 year old one, and every tech that looked at it said something like "That's one big ass furnace!" The new one is 1/2 the physical size. From the replies♥ 24 **Friedrich wall air conditioner**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Friedrich+wall+air+conditioner&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source A 40 year old HVAC unit. source record 138♥ 173 Later-arriving source My knees . Also trying to find a wall AC that has good reviews. They all seem like crap. My living room Friedrich has been pretty good. Might get for the bedroom. Had the cheap koldfront or whatever it is. Barely cool air coming out posted about 38.2 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Finally replaced ours of the same age, and unsurprisingly the efficiency and quiet are a big improvement! posted about 2.7 hours after the source♥ 3 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported)[The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgradeSwap instead of subtract · 9 there](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-0-the-old-car-with-physical-buttons-and-why-owners-refuse-to-upgra)[iPods, and the community that keeps them runningSwap instead of subtract · 3 there](#rich-node-0-group-4-subgroup-0-ipods-and-the-community-that-keeps-them-running) #### What the counts show Across 11 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (5 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 11index entries 11distinct source records 55%of parent category 2.9%of the complete index 3top-level comments 8replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 11other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **5** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments11 preserved records · 11 of 11 source records accounted for **A 40 year old HVAC unit.**♥ 173source record 138 **We replaced our late olive green 1970/80s A/C unit a few years ago. The guy who did the install said “Oh I have never seen one this old. I heard these old ones may just catch on fire on day, but they run great."**♥ 71source record 139 **I just replaced a 30 year old one, and every tech that looked at it said something like "That's one big ass furnace!" The new one is 1/2 the physical size.**♥ 24source record 140 **My mom had to replace hers recently and it’s about 1/3 the volume too, the old one was a massive mid-80s model.**♥ 7source record 141 **I fear the day we have to replace our 30 year old one. I have three different friends who have had new a/c units in the last 3 years that have all had to have major repairs. Everyone says the new ones are more efficient but I can’t imagine they are so much more efficient that it covers the cost of repairs!**♥ 6source record 142 **Finally replaced ours of the same age, and unsurprisingly the efficiency and quiet are a big improvement!**♥ 3source record 143 **Modern heat pumps will really impress you**♥ 4source record 144 **But the new ones are so much more efficient**♥ 4source record 145 **Saaaame, only ours is from. . .1948 lol**♥ 4source record 146 **I live in a old ass house with a floor furnace. The components for it are no longer in production, and haven’t for a while. So when one of those goes out, it’s likely done.**♥ 4source record 290 **My knees . Also trying to find a wall AC that has good reviews. They all seem like crap. My living room Friedrich has been pretty good. Might get for the bedroom. Had the cheap koldfront or whatever it is. Barely cool air coming out**♥ 1source record 421 Archive: 11 index entries preserve 11 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Fridges, freezers and water heaters9 index entriesCold storage measured in decades, and the brands named as still capable of it. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Fridges, freezers and water heaters Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Fridges, freezers and water heaters 9 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 295 **Appears when:** Fridges, freezers and water heaters **What the pattern means:** Cold storage is measured in decades — a fridge that reached 26 years, a deep freezer from the 1970s still running on one manual defrost a year — and the question the theme actually asks is whether anything sold now can do that. Two answers are offered: a premium built-in brand, with its price stated as a warning in the same breath, and a repair route in which the known failure part on a common model is swapped for a better-made one. A separate record wants a fridge with no ice dispenser at all and identifies the dispenser flap as the thing that fails. **What commenters described:** You are quite right! My 1988 Sub Zero runs like a champ! I vacuum the coils twice a year and the seals have been replaced twice since new. Amazing machine and surprisingly energy-efficient for its age! **Limit:** The premium-brand answer carries its own cost caveat from the commenter who gave it, and the parts-substitution route is repeated from repair videos rather than from a repair the commenter did. What the replies added2 If you watch YouTube the obsolescence parts are well known by warranty repair 🧑‍🔧 people on popular brands. If you replace the broken part with a quality (usually European) one the new fridges will work forever. Reported failure♥ 1 If you watch YouTube the obsolescence parts are well known by warranty repair 🧑‍🔧 people on popular brands. If you replace the broken part with a quality (usually European) one the new fridges will work forever. Reported failure♥ 1 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source A fridge without an ice dispenser. source record 236♥ 13 Later-arriving source If you watch YouTube the obsolescence parts are well known by warranty repair 🧑‍🔧 people on popular brands. If you replace the broken part with a quality (usually European) one the new fridges will work forever. posted about 27.0 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source My fridge and my zero turn lawnmower 😭send help posted about 15.8 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Chairs you can still get parts forSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-3-chairs-you-can-still-get-parts-for)[Coats, boots and shoesSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-1-coats-boots-and-shoes)[Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported) #### What the counts show Across 9 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 9index entries 9distinct source records 45%of parent category 2.4%of the complete index 5top-level comments 4replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 9other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments9 preserved records · 9 of 9 source records accounted for **A fridge without an ice dispenser.**♥ 13source record 236 **My in-laws always have their ice tray freeze into a solid block and jams up, bc the humidity is getting through the flap in the dispenser. I've been telling them that I recommend our newish (2006) model has no dispenser in the door. Instead the ice maker just dumps into a drawer in the freezer drawer and it came with a scoop. No problems.**♥ 1source record 237 **My uncle was trying so hard to keep their fridge alive, this past month it finally went kaput. That thing was 26 years old. Probably will never have a fridge that will last that long ever again. Unless someone knows of some amazing fridge that can last 20+ years.**♥ 2source record 293 **Sub Zero will last that long, but it will cost more than your first car.**♥ 2source record 294 **You are quite right! My 1988 Sub Zero runs like a champ! I vacuum the coils twice a year and the seals have been replaced twice since new. Amazing machine and surprisingly energy-efficient for its age!**♥ 3source record 295 **If you watch YouTube the obsolescence parts are well known by warranty repair 🧑‍🔧 people on popular brands. If you replace the broken part with a quality (usually European) one the new fridges will work forever.**♥ 1source record 296 **Was my water heater until Monday**♥ 2source record 300 **We have a deep freezer from the 1970s that still works amazing. We have to defrost it once a year manually, but it's no big deal. It still seems fine but I know it won't last forever, but Imma be really sad when it dies**♥ 1source record 384 **My fridge and my zero turn lawnmower 😭send help**♥ 1source record 385 Archive: 9 index entries preserve 9 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Screens27 records · 2 sub-topicsA discontinued display technology with an unusually organised set of defenders, and the counter-argument they drew. 27 records. Plasma and “dumb” TVs owners refuse to give up18 index entriesA display technology nobody makes, kept alive by owners who do not want a smart set. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Plasma and “dumb” TVs owners refuse to give up Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Plasma and “dumb” TVs owners refuse to give up 18 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 198 **Appears when:** Plasma and “dumb” TVs owners refuse to give up **What the pattern means:** A display technology nobody manufactures, kept in service by owners who date their sets precisely: 2010, 2011, seventeen years, a 21-year-old Bravia, a 19-year-old one. Two distinct reasons are given and they are not the same. One is picture characteristics. The other is that the set is not a smart television — several records name the absence of updates and data collection as the feature, and one owner reports keeping a working plasma over an OLED they already own and prefer less. **What commenters described:** My 19 year old Bravia is still kicking as well, and it doesn't spy on me. 1080p is all I need. **Limit:** The only repair anybody in this set describes is a power supply board replaced twelve years ago; nothing here establishes that the surviving sets are still serviceable. What the replies added2 I have 2 Panasonic plasma from 2010 and 2011\. My only TVs and I love them both. I will be so sad when they shit the bed. Good thing is normies don't know how good they are so a lot on marketplace for free or cheap. From the replies♥ 9 Panasonic plasma TVs just won’t die. Mine is old enough to vote. I want a new TV, but I refuse to buy one while the current one still works. From the replies♥ 8 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source I still love my plasma dumb TV from 2010. source record 174♥ 11 Later-arriving source We are going on 10ish ours. My old LCD? one from college (2008) still works. posted about 27.2 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source When we bought it, the black was deeper than LCD or LED, that’s why we chose it back then. Not enough of an expert to answer for anyone else. I just really don’t want a smart TV, and they’re all so BIG nowadays. My house is small. This TV already covers 1/3 of the wall, lol. posted about 18.8 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Chairs you can still get parts forSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-3-chairs-you-can-still-get-parts-for)[Coats, boots and shoesSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-1-coats-boots-and-shoes)[Fridges, freezers and water heatersSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-1-fridges-freezers-and-water-heaters) #### What the counts show Across 18 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 18index entries 18distinct source records 66.7%of parent category 4.8%of the complete index 3top-level comments 15replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 3asks a question 0says they intend to try it 15other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments18 preserved records · 18 of 18 source records accounted for **Dumb plasma TV**♥ 79source record 173 **I still love my plasma dumb TV from 2010.**♥ 11source record 174 **I have 2 Panasonic plasma from 2010 and 2011\. My only TVs and I love them both. I will be so sad when they shit the bed. Good thing is normies don't know how good they are so a lot on marketplace for free or cheap.**♥ 9source record 175 **Panasonic plasma TVs just won’t die. Mine is old enough to vote. I want a new TV, but I refuse to buy one while the current one still works.**♥ 8source record 176 **"Old enough to vote" is the funniest way anyone's put that timeline. Hard to argue with the logic of not replacing something that flat out refuses to quit.**♥ 1source record 177 **When we bought it, the black was deeper than LCD or LED, that’s why we chose it back then. Not enough of an expert to answer for anyone else. I just really don’t want a smart TV, and they’re all so BIG nowadays. My house is small. This TV already covers 1/3 of the wall, lol.**♥ 1source record 181 **Two of them still going from 2010/2011 as your only sets is a hell of a run. And yeah, plasma being underrated on the used market right now is honestly good news for anyone who knows what they're looking at.**♥ 1source record 183 **I fucking love my Panasonic. I got an oled and it’s fine but it’s no plasma.**♥ 2source record 190 **Plasma still has that die-hard fanbase for a reason, deep blacks and motion handling that OLED took years to really catch up on. Glad the OLED's treating you well even if it's not quite hitting the same nostalgia**♥ 1source record 191 **I’ve had my Sony for 17 years! Replaced the power supply board about 12 years ago and it’s been going strong ever since.**♥ 2source record 193 **I’ve had my Sony for 14 years, no issue (and no constant updates). Will be very sad if this thing ever dies and can’t be fixed, it’s just solid**♥ 1source record 194 **The updates! Why do we have to have EVERYTHING scraping data?!? The streaming services already do, can’t my TV just be dumb?**♥ 2source record 195 **We are going on 10ish ours. My old LCD? one from college (2008) still works.**♥ 1source record 196 **My Sony Bravia is 21 years old and refuses to die.**♥ 1source record 197 **My 19 year old Bravia is still kicking as well, and it doesn't spy on me. 1080p is all I need.**♥ 2source record 198 **am sitting in front of a pioneer 5080 right now, i prefer it over oled for a lot of stuff and it was 25 bucks on marketplace.**♥ 1source record 199 **My $10 Plasma tv from an estate sale that is about 15-17 years old. It’s huge and works fine and I’ve had it for about 5 years, I’m just hoping it lasts forever because I don’t want to spend money on a new TV especially one of that size**♥ 2source record 313 **My 3d TV.**♥ 1source record 398 Archive: 18 index entries preserve 18 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs The argument over whether an old plasma is worth keeping9 index entriesPower draw, picture quality and running cost, contested in the same reply thread. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: The argument over whether an old plasma is worth keeping Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### The argument over whether an old plasma is worth keeping 9 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 179 **Appears when:** The argument over whether an old plasma is worth keeping **What the pattern means:** The most technically specific disagreement in the corpus. The objection is power draw and mid picture quality. The answers are that late plasma sets carried the maximum six-star energy rating of their day, that plasma handled motion in a way the LED sets of the time did not, and that contrast approached OLED without burn-in or sample-and-hold. The running-cost dispute is never settled, and the thread's own conclusion is that the picture advantage has since closed. **What commenters described:** Common misconception from the early models. Plasma TV power usage went down a lot by the time they were getting phased out and LED started taking over. I had the last 60 inch plasma Panasonic made and it had the maximum 6 star energy rating on release. By comparison, LED TVs at that time had an ultra efficient row of stars on top of the first 6\. Picture quality was definitely average with less sharpness but they can handle scenes with lots of movement very well which was the opposite of LED TVs. LED has come a long way though so searching for an old plasma isn't really worth it anymore. **Limit:** No figure in this exchange is sourced, and the annual running-cost estimates commenters trade differ from one another by roughly a factor of five. What the replies added1 Common misconception from the early models. Plasma TV power usage went down a lot by the time they were getting phased out and LED started taking over. I had the last 60 inch plasma Panasonic made and it had the maximum 6 star energy rating on release. By comparison, LED TVs at that time had an ultra efficient row of stars on top of the first 6\. Picture quality was definitely average with less sharpness but they can handle scenes with lots of movement very well which was the opposite of LED TVs. LED has come a long way though so searching for an old plasma isn't really worth it anymore. Pushback♥ 7 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Common misconception from the early models. Plasma TV power usage went down a lot by the time they were getting phased out and LED started taking over. I had the last 60 inch plasma Panasonic made and it had the maximum 6 star energy rating on release. By comparison, LED TVs at that time had an ultra efficient row of stars on top of the first 6\. Picture quality was definitely average with less sharpness but they can handle scenes with lots of movement very well which was the opposite of LED TVs. LED has come a long way though so searching for an old plasma isn't really worth it anymore. source record 179♥ 7 Later-arriving source Near OLED levels of contrast but no burn-in problems, plus no sample-and-hold so low frame rate (24-30 fps) content doesn't look like stop motion animation. posted about 27.3 hours after the source♥ 1 Zero-like source For better quality picture? Sure. & it’s more like $300-$500 a yr That pays for my flight to Cali this weekend for a last min summer getaway posted about 1.7 hours after the source♥ -2 #### What the counts show Within 9 source records, 4 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 9index entries 9distinct source records 33.3%of parent category 2.4%of the complete index 0top-level comments 9replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 4asks a question 0says they intend to try it 5other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments9 preserved records · 9 of 9 source records accounted for **Plasmas have mid picture quality and consume an huge amount of power what makes them good exactly?**♥ 5source record 178 **Common misconception from the early models. Plasma TV power usage went down a lot by the time they were getting phased out and LED started taking over. I had the last 60 inch plasma Panasonic made and it had the maximum 6 star energy rating on release. By comparison, LED TVs at that time had an ultra efficient row of stars on top of the first 6\. Picture quality was definitely average with less sharpness but they can handle scenes with lots of movement very well which was the opposite of LED TVs. LED has come a long way though so searching for an old plasma isn't really worth it anymore.**♥ 7source record 179 **Near OLED levels of contrast but no burn-in problems, plus no sample-and-hold so low frame rate (24-30 fps) content doesn't look like stop motion animation.**♥ 1source record 182 **They are especially good at wasting elektricity. My Toshiba LCD is also alive for over 15 year.**♥ 0source record 184 **Couple bucks a month? You that cheap? Lmao**♥ 1source record 185 **Because normies know they are an energy suck**♥ 0source record 186 **You really penny pinch over probably 50-100$ a year?**♥ 1source record 187 **For better quality picture? Sure. & it’s more like $300-$500 a yr That pays for my flight to Cali this weekend for a last min summer getaway**♥ -2source record 188 **Guarantee they do not cost that much per year 🤣 if you replaced your current TV with a 65" plasma and watched the same amount of tv you do now im willing to bet you would notice nothing different about your energy bill.... your heating and cooling is what is expensive not a tv no matter what kind**♥ 2source record 189 Archive: 9 index entries preserve 9 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Music players and hi-fi27 records · 2 sub-topicsDevices whose owners describe an active repair route rather than a replacement. 27 records. iPods, and the community that keeps them running17 index entriesThe clearest repair pathway in the corpus: a discontinued device with a named modification route. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: iPods, and the community that keeps them running Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### iPods, and the community that keeps them running 17 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 127 **Appears when:** iPods, and the community that keeps them running **What the pattern means:** The most complete repair pathway in the corpus, described by people who have done it. The modifications named are specific: the mechanical drive replaced with flash storage on a CompactFlash or microSD adapter, a new case and bezel, alternative firmware, and a documented community around the work. One owner reports a fifth-generation unit rebuilt almost entirely; another reports a 2006 nano still running on about twenty minutes of battery. The failure the mods answer — the click of death — is in the same thread. **What commenters described:** you can get replacement everything for those now. I have a 5th gen thats flash modded and everything. new case, bezel, etc. **Limit:** The modification route is reported by people who completed it; no record says what it cost, how long it took, or how often it fails. What the replies added2 Look into iPod modding, there’s a whole community online of people who fix them up. From the replies♥ 90 you can get replacement everything for those now. I have a 5th gen thats flash modded and everything. new case, bezel, etc. From the replies♥ 23 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Look into iPod modding, there’s a whole community online of people who fix them up. source record 125♥ 90 Later-arriving source Lots of new old stock on eBay. posted about 25.4 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source I've got a 60gb one that still works as well. I remember back in the day that was the coolest thing ever to have full movies on it to watch posted about 9.1 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported)[Furnaces, air conditioning and the unit that has run for forty yearsSwap instead of subtract · 5 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-0-furnaces-air-conditioning-and-the-unit-that-has-run-for-forty-ye)[The old car with physical buttons, and why owners refuse to upgradeSwap instead of subtract · 9 there](#rich-node-0-group-1-subgroup-0-the-old-car-with-physical-buttons-and-why-owners-refuse-to-upgra) #### What the counts show Across 17 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (3 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 17index entries 17distinct source records 63%of parent category 4.5%of the complete index 2top-level comments 15replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 16other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **3** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments17 preserved records · 17 of 17 source records accounted for **IPod classic.**♥ 250source record 124 **Look into iPod modding, there’s a whole community online of people who fix them up.**♥ 90source record 125 **I gotta do this for my iPod touch 2 gen**♥ 8source record 126 **you can get replacement everything for those now. I have a 5th gen thats flash modded and everything. new case, bezel, etc.**♥ 23source record 127 **Ipod of theseus**♥ 19source record 128 **Interesting. Sadly mine had had the click of death for years, and I don't know if it even turns on.**♥ 5source record 129 **\[link removed\] Tito always does good mod breakdowns.**♥ 5source record 130 **If you still have it, it might be worth repairing. You can replace the drives with MicroSD cards with an adapter. Rockbox is great to install on those old devices.**♥ 7source record 131 **This happened to me years ago and I replaced the hard drive with a CF card and adapter.**♥ 14source record 132 **Look into DAPs**♥ 4source record 133 **I also got one just recently, when my sister-in-law was moving and throwing away things. I have not come up with a use scenario, so I will just probably give it away.**♥ 1source record 134 **Lots of new old stock on eBay.**♥ 1source record 136 **iPod shuffle, since April 2012.**♥ 9source record 253 **Somehow my iPod Nano from 2006 still works. Battery lasts for about 20 minutes but it works!**♥ 3source record 254 **My 2nd gen ipod touch from 06 still kicking. I replaced the battery in 2010 and it stays plugged in the glove box of my vehicle now but still gets used to play through the usb.**♥ 1source record 255 **My iPod classic still works, granted I never use it anymore**♥ 1source record 256 **I've got a 60gb one that still works as well. I remember back in the day that was the coolest thing ever to have full movies on it to watch**♥ 1source record 257 Archive: 17 index entries preserve 17 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Headphones and amplifiers nothing new has matched10 index entriesFit and sound described as the unreproducible part, with pads and servicing as the limiting factor. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Headphones and amplifiers nothing new has matched Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Headphones and amplifiers nothing new has matched 10 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 311 **Appears when:** Headphones and amplifiers nothing new has matched **What the pattern means:** What owners say cannot be reproduced is fit rather than specification: comfortable, owned ten years, every newer pair feels worse. The one repair actually reported is a consumable — third-party replacement ear pads, with one commenter on their third set. At the other end of the theme a roughly 50-year-old amplifier is becoming unserviceable for a reason that has nothing to do with parts: the only person still willing to work on it is the owner's ageing father. **What commenters described:** i think i have the same model. the material on my ear pads split, probably from using them while weightlifting and sweating all over them but i ordered a replacement set from wicked cushions and now they're like new **Limit:** The single replacement suggestion in this theme is second-hand — a commenter relaying a friend's recommendation — and names a brand rather than a matched model. What the replies added1 My Rotel RB-980BX. I bought it used and one of the two channels stopped working (I know why) soo it's being used in mono left channel only for my center channel in a 5.1 system. Actually works perfectly and tbh means the single power transformer is dedicated to one channel which I'm a fan of Reported failure♥ 1 **Wicked Cushions replacement ear pads**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Wicked+Cushions+replacement+ear+pads&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Where commenters report limits Explicit limit or counterpoint My Rotel RB-980BX. I bought it used and one of the two channels stopped working (I know why) soo it's being used in mono left channel only for my center channel in a 5.1 system. Actually works perfectly and tbh means the single power transformer is dedicated to one channel which I'm a fan of source record 387♥ 1 Explicit limit or counterpoint My solid state stereo amplifier. It’s close to 50yo, my father bought it a long time ago. It has nothing special but I like its looks and I like its sound. It was not very high end so hifi enthusiasts don’t give a crap about it and it’s becoming harder to service. It’s plugged into my TV and plays everything In my living room. It is not working properly the only person that is willing to work on it is my father himself but it’s always a bother bringing it to my parent’s and he’s not getting younger as well. Fortunately I don’t have the money right now or I would probably cave and buy a sound bar that would sound 15% better but have 10% of the durability and slightly better ergonomics. source record 351♥ 1 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Wicked is the best. I’m on my 3rd set of cushions source record 312♥ 2 Later-arriving source My Rotel RB-980BX. I bought it used and one of the two channels stopped working (I know why) soo it's being used in mono left channel only for my center channel in a 5.1 system. Actually works perfectly and tbh means the single power transformer is dedicated to one channel which I'm a fan of posted about 16.1 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source My darling and fantastic Jabra earbuds. It's a true tragedy in my life. posted about 14.7 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 10 source records, 0 explicitly report a benefit and 2 explicitly report a limit or failure. These are attributed experiences, not effectiveness data. 10index entries 10distinct source records 37%of parent category 2.7%of the complete index 7top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 2explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments10 preserved records · 10 of 10 source records accounted for **My Bose QC35 headphones. Still going strong for now and they have seen a lot of use.**♥ 2source record 310 **i think i have the same model. the material on my ear pads split, probably from using them while weightlifting and sweating all over them but i ordered a replacement set from wicked cushions and now they're like new**♥ 2source record 311 **Wicked is the best. I’m on my 3rd set of cushions**♥ 2source record 312 **an old pair of headphones ive had for years. theyre starting to fall apart, but theyre comfortable and sound great, so finding a replacement that feels exactly the same would be nearly impossible**♥ 1source record 350 **My solid state stereo amplifier. It’s close to 50yo, my father bought it a long time ago. It has nothing special but I like its looks and I like its sound. It was not very high end so hifi enthusiasts don’t give a crap about it and it’s becoming harder to service. It’s plugged into my TV and plays everything In my living room. It is not working properly the only person that is willing to work on it is my father himself but it’s always a bother bringing it to my parent’s and he’s not getting younger as well. Fortunately I don’t have the money right now or I would probably cave and buy a sound bar that would sound 15% better but have 10% of the durability and slightly better ergonomics.**♥ 1source record 351 **LPs , Disks video games**♥ 1source record 356 **My headphones. I owe them for 10 years, they’re ridiculously comfortable and the sound is amazing and every newer pair I try feels worse. I’m going to be devastated when they finally die. I hope this day will never come**♥ 1source record 367 **I had similar anxieties about this, but my sound engineering friend gave me a good rec with Sennheiser's. I do specifically like on-ear headphones though (over ears mess with my glasses too much.)**♥ 1source record 368 **My darling and fantastic Jabra earbuds. It's a true tragedy in my life.**♥ 1source record 380 **My Rotel RB-980BX. I bought it used and one of the two channels stopped working (I know why) soo it's being used in mono left channel only for my center channel in a 5.1 system. Actually works perfectly and tbh means the single power transformer is dedicated to one channel which I'm a fan of**♥ 1source record 387 Archive: 10 index entries preserve 10 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Computers, phones and input devices33 records · 4 sub-topicsWhere the stockpiling tactic shows up most: form factors and models that were withdrawn while people were still using them. 33 records. Phones people are holding on to10 index entriesA withdrawn form factor, and the workarounds people adopted when their own unit failed. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Phones people are holding on to Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Phones people are holding on to 10 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 48 **Appears when:** Phones people are holding on to **What the pattern means:** A withdrawn size, not a withdrawn model. The complaint is that one-handed use has left the market, and the records report the workarounds people reached for when their own unit failed: a refurbished replacement of the same model, a finger loop on the back of a larger phone, and simply keeping the old one going. Two owners say why they gave theirs up — a battery that swelled, and a handset that stopped connecting to 5G bands — and one reports that the newer, larger phone they moved to overheats. **What commenters described:** Reading from my 12 mini right now. My hands are done growing… I \*\*\*need\*\*\* this form factor. Everything else is a two hander 👎 **Limit:** Both the people still using these phones and the people who gave them up are in this set, and the two who left describe hardware faults that buying the same model again would not fix. What the replies added2 My 13 mini was my favorite… I only traded it in because it stopped connecting to 5G bands :( I’m seriously considering buying another refurbished one because the 17 air still feels too big for me after a year. From the replies♥ 19 I have a 13 mini and hope to keep it until this issue comes full circle. From the replies♥ 9 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source iPhone 12 mini - small smartphones are completely gone from the market and I hate the idea of being forced into a bigger screen. source record 45♥ 114 Later-arriving source Have you meet my friend eBay? You don't need to upgrade if you're happy when refurbished models can be $150-$300\. It's not BFL, but I'm happily browsing away on my 2018 iPhone XS which I got used in 2020\. It's not a humble brag, I just don't need anything else from my phone, although I hear the new cameras are better. posted about 35.8 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source I’m keeping my 12 until I’m 85 I reckon, or at least until this apple intelligence trend ends posted about 11.5 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 10 source records, 1 explicitly report a benefit and 0 explicitly report a limit or failure. These are attributed experiences, not effectiveness data. 10index entries 10distinct source records 30.3%of parent category 2.7%of the complete index 3top-level comments 7replies #### What commenters explicitly report 1explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments10 preserved records · 10 of 10 source records accounted for **iPhone 12 mini - small smartphones are completely gone from the market and I hate the idea of being forced into a bigger screen.**♥ 114source record 45 **My 13 mini was my favorite… I only traded it in because it stopped connecting to 5G bands :( I’m seriously considering buying another refurbished one because the 17 air still feels too big for me after a year.**♥ 19source record 46 **I have a 13 mini and hope to keep it until this issue comes full circle.**♥ 9source record 47 **Reading from my 12 mini right now. My hands are done growing… I \*\*\*need\*\*\* this form factor. Everything else is a two hander 👎**♥ 6source record 48 **A “loop” finger hold on back makes my pro max one handed for holding/texting. The silicone ones are great.**♥ 2source record 49 **My 12 mini was the best!! I had to switch up because of battery swelling :(. I have a 16 pro now and it’s always so damn hot. Overheats in 90 degree weather, and here I am in Az.**♥ 3source record 50 **I’m keeping my 12 until I’m 85 I reckon, or at least until this apple intelligence trend ends**♥ 1source record 51 **Have you meet my friend eBay? You don't need to upgrade if you're happy when refurbished models can be $150-$300\. It's not BFL, but I'm happily browsing away on my 2018 iPhone XS which I got used in 2020\. It's not a humble brag, I just don't need anything else from my phone, although I hear the new cameras are better.**♥ 1source record 52 **Small smartphone. Iphone mini 12\. Sigh.**♥ 2source record 327 **One plus 6t**♥ 1source record 383 Archive: 10 index entries preserve 10 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Mice, keyboards and controllers people bought in multiples14 index entriesInput devices bought several at a time because the shape, not the brand, is what disappeared. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Mice, keyboards and controllers people bought in multiples Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Mice, keyboards and controllers people bought in multiples 14 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 396 **Appears when:** Mice, keyboards and controllers people bought in multiples **What the pattern means:** This is where stockpiling is most literal: seven of one mouse, three of another with one still sealed, five of a discontinued keyboard including one in a French Canadian layout its buyer offers as the measure of their desperation. What is being preserved is a shape — thumb paddles, knuckle switches, a particular scroll wheel — rather than a brand, and the records report that current models from the same makers are shaped differently. Secondhand prices appear as both the alternative and the problem: a couple of hundred dollars on eBay for one model, thirty for another. **What commenters described:** My Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard. I'm on my last one, I bought 5 when they were discontinued. This one has a French Canadian layout, that is how desperate I was. **Limit:** Two records disagree about whether these devices need stockpiling at all: one owner bought spares specifically to avoid precision soldering, while another says the parts are neither hard to find nor hard to fit. What the replies added2 My g600 just died a few weeks ago and I was like oh let me just order a new one, jesus christ they're a couple hundred bucks on ebay! From the replies♥ 46 I can give you the part numbers and general instructions when I'm done work today if you'd like From the replies♥ 23 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source G300s mouse. They stopped making them. So I bought 7 of them because repairing them would involve precision soldering. source record 30♥ 280 Later-arriving source My original Xbox 360 controller I use for PC gaming posted about 23.5 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source My Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard. I'm on my last one, I bought 5 when they were discontinued. This one has a French Canadian layout, that is how desperate I was. posted about 19.4 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 14 source records, 1 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 14index entries 14distinct source records 42.4%of parent category 3.7%of the complete index 5top-level comments 9replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 13other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments14 preserved records · 14 of 14 source records accounted for **G300s mouse. They stopped making them. So I bought 7 of them because repairing them would involve precision soldering.**♥ 280source record 30 **My g600 just died a few weeks ago and I was like oh let me just order a new one, jesus christ they're a couple hundred bucks on ebay!**♥ 46source record 31 **Which part failed? They aren't super hard to repair or find parts for**♥ 9source record 32 **Left click only works like 90% of the time**♥ 10source record 33 **I live fear of the day when my 604 dies. It really is the perfect mouse and I don't know why there are so few similar options.**♥ 3source record 36 **You are me. Love these mice and the price is hilarious now.**♥ 14source record 37 **Similar situation with my Roccat Tyon mouse. I bought three and and still have 1 sealed in a box so I should be ok for a while. Nothing else like it on the market. Knuckle switches, Thumb paddle and buttons. Can't use any other mouse now. Doesn;t help that Roccat has been purchased and enshitified now too so I can;t see the Tyon level of innovation returning.**♥ 7source record 38 **I guess I’ll just quit using computers when mine dies.**♥ 8source record 42 **I was so devastated when my G604 died. Logitech only makes fps mice (and the g502) nowadays**♥ 3source record 43 **$30 preowned on eBay.**♥ 1source record 44 **My mouse. It's an asus rog gladius. They still make a gladous model but only new versions which are shaped differently. My scroll wheel has been randomly scrolling the wrong direction for about a year.**♥ 2source record 323 **My original Xbox 360 controller I use for PC gaming**♥ 2source record 326 **Old durable keyboards with DIN connectors.**♥ 1source record 375 **My Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard. I'm on my last one, I bought 5 when they were discontinued. This one has a French Canadian layout, that is how desperate I was.**♥ 1source record 396 Archive: 14 index entries preserve 14 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Learning to repair it rather than replace it5 index entriesA short exchange in which the answer to a discontinued device becomes a skill and a tool budget. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Learning to repair it rather than replace it Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Learning to repair it rather than replace it 5 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 39 **Appears when:** Learning to repair it rather than replace it **What the pattern means:** A five-record exchange in which the answer to a discontinued device stops being a purchase and becomes a skill. One commenter offers part numbers and general instructions for a specific mouse repair; another argues micro-soldering is learnable and that a USB microscope, or in some cases a magnifying glass, is enough magnification. The objection raised is equipment cost and how much of it accumulates, and it is answered with a named soldering iron at around 35 dollars. **What commenters described:** Disabilities notwithstanding, micro soldering is definitely a learnable skill and a useful one going forward. USB microscopes are pretty affordable as well. A magnifying glass may even suffice if needed. **Limit:** The exchange records a plan rather than an outcome: the offer of part numbers is accepted, and no record says whether the repair was carried out. What the replies added2 Haha, yes I agree with you there. How much do I shell out for the whole kit and kaboodle. I just bought a $1200 welder and buying up some stuff for that. Now I gotta do a soldering station on top of it. When does it end. Maybe in the future I will get one. It's just I don't do that much soldering at the moment. From the replies♥ 1 You can get a Pinecil for like 35USD. Not too bad to get one when you need one. From the replies♥ 1 **Pinecil soldering iron**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Pinecil+soldering+iron&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) **USB microscope**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=USB+microscope&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source I can give you the part numbers and general instructions when I'm done work today if you'd like source record 34♥ 23 Later-arriving source You can get a Pinecil for like 35USD. Not too bad to get one when you need one. posted about 23.4 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Haha, yes I agree with you there. How much do I shell out for the whole kit and kaboodle. I just bought a $1200 welder and buying up some stuff for that. Now I gotta do a soldering station on top of it. When does it end. Maybe in the future I will get one. It's just I don't do that much soldering at the moment. posted about 23.3 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 5 source records for Learning to repair it rather than replace it together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 5index entries 5distinct source records 15.2%of parent category 1.3%of the complete index 0top-level comments 5replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 5other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments5 preserved records · 5 of 5 source records accounted for **I can give you the part numbers and general instructions when I'm done work today if you'd like**♥ 23source record 34 **That'd be great actually, tyvm my dude**♥ 12source record 35 **Disabilities notwithstanding, micro soldering is definitely a learnable skill and a useful one going forward. USB microscopes are pretty affordable as well. A magnifying glass may even suffice if needed.**♥ 4source record 39 **Haha, yes I agree with you there. How much do I shell out for the whole kit and kaboodle. I just bought a $1200 welder and buying up some stuff for that. Now I gotta do a soldering station on top of it. When does it end. Maybe in the future I will get one. It's just I don't do that much soldering at the moment.**♥ 1source record 40 **You can get a Pinecil for like 35USD. Not too bad to get one when you need one.**♥ 1source record 41 Archive: 5 index entries preserve 5 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Old machines still doing real work4 index entriesComputers kept in service by the job they do and the software licence they still hold. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Old machines still doing real work Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Old machines still doing real work 4 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 245 **Appears when:** Old machines still doing real work **What the pattern means:** Computers kept in service by the job they do rather than by their specification: a fourteen-year-old laptop running daily in a cabinet shop with no battery and bolts through the case where a hinge failed, and a 2012 machine named for the version of Photoshop it still holds. The other two records move the replacement problem off the machine entirely and onto component pricing, reporting the same solid-state drive at double its price within a year. **What commenters described:** My 14 year old Toshiba satellite laptop that runs windows 7 pro that I use in a cabinet shop every day. Doesn’t have a battery anymore, has a couple bolts through the case(fixed a hinge)but it runs and does what I need it to do. God I wish Toshiba still made laptops, this thing is made of diamonds. **Limit:** The price-doubling report is one commenter's account of a single component they happened to be tracking, with no source given. #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My 14 year old Toshiba satellite laptop that runs windows 7 pro that I use in a cabinet shop every day. Doesn’t have a battery anymore, has a couple bolts through the case(fixed a hinge)but it runs and does what I need it to do. God I wish Toshiba still made laptops, this thing is made of diamonds. source record 245♥ 6 Later-arriving source I missed the first part. I meant that it will be near impossible to replace at current prices posted about 10.9 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source Because even though we bought it november right before the crisis I still planned to get another stick of nvme ssd but the same one i bought for 150 last november is now 300 posted about 5.2 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 4 source records for Old machines still doing real work together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 4index entries 4distinct source records 12.1%of parent category 1.1%of the complete index 2top-level comments 2replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 4other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments4 preserved records · 4 of 4 source records accounted for **My 14 year old Toshiba satellite laptop that runs windows 7 pro that I use in a cabinet shop every day. Doesn’t have a battery anymore, has a couple bolts through the case(fixed a hinge)but it runs and does what I need it to do. God I wish Toshiba still made laptops, this thing is made of diamonds.**♥ 6source record 245 **I missed the first part. I meant that it will be near impossible to replace at current prices**♥ 2source record 266 **Because even though we bought it november right before the crisis I still planned to get another stick of nvme ssd but the same one i bought for 150 last november is now 300**♥ 1source record 267 **My computer from 2012 that has Adobe Photoshop from that time.**♥ 2source record 306 Archive: 4 index entries preserve 4 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Discontinued by the company, not worn out23 records · 3 sub-topicsHardware that failed for a commercial reason rather than a mechanical one. 23 records. Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker8 index entriesDevices that stopped being replaceable the day a company changed its product line. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker 8 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 169 **Appears when:** Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker **What the pattern means:** None of this hardware wore out. A smoke-alarm range was discontinued after an acquisition and the units are now expiring on their own schedule; a streaming dongle's successor requires a remote and local software, which is exactly the workflow its owner built around not needing; a hybrid watch with real physical hands still works while its software support has ended. The shape of the problem is that a replacement exists and is worse for the specific use, so the owner is counting down rather than shopping. **What commenters described:** Chromecast Ultra. The last Chromecast that doesn't require a remote or local software installation, and just works when you tell it to play something. My entire media setup has been based on this workflow for like 15+ years. **Limit:** The smoke-alarm records concern a life-safety device with a fixed expiry date, and none of them names a replacement those commenters consider equivalent. What the replies added2 The new ones require a remote, I don't want a remote. From the replies♥ 2 Oh a no remote option is my nightmare, I had no idea this was how the new ones are. That blows. From the replies♥ 1 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Chromecast Ultra. The last Chromecast that doesn't require a remote or local software installation, and just works when you tell it to play something. My entire media setup has been based on this workflow for like 15+ years. source record 169♥ 25 Later-arriving source The new ones require a remote, I don't want a remote. posted about 34.6 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source Oh a no remote option is my nightmare, I had no idea this was how the new ones are. That blows. posted about 25.1 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show The exact phrase “require a remote” recurs across 2 of the 8 source records in Smart-home hardware switched off by its maker; the complete archive stays available below. 8index entries 8distinct source records 34.8%of parent category 2.1%of the complete index 6top-level comments 2replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments8 preserved records · 8 of 8 source records accounted for **Chromecast Ultra. The last Chromecast that doesn't require a remote or local software installation, and just works when you tell it to play something. My entire media setup has been based on this workflow for like 15+ years.**♥ 25source record 169 **Oh a no remote option is my nightmare, I had no idea this was how the new ones are. That blows.**♥ 1source record 170 **The new ones require a remote, I don't want a remote.**♥ 2source record 171 **Nest Protect Smoke Alarm - the most functional, reliable smoke detector on the market by far. Shortly after Google acquired Nest they decided to discontinue them. Mine are slowly expiring this year.**♥ 4source record 248 **Nest Protect**♥ 2source record 308 **My chrome cast is being phased out and I refuse to get a ‘smart tv’**♥ 1source record 371 **Nest smoke detectors. Google killed them.**♥ 1source record 379 **I have a fossil hybrid smartwatch that has an e-ink display that interacts with real physical hands. I love that it’s a smart watch that’s not obviously a smart watch. They’re prone to not be super reliable and the software is not longer supported.**♥ 1source record 397 Archive: 8 index entries preserve 8 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Universal remotes and media boxes11 index entriesA discontinued control layer, and the one named product commenters reported moving to. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Universal remotes and media boxes Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Universal remotes and media boxes 11 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 155 **Appears when:** Universal remotes and media boxes **What the pattern means:** A discontinued control layer, and the one place in the corpus where a named current product is reported as a working substitute rather than a hope. Two commenters independently report moving to the same replacement remote, and both describe app-based configuration as an improvement on the original's software. The counter-argument arrives in the same exchange and is about durability rather than features: outdated software keeps working after an app update has stopped somebody else's. **What commenters described:** Can confirm. I had a bunch of Hamronys in the box for backup and then tried out a Sofabaton and it works really well. Doing everything through the app instead of janky outdated software was a game changer. **Limit:** One commenter here reports holding brand-new sealed units of the original as backup, which is the opposite bet to the replacement the other two recommend. What the replies added2 SofaBaton X2 - works great and has a lot of Harmony-like flexibility. From the replies♥ 8 Can confirm. I had a bunch of Hamronys in the box for backup and then tried out a Sofabaton and it works really well. Doing everything through the app instead of janky outdated software was a game changer. From the replies♥ 3 **SofaBaton X2**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=SofaBaton+X2&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My Logitech Harmony remote. source record 152♥ 32 Later-arriving source I never had one but Logitech media remote was probably way better than anything you can get today posted about 16.9 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Janky outdated software that will still be working after your app update stops yours from working posted about 15.7 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show The exact phrase “logitech harmony remote” recurs across 2 of the 11 source records in Universal remotes and media boxes; the complete archive stays available below. 11index entries 11distinct source records 47.8%of parent category 2.9%of the complete index 5top-level comments 6replies #### What commenters explicitly report 3explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments11 preserved records · 11 of 11 source records accounted for **My Logitech Harmony remote.**♥ 32source record 152 **SofaBaton X2 - works great and has a lot of Harmony-like flexibility.**♥ 8source record 153 **I’ll check it out.**♥ 4source record 154 **Can confirm. I had a bunch of Hamronys in the box for backup and then tried out a Sofabaton and it works really well. Doing everything through the app instead of janky outdated software was a game changer.**♥ 3source record 155 **Janky outdated software that will still be working after your app update stops yours from working**♥ 1source record 156 **I just threw out a bunch of those a few minths ago. Bummer, I'd have sent them to you.**♥ 2source record 157 **I've still got 2 brand new in plastic Harmony 520's. Best remote ever made.**♥ 1source record 158 **Logitech Harmony remote.**♥ 1source record 352 **My western digital media player. It is simple stupid but worked great for media without internet**♥ 1source record 376 **I never had one but Logitech media remote was probably way better than anything you can get today**♥ 1source record 389 **TiVo**♥ 1source record 407 Archive: 11 index entries preserve 11 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Hardware that still works and software that no longer will4 index entriesThe failure is a version number, not a component. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Hardware that still works and software that no longer will Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Hardware that still works and software that no longer will 4 source recordsDisputed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 292 **Appears when:** Hardware that still works and software that no longer will **What the pattern means:** The failure in this small theme is a version number. An eleven-year-old laptop is described as finished not because of the machine but because of how its office software is now sold — a claim the reply corrects by naming the standalone edition that still exists. A 2016 tablet is reported as physically fine with very little that still runs on it. **What commenters described:** Nope. You can buy Home Office 2024 with standalone apps for Windows or Mac. **Limit:** The most useful record here is a correction: the original claim that the software is subscription-only is answered by a commenter naming a current one-off purchase option. What replies pushed back on1 Nope. You can buy Home Office 2024 with standalone apps for Windows or Mac. Pushback♥ 6 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Nope. You can buy Home Office 2024 with standalone apps for Windows or Mac. source record 292♥ 6 Later-arriving source An iPad, bought new in 2016\. Very little runs on it now though 😞 posted about 17.4 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source My 11 year old laptop. I understand I have to get office as a subscription now. posted about 0.6 hours after the source♥ 2 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 4 source records for Hardware that still works and software that no longer will together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 4index entries 4distinct source records 17.4%of parent category 1.1%of the complete index 3top-level comments 1replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 4other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments4 preserved records · 4 of 4 source records accounted for **Kindle Oasis**♥ 3source record 275 **My 11 year old laptop. I understand I have to get office as a subscription now.**♥ 2source record 291 **Nope. You can buy Home Office 2024 with standalone apps for Windows or Mac.**♥ 6source record 292 **An iPad, bought new in 2016\. Very little runs on it now though 😞**♥ 1source record 390 Archive: 4 index entries preserve 4 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Clothes, shoes and bags30 records · 3 sub-topicsGarments dated by their owners against a specific decline in the material. 30 records. T-shirts, underwear and the fabric that changed14 index entriesGarments used as a dated measurement of a material change, down to the year and the count. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: T-shirts, underwear and the fabric that changed Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### T-shirts, underwear and the fabric that changed 14 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 229 **Appears when:** T-shirts, underwear and the fabric that changed **What the pattern means:** Garments used as dated measurements. The records carry years and counts: fifteen pairs bought in 2011 with one left, a twenty-year-old shirt worn weekly and now half white and tissue-thin, four or five pairs from 2009 gone woefully thin. What is described as irreplaceable is a weight and texture of cotton rather than a brand, and the lists of rejected substitutes are unusually precise — thickness, strap width, ribbing, length, and how much the fabric makes the wearer sweat. **What commenters described:** I've got a purple American Apparel t shirt that is the best shirt I've ever owned. It's 20 years old this year and I wear it once a week. About half of it is white at this point and it's as soft and thin as tissue paper. Never got a hole never popped a thread. I would have bought 15 and never wore another shirt in my life if I had known. Owner was a psychopath, but Jesus, did they make a good shirt. **Limit:** The one brand offered here as a substitute is refuted inside the same exchange by a commenter who reports it is the same retailer and no longer makes the item. What the replies added2 You could probably get a sewist on Etsy to copy the pattern off the remaining pair and make 10 more for you. From the replies♥ 15 If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking Aerie. I used to love those bra shelf tank tops too and I wear long line sports bras from Aerie basically every day that have the same feel. They make full length tank tops in the same style, though, I believe. Might not be exactly what you like, but could be worth checking! From the replies♥ 7 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source You could probably get a sewist on Etsy to copy the pattern off the remaining pair and make 10 more for you. source record 204♥ 15 Later-arriving source The BeautyFocus fleece-lined tights from YesStyle. They're listed as "temporarily out of stock now", but I don't think they'll come back or I'll ever find a pair that mimicked the look of skin that closely that you could wear fishnets over them and no one would be able to tell you had another layer on. posted about 34.8 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Aerie is just American Eagle, that’s what I have now. They don’t make them anymore posted about 21.5 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Coats, boots and shoesAttach it to an existing routine · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-1-coats-boots-and-shoes) #### What the counts show Across 14 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Attach it to an existing routine” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 14index entries 14distinct source records 46.7%of parent category 3.7%of the complete index 8top-level comments 6replies #### What commenters explicitly report 1explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 13other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Attach it to an existing routine **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments14 preserved records · 14 of 14 source records accounted for **American Eagle 100% cotton slim fit boxers I bought 15 pair in 2011 and just 1 threadbare pair still exist. RIP to the only boxers this thin guy has ever fit in.**♥ 13source record 203 **You could probably get a sewist on Etsy to copy the pattern off the remaining pair and make 10 more for you.**♥ 15source record 204 **Iktf with my Champion boxers. I've got 4 or 5 pairs from 2009 still gping but they're woefully thin now. Finding the exact ones to replace them is basically impossible.**♥ 1source record 205 **I've got a purple American Apparel t shirt that is the best shirt I've ever owned. It's 20 years old this year and I wear it once a week. About half of it is white at this point and it's as soft and thin as tissue paper. Never got a hole never popped a thread. I would have bought 15 and never wore another shirt in my life if I had known. Owner was a psychopath, but Jesus, did they make a good shirt.**♥ 9source record 229 **the american apparel shirts i got from woot dot com lasted a long, long time. had i known that t-shirt quality would decline so badly i would have bought a lifetime supply!**♥ 3source record 230 **Seconded. I used to buy every one of the musician Wax's merch because he insisted on having them printed on AA because he wants people to want to wear his stuff. All mine are still kicking and very comfortable. Nothing worse than getting a band T and its super uncomfortable!**♥ 2source record 231 **American Eagle tank tops with the bra shelf thing. They don’t even make them anymore but I have like 15 from over a decade ago and I wear them every day. They’re starting to get holes and I can’t find any replacements. Everything else is awful. The ones from Amazon are cheap af. Pact is weirdly short. Aeropostale makes them but they’d fit a doll they’re so small, even the Large. I’ve tried other brands too and no luck. I don’t want ribbed material, I don’t want my stomach to show, I don’t want thick straps, I don’t want the bra band to be too loose or too tight. I just want an everyday undershirt I can tuck in, that’s comfortable, and material doesn’t make me sweat like I’m wearing Cling Wrap in the Everglades.**♥ 9source record 232 **If you haven't already, I'd recommend checking Aerie. I used to love those bra shelf tank tops too and I wear long line sports bras from Aerie basically every day that have the same feel. They make full length tank tops in the same style, though, I believe. Might not be exactly what you like, but could be worth checking!**♥ 7source record 233 **Aerie is just American Eagle, that’s what I have now. They don’t make them anymore**♥ 1source record 234 **Supima cotton shirts from lands end and ll bean before quality went down. Realized I just wore a night shirt that is 20 years old. No pilling. No shrinkage. Now irreplaceable.**♥ 4source record 264 **I had an Egyptian Cotton tailored shirt that my Dad had made in NYC in the late 50’s/early 60’s. I loved it and held on to it for years. Finally some tears from wear but had it over 30 years. Wish I could get a new one as good.**♥ 2source record 325 **socks mine arnt the best but they what i used to. there several good quality socks curently but i cant find any similar to mine in texture**♥ 1source record 345 **most of my boxers**♥ 1source record 366 **The BeautyFocus fleece-lined tights from YesStyle. They're listed as "temporarily out of stock now", but I don't think they'll come back or I'll ever find a pair that mimicked the look of skin that closely that you could wear fishnets over them and no one would be able to tell you had another layer on.**♥ 1source record 417 Archive: 14 index entries preserve 14 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Coats, boots and shoes12 index entriesFootwear and outerwear at the repair boundary, where a cobbler or a tailor decides whether the item survives. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Coats, boots and shoes Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Coats, boots and shoes 12 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 278 **Appears when:** Coats, boots and shoes **What the pattern means:** Footwear and outerwear sit at the repair boundary, and this theme is largely about who decides whether the item survives. A cobbler has kept one pair going for fifteen years; a tailor is proposed for a failing zipper; a resole is possible but the shop cannot say whether the uppers will hold without dismantling the shoe first. Where the material itself has failed — cracked leather, disintegrating cork — no route is reported at all. **What commenters described:** Birkenstock sandals that I got in Germany on my honeymoon in 2005\. Still usable to a degree but the cork is disintegrating. I can send them to be resoled and hopefully they will be good to go, but there is no guarantee the leather uppers will survive. Spoke with the shop and they said they would have to dismantle them to know for sure. The sentimental value of them is making me second guess what I should do, because while I would love to have them for many years, throwing them away would suck. **Limit:** Repair viability here is case by case: the one owner who asked was told the shop would have to take the sandals apart before it could say whether the repair would work. What the replies added2 A tailor or alterations shop can replace a zipper. From the replies♥ 16 I bought my favorite pair of heels at a thrift store for $2, looked them up when I got home and they usually cost around $80\. I've taken them to the cobbler for the last 15 years to replace some parts on it and get a nice shoeshine. I'm kinda bummed out cause my feet have changed their shape in the last 18 years and wearing them gives me bad blisters unless I tape everything up before I wear them. From the replies♥ 3 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source A tailor or alterations shop can replace a zipper. source record 271♥ 16 Later-arriving source OG Blundstone boots bought in Australia in the late 90’s. The leather has cracked and can’t be repaired. They don’t make them like they used to.😔 posted about 34.5 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source You need to go to Paris - in the Marais there are a bunch of thrift stores with Burberry trench coats really cheap posted about 27.3 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Chairs you can still get parts forSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-8-subgroup-3-chairs-you-can-still-get-parts-for)[Fridges, freezers and water heatersSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-1-fridges-freezers-and-water-heaters)[Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported) #### What the counts show Across 12 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Swap instead of subtract” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 12index entries 12distinct source records 40%of parent category 3.2%of the complete index 9top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 2explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 9other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Attach it to an existing routine **2**Swap instead of subtract **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments12 preserved records · 12 of 12 source records accounted for **My Burberry All-weather coat bought in 2008\. Normally I’d never spend the money on something so expensive, but I was able to find one in an outlet store for 1/3 the price. It still looks brand new.**♥ 6source record 240 **You need to go to Paris - in the Marais there are a bunch of thrift stores with Burberry trench coats really cheap**♥ 1source record 241 **My kitten heels from payless shoesource, specifically the dexflex series. Most comfortable cheap kitten heels I’ve ever worn, I even bought some from ebay when they went out of business. I’ve gone through about 4 pairs now, and payless has been out of business for almost a decade now?**♥ 4source record 249 **I bought my favorite pair of heels at a thrift store for $2, looked them up when I got home and they usually cost around $80\. I've taken them to the cobbler for the last 15 years to replace some parts on it and get a nice shoeshine. I'm kinda bummed out cause my feet have changed their shape in the last 18 years and wearing them gives me bad blisters unless I tape everything up before I wear them.**♥ 3source record 250 **Pre-enshittified Carhartt Extremes coat. 17 years and still going - the zipper is giving out, but I won’t give up the coat.**♥ 7source record 270 **A tailor or alterations shop can replace a zipper.**♥ 16source record 271 **Birkenstock sandals that I got in Germany on my honeymoon in 2005\. Still usable to a degree but the cork is disintegrating. I can send them to be resoled and hopefully they will be good to go, but there is no guarantee the leather uppers will survive. Spoke with the shop and they said they would have to dismantle them to know for sure. The sentimental value of them is making me second guess what I should do, because while I would love to have them for many years, throwing them away would suck.**♥ 3source record 278 **Red Wing 218's**♥ 2source record 301 **Actually, all my clothes and shoes from Europe**♥ 2source record 303 **Had to toss my favorite bass sandals a year ago. There was nothing left of them. They don’t make the style anymore. I still look for them on resale sites.**♥ 2source record 318 **My Kobe 6 sneakers from 2011.**♥ 1source record 340 **OG Blundstone boots bought in Australia in the late 90’s. The leather has cracked and can’t be repaired. They don’t make them like they used to.😔**♥ 1source record 416 Archive: 12 index entries preserve 12 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Bags, wallets and everyday carry4 index entriesObjects carried daily whose exact model has no current equivalent. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Bags, wallets and everyday carry Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Bags, wallets and everyday carry 4 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 349 **Appears when:** Bags, wallets and everyday carry **What the pattern means:** Four objects carried daily whose exact model has no current equivalent, each for a different reason: a discontinued bag size, a wallet in a skin its maker no longer works with, a multi-tool whose entire value is one-handed opening and closing on a belt, and a nylon tote a retailer sold in the early 2000s. **What commenters described:** My wallet. Not quite on last legs but showing signs of wear. Had it for about 10 years or so. Reason it’s impossible to replace is it’s made of karung. The maker doesn’t do exotic skins anymore. **Limit:** Three of the four items are reported as still in good condition, so what these records establish is the absence of a current equivalent rather than an urgent replacement problem. #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source An amazing huge nylon Eddie bauer camping tote that Target was selling in the early 2000's. source record 315♥ 2 Later-arriving source My Schrade Tough Chip multi-tool. The best little multi-tool I've owned - I can use one hand to pull from my belt, open into scissors to snip wires, and then use one hand to close it back up and put it back on my belt. I wish I would have bought a hundred of them back in the early 2000s. posted about 9.3 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source My wallet. Not quite on last legs but showing signs of wear. Had it for about 10 years or so. Reason it’s impossible to replace is it’s made of karung. The maker doesn’t do exotic skins anymore. posted about 4.5 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show The exact phrase “in the early 2000s” recurs across 2 of the 4 source records in Bags, wallets and everyday carry; the complete archive stays available below. 4index entries 4distinct source records 13.3%of parent category 1.1%of the complete index 4top-level comments 0replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 3other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments4 preserved records · 4 of 4 source records accounted for **An amazing huge nylon Eddie bauer camping tote that Target was selling in the early 2000's.**♥ 2source record 315 **My Kipling bag. The model I have doesn’t exist anymore and it’s the perfect size for a daily bag. Been using it for like…20 years? and it still holds up well. The fabric quality is extremely good**♥ 1source record 348 **My wallet. Not quite on last legs but showing signs of wear. Had it for about 10 years or so. Reason it’s impossible to replace is it’s made of karung. The maker doesn’t do exotic skins anymore.**♥ 1source record 349 **My Schrade Tough Chip multi-tool. The best little multi-tool I've owned - I can use one hand to pull from my belt, open into scissors to snip wires, and then use one hand to close it back up and put it back on my belt. I wish I would have bought a hundred of them back in the early 2000s.**♥ 1source record 357 Archive: 4 index entries preserve 4 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Kitchen, workshop and furniture32 records · 4 sub-topicsThe metal-versus-plastic complaint at its most concrete, and the one category where a manufacturer's parts programme is named as the fix. 32 records. Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal10 index entriesThe metal-to-plastic complaint stated as a specific component. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal 10 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 273 **Appears when:** Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal **What the pattern means:** The metal-to-plastic complaint at its most concrete. A mixer that has started to heat and grow louder, whose owner was told the gears are all plastic now; a sewing machine dated against the point in the sixties and seventies when plastic gears arrived; two dishwashers of different vintages compared with each other and with a modern built-in that has already been replaced twice. Two more records are simply microwaves that have run for 29 and 37 years. The repair advice offered is one line and mechanical: it probably needs regreasing. **What commenters described:** Kenwood mixer from the 1980's. It has started to heat up during mixing and has also gotten louder. I don't know if they make metal gears etc any more. Last time asked was told they're all plastic now. **Limit:** The claim that a named mixer brand now uses plastic gears is second-hand — the commenter reports being told this when they asked — and nothing in the theme verifies it. #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My grandma own a gas industrial racking oven. It's the size of half bedroom. She sell hundreds of layer cake aka kue lapis weekly when she was young. She past away around 10 years ago on her 70s. Now my aunt and mom use it to make same cake with the same recipe for family once every year. Did tried to sell the cake for a few year and can't manage with the quantity of the order every year. It's in a good working condition but you can see the wear and tear and aging from all the parts. Couldn't make the same taste when we do it with any other oven. source record 242♥ 6 Later-arriving source I gave away my early 80s Maytag portable dishwasher with the faux butcher block laminate top, and traded up for the late 90s version with a slightly nicer laminate top. There is a noticeable difference in the quality of materials. Both are infinitely better than the stainless steel $2000 built-in Bosch my brother has replaced twice. posted about 36.3 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Krupps Open Master. Best can opener ever posted about 12.8 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 10 source records for Mixers, ovens and machines built when the gears were metal together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 10index entries 10distinct source records 31.2%of parent category 2.7%of the complete index 8top-level comments 2replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 10other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments10 preserved records · 10 of 10 source records accounted for **My grandma own a gas industrial racking oven. It's the size of half bedroom. She sell hundreds of layer cake aka kue lapis weekly when she was young. She past away around 10 years ago on her 70s. Now my aunt and mom use it to make same cake with the same recipe for family once every year. Did tried to sell the cake for a few year and can't manage with the quantity of the order every year. It's in a good working condition but you can see the wear and tear and aging from all the parts. Couldn't make the same taste when we do it with any other oven.**♥ 6source record 242 **I have a 29 year old kenmore microwave.**♥ 5source record 251 **Mine is 37 years old.**♥ 3source record 252 **Kenwood mixer from the 1980's. It has started to heat up during mixing and has also gotten louder. I don't know if they make metal gears etc any more. Last time asked was told they're all plastic now.**♥ 3source record 273 **I bet it just needs regreasing!**♥ 2source record 274 **The best popcorn maker ever. It was a wedding present to my MIL back in the 50’s and is heated by those curly wires that are basically a short-circuit. I talked to a vintage appliance guy who told me that when one of those breaks its over because you can’t get those due to fire code nonsense.**♥ 3source record 276 **A labrador :( More seriously, a 75-year-old all-metal sewing machine. Sewing machines started to be made with plastic gears in the 60s and 70s so will never last as long as my beautiful 50s beast.**♥ 3source record 277 **Mine’s the 1978 Sanyo oscillating fan that has run in my various rooms pretty much since 1978\. It died two weeks ago. I know whatever I buy will not last nearly 50 years.**♥ 1source record 347 **Krupps Open Master. Best can opener ever**♥ 1source record 374 **I gave away my early 80s Maytag portable dishwasher with the faux butcher block laminate top, and traded up for the late 90s version with a slightly nicer laminate top. There is a noticeable difference in the quality of materials. Both are infinitely better than the stainless steel $2000 built-in Bosch my brother has replaced twice.**♥ 1source record 419 Archive: 10 index entries preserve 10 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Countertop cookers, coffee makers and grills6 index entriesAppliances where a discontinued feature, not a failure, drives the replacement search. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Countertop cookers, coffee makers and grills Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Countertop cookers, coffee makers and grills 6 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 335 **Appears when:** Countertop cookers, coffee makers and grills **What the pattern means:** Here the appliance usually still works and what has been discontinued is a feature: a hinged, self-draining, locking slow-cooker lid, a stir-tower attachment, a battery-operated caulk gun that disappeared for a decade and returned. The coffee records are the most useful in the theme because they are comparative — one commenter rejects three named alternatives for stated reasons of price, feel, reliability reputation and wattage, and a reply answers with ten years of use, available parts and a refurbished purchase. **What commenters described:** My Moccamaster is a tank and has made delicious coffee for at least 10 years, you can easily get parts to repair it and it’s a refurb so it was a great price. Seriously, just try one, a great piece of equipment. **Limit:** The two named coffee makers are assessed in opposite directions by different commenters in the same exchange, and neither assessment goes beyond personal use. What the replies added1 My Moccamaster is a tank and has made delicious coffee for at least 10 years, you can easily get parts to repair it and it’s a refurb so it was a great price. Seriously, just try one, a great piece of equipment. From the replies♥ 3 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My favorite crock pot just died and I’m struggling to find a replacement. I had one with a built in hinge lid and I loved it. I never had to worry about where to place the lid, it drained the condensation back into the pot, and I never had to worry about burning myself by putting the lids on those third party backs because of the hinge. They literally don’t make my crock pot anymore. They’ve gone to these latching logs for traveling and I’m upset. My hinged lid also locked. Thinking of getting the Ninja Possiblecooker since I can do more in it than a flat crock pot. source record 279♥ 3 Later-arriving source Weber gas grill that is at least 38 years old. Had to get new grates last year, otherwise still doing the job posted about 12.7 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source Kitchenaid multicooker with stir tower. They dont produce the stir tower anymore. It was a battery operated caulk gun. For about 10 years it was discontinued and only a crazy expensive pneumatic one was available which isn't what I needed. But they started making the battery operated again (i mean aa batteries) posted about 10.6 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 6 source records, 1 explicitly report a benefit and 0 explicitly report a limit or failure. These are attributed experiences, not effectiveness data. 6index entries 6distinct source records 18.8%of parent category 1.6%of the complete index 5top-level comments 1replies #### What commenters explicitly report 1explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 5other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments6 preserved records · 6 of 6 source records accounted for **My favorite crock pot just died and I’m struggling to find a replacement. I had one with a built in hinge lid and I loved it. I never had to worry about where to place the lid, it drained the condensation back into the pot, and I never had to worry about burning myself by putting the lids on those third party backs because of the hinge. They literally don’t make my crock pot anymore. They’ve gone to these latching logs for traveling and I’m upset. My hinged lid also locked. Thinking of getting the Ninja Possiblecooker since I can do more in it than a flat crock pot.**♥ 3source record 279 **Weber genesis silver B from 2004\. Replaced the grills and vaporizer things a few times, but it still lights with one click. They don’t make them like this anymore**♥ 2source record 302 **Weber gas grill that is at least 38 years old. Had to get new grates last year, otherwise still doing the job**♥ 2source record 319 **My Capresso MT500 coffee maker. New Capresso ones aren’t near the same. No other manufacturers make anything that doesn’t have issues. Moccamaster, feels cheap and it’s expensive. Bonavita, reputation for dying and lid issues. Some brands seem good but don’t have enough wattage.**♥ 2source record 334 **My Moccamaster is a tank and has made delicious coffee for at least 10 years, you can easily get parts to repair it and it’s a refurb so it was a great price. Seriously, just try one, a great piece of equipment.**♥ 3source record 335 **Kitchenaid multicooker with stir tower. They dont produce the stir tower anymore. It was a battery operated caulk gun. For about 10 years it was discontinued and only a crazy expensive pneumatic one was available which isn't what I needed. But they started making the battery operated again (i mean aa batteries)**♥ 1source record 365 Archive: 6 index entries preserve 6 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines7 index entriesTools judged on torque, starting and servicing rather than on brand. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines 7 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 260 **Appears when:** Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines **What the pattern means:** Tools are judged in this theme by what they do under load: a socket set whose modern replacements are said to flex or split under real torque, a mower that starts on one pull after fifteen years, a garden tractor its owner is certain has no equal. The sourcing advice is the most concrete in the corpus — estate sales at around twenty dollars, and a local mower mechanic who keeps working examples and parts. The film-camera record names the constraint the others avoid: the people who can still service it are ageing out. **What commenters described:** These are fairly easy to pick up at estate sales near me, for around $20 give or take. I’ve collected most of our hand tools from estate sales and stick with USA made items primarily. If you’re lucky enough to be able to shop in upper middle class areas where people weren’t in a business using tools, it’s likely the person didn’t use them much. **Limit:** The estate-sale advice comes with its own qualification from the commenter who gave it — that the tools are likeliest to be unworn in areas where nobody used them for a living. What the replies added2 These are fairly easy to pick up at estate sales near me, for around $20 give or take. I’ve collected most of our hand tools from estate sales and stick with USA made items primarily. If you’re lucky enough to be able to shop in upper middle class areas where people weren’t in a business using tools, it’s likely the person didn’t use them much. From the replies♥ 3 We did, too. It took a looonnnggg time and I can't tell you the number of times I heard the reasons WHY it mattered. I also can't tell you the number of times I let those explanations go in one ear and out the other, but the number's pretty damn close to the first number. From the replies♥ 2 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My husband's John Deere 318\. He feels certain that no other machine, ever, will ever perform as well. source record 166♥ 27 Later-arriving source We did, too. It took a looonnnggg time and I can't tell you the number of times I heard the reasons WHY it mattered. I also can't tell you the number of times I let those explanations go in one ear and out the other, but the number's pretty damn close to the first number. posted about 15.3 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source Medium format film camera! It's older than me. One of the workhorses of the era. Takes gorgeous pictures, but I can't really afford the film that often. The last few people that could really service it are going to pass away, and then your only hope is to follow youtube tutorials. posted about 9.5 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 7 source records for Hand tools, mowers and workshop machines together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 7index entries 7distinct source records 21.9%of parent category 1.9%of the complete index 4top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 7other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments7 preserved records · 7 of 7 source records accounted for **My husband's John Deere 318\. He feels certain that no other machine, ever, will ever perform as well.**♥ 27source record 166 **Yes! Find your local crotchety old reliable lawnmower mechanic and he may have one or two around that he would sell you, either as a running machine or for parts. My mom did this.**♥ 1source record 167 **We did, too. It took a looonnnggg time and I can't tell you the number of times I heard the reasons WHY it mattered. I also can't tell you the number of times I let those explanations go in one ear and out the other, but the number's pretty damn close to the first number.**♥ 2source record 168 **My dad old Made in USA Craftsman socket set. Modern replacements are all cast from cheap pot metal and flex or split under any real torque**♥ 4source record 259 **These are fairly easy to pick up at estate sales near me, for around $20 give or take. I’ve collected most of our hand tools from estate sales and stick with USA made items primarily. If you’re lucky enough to be able to shop in upper middle class areas where people weren’t in a business using tools, it’s likely the person didn’t use them much.**♥ 3source record 260 **15 year old Toro lawnmower. One pull and it starts up line no ones business and runs nicely.**♥ 1source record 342 **Medium format film camera! It's older than me. One of the workhorses of the era. Takes gorgeous pictures, but I can't really afford the film that often. The last few people that could really service it are going to pass away, and then your only hope is to follow youtube tutorials.**♥ 1source record 359 Archive: 7 index entries preserve 7 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Chairs you can still get parts for9 index entriesThe counter-example in the corpus: a category where the manufacturer's own spare-parts programme is the reported answer. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Chairs you can still get parts for Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Chairs you can still get parts for 9 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 223 **Appears when:** Chairs you can still get parts for **What the pattern means:** The counter-example in the corpus. A commenter with a snapped chair arm concludes the chair is fine with no arms at all, and the replies turn the thread into a parts-procurement guide: refurbished units arrive with new armrests, the manufacturer keeps spares for decades past a twelve-year warranty and will do the repair, a dealer can drop-ship the part, and the exact driver bits are named. The theme's last record states the general complaint the rest of the corpus only implies — that too many current chairs treat one failed component as permission to discard the whole object. **What commenters described:** Herman Miller has a 12 years warranty and after that you can still buy spare parts directly from them, they keep them for decades and they can repair them for you as well. That’s one of the reasons to pay the premium price. **Limit:** Every parts route described here belongs to one manufacturer's chairs; the record that generalises the point is a complaint about other chairs, not a report that parts exist for them. What the replies added3 Had this thought because my used herman miller aeron office chair that I bought over a decade ago just had one of its armrests snap off randomly. I thought about replacing it with another chair but found out it’s perfectly fine when not using the armrests so I just broke the other one off and use it as is. Same comfortable chair with more breathing room for the arms. I know I can always just buy the same chair new but when my broken one still works and even looks good without the missing arms whats really the point of replacing it? Plus who knows how the longevity will be with the new model. Reported failure♥ 31 I actually just bought a used Aeron to replace the one that fell apart. This one's probably 5-10 years old but no matter. I might replace the piston on it at some point (easy to do). Worth looking into replacement parts if you need them. Reported failure♥ 2 I actually just bought a used Aeron to replace the one that fell apart. This one's probably 5-10 years old but no matter. I might replace the piston on it at some point (easy to do). Worth looking into replacement parts if you need them. Reported failure♥ 2 **Herman Miller Aeron chair**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Herman+Miller+Aeron+chair&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) **Torx bit set**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Torx+bit+set&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source you should be able to find the part - refurbished HM chairs usually come with new armrests source record 222♥ 32 Later-arriving source Older office chairs with replacement parts.When the cylinder,caster,or fabric wear out,the frame is still excellent;too many current chairs treat one failed component as permission to discard the whole object. posted about 36.0 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Search online for a local HM dealer, if you do the swap yourself they can drop ship a replacement part straight to you or you can likely take the chair in for one of their techs to swap it out. posted about 8.2 hours after the source♥ 1 #### Related evidence elsewhere in the index [Coats, boots and shoesSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-7-subgroup-1-coats-boots-and-shoes)[Fridges, freezers and water heatersSwap instead of subtract · 2 there](#rich-node-0-group-2-subgroup-1-fridges-freezers-and-water-heaters)[Front-loaders, and the repairs owners reportedSwap instead of subtract · 6 there](#rich-node-0-group-0-subgroup-1-front-loaders-and-the-repairs-owners-reported) #### What the counts show Across 9 source records, the most common observable tactic structure is “Turn it into a game” (2 records). This is a wording pattern, not a measured outcome. 9index entries 9distinct source records 28.1%of parent category 2.4%of the complete index 3top-level comments 6replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 8other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. #### Observable tactic structures Swap instead of subtract **2**Turn it into a game **2** Counts show source records whose wording matches the tactic structure; biological explanations remain commenter claims unless separately checked below. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments9 preserved records · 9 of 9 source records accounted for **Had this thought because my used herman miller aeron office chair that I bought over a decade ago just had one of its armrests snap off randomly. I thought about replacing it with another chair but found out it’s perfectly fine when not using the armrests so I just broke the other one off and use it as is. Same comfortable chair with more breathing room for the arms. I know I can always just buy the same chair new but when my broken one still works and even looks good without the missing arms whats really the point of replacing it? Plus who knows how the longevity will be with the new model.**♥ 31source record 221 **you should be able to find the part - refurbished HM chairs usually come with new armrests**♥ 32source record 222 **Herman Miller has a 12 years warranty and after that you can still buy spare parts directly from them, they keep them for decades and they can repair them for you as well. That’s one of the reasons to pay the premium price.**♥ 15source record 223 **I’ve rebuilt several aeron chairs. Check eBay for parts!**♥ 3source record 224 **I actually just bought a used Aeron to replace the one that fell apart. This one's probably 5-10 years old but no matter. I might replace the piston on it at some point (easy to do). Worth looking into replacement parts if you need them.**♥ 2source record 225 **Search online for a local HM dealer, if you do the swap yourself they can drop ship a replacement part straight to you or you can likely take the chair in for one of their techs to swap it out.**♥ 1source record 226 **If your model requires you to take the back off to change the arms, you need two torx bits: T25 and T27 (or T30). I recommend bits and a socket wrench over a screwdriver type torx.**♥ 1source record 227 **Haworth Zody chair**♥ 1source record 353 **Older office chairs with replacement parts.When the cylinder,caster,or fabric wear out,the frame is still excellent;too many current chairs treat one failed component as permission to discard the whole object.**♥ 1source record 418 Archive: 9 index entries preserve 9 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Small things with no equivalent11 records · 2 sub-topicsLow-value objects whose replacement search failed anyway. 11 records. Pillows, lamps and household objects nothing replaces7 index entriesCheap objects with a failed replacement search behind them. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Pillows, lamps and household objects nothing replaces Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Pillows, lamps and household objects nothing replaces 7 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 246 **Appears when:** Pillows, lamps and household objects nothing replaces **What the pattern means:** Low-value objects with a failed replacement search behind them: a rectangular travel pillow whose maker was contacted directly and whose substitutes were bought and rejected, a pillow owned for 38 years, a firm backrest displaced in the market by memory foam that does not support the same way. The lamp record is the one where the trade fails rather than the product — it was repaired once, and multiple shops have since refused to work on brass. **What commenters described:** My nap travel pillow from brook stone. Looked everywhere, contacted them. Not available. Tried multiple knock offs from Amazon, not even close. Why would they stop making the perfect pillow? It’s not the u shaped thing they sell now. But a perfect rectangle pillow with ultimate comfort. If you had one, you know. **Limit:** Most of these searches are reported as already exhausted — makers contacted, substitutes bought, repairers called — so the records establish that the owner looked, not that no equivalent exists. What the replies added1 I know your pain! Lost mine on a trip, there’s nothing else like it 😭 From the replies♥ 1 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My nap travel pillow from brook stone. Looked everywhere, contacted them. Not available. Tried multiple knock offs from Amazon, not even close. Why would they stop making the perfect pillow? It’s not the u shaped thing they sell now. But a perfect rectangle pillow with ultimate comfort. If you had one, you know. source record 246♥ 6 Later-arriving source We have beautiful antique brass pole lamp with a single bulb facing upwards and three more bulbs beneath it. Perfect for reading, perfect for shedding indirect light in the room. We have knocked it over twice, and the first time we were able to have it repaired. Now we have called multiple places and absolutely no one will deal with repairing brass, so it is being held together with duct tape. It still works, but it is on its last legs. posted about 41.1 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source meine slim-line Elektro Zahnbürste posted about 31.4 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 7 source records, 1 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 7index entries 7distinct source records 63.6%of parent category 1.9%of the complete index 6top-level comments 1replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 6other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments7 preserved records · 7 of 7 source records accounted for **My nap travel pillow from brook stone. Looked everywhere, contacted them. Not available. Tried multiple knock offs from Amazon, not even close. Why would they stop making the perfect pillow? It’s not the u shaped thing they sell now. But a perfect rectangle pillow with ultimate comfort. If you had one, you know.**♥ 6source record 246 **I know your pain! Lost mine on a trip, there’s nothing else like it 😭**♥ 1source record 247 **My pillow. I have had it my entire life, well 38 years of it. When the time comes, it will be impossible to replace.**♥ 2source record 305 **Firm backrest that I use to lean against on the floor. They are all memory foam now and don’t support my back**♥ 1source record 373 **The box of cachous I took from my dad's house just after he died, since we had to refuse the inheritance we couldn't take anything of value and only got in the house because his caretaker let us in, so we only picked some of his art stuff and other things someone not familiar with him wouldn't notice were taken.**♥ 1source record 386 **meine slim-line Elektro Zahnbürste**♥ 1source record 412 **We have beautiful antique brass pole lamp with a single bulb facing upwards and three more bulbs beneath it. Perfect for reading, perfect for shedding indirect light in the room. We have knocked it over twice, and the first time we were able to have it repaired. Now we have called multiple places and absolutely no one will deal with repairing brass, so it is being held together with duct tape. It still works, but it is on its last legs.**♥ 1source record 424 Archive: 7 index entries preserve 7 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Discontinued small goods people stockpiled4 index entriesSmall items bought ahead, or lost before anyone knew to. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Discontinued small goods people stockpiled Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Discontinued small goods people stockpiled 4 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 377 **Appears when:** Discontinued small goods people stockpiled **What the pattern means:** Small items either bought ahead or lost before anyone knew to buy ahead. A discontinued face powder is down to the last two jars of a stockpile; a pair of dog ear defenders went out of production unnoticed and the owner says they would have bought five. Against those, one hairbrush has survived more than thirty years of daily use, about half a dozen substitutes were tried and rejected, and the record ends with the brush being retrieved from a house the owner had left it in. **What commenters described:** My dog's earplugs. They stopped making them and I didn't know, otherwise I would have bought like 5 pairs. **Limit:** These are single-owner accounts of specific discontinued lines, and three of the four describe substitutes that were tried and did not work without saying which ones. What the replies added1 I have an ACE comb that will never leave my home vanity. Also, Karina hair clips..... superior quality. From the replies♥ 1 **Karina hair clips**Choose brand, size or variant[Buy it](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Karina+hair+clips&tag=jazmy-20&ref=smartjots.com) #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My favorite face powder. It's discontinued and my massive stockpile is down to the last two jars. source record 280♥ 3 Later-arriving source I have an ACE comb that will never leave my home vanity. Also, Karina hair clips..... superior quality. posted about 32.9 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source My dog's earplugs. They stopped making them and I didn't know, otherwise I would have bought like 5 pairs. posted about 13.4 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show Within 4 source records, 1 explicitly report a benefit and 0 explicitly report a limit or failure. These are attributed experiences, not effectiveness data. 4index entries 4distinct source records 36.4%of parent category 1.1%of the complete index 3top-level comments 1replies #### What commenters explicitly report 1explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 3other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments4 preserved records · 4 of 4 source records accounted for **My favorite face powder. It's discontinued and my massive stockpile is down to the last two jars.**♥ 3source record 280 **I have a hairbrush from Avon that I've been using daily for 30+ years. Probably an entire ring of bristles are missing, but it's still the GOAT. I mislaid it once and tried replacing it. About a half dozen dupes later, nothing made my ponytail quite the same. Thank God the friend I was staying with alerted me I'd inadvertently left it behind and got it back to me. It's never leaving my home bathroom again.**♥ 2source record 321 **I have an ACE comb that will never leave my home vanity. Also, Karina hair clips..... superior quality.**♥ 1source record 322 **My dog's earplugs. They stopped making them and I didn't know, otherwise I would have bought like 5 pairs.**♥ 1source record 377 Archive: 4 index entries preserve 4 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs When the answer was not an object63 records · 4 sub-topicsA large share of the thread answered with a body, a person, a pet or a right, and the sub-patterns keep those answers separate from the durable-goods ones. 63 records. Bodies, knees and backs17 index entriesAnswers that read the question as being about the body. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Bodies, knees and backs Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Bodies, knees and backs 17 source records **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 268 **Appears when:** Bodies, knees and backs **What the pattern means:** A large group of records read the question as being about the body and answer it literally: knees, backs, legs, a nervous system. Several are written as a repair manual — parts that rattle, joints needing more lubrication than they used to, a request to return the whole unit — but the set also holds plain reports of a wheelchair user considering amputation for pain relief and of a second spinal discectomy, with a reply offering that person a recovery timeline. **What commenters described:** My back. Just had a second L5-S1 Discectomy. **Limit:** These are personal medical accounts posted in a thread about possessions. They are not medical information, and nothing in them should be read as advice about a body or a procedure. What the replies added1 I had one in late September 2025! Hang in there. The recovery is rough, but I’m back to lifting and feeling like myself again. No pain :) From the replies♥ 4 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My legs. I use a wheelchair now. Kind of want to get them amputated so they stop hurting. I'd rock some robo legs. source record 172♥ 40 Later-arriving source I'd honestly like to RMA my entire body.. just transplant my brain in a cyborg. At least that I can repair myself. posted about 30.4 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source My legs/anything steel that's very old posted about 15.6 hours after the source♥ 1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 17 source records for Bodies, knees and backs together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 17index entries 17distinct source records 27%of parent category 4.5%of the complete index 14top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 17other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments17 preserved records · 17 of 17 source records accounted for **I was gonna say my knees!**♥ 1source record 83 **My legs. I use a wheelchair now. Kind of want to get them amputated so they stop hurting. I'd rock some robo legs.**♥ 40source record 172 **My knee**♥ 8source record 243 **As a delivery driver i feel this acutely**♥ 2source record 244 **My back. Just had a second L5-S1 Discectomy.**♥ 5source record 268 **I had one in late September 2025! Hang in there. The recovery is rough, but I’m back to lifting and feeling like myself again. No pain :)**♥ 4source record 269 **My back**♥ 2source record 317 **My nervous system.**♥ 2source record 328 **My body. \[Well, I have a few more years but breakdown frequency is increasing, some parts rattle when moving and the joints need more lubricating than used to. 2 whacks up the side of the side do get it going.\]**♥ 2source record 332 **I'd honestly like to RMA my entire body.. just transplant my brain in a cyborg. At least that I can repair myself.**♥ 2source record 333 **My wrecked body. But I don't think that is what you were looking for.**♥ 2source record 337 **My knees.**♥ 1source record 363 **My body.**♥ 1source record 369 **My legs/anything steel that's very old**♥ 1source record 382 **My body**♥ 1source record 400 **My legs**♥ 1source record 404 **My knees**♥ 1source record 411 Archive: 17 index entries preserve 17 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs People and pets17 index entriesAnswers naming a person or an animal, including the thread's own correction that a pet is not replaced. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: People and pets Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### People and pets 17 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 408 **Appears when:** People and pets **What the pattern means:** Answers naming a person or an animal. The longest is an account of a 92-year-old father, five years bedridden and two on hospice, and its replies are not about replacement at all but about the years of losing somebody who is still present. The pet records carry the theme's own correction: one commenter, having answered with a dog, adds that they will find another rescue and that it will not be a replacement. **What commenters described:** My dog. But I’ll find another rescue, not a replacement. **Limit:** Several records in this group are grief rather than an answer to the question, and one is a joke about a spouse; they are kept together so the counts elsewhere on this page are not inflated by them. What the replies added2 Yep, same. I know there will be others but this one is a part of my soul. From the replies♥ 43 Yes it sucks. My Pop was in a memory care unit for 2 years before he passed. It still hurt when he passed obviously, but the 2 years without him really there was also awful. From the replies♥ 15 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source My dad. He’s 92\. Five years bedridden — unable to eat, talk or move — with what the drs thought was Parkinson’s, but now not so sure. After two years on hospice he’s plateauing and even showing some improvement by communicating. Which doesn’t happen with Parkinson’s. Whatever he has, he’s not going to get “better”. He will always require round the clock care. But he was a good man, wonderful father and science professor. He doesn’t seem unhappy or in pain. We miss him even though he’s still here. source record 200♥ 115 Later-arriving source My dog. But I’ll find another rescue, not a replacement. posted about 24.1 hours after the source♥ 1 Zero-like source The wife, and there replaceable.🤪 posted about 0.3 hours after the source♥ -1 #### What the counts show This report keeps all 17 source records for People and pets together and surfaces traceable examples without converting anecdotes into proof. 17index entries 17distinct source records 27%of parent category 4.5%of the complete index 14top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 0asks a question 0says they intend to try it 17other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments17 preserved records · 17 of 17 source records accounted for **My dog**♥ 230source record 147 **Yep, same. I know there will be others but this one is a part of my soul.**♥ 43source record 148 **My dad. He’s 92\. Five years bedridden — unable to eat, talk or move — with what the drs thought was Parkinson’s, but now not so sure. After two years on hospice he’s plateauing and even showing some improvement by communicating. Which doesn’t happen with Parkinson’s. Whatever he has, he’s not going to get “better”. He will always require round the clock care. But he was a good man, wonderful father and science professor. He doesn’t seem unhappy or in pain. We miss him even though he’s still here.**♥ 115source record 200 **Yes it sucks. My Pop was in a memory care unit for 2 years before he passed. It still hurt when he passed obviously, but the 2 years without him really there was also awful.**♥ 15source record 201 **Hugs for you! I know how hard this is.**♥ 13source record 202 **My cat. She’s 13\. I intend to always have a cat as long as I can take care of them but it won’t be the same furry galoot that sticks her nose in my ear at 3 am**♥ 5source record 261 **My wife**♥ 2source record 329 **My dog :(**♥ 2source record 336 **My husband.**♥ 1source record 354 **My husband.**♥ 1source record 391 **My dog**♥ 1source record 395 **My wife 😁**♥ 1source record 399 **My mother :(**♥ 1source record 402 **My dog. But I’ll find another rescue, not a replacement.**♥ 1source record 408 **My wife,**♥ 1source record 410 **The wife, and there replaceable.🤪**♥ -1source record 428 **My wife**♥ 0source record 429 Archive: 17 index entries preserve 17 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Patience, money and the sense that everything is wearing out22 index entriesThe thread's second-most-liked answer and the records around it, where the irreplaceable thing is capacity rather than an object. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Patience, money and the sense that everything is wearing out Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Patience, money and the sense that everything is wearing out 22 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 228 **Appears when:** Patience, money and the sense that everything is wearing out **What the pattern means:** The thread's single most-liked answer is one word — the commenter themselves — and this group holds it along with the records that make the same move: sanity, tolerance, self-respect, confidence, emotional stability, the will to keep working. Two of them name a material cause rather than a mood: two people living on one paycheque for more than a dozen years, and a commenter who says everything they rely on is on its last legs and that being poor is exhausting. One record answers by declining the premise, saying everything can be replaced but only as a shadow of what it was. **What commenters described:** The will to keep working and paying bills. 2 people on 1 check is harsh and we've been doing it for over a dozen years. I'm burned out. **Limit:** The thread's humour and its genuine distress sit inside the same records here, and they are not separable: the same one-word answers are read by different repliers as a joke and as a report. What the replies added2 my will to keep folding laundry is basically on life support been putting off calling the dentist for six months now and at this point i think the cavity's just gonna declare independence my cat gives me this look every morning like she's seen some things, probably narrating my slow decline in her head From the replies♥ 192 There’s a connection to oral disease and heart disease, just get it fixed. From the replies♥ 137 #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source my will to keep folding laundry is basically on life support been putting off calling the dentist for six months now and at this point i think the cavity's just gonna declare independence my cat gives me this look every morning like she's seen some things, probably narrating my slow decline in her head source record 54♥ 192 Later-arriving source My emotional stability. posted about 39.5 hours after the source♥ 1 Low-like source Just about everything. I mean, I can replace pretty much everything, but they'll be a shadow of their previous glory. posted about 1.4 hours after the source♥ 2 #### What the counts show Within 22 source records, 2 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 22index entries 22distinct source records 34.9%of parent category 5.9%of the complete index 18top-level comments 4replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 2asks a question 0says they intend to try it 20other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments22 preserved records · 22 of 22 source records accounted for **myself**♥ 1,068source record 53 **my will to keep folding laundry is basically on life support been putting off calling the dentist for six months now and at this point i think the cavity's just gonna declare independence my cat gives me this look every morning like she's seen some things, probably narrating my slow decline in her head**♥ 192source record 54 **I was going to say my tolerance. You nailed it.**♥ 7source record 80 **This right here**♥ 9source record 81 **Almost literally everything I have and rely on in my life. It's exhausting being poor.**♥ 80source record 150 **Right?! Reading through this post I’m like, oh… I’m POOR poor 😝🫣**♥ 14source record 151 **My sanity.**♥ 68source record 212 **The will to keep working and paying bills. 2 people on 1 check is harsh and we've been doing it for over a dozen years. I'm burned out.**♥ 42source record 228 **My self respect.**♥ 9source record 272 **Just about everything. I mean, I can replace pretty much everything, but they'll be a shadow of their previous glory.**♥ 2source record 299 **My will to live.**♥ 1source record 358 **Me**♥ 1source record 378 **my confidence**♥ 1source record 381 **my nerves**♥ 1source record 388 **me, myself and I**♥ 1source record 394 **Honestly nothing**♥ 1source record 403 **Me?**♥ 1source record 413 **Myself**♥ 1source record 415 **Me.**♥ 1source record 420 **My emotional stability.**♥ 1source record 422 **ME!**♥ 1source record 425 **My youth.**♥ 1source record 427 Archive: 22 index entries preserve 22 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs Rights, information and institutions7 index entriesAnswers that moved the question from possessions to civic conditions. Source-backed index report #### Pattern card naming what is wearing out, what commenters reported about keeping or replacing it, and what the thread disputed: Rights, information and institutions Source-backed answers are shown before diagnostics; the complete source archive remains below. #### Rights, information and institutions 7 source recordsDiscussed **Evidence Status:** Community-reported experience; not independently verified**Representative Source Record Id:** 286 **Appears when:** Rights, information and institutions **What the pattern means:** A small set that moves the question from possessions to civic conditions: free access to information, voting rights, democracy, a country. The exchange underneath the country record is the thread noticing its own assumptions — a reply pointing out that the forum is global and asking which country is meant, answered with all of them, and then a commenter saying that given the choice they would struggle to name one they felt positive about. **What commenters described:** It really feel that way, doesn't it. Not to the same level, but given the choice to move to another place I'd have a hard time picking the one I'd really be positive about. **Limit:** These records state a feeling about institutions rather than evidence about any of them, and the only context attached is the thread's own reply chain. What the replies added2 It really feel that way, doesn't it. Not to the same level, but given the choice to move to another place I'd have a hard time picking the one I'd really be positive about. From the replies♥ 2 Easily replaced. Just slap up a few strip malls, and install a fascist regime in your new government. From the replies #### Source-record spotlights Most engaged source Free access to information source record 220♥ 13 Later-arriving source It really feel that way, doesn't it. Not to the same level, but given the choice to move to another place I'd have a hard time picking the one I'd really be positive about. posted about 4.1 hours after the source♥ 2 Low-like source Which one? Reddit is global, so is this sub posted about 1.7 hours after the source♥ 12 #### What the counts show Within 7 source records, 1 ask a question and 0 explicitly say they intend to try the idea; neither signal is treated as an outcome. 7index entries 7distinct source records 11.1%of parent category 1.9%of the complete index 4top-level comments 3replies #### What commenters explicitly report 0explicitly reports a benefit 0explicitly reports a limit or failure 1asks a question 0says they intend to try it 6other source context These buckets are a deterministic partition based on explicit phrasing in the source text; they are not sentiment scores or effectiveness findings. **Reading limit:** Counts show source-record support for this index node. Explicit language and exact-phrase rules do not establish uniqueness, semantic exhaustiveness, or effectiveness. Browse the original comments7 preserved records · 7 of 7 source records accounted for **Free access to information**♥ 13source record 220 **My voting rights**♥ 16source record 282 **This country.**♥ 20source record 283 **Which one? Reddit is global, so is this sub**♥ 12source record 284 **All of them**♥ 11source record 285 **It really feel that way, doesn't it. Not to the same level, but given the choice to move to another place I'd have a hard time picking the one I'd really be positive about.**♥ 2source record 286 **democracy**♥ 2source record 331 Archive: 7 index entries preserve 7 distinct source records · Every displayed synthesis count resolves to source-record IDs How this catalog was built **How this guide is organized** The complete source archive contains all 430 captured comments. 374 of them name something wearing out, or a way of keeping one going, and are cited by 33 visible reviewed cards across 11 themes. The remaining 56 are agreements, jokes, off-topic advice, follow-up questions and bare words that identify no object; they stay in the labelled source archive and are not credited as answers. Every claim that drew a counter-report inside the thread carries that counter-report on the same card. Source: Reddit comments — 1 thread, 430 comments (186 top-level, 244 replies) ## Selected comments from the discussion This export carries real like counts and timestamps. The first 18 are the most resonant on-topic top-level comment from each stage of the discussion, ranked by resonance within their arrival-time cohort so later arrivals are not penalised for having had less time to accumulate likes. A car with push buttons, no subscriptions, far easier to repair, was affordable, lasted all through Covid, never needs oil besides a standard change, uses regular unleaded, and gets \~35 mpg on average in normal city driving. And next year it will be old enough to vote. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 741 My dad. He’s 92\. Five years bedridden — unable to eat, talk or move — with what the drs thought was Parkinson’s, but now not so sure. After two years on hospice he’s plateauing and even showing some improvement by communicating. Which doesn’t happen with Parkinson’s. Whatever he has, he’s not going to get “better”. He will always require round the clock care. But he was a good man, wonderful father and science professor. He doesn’t seem unhappy or in pain. We miss him even though he’s still here. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 115 Almost literally everything I have and rely on in my life. It's exhausting being poor. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 80 I had to leave behind my Kenmore washer and dryer my mother in law gave us as a housewarming gift over 30 years ago when we moved across country. Hey, our new house already came with a washer and dryer. What's the problem? If I would have realized the quality difference I would have hauled them across country and kept them repaired as long as I could. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 664 My legs. I use a wheelchair now. Kind of want to get them amputated so they stop hurting. I'd rock some robo legs. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 40 I've got a purple American Apparel t shirt that is the best shirt I've ever owned. It's 20 years old this year and I wear it once a week. About half of it is white at this point and it's as soft and thin as tissue paper. Never got a hole never popped a thread. I would have bought 15 and never wore another shirt in my life if I had known. Owner was a psychopath, but Jesus, did they make a good shirt. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 9 Free access to information most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 13 iPhone 12 mini - small smartphones are completely gone from the market and I hate the idea of being forced into a bigger screen. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 114 My grandma own a gas industrial racking oven. It's the size of half bedroom. She sell hundreds of layer cake aka kue lapis weekly when she was young. She past away around 10 years ago on her 70s. Now my aunt and mom use it to make same cake with the same recipe for family once every year. Did tried to sell the cake for a few year and can't manage with the quantity of the order every year. It's in a good working condition but you can see the wear and tear and aging from all the parts. Couldn't make the same taste when we do it with any other oven. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 6 A labrador :( More seriously, a 75-year-old all-metal sewing machine. Sewing machines started to be made with plastic gears in the 60s and 70s so will never last as long as my beautiful 50s beast. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 3 I have a 29 year old kenmore microwave. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 5 My favorite crock pot just died and I’m struggling to find a replacement. I had one with a built in hinge lid and I loved it. I never had to worry about where to place the lid, it drained the condensation back into the pot, and I never had to worry about burning myself by putting the lids on those third party backs because of the hinge. They literally don’t make my crock pot anymore. They’ve gone to these latching logs for traveling and I’m upset. My hinged lid also locked. Thinking of getting the Ninja Possiblecooker since I can do more in it than a flat crock pot. Read more most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 3 My cat. She’s 13\. I intend to always have a cat as long as I can take care of them but it won’t be the same furry galoot that sticks her nose in my ear at 3 am most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 5 My 2018 Ford Focus Electric. They no longer make the car. Sure I can buy another electric car but at a starting price that’s twice what I paid for this one. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 4 Supima cotton shirts from lands end and ll bean before quality went down. Realized I just wore a night shirt that is 20 years old. No pilling. No shrinkage. Now irreplaceable. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 4 My Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard. I'm on my last one, I bought 5 when they were discontinued. This one has a French Canadian layout, that is how desperate I was. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 1 I have a hairbrush from Avon that I've been using daily for 30+ years. Probably an entire ring of bristles are missing, but it's still the GOAT. I mislaid it once and tried replacing it. About a half dozen dupes later, nothing made my ponytail quite the same. Thank God the friend I was staying with alerted me I'd inadvertently left it behind and got it back to me. It's never leaving my home bathroom again. most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 2 1998 sr5 manual transmission 4 cyl toyota tacoma most resonant in its arrival cohort♥ 2 ## How the discussion breaks down Relative volume of distinct source-backed records across every reviewed category in this corpus. ### Cars and trucks 72 distinct coded comment records 4 normalized answers ### When the answer was not an object 63 distinct coded comment records 4 normalized answers ### Washers and dryers, the thread's opening answer 36 distinct coded comment records 3 normalized answers ### Computers, phones and input devices 33 distinct coded comment records 4 normalized answers ### Kitchen, workshop and furniture 32 distinct coded comment records 4 normalized answers ### Clothes, shoes and bags 30 distinct coded comment records 3 normalized answers ### Music players and hi-fi 27 distinct coded comment records 2 normalized answers ### Screens 27 distinct coded comment records 2 normalized answers ### Discontinued by the company, not worn out 23 distinct coded comment records 3 normalized answers ### The fixed systems in a house 20 distinct coded comment records 2 normalized answers ### Small things with no equivalent 11 distinct coded comment records 2 normalized answers ## What commenters said actually works when it dies Read across all 374 classified records, the same three moves keep appearing under unrelated objects — a mouse, a coat, an office chair, a washing machine. They are the part of this thread that transfers to whatever is wearing out in your own house. **Buy the spares while the line still exists (13 records).** This one recurs under the most unrelated objects in the corpus — mice, keyboards, t-shirts, shoes, cosmetics, remotes, dog ear defenders — and it is almost always described in the past tense as a regret. *“G300s mouse. They stopped making them. So I bought 7 of them because repairing them would involve precision soldering.”* *“My Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 keyboard. I'm on my last one, I bought 5 when they were discontinued. This one has a French Canadian layout, that is how desperate I was.”* *“My dog's earplugs. They stopped making them and I didn't know, otherwise I would have bought like 5 pairs.”* And the version stated as a question rather than a plan: *“Is it worth stockpiling the most commonly replaced parts now?”* **Buy the part, not the product (23 records).** The corpus's most specific repair routes are component-level and they cross categories: a hard drive swapped for solid-state storage — *“This happened to me years ago and I replaced the hard drive with a CF card and adapter.”* — replacement ear pads, a regreased mixer, a resoled sandal, a new zipper: *“A tailor or alterations shop can replace a zipper.”* One garment thread proposes remanufacture outright: *“You could probably get a sewist on Etsy to copy the pattern off the remaining pair and make 10 more for you.”* The clearest case is furniture, where a manufacturer's own parts programme is named as the reason the item is not actually irreplaceable: *“Herman Miller has a 12 years warranty and after that you can still buy spare parts directly from them, they keep them for decades and they can repair them for you as well. That’s one of the reasons to pay the premium price.”* **Shop the secondhand market that already has it (13 records).** Estate sales, Facebook Marketplace, eBay, thrift shops and used-appliance dealers are named repeatedly, and for discontinued goods they are described as the only stock that exists. *“You might find something close or even the same at an estate sale.”* *“Lots of new old stock on eBay.”* *“am sitting in front of a pioneer 5080 right now, i prefer it over oled for a lot of stuff and it was 25 bucks on marketplace.”* One commenter describes a route more specific than a marketplace listing: *“Try to find a used appliance store or someone who repairs old machines. Chances are they have some that customers chose to replace. I buy from a workforce development program that trains people how to fix appliances. If I can't handle a repair myself--usually electrical--I trade the old one in for another used Kenmore from the 80s or 90s and they repair and resell the broken one. Win win. Hint: If you are not living in the land of "Yankee thrift", look in working class neighborhoods to nearest big city to find an appliance whisperer. Most people making minimum wage aren't dropping $2k on a new washing machine unless they absolutely have to.”* **Where the corpus reports a dead end (4 records).** Four records locate the failure in the repair trade rather than in the object: a heating element that cannot legally be reproduced, an amplifier only one person will still service, a camera whose remaining technicians are ageing out, and a brass lamp no shop will take on. *“The best popcorn maker ever. It was a wedding present to my MIL back in the 50’s and is heated by those curly wires that are basically a short-circuit. I talked to a vintage appliance guy who told me that when one of those breaks its over because you can’t get those due to fire code nonsense.”* *“Medium format film camera! It's older than me. One of the workhorses of the era. Takes gorgeous pictures, but I can't really afford the film that often. The last few people that could really service it are going to pass away, and then your only hope is to follow youtube tutorials.”* **The most concretely specified cause is a material change (6 records).** Not electronics and not software: metal parts replaced by plastic or pot metal, named as a specific component. *“A labrador :( More seriously, a 75-year-old all-metal sewing machine. Sewing machines started to be made with plastic gears in the 60s and 70s so will never last as long as my beautiful 50s beast.”* *“My dad old Made in USA Craftsman socket set. Modern replacements are all cast from cheap pot metal and flex or split under any real torque”* *“Kenwood mixer from the 1980's. It has started to heat up during mixing and has also gotten louder. I don't know if they make metal gears etc any more. Last time asked was told they're all plastic now.”* One more thing this corpus does that a product list would hide: 63 of the 374 classified records do not name an object at all. They answer with a knee, a back, a parent, a dog, a wife, patience, or a right. Those records are kept in their own theme rather than mixed into the 311 that name a possession, so neither count is inflated by the other. Browse the original comments430 audited comments and replies PreviousNext Dataset, coverage, and methodology 430 comments read and classified 374 records naming an item or a way of keeping one going 33 sub-patterns the answers fall into 244 of the records are replies ## How this was counted The working unit is a comment record, not a person, not a product and not a brand. All 430 canonical comments from this one thread (186 top-level, 244 replies) were read in four passes and each was assigned to exactly one sub-pattern or one exclusion bucket. 374 records name something the commenter owns that is wearing out and hard to replace, or report a way one is being kept going; all 374 appear in the complete index below. The other 56 break down as agreements, jokes and emoji naming nothing (23), advice about a commenter's dentist, doctor or laundry (18), an off-topic aside about generations and ageing (5), bare words that identify no object (5), follow-up questions naming no item of their own (3), a request for a commenter's own item (1), and an automated moderator notice (1). 374 counts classified comment records, not distinct products. Repeats were deliberately kept: several records each name a Honda, a plasma television or a Kenmore washer, and each stays its own row rather than being merged into a single product entry. No brand count on this page should be read as a count of distinct products. 63 of the 374 classified records answer with a body, a person, a pet, a right or the commenter's own patience rather than a possession. They are kept in their own theme so the 311 records that do name an object are not inflated by them. Heart counts are the raw numbers as captured. The first hour of this thread holds 71.9% of all its hearts, so a ranking by raw hearts would mostly rank arrival time; the themes below are ordered by how many records they hold, not by popularity. 244 of the 430 records (57%) are replies, and much of the useful material — the repair routes, the parts sources, the counter-arguments — is in them rather than in the top-level answers. Nothing here is verified beyond what people typed.