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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 19:41:31 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   Furniture used to last long enough to be passed down from generation to generation. In the era of sawdust furniture you'll be lucky if it doesn't need replacing in 10 years
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 21:22:27 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Niclas Hedhman
     @niclas I don't know why they wouldn't want any of that, but I do get that storage is an issue if you live in a shoebox. Even if you don't want the stuff yourself, someone would be willing to buy it which is still a way to pass the benefits of quality products down. A particle board tv stand probably isn't going for much though.
     
     Stepping out of city limits you can usually find more spacious homes that aren't insanely priced, but there may be some work to do if you want it to be nice. Right now all house prices are ridiculous but I don't think that can hold on forever.
   • Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 21:22:28 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     @thatguyoverthere

     My mother has some furniture, clocks, chandeliers, ++ that her grandmother inherited, so we are talking mid-1800s or so. Don't think any of her grandchildren want these.

     You need a shitty, but well-paying job to pay for the big house to store all the stuff you have so you can be motivated to go to that shitty job.

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   • Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 22:59:55 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     @thatguyoverthere

     All in my family live in spacious homes, but what happens is that each has decorated from the early days (and continued to) in a style, where 150 year old furniture doesn't fit very well.

     Selling; yes, that is likely what happens when our mother dies. Same thing with her 6000 sq ft (base area, not incl 1500 sq ft apartment upstairs and 2500 sq ft warehouse) house, as everyone has their own house, and I don't want to buy it from my siblings.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 23:09:49 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Niclas Hedhman
     @niclas yeah I get that. Personally I like old things and I'd probably try and find room for the heirlooms, but at least the value is still transfered to decendents as opposed to the sawdust that is commonly sold as furniture today. We have a clock in the kitchen that kinda looks cool, but the face is basically made out of cardboard and the crappy clockwork can't even keep time. On the other side though growing up we had a wind up clock with some really fancy mechanical stuff going on inside, and if you forgot to wind it up it would suffer similar problems.
     
     
     :thinkingcat: I wonder if it might be possible to run a clock on the vibrations of the home. Like a grandfather clock, but when you walk by you're actually charging a battery.