First World Problems...

Gravity: It's not just a good idea; it's the law!

Who designed this? It's not like that wine glass is huge... and besides, I bought that dish rack in Paris, which the last time I checked was in France, whose citizens are supposedly well versed in things like wine.

Maybe they drink 24 hours a day, so they don't wash their wineglasses?

Okay... they are forgiven.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Well it is a problem

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

2 Don't you stick the glass into the prongs?

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

3 Beautiful backsplash. How is the cooking going with such a tiny galley?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 23, 2025 02:02 PM (mT+6a)

4 Still having my FWP of (landline) cordless phone, resetting itself back to Standard Time after I set it to Daylight Time.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:03 PM (rdVOm)

5 Glass still looks unwashed. Maybe a change of dish soap is needed.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 23, 2025 02:05 PM (g8Ew8)

6 Did you fold up the dishrack & then re-open it? Maybe try that...

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:06 PM (rdVOm)

7 Minor FWP: So many useless "national X days".

Granted, I like that today is National Puppy Day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 23, 2025 02:06 PM (VNX3d)

8 Who needs a dish rack? I drink my Thunderbird right out of the bottle.

Posted by: Paco at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM (mADJX)

9 Perhaps place the stem between the slats, and the glasses alternatively on the shelves above and below??
Or maybe it's the idiot who designed the damn rack.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM (n4GiU)

10 Give up drinking wine and those fancy glasses used by cheese eating French surrender monkeys. Problem solved.

Posted by: Archer at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM (IDphi)

11
You know why chinese products are junk?

Because the chinese peasants making the products literally have no idea what they're making. They do not understand what the product is for, or how it will be used.

The end result is a poorly designed, inferior-specced piece of garbage.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM (PN6iW)

12 Have a look at last night's ONT-- You're supposed to be using red Solo Cups anyway. No need to wash, just throw them in the trash when done.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:09 PM (rdVOm)

13 You know why chinese products are junk?

Because the chinese peasants making the products literally have no idea what they're making. They do not understand what the product is for, or how it will be used.

The end result is a poorly designed, inferior-specced piece of garbage.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM (PN6iW)

Except for woks and rice cookers. They make excellent chopsticks too.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 23, 2025 02:10 PM (g8Ew8)

14
Have a look at last night's ONT-- You're supposed to be using red Solo Cups anyway. No need to wash, just throw them in the trash when done.
Posted by: JQ

Why throw them away? Are they unusable after one use?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 23, 2025 02:13 PM (63Dwl)

15 They think the glasses should be stored on their sides just like the bottles of wine.

They are French idiots.

Or more likely, smart Chinese selling to French idiots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:13 PM (bss/y)

16
For instance: a pair a chinese jumper cables.

The ignorant, uneducated chinese workers have no comprehension of "current" or "amps" "conductivity" or "battery posts" or even the distance of cable one would need to jump start a car with another car.

So you end up with 4-feet long jumper cables made with 14-gauge inferior aluminum stranded wire with plastic clamps that break the first time they are squeezed open.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:13 PM (PN6iW)

17 rhennigantx posted a link to an interview with Howard Lutnick on the book thread. I wasn't really aware who he was.

Just sucked up almost 2 hours of my life.

Thanks rhennigantx

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at March 23, 2025 02:14 PM (L1omb)

18 Have a look at last night's ONT-- You're supposed to be using red Solo Cups anyway. No need to wash, just throw them in the trash when done.
Posted by: JQ

Why throw them away? Are they unusable after one use?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 23, 2025 02:13 PM (63Dwl)

MICROPLASTICS! REEEEEEEE!
-retards

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:14 PM (bss/y)

19
So, what have we learned about France today?

They don't wash their armpits or their wine glasses.

Take note travelers if you want to blend in.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2025 02:14 PM (iJfKG)

20 That's why I only use red Solo cups

Posted by: tankdemon at March 23, 2025 02:15 PM (rG+ni)

21 2 Don't you stick the glass into the prongs?
Posted by: Skip
--

It looks like there's a foot there.
For a purpose?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:15 PM (C7jVI)

22 MICROPLASTICS! REEEEEEEE!
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Oh. Yes, you're right... can't send them to the ocean, via landfills after all.

CBD: you should *burn them* when done.

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:16 PM (rdVOm)

23 Wait, CBD. Maybe you are supposed to put the big part on the lower shelf and put the stem through the forks and the base sits in the top?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:16 PM (bss/y)

24
That frame isn't a rack for wine glasses.It's part of a harmonium. There are a lot of parts missing.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 23, 2025 02:16 PM (d4X7t)

25 Oh, I did not see the cross bar. Would not have been a bad idea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:17 PM (bss/y)

26 I didn't see JQ's comment (#12 for those keeping scire at home) until after I posted mine.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 23, 2025 02:17 PM (rG+ni)

27 From France? I got mine at Walmart.

Posted by: Bob at March 23, 2025 02:17 PM (YiqZD)

28 That frame isn't a rack for wine glasses. It's part of a harmonium. There are a lot of parts missing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 23, 2025 02:16 PM (d4X7t)

Looking at it from the end on like this, it kind of looks like a swastika.

*snicker*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:18 PM (bss/y)

29 I bought that dish rack in Paris

Well, you should have bought it in Chácara Flora, Brazil for authenticy.
* SNIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFF *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 23, 2025 02:18 PM (mlg/3)

30 Looking at it from the end on like this, it kind of looks like a swastika.

*snicker*
Posted by: Aetius451AD

My hometown was originally named "New Berlin". Until halfway through WWI that is.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:19 PM (cYBz/)

31 Why throw them away? Are they unusable after one use?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 23, 2025 02:13 PM (63Dwl)

“Red Solo cups may be reused until they start growing mold. They can then be thrown away.”

Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion at March 23, 2025 02:20 PM (l3YAf)

32 My hometown was originally named "New Berlin". Until halfway through WWI that is.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:19 PM (cYBz/)

Did they go for 'New Moscow'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:20 PM (bss/y)

33 11
You know why chinese products are junk?

Because the chinese peasants making the products literally have no idea what they're making. They do not understand what the product is for, or how it will be used.

The end result is a poorly designed, inferior-specced piece of garbage.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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That's why the Russians, who now have free time and money to tinker and create ice racers from Vespas, are leap frogging ahead in development while the Chinese build submarines with hatches not watertight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:20 PM (C7jVI)

34 Probably $235 US right there.

Oh, and the glass goes on that little "shelf" on the left, bottom with the stem up.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 23, 2025 02:21 PM (Q4IgG)

35 The end result is a poorly designed, inferior-specced piece of garbage.
Posted by: Soothsayer

To say nothing of the 'Instructions' written by a worker with the literacy of a 3 year old American.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:22 PM (cYBz/)

36 That's why the Russians, who now have free time and money to tinker and create ice racers from Vespas, are leap frogging ahead in development while the Chinese build submarines with hatches not watertight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:20 PM (C7jVI)

Quality Control is not just a dept- it's a mindset.

I once made a sign for a food lab: 'We don't make the shit you eat- we make sure the shit you eat doesn't kill you.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:22 PM (bss/y)

37 No dishwashers in France?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 23, 2025 02:23 PM (dg+HA)

38 > 2 Don't you stick the glass into the prongs?
Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 02:02 PM (fwDg9)

That's what she said.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 23, 2025 02:24 PM (W5ArC)

39 I just go with the a Mason jar.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at March 23, 2025 02:24 PM (dg+HA)

40 Wine! Wine! Wine!

Wining all the time!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:24 PM (TfEf8)

41 >> Oh, and the glass goes on that little "shelf" on the left, bottom with the stem up.

This. The stem goes through the upper slats on the left.

Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion at March 23, 2025 02:25 PM (l3YAf)

42
"Warm Tips"

You see that in chinglish "instructions."

"Warm tips" is their way of trying to say "friendly suggestion/hint."

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:25 PM (PN6iW)

43 No dishwashers in France?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 23, 2025 02:23 PM (dg+HA)
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Yes but workers union wages make that unaffordable.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:25 PM (TfEf8)

44 40 Wine! Wine! Wine!

Wining all the time!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:24 PM (TfEf

Whinge!
-if we had a British 'ron... we have to have at least a lurker from ole blighty, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:26 PM (bss/y)

45 Red, red wine
Stay close to meeeeee

I h8 that song

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 02:26 PM (fwDg9)

46 In a world not far away or long ago one could give an American a blue print and expect the product to be exactly as specified. Other cultures must also have the preface, exactly and perfectly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:27 PM (C7jVI)

47 I h8 that song
Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 02:26 PM (fwDg9)

Yep. And now it's in my head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:27 PM (bss/y)

48 My week's FWP - If you are not versed in the language of the trade, do not insist you understand verbal directions.

"Honey, please throw the main breaker to off".

I hear a breaker being turned off and, Honey saying "IT'S OFF!!"

(Pokes hot side of device with a screwdriver 'cause I left my testing gear upstairs and am too lazy to retrieve it.)

ZAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPP!!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:27 PM (cYBz/)

49 > 7 Minor FWP: So many useless "national X days".
Granted, I like that today is National Puppy Day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 23, 2025 02:06 PM (VNX3d)

Pretty soon they're going to have to start doubling up, if they haven't already. Like Catholic saints -- there are just too many of them. There's not a chance that Saint Marmaduke of East Hamtramck is going to get a day to himself.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (W5ArC)

50 (Pokes hot side of device with a screwdriver 'cause I left my testing gear upstairs and am too lazy to retrieve it.)

ZAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPP!!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:27 PM (cYBz/)

Well, really, who's fault is that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (bss/y)

51 TP was not following the rules of Lock Out/Tag Out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (bss/y)

52 Maybe they drink 24 hours a day, so they don't wash their wineglasses?
Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

To be fair, they don't wash themselves with any particular rigour.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (a3Q+t)

53 >>>To say nothing of the 'Instructions' written by a worker with the literacy of a 3 year old American.
Posted by: Tonypete
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You missed the era of instructions on the new Japanese VCR.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:29 PM (C7jVI)

54 > "Warm tips" is their way of trying to say "friendly suggestion/hint."

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:25 PM (PN6iW)

I remember a Chinese-made appliance years back that advised cleaning it with "wild dishwashlump liquid".

Presumably "mild dishwashing liquid" was what they were going for.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 23, 2025 02:29 PM (W5ArC)

55 Well, really, who's fault is that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (bss/y)
-

That YouTube Indian guy who's teaching millions of people how to kill themselves with electricity from the comfort of their homes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:30 PM (TfEf8)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 02:30 PM (a3Q+t)

57 I too would drink 24 hrs a day if I were French. :-p

Hope you are enjoying your time in France CBD. Soooo jealous ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (0XVad)

58 6 Did you fold up the dishrack & then re-open it? Maybe try that...

Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:06 PM (rdVOm)
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LOL JQ, is it a Microsoft made rack?

Posted by: Ciampino - things changed? at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (sPQoU)

59 To be fair, they don't wash themselves with any particular rigour.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 02:28 PM (a3Q+t)
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I'm tired. 8:30PM here. Busy day. I read "rigor" as "vinegar."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (TfEf8)

60 You know why chinese products are junk?

Because the chinese peasants making the products literally have no idea what they're making. They do not understand what the product is for, or how it will be used.

****

I would tend to disagree. The people designing products aren’t illiterate peasants. China has a large middle class and they build and design many things quite well.

The problem is, they’re told to build something as cheaply as possible and cut corners at every turn to save a few pennies. If you’re getting mid-range or high-end products, they’re usually reasonably well-built.

A lot of the companies selling cheap stuff want it to break so you’ll have to buy another.

Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (l3YAf)

61 I understand bad Engrish on the first draft of the instructions - but, what would it cost to have them proofread by an actual English speaking person? One phone call should do it.

$50? $100?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (cYBz/)

62 /sock

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 23, 2025 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

63 There's a bit in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (a pretty good book, despite the frou-frou title) where the protagonist (a tech writer in his day job) starts assembling something in a manner contrary to the printed instructions. His friend objects. "But these instructions are from the *factory*!"

"You don't get it. I'm from the factory too, and I know how these instructions get written. You go out on the line and tell the foreman you need to borrow a guy for a week. Naturally, he picks the most useless fuckup he has, the one he can most easily spare -- and whatever that guy tells you becomes the instructions."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 23, 2025 02:33 PM (W5ArC)

64 CBD, when will you recognize to reall FWP here?

"My husband came back from Fwance and all he got me was this dishrack!"

Sleep with one eye open.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:34 PM (TfEf8)

65 The Chinese perfected picking up one grain of rice with two sticks, and using one stick to pick up two buckets of shit.

Posted by: Ciampino - fiendish at March 23, 2025 02:35 PM (sPQoU)

66 64 CBD, when will you recognize to reall FWP here?

"My husband came back from Fwance and all he got me was this dishrack!"

Sleep with one eye open.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:34 PM (TfEf

I assumed the Lady CBD was with him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:35 PM (bss/y)

67 I've heard that the Chinese way of doing business is this:

1) Make the prototype sample perfect. Utterly flawless.
2) With each batch of production, lower the quality a tiny bit.
3) Repeat 2) until the customer complains, then notch the quality back up just a tad.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 23, 2025 02:35 PM (W5ArC)

68 Isn't it in backwards ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 23, 2025 02:38 PM (ayRl+)

69 Why use a dish rack. Just invert the clean glass onto the dish towel. Problem solved.

Posted by: Tuna at March 23, 2025 02:39 PM (lJ0H4)

70 Why use a dish rack. Just invert the clean glass onto the dish towel. Problem solved.

Life has taught me that anything put in a high potential energy situation will sooner or later be knocked over and broken. This obviously is especially important to glassware.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 02:41 PM (xCA6C)

71 Wait...when you drink, you use a glass?

What nonsense is this?

Posted by: Orson at March 23, 2025 02:41 PM (dIske)

72 FWP I gave away a cabinet and more than half its contents in a binge of cleaning. The space where it stood is now filled again, although no one bought anything.

My father says every time he opens a cupboard, he finds more things that my mother neatly folded, stacked and/or boxed until needed. When I visit, he asks "Where did your mother put...?" I told him of it's any consolation, Mom wouldn't have been able to navigate the garage or shed without a map.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 23, 2025 02:42 PM (V+XpP)

73 I understand bad Engrish on the first draft of the instructions - but, what would it cost to have them proofread by an actual English speaking person? One phone call should do it.

$50? $100?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (cYBz/)

By the time you’re reading the instructions you’ve already paid for the thing, so what’s the point?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 23, 2025 02:42 PM (l3YAf)

74 33
That's why the Russians, who now have free time and money to tinker and create ice racers from Vespas, are leap frogging ahead in development while the Chinese build submarines with hatches not watertight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:20 PM (C7jVI)
----
Wait till you see the Boeing submarine .....

Posted by: Ciampino - yellow at March 23, 2025 02:42 PM (sPQoU)

75 I assumed the Lady CBD was with him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 23, 2025 02:35 PM (bss/y)
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Even more of a reason to keep one eye open at night!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 02:42 PM (TfEf8)

76
Life has taught me that anything put in a high potential energy situation will sooner or later be knocked over and broken. This obviously is especially important to glassware.
Posted by: Archimedes

Nah. That's how I air dry my good crystal. Haven't lost one yet.

Posted by: Tuna at March 23, 2025 02:44 PM (lJ0H4)

77 Wine glasses are like coffee cups they are better unwashed and therefore seasoned.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 23, 2025 02:45 PM (9NLlc)

78 Life has taught me that anything put in a high potential energy situation will sooner or later be knocked over and broken. This obviously is especially important to glassware.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 02:41 PM

Is this your fancy Greek way of saying you're a klutz? *copies the wording to crib for the next trip on the step*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 23, 2025 02:45 PM (V+XpP)

79 Why use a dish rack. Just invert the clean glass onto the dish towel. Problem solved.
Posted by: Tuna at March 23, 2025 02:39 PM (lJ0H4)

That’s what I do. I don’t permanently lose counter space to a dish rack. And dish racks have to be periodically cleaned. If they’re Chinesium stainless steel (which is most stainless steel these days) they’ll start rusting before long.

A dish towel I can just throw in the wash.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 23, 2025 02:47 PM (l3YAf)

80 My parents bought a Chinese-made wooden rectangular wall clock. The instructions read: "It is forbidden to lay the clock on its side." Didn't mention any jail time for doing this, though.

Posted by: washrivergal at March 23, 2025 02:48 PM (C53IZ)

81 I like the French glass racks that you install under the cabinets so the glasses hand upside down.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 23, 2025 02:48 PM (2NXcZ)

82 68 Isn't it in backwards ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at March 23, 2025 02:38 PM (ayRl+)
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That's what she said .....

Posted by: Ciampino - big end first at March 23, 2025 02:49 PM (sPQoU)

83 "It is forbidden to lay the clock on its side." Didn't mention any jail time for doing this, though.
Posted by: washrivergal

I imagine they figured we all knew of someone that was 'doing time' and would draw the proper conclusion.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:49 PM (cYBz/)

84
I imagine they figured we all knew of someone that was 'doing time' and would draw the proper conclusion.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:49 PM (cYBz/)

+++

LOL!

Posted by: washrivergal at March 23, 2025 02:51 PM (C53IZ)

85 Isn't it in backwards ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No
----
That's what she said .....
Posted by: Ciampino

From the "Comment that would have been better in this thread file -"

"It just slipped out! I'll do better next time!"
-- Posted by: CBD

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2025 02:51 PM (cYBz/)

86 Watch "China Fakes Everything" videos on YouTube and regret our conceding industrialization to this low-trust, low life society.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 23, 2025 02:52 PM (wBaIH)

87 Forbidden is a common thing in China.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:52 PM (C7jVI)

88 ----
Wait till you see the Boeing submarine .....
Posted by: Ciampino
---

Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 02:54 PM (C7jVI)

89 How is the cooking going with such a tiny galley?

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 23, 2025 02:02 PM (mT+6a)

The size of the kitchen is fine. It's just that it doesn't have much in the way of utensils and cookware!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 23, 2025 02:56 PM (6ofyj)

90
What do you mean, "they" Monsour de la Froggy du Frogchemai?

Posted by: Auspex at March 23, 2025 02:57 PM (j4U/Z)

91 BTW Electroboom is Iranian, not Indian, and he lives in Canada

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 23, 2025 02:58 PM (wBaIH)

92 I've heard that the Chinese way of doing business is this:

1) Make the prototype sample perfect. Utterly flawless.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Wrong.
1 ) Bid high on product run, then accept lower cost for production
2 ) Steal design
3 ) Send molds/tooling to sister factory and copy the shit out that thing until the bidder can't compete with mysterious copycat
4 ) Run bid as fast and cheap as possible

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 23, 2025 02:59 PM (mlg/3)

93 No ~~dishwashers~~soap in France?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:05 PM (ZmEVT)

94 BTW Electroboom is Iranian, not Indian, and he lives in Canada

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 23, 2025 02:58 PM (wBaIH)
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Some say he lives in DC.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 23, 2025 03:05 PM (TfEf8)

95 You're welcome!

Posted by: Wine Moms & Wine Aunts, a lil' buzzzzzzd at March 23, 2025 03:06 PM (Cki93)

96 > Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.
---------
The other contractor, Lockheed, bailed out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 23, 2025 03:07 PM (Q4IgG)

97 Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.
---------
The other contractor, Lockheed, bailed out.

I'm assuming there's more to the story here. Why would you not compete in this arena if you're Lockheed?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 03:09 PM (xCA6C)

98 "Like Catholic saints -- "

LOL, earlier today I was thinking about my middle name. I was born on that saint's day in "the old Roman Church calendar."

The Old Roman Church calendar wasn't usurped but just a measly 55 years ago.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:09 PM (ZmEVT)

99 BTW Electroboom is Iranian, not Indian, and he lives in Canada

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at March 23, 2025 02:58 PM (wBaIH)

He is awesome, and not the buffoon he seems!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 23, 2025 03:10 PM (L5An7)

100 was usurped.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:10 PM (ZmEVT)

101 I have that same dishrack. Set the glass upright so it doesn't lean.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:11 PM (CQE5S)

102 Wrong.
1 ) Bid high on product run, then accept lower cost for production
2 ) Steal design
3 ) Send molds/tooling to sister factory and copy the shit out that thing until the bidder can't compete with mysterious copycat
4 ) Run bid as fast and cheap as possible
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 23, 2025 02:59 PM

I worked for a telecom manufacturer. We submitted for a huge contract in India. There were 11 submittals.

7 of the 11 submittals were our product; ours and 6 clones made by various Chinese companies. 2 of the clones duplicated our equipment so well they cloned errors we had in our backplane.

It's hard to compete against your own product.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 03:12 PM (a3Q+t)

103 96 > Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.
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The other contractor, Lockheed, bailed out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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So it's going to be another piece of crap.
Probably a DEI design to compete with pocrap-35.
Ask for a new design and start the competition over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:12 PM (C7jVI)

104 6 Did you fold up the dishrack & then re-open it? Maybe try that...
Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:06 PM (rdVOm)

hahahahaha
Good one, JQ.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:12 PM (CQE5S)

105 So one of CBDs favorite cooking techniques is sous vide, a technique invented in France, and CBD is, himself, literally in France! What could be be planning?

Things that make you go, hmmmmm.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)

106 He is awesome, and not the buffoon he seems!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 23, 2025 03:10 PM

The same can be said for some of the commenters here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (a3Q+t)

107 For National Puppy Day my FWP is this:

My pup is one year old today. In the 10 months since she has been with us I have never seen her actually poop. Yet my yard constantly accumulates little puppy turds that I have to scoop up. I think she may be outsourcing to a neighbor dog. Or sneaking out at night to do her business. Or it's aliens.

Posted by: muldoon at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (/iMjX)

108 >>>I bought that dish rack in Paris

You did what?

Silly.

You should have bought one made in USA, designed for USA gravity, which everyone knows is better.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (i24o9)

109 So one of CBDs favorite cooking techniques is sous vide, a technique invented in France, and CBD is, himself, literally in France! What could be be planning?

Things that make you go, hmmmmm.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (PiwSw)

Sous viding ham, and selling to muslims as goat?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (VNX3d)

110 "My husband came back from Fwance and all he got me was this dishrack!"

Be happy.

My grampa came back from a Westpac and gave gramma an STD.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:14 PM (ZmEVT)

111 Has anyone suggested jiggling the handle on that wineglass rack?

Posted by: muldoon at March 23, 2025 03:14 PM (/iMjX)

112 Glass is in the wrong place it should be upside down on the lower rack and the upper rack is for plates.

Posted by: Pete at March 23, 2025 03:14 PM (8WJxS)

113 You should have bought one made in USA, designed for USA gravity, which everyone knows is better.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (i24o9)

This is one reason why American Exceptionalism created the greatest country in history.

Even our gravity is the best in the world!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 23, 2025 03:15 PM (L5An7)

114 Granted, I like that today is National Puppy Day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Amen. They are yummy!

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at March 23, 2025 03:15 PM (G5+As)

115 You think French stuff isn't made in the same place ours is?

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 03:15 PM (fwDg9)

116 He is awesome, and not the buffoon he seems!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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You've got to be good to play that dumb.
Hope his entertainment attracts kids.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:16 PM (C7jVI)

117 Uh, the obvious solution. If the glass is fine crystal, hand-dry it and put it away. Otherwise, who cares?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:16 PM (ZmEVT)

118 The same can be said for some of the commenters here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM (a3Q+t)

Not the cob-loggers though...we are definitely buffoons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 23, 2025 03:16 PM (L5An7)

119 I have never seen her actually poop. Yet my yard constantly accumulates little puppy turds that I have to scoop up. I think she may be outsourcing to a neighbor dog. Or sneaking out at night to do her business. Or it's aliens.
Posted by: muldoon at March 23, 2025 03:13 PM

Have you considered asking her to outsource to a neighbor's yard?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 23, 2025 03:17 PM (a3Q+t)

120 That looks like a rummy-sized wineglass. What's it hold, 2 litres? Last time I saw one like that was on the Bowery, back in the day.

Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at March 23, 2025 03:18 PM (G5+As)

121 So it's going to be another piece of crap.
Probably a DEI design to compete with pocrap-35.
Ask for a new design and start the competition over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:12 PM (C7jVI)

Diversity is our strength. I’d like to thank Boeing for their plan to open a factory right here, in our district. This will create over 40 valuable jobs for our community, if you’re not a white man. The F-47 will help us defend against Putin’s aggression.

Posted by: Rep. Rino McCuckerson III at March 23, 2025 03:19 PM (l3YAf)

122 Okay... they are forgiven

No they are not. But they probably use smaller wine glasses which pair well with their tiny euro-weenie biceps.

Posted by: Kratwurst at March 23, 2025 03:22 PM (fcDpY)

123 Chinesium.

I bought a new well pump. Made in China. Instead of paying $750, as I expected to pay, it was $188 on Amazon. It comes with a three year warranty. When it arrived, there was a card that said "Get a replacement completely free, if you register now."

I did the work myself. Replacing a well pump is only hard if you do not have help.

The new pump worked for about 30 days.

I could execute the warranty and get another.

Hell no. The work involved is not worth it. I will buy a better product and do the whole effing thing again. But I will not suffer to do it again with a Chinesium product.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:22 PM (ZmEVT)

124 120 That looks like a rummy-sized wineglass. What's it hold, 2 litres?
Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at March 23, 2025 03:18 PM (G5+As)

LOL

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:23 PM (CQE5S)

125
Yeah, you can't cheap out with appliances or anything you depend on.

China sucks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:24 PM (PN6iW)

126 No they are not. But they probably use smaller wine glasses which pair well with their tiny euro-weenie biceps.

We have a remedy.

Posted by: Hans und Franz at March 23, 2025 03:24 PM (xCA6C)

127 120 That looks like a rummy-sized wineglass. What's it hold, 2 litres? Last time I saw one like that was on the Bowery, back in the day.
Posted by: Rum Dum With DTs. at March 23, 2025 03:18 PM (G5+As)

If you're on the go, a Camelback works quite well...

Posted by: Kamala Harris, from her upcoming book "Why Does No One Position Me For Success?" at March 23, 2025 03:25 PM (PiwSw)

128 > Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.
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The other contractor, Lockheed, bailed out.

I'm assuming there's more to the story here. Why would you not compete in this arena if you're Lockheed?
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Both actually built prototypes of this "6th generation" fighter and flew them. Several years ago. Lockheed has other contracts in the bin like the F-35, so...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 23, 2025 03:25 PM (Q4IgG)

129 @ 123 Chinesium.

I bought a new well pump. Made in China. Instead of paying $750, as I expected to pay, it was $188 on Amazon. It comes with a three year warranty. When it arrived, there was a card that said "Get a replacement completely free, if you register now."
__________________________________

Thou hath learned the lesson the guy in charge of our Graphics Dept at FedEx taught us: "Experience ... is what you get ... when you don't get ... what you want." - True dat.

Posted by: Dr_No at March 23, 2025 03:26 PM (ayRl+)

130
China sucks so bad that I go out of my way to look for Made In Taiwan, or, Hecho in Me-hee-co, even.

Taiwan junk is good compared to chinese junk.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:26 PM (PN6iW)

131 Lockheed has other contracts in the bin like the F-35, so...

Right, but this is the future. The F-35 is today.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 03:26 PM (xCA6C)

132 If I repeat a previous comment, it’s because I’m too lazy to read through over a hundred. Had a busy AM.

1) all glasses should be hand washed AND dried

2) Paris is not the same as the rest of France. Just don’t say that to a Parisian.

Posted by: epador at March 23, 2025 03:27 PM (W2MFb)

133
96 Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.

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Maybe a big contract, properly written, can be used as leverage to force Boeing to purge all the DEI nonsense and the management-by-accountant.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 23, 2025 03:27 PM (biznJ)

134 That tile wall in the background's kinda busy.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:27 PM (CQE5S)

135
Another example: Right now I need a couple of rear shock mount bolts for my 2001 Lincoln.

Can I trust a chinese bolt to be Class 10.9 or 8.8? No. Because the chinese are lying shits.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:28 PM (PN6iW)

136 Maybe a big contract, properly written, can be used as leverage to force Boeing to purge all the DEI nonsense and the management-by-accountant.

That's an interesting thought. I'm sure the government would rather there be at least two capable defense contractors.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 03:29 PM (xCA6C)

137 > Lockheed has other contracts in the bin like the F-35, so...

Right, but this is the future. The F-35 is today.
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I'm guessing it's bandwidth. The F-35 is a resource hog. And expensive to operate, so Lockheed's making bank on that. Plus overseas sales. And they've got their finger in other military weapons programs and orbital / space stuff.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 23, 2025 03:29 PM (Q4IgG)

138 132
1) all glasses should be hand washed AND dried
Posted by: epador at March 23, 2025 03:27 PM (W2MFb)

Maybe? But why?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:30 PM (CQE5S)

139
btw, the rear of my 5800lb 2001 Lincoln is being held up by chinese jack stands.

Do I trust those stands? Nope.
Was I under the car, yesterday? Yep.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:30 PM (PN6iW)

140 I'm guessing it's bandwidth. The F-35 is a resource hog. And expensive to operate, so Lockheed's making bank on that. Plus overseas sales. And they've got their finger in other military weapons programs and orbital / space stuff.

Could be. It's easy to assume these companies are infinitely elastic, and can expand to accommodate every program, but that's not really true.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 03:31 PM (xCA6C)

141
Icidentally, isn't Elon Musk kinda a quasi "government official?"

Isn't it kinda verboten to threaten to threaten and fuck with a government official?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:33 PM (PN6iW)

142 Do I trust those stands? Nope.
Was I under the car, yesterday? Yep.

Put...the...candle...back!

Posted by: Soothsayer under the car at March 23, 2025 03:33 PM (xCA6C)

143 btw, the rear of my 5800lb 2001 Lincoln is being held up by chinese jack stands.

Do I trust those stands? Nope.
Was I under the car, yesterday? Yep.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:30 PM (PN6iW)

I always double-up on jack stands because I don’t want one to fail.

Posted by: Rep. Rino McCuckerson III at March 23, 2025 03:33 PM (l3YAf)

144 I was very much impressed recently by a 12'X20' all metal carport I bought, assembled, installed, recently. Came in 3 cartons about 3'X6' each, about 120 lbs per carton. Had metal angles in the corner of the cartons, and 1/4" plywood down all the edges. Styrofoam padding, too. It all arrived here from Amazon without one scratch. Hundreds of screws, bolts, washers, nuts all shrink-wrapped and labelled onto cardboard.
The Chinglish directions were not great, but the illustrations were fine. I was impressed with the quality and found it amazing that this could be made at a profit for the price I paid.

Posted by: Chinesium, FTW! at March 23, 2025 03:33 PM (G5+As)

145 Solution is stemless wine glasses.

Posted by: Accomack at March 23, 2025 03:35 PM (FqNtp)

146 You want to know something funny? In Spain, they pronounce Mexico, "mexico."

They pronounce "cinco" thinco, and "cero" thero. Funny.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:35 PM (ZmEVT)

147 139
btw, the rear of my 5800lb 2001 Lincoln is being held up by chinese jack stands.

Do I trust those stands? Nope.
Was I under the car, yesterday? Yep.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:30 PM (PN6iW)

Did you have somebody spotting you? Not that that would necessarily have helped to save you.

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:36 PM (CQE5S)

148 Paris is the New York of France. Yeah. Just as assholier.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:37 PM (ZmEVT)

149
You know what's funny about getting old and DIY?

Before I undergo any project, I ask myself, "Dummy, do you want to spend the night in the E.R. waiting room?"

I guess I'm becoming more careful...or more wise.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:37 PM (PN6iW)

150 The Harbor Freight approach: buy five, take four back.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 23, 2025 03:38 PM (dg+HA)

151 The problem is, they’re told to build something as cheaply as possible and cut corners at every turn to save a few pennies. If you’re getting mid-range or high-end products, they’re usually reasonably well-built.

A lot of the companies selling cheap stuff want it to break so you’ll have to buy another.
Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion at March 23, 2025 02:31 PM (l3YAf)
==
They are often going for the low dollar buyer, but the Chinese while great "computationalists" are not so great in applied engineering - hence the reason they work so hard to steal western IP. They can reverse engineer a lot of stuff. But they struggle to understand why things work the way they do.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 23, 2025 03:38 PM (uLt48)

152 Do not trust Chinesium metal. They import the good stuff.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:38 PM (ZmEVT)

153
133
That's an interesting thought. I'm sure the government would rather there be at least two capable defense contractors.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 23, 2025 03:29 PM (xCA6C)

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That is normally the case. I recall an example of the USAF getting a single-supplier price of $35 a round for 30 mm ammunition. The price dropped to $8 when a second supplier was brought in.

The F-47 may be a special case. Also, with Trump things are often not as they seem at first.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 23, 2025 03:38 PM (Ijbq0)

154 Stayed at an apartment in France that they advertised as having a washer and dryer. You had to unfold the "Dryer". If you did it right it looked like a giant tinker toy.

Posted by: Javems at March 23, 2025 03:39 PM (bHTuV)

155 146 You want to know something funny? In Spain, they pronounce Mexico, "mexico."

They pronounce "cinco" thinco, and "cero" thero. Funny.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 23, 2025 03:35 PM (ZmEVT)

Why ith that funny?

Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 23, 2025 03:39 PM (PiwSw)

156 >>>@72 FWP I gave away a cabinet and more than half its contents in a binge of cleaning. The space where it stood is now filled again, although no one bought anything ... Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 23, 2025 02:42 PM
================
Greetings, NP ... Thought you might enjoy this 1-minute video of Jerry Seinfeld discussing "Trashification" (remove space between "you" and "tube") ... https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=2h12GyzsGNU

Posted by: Kathy at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (qpw89)

157 "Incidentally, isn't Elon Musk kinda a quasi "government official?"

Now do Fauci.

Posted by: I remember 2021... at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (dg+HA)

158
I would tend to disagree. The people designing products aren’t illiterate peasants. China has a large middle class and they build and design many things quite well.

Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion

Yeah, I don't think so. Being a horrible, brutal communist regime, and all.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (PN6iW)

159 156 Greetings, NP ... Thought you might enjoy this 1-minute video of Jerry Seinfeld discussing "Trashification" (remove space between "you" and "tube") ...
https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=2h12GyzsGNU
Posted by: Kathy at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (qpw89)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:42 PM (CQE5S)

160 But they struggle to understand why things work the way they do.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Because they don't have tinker time. They aren't allowed to freethink/freedo, it's forbidden.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:44 PM (C7jVI)

161 157 Now do Fauci.
Posted by: I remember 2021... at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (dg+HA)

ewwwww

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:45 PM (CQE5S)

162 Trying to stay awake until bedtime

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 03:45 PM (fwDg9)

163
You know what I'm really into right now?

Terrazzo floors. Polished concrete.

Some of You People might be old enough to remember when a lot of kinda regular homes had these beautiful floors.

Today? It's way too expensive.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:45 PM (PN6iW)

164 Don't understand Trump awarding Boeing the contract for the F-47.
Posted by: Braenyard

They had the lowest bid, of course!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 23, 2025 03:45 PM (DsA2n)

165 161 157 Now do Fauci.
Posted by: I remember 2021... at March 23, 2025 03:40 PM (dg+HA)

ewwwww
Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:45 PM (CQE5S)

As a place to outsource dog droppings, instead of your own yard? That could work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 23, 2025 03:46 PM (VNX3d)

166 > The F-47 may be a special case. Also, with Trump things are often not as they seem at first.
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As I mentioned above, both Lockheed and Boeing built prototypes of this 6th generation stealth fighter and flew them years ago. Obviously Lockheed saw something with Boeing's offering they couldn't top. Or wanted to spend the money to top. Or knew they'd be in the hole billions if they went toe-to-toe with a superior product.

Or whatever. There's some public info out there on the two different prototypes and some graphics of what they looked like.

The Air Force's requirements are also something to consider. IIRC they're looking for what they call "penetration" capabilities... specifically as it pertains to operating in the Pacific (China.)

The War Zone (twz.com) has a story on this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 23, 2025 03:47 PM (Q4IgG)

167 Red solo cups would solve the problem easily

Posted by: PaleRider at March 23, 2025 03:48 PM (bP/i4)

168 141
Icidentally, isn't Elon Musk kinda a quasi "government official?"

Isn't it kinda verboten to threaten to threaten and fuck with a government official?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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What's good for the goose is good for the gander, citizen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:48 PM (C7jVI)

169 167 Red solo cups would solve the problem easily
Posted by: PaleRider at March 23, 2025 03:48 PM (bP/i4)

12 Have a look at last night's ONT-- You're supposed to be using red Solo Cups anyway. No need to wash, just throw them in the trash when done.
Posted by: JQ at March 23, 2025 02:09 PM (rdVOm)

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:49 PM (CQE5S)

170 I love terrazzo floors. They can be very beautiful and they are very easy to care for. Much more durable than tile or marble. It does take a huge amount of wet polishing when being installed. There was a lot of it in schools and commercial buildings decades ago.

Posted by: Always Underfoot at March 23, 2025 03:51 PM (G5+As)

171 You know why chinese products are junk?

Because the chinese peasants making the products literally have no idea what they're making. They do not understand what the product is for, or how it will be used.

The end result is a poorly designed, inferior-specced piece of garbage.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 02:07 PM

My favorite thing to read is the description on Amazon and or the instructions on a product. Someone shoule write a book with the best ones.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 23, 2025 03:52 PM (4p0Xq)

172 On that wine glass rack, I don't see a starting handle.

Posted by: Ciampino - spinner at March 23, 2025 03:54 PM (sPQoU)

173 The repeated use of the word "rack" might kinda make this a boob thread?

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:55 PM (CQE5S)

174 If you can't be bothered to proof read your Amazon copy...
Wife was looking for shoes on Amazon. She noticed the same shoe from different Chinese sellers.

Posted by: Accomack at March 23, 2025 03:55 PM (FqNtp)

175
Also: boob deniro, a truly terrible actor, has new mob tv series?

Well, it's a Huge Fucking Flop.

El-Oh-El

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:56 PM (PN6iW)

176 Post a pic of the bidet.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 23, 2025 03:57 PM (jc0TO)

177
Why Was Snow White Named Snow White?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:57 PM (PN6iW)

178
Because, Two Dogs Fucking, Snow White was born when it was snowing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:58 PM (PN6iW)

179 You can just swill from the bottle.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Solves your problems at March 23, 2025 03:58 PM (jc0TO)

180 Ok. The horrible Jonah Goldberg called the French "cheese eating surrender monkeys" for their refusal to support George Bush the Dumber's Iraq War 2.

Given that, and his promise that Trump would execute the horrible Liz Cheney by firing squad immediately upon inauguaration, it is only reasonable to despise him.

And French wine is a reasonable basis to admire them.

Posted by: Wade Hampton at March 23, 2025 03:58 PM (90Q7K)

181 174 If you can't be bothered to proof read your Amazon copy...
Wife was looking for shoes on Amazon. She noticed the same shoe from different Chinese sellers.
Posted by: Accomack
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It may not be the same shoe. It may look like the same shoe but be much different.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:59 PM (C7jVI)

182 177
Why Was Snow White Named Snow White?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 23, 2025 03:57 PM (PN6iW)

River Deep
Mountain High
Snow White

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:59 PM (CQE5S)

183 IIRC they're looking for what they call "penetration" capabilities... specifically as it pertains to operating in the Pacific (China.)

No yellow.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at March 23, 2025 03:59 PM (xCA6C)

184 What, read all the comments when I am late to a thread just to avoid repeating someone else's observation? I think that is against the horde rules.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 23, 2025 04:00 PM (bP/i4)

185 Why Was Snow White Named Snow White?

Her complexion was white as snow. No peasant she.

This makes the current casting a bit ... problematic.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 23, 2025 04:00 PM (jc0TO)

186 181 174 If you can't be bothered to proof read your Amazon copy...
Wife was looking for shoes on Amazon. She noticed the same shoe from different Chinese sellers.
Posted by: Accomack
---

It may not be the same shoe. It may look like the same shoe but be much different.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 03:59 PM (C7jVI)

"The old softshoe."

--Mr. Bojangles

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 04:00 PM (CQE5S)

187 184 What, read all the comments when I am late to a thread just to avoid repeating someone else's observation? I think that is against the horde rules.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 23, 2025 04:00 PM (bP/i4)

Horde mind!

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 04:01 PM (CQE5S)

188 Sounds insurrection.

Anthony Gockowski@AntGockowski
Tim Walz: "We've won the hearts and minds; they've seized power."

-
Tricksy sumbitches got the most votes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 23, 2025 04:01 PM (L/fGl)

189 NOOD

FOOD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 23, 2025 04:01 PM (Vqx30)

190 175
Also: boob deniro, a truly terrible actor, has new mob tv series?
---

He came to work on Midnight Run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 04:01 PM (C7jVI)

191 FOODIE NOODIE TIME

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2025 04:02 PM (fwDg9)

192
River Deep
Mountain High
Snow White

Posted by: m at March 23, 2025 03:59 PM

A Canseku!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 23, 2025 04:02 PM (jc0TO)

193
A lot of the companies selling cheap stuff want it to break so you’ll have to buy another.
Posted by: A Bachelor's Home Companion
--------

Dilbert cartoon, directly appropriate:
https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/2001-03-09

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at March 23, 2025 04:03 PM (XeU6L)

194 >>> IIRC they're looking for what they call "penetration" capabilities...
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There's a lot of people like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 23, 2025 04:03 PM (C7jVI)

195 It's crisis time for the Donks!

https://shorturl.at/MqPfm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 23, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)

196 In Spain, they pronounce Mexico, "mexico."

They pronounce "cinco" thinco, and "cero" thero. Funny.
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Ethpethially in Barthelona...

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