Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat items are made better than they used to be?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat items are made better than they used to be?Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 months agoNot even indestructible, just big heavy destructible death traps! There’s a video floating around of a midsized sedan from the 60s and the 00s in a frontal offset crash and the old car is absolutely demolished.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoThis is a consistent argument I get into with my mother. She complains that cars are made of plastic now, and I try to explain that crashing a steel body car would mutilate your body but to no avail. This and her hatred of roundabouts.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI saw that one! A great visual of how much safety has improved
Not even indestructible, just big heavy destructible death traps!
There’s a video floating around of a midsized sedan from the 60s and the 00s in a frontal offset crash and the old car is absolutely demolished.
This is a consistent argument I get into with my mother. She complains that cars are made of plastic now, and I try to explain that crashing a steel body car would mutilate your body but to no avail. This and her hatred of roundabouts.
I saw that one! A great visual of how much safety has improved