tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post664140752092139458..comments2024-03-26T09:35:47.151+00:00Comments on No PC Views: Decorating The BattlefieldNo PChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-21755041174299614992015-06-20T11:29:05.453+01:002015-06-20T11:29:05.453+01:00Good point .... I can't imagine them in landfi...Good point .... I can't imagine them in landfills for eternity. Maybe they were shipped to third world countries. Thanks for the comment <i>on topic</i>. Funny how the comments have a life of their own and wander as they will LOLNo PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-75070256750875006252015-06-19T06:28:14.157+01:002015-06-19T06:28:14.157+01:00Actually it does raise the question of what does h...Actually it does raise the question of what does happen to old office furniture? Much of it in the 70s and 80s was built to last forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-55138865118410327542015-06-11T21:54:30.129+01:002015-06-11T21:54:30.129+01:00Mr vroomfondel. To be fair it can hardly be descri...Mr vroomfondel. To be fair it can hardly be described as just Christian Fundamentalists who don't recycle. Islamist across the globe are using enough high explosives on themselves and the rest of the world to raise world temperatures by 1% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-33520205232188563512015-06-11T13:56:00.330+01:002015-06-11T13:56:00.330+01:00Yes, I can see how one might join the dots in my c...Yes, I can see how one might join the dots in my comments but the first one about "some capitalists mission..." was facetious and the second one was meant just as list of self destructive people, not necessarily connected to the "mission to destroy our planet". <br /><br />As if our consumerist societies aren't wasteful enough it's annoying to think that the short-sighted and the Rapture loving Christians don't feel the need to recycle.<br />Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-6835334374150667712015-06-10T19:58:41.896+01:002015-06-10T19:58:41.896+01:00If you say so ....looked like one to me though. If you say so ....looked like one to me though. No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-72011545004972859452015-06-09T23:35:53.698+01:002015-06-09T23:35:53.698+01:00No conspiracy, just overlapping interests, or lack...No conspiracy, just overlapping interests, or lack of it. Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-24038302412021299452015-06-09T20:13:46.377+01:002015-06-09T20:13:46.377+01:00Vroomfondel, I am afraid that you are just a tad t...Vroomfondel, I am afraid that you are just a tad too far over to the left for me to go with you on this one ..... I don't happen to believe in some super conspiracy theory, that see's some capitalists' twinned up with fundamental Christian's, on a mission to destroy our planet, and thus hasten Armageddon's arrival. Still its an interesting idea LOL. No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-91288177571515154272015-06-08T10:13:07.049+01:002015-06-08T10:13:07.049+01:00Yes, you'd think that they'd have more sen...Yes, you'd think that they'd have more sense than to blindly make profit over the environment but that's the way some people operate : short term outlook, denial, greed, not to mention the fundamental Christian's who welcome Armageddon and are actively working to bring it on. Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-76644945991380615512015-06-07T16:46:30.180+01:002015-06-07T16:46:30.180+01:00As I have been away for a couple of days, I am lat...As I have been away for a couple of days, I am late to the discussion. There is a wiki page for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence" rel="nofollow">Planned Obsolescence</a> which suggests that Kenny has a point about its origins. Also don't capitalists' also live on our planet? No PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-30735210187784421892015-06-07T09:25:44.218+01:002015-06-07T09:25:44.218+01:00I'm less sceptical about the origins of built ...I'm less sceptical about the origins of built in obsolescence as materials that don't last forever were the only ones available and creating new styles to make products more attractive is an integral part of design. The workers in the factory which made everlasting textiles would have kept most of their jobs as consumers tired of wearing the same clothes year after year.<br /><br />Planned obsolescence though is unfortunately one bullet in the arsenal of some capitalists' mission to destroy our planet. Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-58734598949377402372015-06-06T15:18:06.703+01:002015-06-06T15:18:06.703+01:00In engineering, built-in obsolescence aka Planned ...In engineering, built-in obsolescence aka Planned Obsolescence, is a design concept that has been known about since the 1920's, when General Motors came up with the idea of "dynamic obsolescence". The idea was to introduce new styling every year or so, to encourage new sales to existing owners. Kennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033865397341905972.post-91744853288558790042015-06-06T13:07:42.181+01:002015-06-06T13:07:42.181+01:00Alec Guinness wore a suit made from an indestructi...Alec Guinness wore a suit made from an indestructible fabric in the 1951 film The Man in the White Suit. Workers in the textile factory that produced the suit revolted after realising that they would be making themselves redundant if their products lasted forever.Vroomfondelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15502448843409791872noreply@blogger.com