Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 年前What items are made better than they used to be?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1102
arrow-up1102message-squareWhat items are made better than they used to be?Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 年前message-square99fedilink
minus-square1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·3 年前Cars… old cars were indestructible death traps. Crumple zones kill the car and save the human
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 年前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.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 年前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.
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 年前I saw that one! A great visual of how much safety has improved
Cars… old cars were indestructible death traps. Crumple zones kill the car and save the human
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