[Sekto Springs]

Preach the gospel.
Simplicity is best anyway. With every additional function we add to an appliance, the crappier it gets at doing its primary function.
Things were once built to last, but somewhere along the way someone realized its better for business if shit is built to have a lifespan just slightly longer than that of it's warranty so that consumers are constantly returning to buy replacements.

The local thrift store is a great place to buy appliances. So many people have this "out with the old, in with the new" attitude, and I reap the benefits of their ignorance. Have fun shelling out five grand on one of those streamlined, platinum-plated washing machines that also doubles a turkey fryer/time machine. I'm going to spend five bucks on a toaster oven from the 70's that will last me until doomsday. My toast has never tasted better.

But I'm not gunna play "holier than thou". I'm a shallow piece of shit too, and I always catch myself stopping and staring at the incredible sexiness of modern electronics every now and again. Luckily for me, I'm cheap as hell.