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Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by magduf on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:53PM (#19965668)
>I don't feel particularly concerned by the espoused narrative that skill is being replaced by drama on TV.

This isn't even that new; your post reminds me of Orange County Choppers, supposedly a show about custom-made motorcycles. I tried watching this once or twice, many years ago (10+), when it first came out, thinking I'd get to see some interesting welding and such. No, I just saw a bunch of yelling and arguing. And this was on the "Discovery Channel".

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Re:This Old House: The Rare Home-Improvement Show That Spotl... by porknubbins on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:46PM (#19966414)
I was super bummed to see there is basically zero technical creativity of any kind that goes into those choppers, all have the same geometry and huge v twin engine. Now I get its more a visual work of art but I could care less what kind of flames are painted on the gas tank and can’t imagine who pays 20K for these.
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