The long golden age of our glorified junk

Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by moogleii on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:06PM (#24547153)

Case in point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir

Crappy copper ingots circa 1750 BC.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by bobloblaw45 on Monday September 21, 2020 @06:18PM (#24549059)

Also kinda related is how cocktails were created to mask lousy liquor during prohibition.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by glutinouspigeon on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:14AM (#24551083)

Cocktails have been around since the 1800s. They may have changed a bit during prohibition, but to claim that they were created during that time for that purpose is just wrong.

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Re:The long golden age of our glorified junk by jvm___ on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:13PM (#24550492)

Isn't the first known translated Sumerian clay tablet about some guy complaining about shoddy something that he bought? Or getting ripped off.

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