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While the object fetishism of this era has somewhat eroded this statement’s validity, I often find myself repeating the design-school mantra drummed into my head: “People don’t want toasters. What they want is toast.
Bullshit, I want toasters.
(Source: core77.com)
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Personally, I don’t want to give my household appliances — my toaster! — any more power over me. I don’t want to give it the authority to bark orders. “Come get your toast before it burns. And change that shirt. You look like a shlumpadinka!
some guy named Brian Thompson lamenting the state of “Toaster Texting Madness”
strikes me as a bit of a luddite
(Source: staugustine.com)
June 1, 1926: Early electric toasters toasted more than bread. The hot filaments were exposed and easily touched, especially when flipping the bread (they could only toast one side at a time). The machines were especially dangerous to children and often ignited near-by combustibles.
On this day came a vast improvement, the first enclosed consumer pop-up electric toaster. Waters-Genter Co. of Minneapolis adapted its expensive restaurant machine. The company’s affordable, one-slice Toastmaster model was an instant hit on America’s breakfast tables.
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my toaster has a master’s degree in romance languages from Harvard
(Source: winnipegfreepress.com)
