The first pair of doc martens I bought at 16 in 2009, lasted far longer than my next pair bought barely 5 years later. And I'm pretty certain they also didn't demand a blood sacrifice either?
Dr Kiri Thornalley
I’ve been thinking a lot about the shifting baseline concept as applied to everyday life. People in their 20’s now have no memory of highly functional systems, products (from blenders to sweaters) that were so well made you could hand them down across generations, or even helpful customer service.
