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Dec 9, 2025 8:50 PM
Grogu007
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SunnyKontucchi
ConsumerOfStories
CobainsSarcoma
i don't want a new coffee maker. i want my old coffee maker.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
what do they mean "like he lost" - he DID lose his best friend.
khora
He still has his hoodie. Is he even married?
RenaissanceFaireMan
#teamcoffeepot
euphoricopportunity
I had an old coffee grinder die that way. Still possibly usable, but a piece broke off the plastic that the blades were mounted to, so it was... a dangerous, potentially usable appliance.
SavageDrums
If you don't get this, congratulations ok your neurotypicaleosity
howdoIsavethis
I’ve had the same microwave for 22 years, a gift from my friends when I moved into my first place. It’s finally starting to break down. I feel this post
euphoricopportunity
I inherited as a hand-me-down the microwave my father was given as a wedding present (when he bought a new one) and used it for years. Eventually it started tripping the breaker all on ots own.
rockmanx853000
Mr coffee brewed its last cup…
LurkMasterP
I still have the stoneware plates and visions cookware that I bought when I moved into my first apartment 34 years ago. If any of those break, I will grieve as well.
Arcanum3000
I'm the opposite: Prior to a week ago, I'd been using the same ad-hoc collection of plates and bowls I inherited from my parents when I got my first college apartment 25 years ago. I finally got fed up, bought an inexpensive stoneware set, threw out most of the old ones, and have the others set aside to donate. I regret nothing.
IUpvoteFuturama
He was a good boi, loyal and true. Requiescat in Pacem coffee maker.
DavedandConfused
I feel for this man and can empathize. My favourite coffee maker, i’ve had for 7 years just died. They don’t make anything like it anymore
williamshakesbeer
See if you can find the same make and model. If you surprise him with it, I'm sure it'll make him very happy
profloyo
Hehe , that machine got him through a lot of shit
Razade
I owned a clock. I bought it the day before I was shipped to boarding school. I had it when I graduated. I had it when I went to college, I had it when depression and anxiety disorders ended my college experience. I had it through my entire six year relationship with my ex-fiance. I had it when I moved 1,000 miles across the country. Some time last year it broke for good.
It's in my closet because I cannot bring myself to say good bye.
muliphen
I've been using the same alarm clock reliably since around 1995, it's been waking me up ever since jr high for the last 30 years.
OptimusJime602
Alas, I know this pain. Whenever something I’ve used for years breaks beyond repair, I thank it for all its help on the journey.
66gent
It’s because he knows that even though that one lasted 20 years he’ll be buying a new coffee maker every 3 years from now on
spiffylookingnerfherder
DO NOT try to mend it yourself. Coffee makers and toasters which have had their safety shutoffs disabled by amateur repairpersons possessing more enthusiasm than skill are prone to catch fire and burn down their house / apartment / van.
Arcanum3000
It depends on why and how it died, and what replacement parts are available. I have a $500 espresso machine because a coworker threw it out because it stopped working and I was able to fix it with a $100 part and 40 minutes of work. That said, a $20 coffee maker will likely not have replacement parts available because it was never designed to be repaired
spiffylookingnerfherder
I think you and I are on the same page. I understand that a lot of people disable the overtemperature switch on their drip coffee maker ("it keeps tripping!") and then it get very over temperature.
Arcanum3000
I hadn't heard that, but I don't hang around coffeemaker repair communities. Yeah, don't do that. It's there for a reason. Either figure out why it's tripping and fix that, or replace the machine.
fractalsphere
My wife accidentally (yes, accidentally) broke the handle off of a frying pan I had for like 20+ years all through my single-living days. I was upset for like 5 mins but have had like several years of being able to poke at her about it occasionally. :P
GiganticBaby
I do the same. Sometimes I put on Ladytron’s "Destroy everything you touch" and tell her this is the soundtrack of her life because she broke a 1$ glass once.
DeadpoolsBabyLegs
Skillet issue
MoonyT
In this way, the frying pan lives on.
DinkyDoinky
F
jaggcomputing5
I bought this delightful Denby coffee pot second hand in 1976. My ex wife accidented it about four years ago.
2graves
Is that why you got divorced?
jaggcomputing5
😂.
HamDangler7TheLuckOfTheDangle
How dare you speak ill of the family he just lost
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nnjd4zqrrq31415
Yeah men are the dramatic ones!
2dogsfing
I feel this ! I’ve spent every morning with my coffee maker for like 15 years ,and yes , I COULD get another , but I value commitment.
ThankYouForYourTime
We would give him a moment but by nightfall these hills will be swarming with orcs
Denvercoder09
nikolateslaismyhomeboy
OptimusJime602
“His coffee was strong. His spirit will find the way to the halls of your fathers. Westu hál. Ferðu, cófféé màkir, Ferðu."
bippityboppitybuttsex
It is when the things we rely on the most, when the things we expect to just work, when those things fail that we finally realize how fleeting everything is. This isn't about a $20 coffee maker, it is about his own mortality and the realization that everything he loves will die.
CanadianLadyMoose
And where is he gonna find another $20 coffee maker that works as well as the last one? https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dGFra212NzZiZTEwamdzZGFvbzN1c3Z1ZGowYjBtdGFtMjdqNmRlcSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/ZKLVM5bwSPgUEWZOE7/200w.webp
Marsupialmessiah
And the fact that coffee maker is $87 now
Table5
Haha yeah. Or he's sad cause he's out of coffee. But yours has verve.
hotrodny
This resonnate hard with me
choppedliveraldente
Get a French press. It's forever.
cjtb2
Margaret, why so grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
It is the fate man was born for.
It is Margaret that you mourn for.
PutItInNeutral
Fuck entropy!
honeybadgersRus
That's wabi sabi
madamehelgaSP
Well yes, but actually, maybe not? Veritasium had a pretty unique take on it: https://youtu.be/DxL2HoqLbyA
PutItInNeutral
Entropy exhausts me on the daily, but I recognize that the flow of time is determined by increasing entropy. It is an integral part of the universe.
nelllybellly1
Idk if that was tongue in cheek or not but made me grin all the same.
bippityboppitybuttsex
It wasn't... we expect the big things to take us down, but we kind of expect the big things... a sick family member dies, an aging beloved pet has to be euthenized, a car breaks down, these are all in the realm of the expected...
The little things, those are what break us...
skincancerisfun
I can deal with fate, but not the little things
sqeewew
I turned 37 this year, and had a feeling I couldn't describe the next month that I've never had... like I would freak out realizing I couldn't remember my childhood friends face, even though I hadn't thought about him in years. This guy's wire... hes feeling what I felt, remembering all he had and went through as that wire unspooled, and some things he cant get back. When it hits man, its not a great feeling.
bippityboppitybuttsex
So, all of a sudden, I have been reconnecting with people I knew in the 1980s and 90s... we then have a 2-3 hour chat and then don't speak, ever again.... we are caught up.
sqeewew
I did that with my estranged dad, I was honestly open to more after 17 years... but I said my piece, he said his, and then we just went silent. I'm much more comfortable with it now though, if we never talk again I know I let him know how I felt (extended grace to him but didn't let him off the hook for some messed up shit) and that was kind of worth a million dollars. i used to have dreams about him... now I'm good!
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Nah, it's about the coffee maker. $20 maker worked like a gem. He's had it for ages. They don't make 'em like that, anymore. It's $50+ for something half the quality.
KaptainObveeus
7 dollars at the thrift store. Works fine.
Shaodyn
And he knows nothing available today will last anywhere near that long. He'll pay 3 times as much for something half the quality that will fall apart in probably 5 years.
MemesAndCatsGalore
Sad but true.
Exyr
Were you the guy that was sitting their contemplating life after his spool of wire ran out after like 20 years?
StarscreamAndHutch
The tube of anti seize.
MelfsAcidArrow
I remember this ….
SomeOneHasBeenLookingForYou
immediately thought of them/that clip. felt the man's pain in my own soul too... nothing like having a true moment of humanity squashed b/c those around you never actually listen what you're saying
Lynkfox
Getting posted on line by his uncaring wife and then having dozens and dozens of idiots making fun of him for that moment of true vulnerability is why men don't open up
I'm sure he'll never share a moment like that with his wife ever again. Even if he forgave even if he said it was funny too, never again will that vulnerability be shown
SomeOneHasBeenLookingForYou
ah yes the "be vulnerable and share what you're feeling" ethos... that gets met with, at best, "well that's dumb/you're making a big deal of nothing/nobody else thinks that way." At worst, it's used against you either as a direct attack, or in some stupid moment when THEY'RE going off about something "dumb/nothing/etc" but one certainly cannot say such things about THEIR feelings.
akelamishari
My emotional support spool of wire! Can relate
henrypmahone
I'm still using the alarm function on a Lloyd's clock / radio I got for Christmas 45 years ago, in spite of a five-foot drop to a hard floor in college. I know I received it in 1980-ish because the local radio station always played "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton and the Flash Gordon theme by Queen back-to-back on a tape cartridge. The two red LED dots between the hours and the minutes (e.g., 12:45) have been shining practically non-stop for nearly half a century.
todayok
*LCDs
henrypmahone
LEDs, actually. Here they are.
todayok
Update to my previous answer: I went down a rabbit hole and those are absolutely LEDs; 7 segment LEDs to be exact and apparently originating in the 1970s, common by the '80s. You were right.
todayok
Ahhh, different from the silver and black LLoyd's clocks I've seen which had LCDs but are those on yours actually LEDs or did those type of lights predate LEDs? I don't know, but for sure not LCDs and if you say they're LEDs then so be it.
henrypmahone
Yep, they're light-emitting diodes alright. I have a Radio Shack/Tandy electronics set from even earlier (1976), and it has a small 7-segment LED you can light up selectively. I don't know what the LEDs in my Lloyd's clock radio were made of, but they've shown amazing longevity.
todayok
Yup, I was wrong about when LEDs hit consumer grade electronics; even admitting I was wrong someone still downvoted me... ahhh imgur, never change.
I'm sure you had a lot of fun with those Tandy project parts when things were more hardware than software.
truk77
The replacement will be like, $35 bucks and not work as well.
drcurlyfat
The $16 (I don’t know why I remember the price) toaster my wife and I purchased before we were married in 2000 stopped working early this year. I purchased an Amazon Basics toaster that lasted almost a month.
I pulled out the original old soldier and dug into it, 20min later she was toasting again. Still is. I want to be clear though, the original is cheap crap too. Toasters are just VERY simple. But we love her.
TheStealthHippopotamus
And will last 5-ish year
AShartInTheWind
If you're lucky.
yamamasyamaha
I have gone through coffee makers every 2 years. Expensive, cheap, doesn’t matter
I just buy the cheapest one they have now. My current one was $12 and has one switch only - on/off.
1.5 years in, the hot plate delaminated. So, it’s a fire hazard now
Guess I’ll have to get *yet* another
dohcohv
Wild, I've bought one in 10 years. I got a used one 10 years ago for free and it lasted 5 years, bought one to replace it and it's still fine.
Remember to run some white vinegar through it every once in a while to descale it. Stuff gets built up on the heating element and causes it to take longer, puts a higher load on the machine and causes it to fail.
yamamasyamaha
I do that! I had a keurig that lasted the longest but got rid of it for obvious reasons
Had I known what I was signing up for…
Ironically your coffeee maker being older probably helps a the quality of literally everything is lower now
Still… I’d take a recommendation if you have one?
dohcohv
Mine is a Ninja, it's only 5 years old.
I got rid of the first one because the carafe broke, I don't remember the brand.
kirmokum
get a moka pot. it will last forever.
yamamasyamaha
Are they annoying to use like a French press?
I probably should cut down but I drink nearly a pot of coffee every day and I want ti avoid multiple batches
kirmokum
my method is wash moka pot, grind beans, fill base with water, fill cup with ground beans, throw it on the stove on low heat, boil water (separately). when the coffee is done, i split it in a mug to drink now and a thermos for my second cup. half coffee from moka pot, half hot water. bangin' coffee. maybe that's too many steps for you but it ticks all my boxes for quality, longevity, cost, durability, and simplicity. way better than drip and about 1/50th the cost of a good espresso set up.
yamamasyamaha
That’s not terribly more steps than drip.
Ii gotbridbif my keurig for the waste of it, by throwing our whole coffee makers can’t be that much better lol. I like the appeal of something that lasts forever