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Sparrow2go t1_j7jqzzm wrote

“A company makes and sells a product”

Ok? Why is this uplifting news?

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davster39 OP t1_j7k8pyf wrote

Because it's a happy relic of the past that is still being made 100 years after the invention of the electric washing machine. 40% of their boards are used as instruments in jug, Bluegrass and other bands and music makes me happy.. Washboard remind me of my grandmother and that makes me happy. So, for me, it was an uplifting article.

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MarcoMaroon t1_j7lc9p8 wrote

A washboard reminds me of being hella broke when my mom used to do a ton of painstakingly long washing by hand up until we finally got ourselves a washing machine.

I can see why it makes others happy, but not people like myself.

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Sparrow2go t1_j7lp80k wrote

Ok, but that’s an incredibly granular and personal reason to post it here. “Petting kittens found to cure AIDS” is uplifting news because anybody reading it would see the positive angle. It’s cool that this gives you a good feeling but it doesn’t really fit the sub.

I don’t think calling washboards a happy relic from the past is very accurate. It’s a labor intensive tool.

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jetstobrazil t1_j7ltml2 wrote

And people are buying them because they’re too broke to buy or repair a washing machine.

And there’s only one company making them until they create a profit margin large enough for amazon basics to start making their own.

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furiousfran t1_j7pa2tl wrote

They're flying off the shelves because the "Live Laugh Love" crowd thinks they look good on a wall

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Sparrow2go t1_j7m0gxu wrote

People needing to wash clothes by hand is bad.

Amazon is bad.

Neither of these are relevant to the conversation here though.

This isn’t a company providing some altruistic service for the sake of the poor, they are filling a void in the market to turn a profit that happens to help a portion of their customer base. It isn’t evil, people need to make a living, but it doesn’t fall under uplifting news.

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RebootDataChips t1_j7w2uu8 wrote

The news may not make you happy, it however did make OP happy. That right there is enough to spread happiness.

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Sparrow2go t1_j7w4ba2 wrote

I think you and others are missing my point here.

I’m genuinely glad OP found joy in this. We all need more moments of that in our lives right now.

My point is that for a sub called uplifting News, the expectation is that just about anybody who isn’t a sociopath should be able to read the title and feel that same joy. The fact that OP had to explain in detail how this connected to their life and how that brought them joy, something that is specific to their lived experience, means this is simply in the wrong sub.

I read the title and thought “ok, a company is making money selling a product”. Like it isn’t even really news is it? It’s just a focus piece on how this company is profiting off of pandemic effects and some musicians. Which again, that’s fine, but it isn’t uplifting news. An infinite number of posts could be made for every company that makes anything that anybody has any positive connection to or memory of. Seriously. We can each find some obscure product tied to a warm and fuzzy memory and make a post about it couldn’t we? That’s just life.

Post like this just water down these subs.

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RebootDataChips t1_j7w4se4 wrote

And you just pointed out you missed my point. This was uplifting to OP, so OP wanted to share that happiness. Others in other threads have shown that it brought a smile to them as well. So it is uplifting news. Think of it as a nightly news fluff piece.

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Sparrow2go t1_j7w8ihd wrote

Well, I don’t think we are going to see eye to eye on this. We clearly have a difference of opinion about what constitutes a valid post on this sub.

I do agree though, it is fluff.

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WVA1999 t1_j7k2gdt wrote

Because It Allows The Op To Post In Capitals

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davster39 OP t1_j7k8tt7 wrote

I dont see any capitals. What do you mean?

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