Submitted 10 months ago by MeatPilot@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
My parents never used their fine china until my siblings and I moved out. Now we use it on Thanksgiving and that’s it. My parents were upset we didn’t ask for china at my wedding. They said we’d “wish we had it”. I have never wished I had a “nice” plate I had to hand wash .
This reminds me that I read an article on this subject some months back. Apparently a lot of boomers don't understand that their offspring don't want their china and consider it a waste of space.
Same with guest rooms. In my area, almost all “old” houses have a room that is kept neat and tidy but unusued until guests come over - basically wasted space specifically reserved for other people not living under that roof. And the boomers here get confused about why newer houses (especially rental appartements) don’t have that oh-so-important feature anymore.
Imagine an entire effing room and everything in it (furniture included) getting the “fine china” treatment and old people being offended that “the youth today” has the audacity to invite guests into the regular boring non-special living room.
Believe it or not - straight to the estate sale!
That makes me wonder what things we have that will seem similarly pointless someday.
OP, you’re reeeeally reaching here, pretending that "of " and “in” mean the same thing.
That’s really cruel of you to say. I don’t want dishes made from Chinese people.
But very little of it is fine. To such an extent that my nephew thought “fine China” was said tongue-in-cheek to refer to using the disposable plates you wouldn’t mind breaking because a bunch of guests you didn’t know would be eating off them.
How many “fine” things though? As Chinese made goods are notorious for their lack of quality control.
Rubik’s cubes made by Chinese companies are infinitely better than Rubik’s branded products. This is just an edge case, though.
I think that’s only the case with very cheap goods.
loopy@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I didn’t learn this until about a year ago, but fine china is a type of ceramic, similar to porcelain or bone china. They differ in what mixtures they are made of and what temperature they are dried at.
www.21oak.com/…/bone-china-vs-porcelain/
WeeSheep@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My understanding is that china is any type of porcelain made in China.
Sort of how scotch is any kind of whisky made in Scotland.
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’re completely wrong, but at least you’re confident. There’s quite a few regulations that need to be met if you want to legally sell your whisky as Scotch, including the type and shape of your still, the wood for your casks and the aging process.
Chainweasel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Both of those things are completely untrue