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99% of homes in my price range have regular sinks while only about 1% have farmhouse sinks ( pictured below )

a farmhouse sink is about $200 more but only about 1% of half-a-million-dollar homes ( entry level new construction homes in US ) feel you deserve that $200 upgrade, even though a farmhouse sink is both more durable and more spacious than a regular sink and is a solid upgrade for something that is used multiple times every day and i would never consider anything else if i was building custom.

on other hand decorative exterior features such as non-structural stone veneer and excessively "cut up" multi-gable roof designs are found in 90% of homes in the same price range despite being much more expensive to make and serving no function whatsoever.

what is worse is that 99% of people who DO opt for homes with a farmhouse sink do so PURELY because they like the unique look and are COMPLETELY UNAWARE that this is actually the only right way to do a sink and is only rare because it costs more to make.

the reason it costs more to make is because it requires thicker steel that needs to be cut, formed, welded and polished whereas regular sink is just thin stamping.

and if you think that's dumb my research revealed that the reason many homes have two 8 foot garage doors instead of one 16 foot door is because wives think two doors look "cute" even though most of them can't drive through a 8 foot door without scraping the sides of the car.

the average normie is simply not capable of considering the function and performance of objects - ONLY THEIR AESTHETIC.

and here lies the rub - the BASIS for aesthetics is function. high performance is beautiful. sickness and death are ugly. therefore a person who can't judge performance also can't judge aesthetics.

and a person who CAN judge performance ( me ) can also judge aesthetics ... BUT HAS NO USE FOR DOING SO, because aesthetics is only simulacrum of performance anyway.

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Low Information Voter 1y ago

Can't disagree.

Renovating an investment property to sell, and my amoral shark of a realestate agent is a font of good bad advice. I thought I was cynical about Normies, but it turns out they're much, much more sheeplike, ignorant and shallow than I could have dreamed...

Nadia 1y ago

I completely agree. I’m short of time right now otherwise I would rant about these wanky cheap ‘Hamptons style’ homes in my area that sell for $4m+ AUD and are built with sawdust and are inefficient and unsustainable.

HERMETICVM 1y ago

There hasn't been a single instance where I cooked something and was annoyed when having to use the way too small and shabby sink. The boxy sinks also make it much more difficult to splatter fluids all over the place when you dump in there. If I ever decide on owning a house or I have influence on the choice of kitchen, this would be the first thing to spend a few more bucks on.

Dissident Sound 1y ago

the only thing more annoying than a too-small sink is a too-small faucet, but those are usually only found in bathrooms. most kitchen faucets are decent size.

when i was young and naive i would look at faucets like this:

and think - didn't the designers understand that there is no room to put your hands under that thing ?

now i understand they knew very well that there is no room. but they want you to pay extra 50 bucks or so for every additional inch. which is why almost all faucets are unusable - because manufacturers won't give you an inch more than you paid for - and the average home builder won't buy anything but the cheapest one, so they are ALWAYS way too small.

honestly when you think of a faucet as a penis the average bathroom faucet looks embarrassing.

this is a proper size faucet:

it costs $300 ( versus $50 for the small one ) but such is the cost of having a big faucet dick.

when i remodeled my bathroom in NYC a few years back this is the faucet i chose. worth every penny.

and again, when people do choose large and expensive faucets like this it is always for their imposing style. never for their function. yes it certainly looks more expensive but that's not why i got it - you can actually wash your hands with this faucet without having your hand rub on the side of the sink.

the cheap faucet on other hand is made too-small on purpose. it is also made to look boring and generic on purpose because the manufacturer knows you're too dumb to consider the function, so they have to make it look ugly to push people with thicker pockets towards the more elegant ( and expensive ) model.

in this particular example i used Moen as example of small, cheap faucet and Delta as example of large, expensive faucet but this isn't about brand at all. both Delta and Moen are good brands. it's just a difference between entry-level and premium faucet.

i gotta say $300 for a faucet is a fucking ripoff, but that's just how the industry is. if you want size and style and you want them from a reputable brand you have to pay.

in my case i also had matching Delta Trinsic shower system as well for another $900.

i was actually super happy with that setup. it had some kind of super duper resonance system in the shower head for super even spray that actually worked as advertised and i really loved the narrow shower wand for washing my balls and arm pits.

10/10 would recommend.

it might have been possible to get a single element that worked decently for less, but to have an entire matching setup where every single part works as advertised and has a clean, modern aesthetic that also matches the rest of the decor - i was happy that i was able to make it happen at all, and the price i just had to swallow.

unfortunately i don't live there anymore - my parents live there now.

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