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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

I’m old enough to remember selling Tupperware as a viable economy.

[-] NullPointerException@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 day ago

By the way, Tupperware is crap now. They deserve to go bankrupt. When a friend started selling Tupperware, I saw stuff that my mother still uses and I remember seeing at home when I was a kid. Now, we bought some stuff that two years later I had to throw away. It’s super shitty now. Not worth the money.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago
[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago
[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

How does one enshittify shit? That's like a riddle

[-] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 10 points 1 day ago

I can still vividly remember the flex and pop of the seal of the old stuff, and all the old colors, too

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Now it’s all about Pyrex anyway.

Plus I won’t microwave anything plastic, even if it says I can.

[-] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 5 points 1 day ago

Same. My wife scoffed at my suggesting she stop and when my doctor sister mentioned it at a holiday family event without my prompting she finally took it seriously.

[-] localhost001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Pyrex snapware ftw

[-] albbi@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago

I remember my older sister getting laid off from the Tupperware factory.

[-] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 9 points 1 day ago

At least somebody got laid

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

I remember when you could make a living out of it…

[-] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago

I feel like Tupperware, Amway, and Mary Kay were the Ubers of 1980.

[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

You forgot Avon.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

All those old jobs are gone as a means of living. Al Bundy sold shoes. Door to door sales used to be viable

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Al Bundy worked in a store, and they do still have Shoe Salesman.

It's primarily for Work shoes though. Not enough spread in the plastic garbage these days to make an actual living.

Source: Was a literal shoe salesman.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Me too, thanks

this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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