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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[โ€“] wsweg@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Scissors glide smoothly for the cut.

Worth it just for this ๐Ÿคค

Assuming you followed the other threads advice and bought a decent pair of scissors. I remember one Christmas Eve where I could only find a cheap pair of kids plastic safety scissors.

[โ€“] Fermion@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I got a somewhat fancy pair of origami scissors form a little Japanese market near me. The wrapping paper glide is amazing. I've never had so many near perfect edges before this pair of scissors.

[โ€“] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aren't scissors...... Against the rules of origami or whatever?

[โ€“] Fermion@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

You'll have to take that up with the origami council. I don't actually do any paper crafts.

https://gigworker.com/can-you-use-scissors-in-origami/

My best guess is that I misremembered Kirigami as origami since Kirigami was not in my vocabulary.