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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 week ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Salt.

Nearly every recipe uses it
infinite shelf life (durable)
cheap as heck.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Keeps demons away

[–] POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

Good take on the question

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago

It's funny how it used to be expensive. In Danish we have a saying to say someone is poor if "they can't even afford salt for their egg", as if an egg is cheaper than salt. Because it actually used to be that way.