craftsmen/artisans vs Cheap goods

[Bugbear]

The real problem is that most people, in the US at least, and many in Europe as well, have so bought into the consumer mentality that they have never made anything themselves. How many people here bake their own bread? How many know where that rib-eye comes from? I mean really know? How many have killed and butchered even one meal in their lives, in other words?
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I give up.

[DWFII]

I give up.

I don't know what that means...I don't know whether to be happy for you...or sad.

[Bugbear]

I don't know what that means...I don't know whether to be happy for you...or sad.

DWFII, your post was extremely insulting to me. However, I understand that is how you view the world.

Why don't you think long and hard about those questions you asked, "how many", then try answering it your self.

My answer is most of my neighbors, most of my family members, and most of the people I know.