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Without checking, how many items in your home do you know the country of origin for? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Inspired by @[email protected]'s post over here:

https://feddit.org/post/5821462

I was about to post about a BIFL item that I'm happy with, and then realized it was made in Germany. Then I realized that I don't know where most of the stuff in my house is manufactured.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know a few of them off the top of my head. A few years ago I started paying a little more attention so I could be better at voting with my wallet

Gshock watch, Thailand

SD Card, Taiwan

Bic lighter, France

Can opener, US

Scissors, Finland

DnD dice, Germany

Guns, US Austria Russia

Socks, US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What guns do you have from Austria? I haven't heard of them being a major arms manufacturer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah not many people have heard of them it's this little company called Glock /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Huh. Never knew where glocks were made. That makes sense now though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They also make horse insemination devices

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does your knowledge of this have anything to do with your username?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll never tell

[–] Anticorp 1 points 1 month ago

Your silence is worth a thousand words.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 1 month ago

Steyr Arms is also out of Austria and they make precision hunting rifles which are popular among competitive marksmen.